Carrie Berger
Senior Faculty Research Assistant
Currently I'm working on a
structure-based management project with Oregon State University
and the Oregon Department of Forestry to determine efficient pathways to
manage young Douglas-fir forests for older forest structure and revenue production.
Contact Information
321 Richardson HallDepartment of Forest Science
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: 541.737.6596
Fax: 541.737.1393
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Educational Background
M.S., University of Minnesota, 2002, Department of Forest ResourcesB.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998, Department of Forest Ecology and Management
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Professional Experience
Research2003-present: Senior Faculty Research Assistant (Silviculture), Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Project: Young Stand Management
2002-2003: Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. Project: Ecology and Ecophysiology of White Pines
2000-2002: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Ecosystem Management by Emulating Natural Disturbance Project (EMEND). Project: M.S. Thesis "White spruce seed rain and germination in northwestern Alberta, Canada."
1998-2000: Forestry Technician, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and USDA Forest Service, North Central Experiment Station, Rhinelander, WI. Project: Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Project (FACE)
1997-1998: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and National Science Foundation. Project: "Ecological assessment of the productivity and biodiversity in three black spruce sites in northern Wisconsin."
1996-1998: Forestry Technician, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Project: The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS)
Teaching
Fundamentals of Silviculture (FS 533): Winter quarter 2006/2007, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Responsible for helping with field sessions.
Forest ecology (FR 3104): Fall semester 2000, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Responsible for attending lectures, assisting in discussion sections, leading outdoor field exercises, grading papers and exams, and holding office hours.
Other
Summer 1996: Visitor Information Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, WI.
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Publications
Peer-ReviewedBerger, C.A., K.J. Puettmann, and J. McKenna. 2008. Effects of multiple thinnings on overstory and understory vegetation in previously thinned Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. In Review.
Puettmann, K.J. and C.A. Berger. 2006. Development of tree and understory vegetation in young Douglas-fir plantations. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 21(2):94-101.
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. 2005. Development of stand structure in young Douglas-fir plantations. Pp. 65-68 IN: Balancing Ecosystems Values, Innovative Experiments for Sustainable Forestry. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, General Technical Report PNW-635. 389 p.
Gilmore, D.W. and C.A. Berger. 2004. White spruce basal area as a predictor of seed rain during an exceptional seed year in northwestern Alberta. Northwest Science 78(1):75-78.
Berger, C.A. and D.W. Gilmore. 2003. Germination and survival of spruce seedlings following fire in northwestern Alberta. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 20(1):45-47.
Thesis
Berger, C.A. 2002. White spruce seed rain and germination in northwestern Alberta, Canada. M.S. Thesis. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. 73 p.
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Presentations
Scientific MeetingsBerger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. June 2007. Structure based management in young Douglas-fir plantations. Poster for the 6th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. June 2005. Development of tree and understory vegetation in young Douglas-fir plantations. Poster for IUFRO 5th International Conference on Forest Vegetation Management: Useable Science, Practical Outcomes and Future Needs, Corvallis, OR.
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. June 2005. Utilizing gaps to encourage diversity in plantation forests. 5th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada.
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. April 2005. Development of tree and understory vegetation in young Douglas-fir plantations. Poster for the Conference: Science and the Northwest Forest Plan, Knowledge Gained Over a Decade, Portland, OR.
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. August 2004. Development of tree and understory vegetation in young Douglas-fir plantations. Poster for Balancing Ecosystem Values: Innovative Experiments for Sustainable Forestry, International Workshop, Portland, OR.
Becker, C.A. and D.W. Gilmore. August 2001. Effects of harvesting intensity and forest cover type on white spruce and Betulaceae seed rain and regeneration in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Poster for the Ecological Society of America Conference, Madison, WI.
Becker, C.A. and D.W. Gilmore. June 2001. Effects of harvesting intensity and forest cover type on white spruce and white birch seed fall in northwestern Alberta. Poster for the 3rd North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Duluth, MN.
Becker, C.A., E.P. McDonald, E.L. Kruger, and J.G. Isebrands. August 1999. Interacting effects of elevated CO2 and tropospheric O3 on leaf level responses of temperate trees in northern Wisconsin. Poster for the Ecological Society of America Conference, Spokane, WA.
Departmental and Agency Audience
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. May 2006. Young Stand Management Study Overview. West Oregon District Reforestation Peer Review Tour: “Creating the Pathway to Complex Structure in Non-Complex Stands”, Philomath, OR.
Puettmann, K.J. and C.A. Berger. March 2004. Young stand management. State Forests Program Conference: Adaptive management and continuous change, Corvallis, OR.
Berger, C.A. and K.J. Puettmann. November 2003. Development of stand structure in young Douglas-fir stands: Preliminary findings. Young Stand Management Workshop, Corvallis, OR.
Berger, C.A. March 2002. Effects of harvest intensity and forest cover type on white spruce seed rain, germination, and survival in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Ecology and Ecophysiology of White Pines meeting, Fort Collins, CO.
Berger, C.A. December 2001. Effects of harvest intensity and forest cover type on white spruce seed rain, germination, and survival in northwestern Alberta, Canada. MS seminar, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Becker, C.A. and D.W. Gilmore. April 2001. Effects of harvesting intensity and forest cover type on white spruce and paper birch seed rain and regeneration in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Ecosystem Management by Emulating Natural Disturbance Workshop, Edmonton, Alberta.
Becker, C.A., E.P. McDonald, E.L. Kruger, and J.G. Isebrands. February 2000. Interacting effects of elevated CO2 and tropospheric O3 on leaf level responses of temperate trees in northern Wisconsin. Forestry Seminar, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
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