Faculty

John C. Tappeiner II
Professor Emeritus
Department of Forest Resources
Peavy 235
Corvallis, OR 97331-5703
(541) 737-3055

BS, 1957, Univ. of California-Berkeley
MS, 1961, Univ. of California-Berkeley
PhD, 1966, Univ. of California-Berkeley

Research interests: ecology and management of shrubs and hardwoods; growth and yield; development of old-growth forests; silviculture/ wildlife management

Current programs: shrub and hardwood ecology and management in Oregon forests; silvicultural systems for western Oregon forests

Graduate Students: Brad Eckert, MF

Courses:

• FOR 443/543, Silvicultural Practices
• FOR 406, Projects/Silviculture Prescriptions

Selected publications:

• Deal, R.L., and J.C. Tappeiner. 2002. The Effects of Partial Cutting on Stand Structure and Growth in Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Stands in Southeast Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management. 159: 173-186.

• Deal, R.L., J.C. Tappeiner and P.E. Hennon, 2002. Developing silvicultural systems based on partial cutting of western hemlock - sitka spruce stands of southeast Alaska. Forestry 75: 425-431.

• Latham, P. and J. C. Tappeiner. 2002. Response of add-growth conifers to reduction in stand density in western Oregon Forests. Tree Physiology 22: 137-146.

• Silviculture of Central Oregon Forests (COPE Book Chapter)

• Tappeiner, J. C., J. C. Zasada, D. Huffman, and L. M. Ganio. 2001. Salmonberry and salal annual aerial stem production: the maintenance of shrub cover in forest stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31:1629-1638.

• Chambers, C.L., W.C. McComb and J.C. Tappeiner. 1999. Breeding bird response to three silvicultural treatments in the Oregon Coast Range. Ecological Applications 9:171-185.

• Poage, J., and J.C. Tappeiner. 2001. Long-term patterns of diameter and basal area growth of individual old-growth and young-growth forests in western Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32(7):1232-1243.

• Adams, T., J.Z.J. Shimizu, and J.C. Tappeiner. 1998. Impact of alternative regeneration methods on genetic diversity in Douglas-fir. Forest Science 44:390-396.

• Bailey, J.D., C. Marysohn, P. Doescher, E. St. Pierre, and J.C. Tappeiner. 1998. Understory vegetation in old and young forests in western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 112:289-302.

• Bailey, J.D. and J.C. Tappeiner. 1998. Effects of thinning on structural development in 40 to 100-year-old Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 108:99-113.

• Chamber, C., T. Carrigan, T. Sabin, J.C. Tappeiner and W. McComb.1997. Use of artificially created Douglas-fir snags by cavity-nesting birds. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 12:93-97.

• Dubrasich, M.E., D.W. Hann and J.C. Tappeiner. 1997. Methods for evaluating crown area profiles of forest stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:385-392.

• Harrington, T.B. and J.C. Tappeiner. 1997. Growth responses of young Douglas-fir and tanoak 11 years after various levels of hardwood removal and understory suppression in southwestern Oregon, U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management 96:1-11.

• Hayes, J., S. Chan, W. Emmingham, J.C. Tappeiner and J. Bailey. 1997. Wildlife response to thinning young forests in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Forestry 95:28-33.

• Huffman, D.W. and J.C. Tappeiner. 1997. Clonal expansion and seedling recruitment of Oregon grape in Douglas-fir forests: Comparisons with salal. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:1788-1793.

• Tappeiner, J.C., D.W. Huffman, D. Marshall, T.A. Spies and J.D. Bailey. 1997. Density ages and growth rates in old-growth and young-growth forests in western Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:638-648.

• Tappeiner, J.C., D. Lavender, J. Walstad, R.O. Curtis and D.S. Debell. 1997. Silvicultural systems and regeneration methods: Current practices and new alternatives: In Kohn and Franklin (eds) creating a forestry for the 21st century. Island Press, Washington D.C.

• Tappeiner, J.C., J.C. Zasada, D.W. Huffan and B.D. Maxwell. 1996. Effects of cutting time, stump blight, parent tree characteristics, and harvest variables on development of bigleaf maple sprout clumps. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 11:120-124.

• Haeussler, S., J.C. Tappeiner and B.J. Greber. 1995. Germination, survival, and early growth of red alder seedlings in the central coast range of Oregon. Can. J. For Res. 25:1639-1651.

• O'Dea, M., C. Zasada, and J.C. Tappeiner. 1995. Vine maple clone growth and reproduction in managed and unmanaged coastal Oregon Douglas-fir forests. Ecological Applications 5:63-73.

• Wang, Z.Q., M. Newton, and J.C. Tappeiner. 1995. Competitive relations between Douglas-fir and Pacific madrone on shallow soils in a Mediterranean climate. For. Sci. 41:7744-7757.

• Harrington, T.B., R.J. Pabst, and J.C. Tappeiner. 1994. Seasonal physiology of Douglas-fir saplings: Response to micro climate in stands of tanoak or Pacific madrone. Forest Science 40(1):59-82.

• Tappeiner, J.C. and J.C. Zasada. 1993. Establishment of salmonberry, salal, vine maple and bigleaf maple seedlings in the coastal forests of Oregon. Can. J. For. Res. 23:1175-1780.

Selected theses:

• Deal, R.L. 1999. Effects of partial cutting on stand growth and structural and forest plant communities in southeast Alaska. PhD.

• Bailey, John D. 1996. Effects of stand density reduction on structural development in western Oregon Douglas-fir forests-A reconstruction study. PhD.

• Haeussler, Sybille. 1987. Germination and first-year survival of red alder seedlings in the central coast range of Oregon. MS.

• Fried, Jeremy S. 1985. Two studies of Acer macrophyllum: 1. The effects of bigleaf maple on soils in Douglas-fir forests; 2. The ecology of bigleaf maple seedling establishment and early growth in Douglas-fir forests. MS.

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