Lori Kayes
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests
Impacts of land management activities on native vegetation and plant communities, in particular
non-vascular plant species. Community and species level changes due to disturbance; anthropogenic and
otherwise. Fire ecology of vascular and non-vascular plant communities.
Current Research
Vegetation dynamics and fire hazard in experimental mixed-species restoration
planting in
southwestern Oregon (Timbered Rock Fire).
Contact Information
321 Richardson HallDepartment of Forest Science
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: 541.737.8465
Fax: 541.737.1393
Email: Email
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Educational Background
M.S., Southern Oregon University, 2002, Environmental Education and Certificate in BotanyB.S., University of Wyoming, 1998, Biology
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Professional Experience
October 2004-present: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Project: Timbered Rock Fire2006: Teaching Assistant (Wildlife and Forest Management), Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University
2006: Instructor (Fire Adaptations), Biology Department, Southern Oregon University and Siskiyou Field Institute
2005: Teaching Assistant (Discovery Seminar Series), Sustainable Forestry Partnership, Oregon State University
May 2002-September 2004: Botanist, Butte Falls Resource Area, Medford District Bureau of Land Management, Medford, OR
October 2002-June 2003: Conference Coordinator, Siskiyou Field Institute, Cave Junction, OR. Project: Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology
March 2002-August 2002: Grant Manager, Environmental Education Program, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
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Publications
Peer-ReviewedSims, L.J. 2004. Atlas of rare plant species on Lake Peak, Oregon: baseline data for global climate change monitoring. In K.L. Mergenthaler, J.E. Williams, E.S. Jules (editors). Proceedings of the Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology, page 158. Siskiyou Field Institute, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Thesis and Reports
Sims, L.J. 2002. Atlas of rare plant species on Lake Peak, Oregon: baseline data for global climate change monitoring. M.S. Thesis. Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR.
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Presentations
Scientific MeetingsKayes, L.J. August 2007. MX: Early response of terrestrial cryptogam communities to post-fire restoration treatments and environmental factors. American Bryological and Lichenological Society Annual Meeting, Xalapa.
Kayes, L.J. August 2007. Correlations between vegetation layers during post-fire restoration in southwestern Oregon. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA.
Kayes, L.J. June 2007. Early vegetation dynamics following postfire restoration in southwestern Oregon. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Vancouver, BC.
Kayes, L.J. May 2007. Early response of terrestrial cryptogam communities to post-fire restoration treatments and environmental factors. Forest Science Department Graduate Student Symposium, Corvallis, OR.
Kayes, L.J. March 2007. Three-year vegetation response to post-fire reforestation treatments in the Timbered Rock Fire (Invited). The Scientific Foundations of Post-fire Policy Workshop, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Sims, L.J. June 2003. Atlas of rare plant species on Lake Peak, Oregon: baseline data for global climate change monitoring. Poster for the Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology, Cave Junction, OR.
Departmental and Agency Audience
Kayes, L.J. August 2006. USDI Bureau of Land Management: BLM Timbered Rock Field Site Visit, Medford, OR.
Kayes, L.J. March 2006. Early vegetation response to post-fire reforestation treatments in the Timbered Rock Fire. USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Oregon Wildfire Research Symposium, Gold Beach, OR.
Kayes, L.J. April 2006. Early vascular plant recovery after the Timbered Rock Fire (Invited). Native Plant Society of Oregon, Siskiyou Chapter, Ashland, OR.
Kayes, L.J. April 2004. Wildflowers of Table Rocks. Hike for Medford District BLM and the Nature Conservancy, Medford, OR.
Sims, L.J. October 2002. Atlas of rare plant species on Lake Peak, Oregon: baseline data for global climate change monitoring. MS Seminar, Environmental Education Department, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR.
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