Silviculture and Ecology
Silviculture and ecology are core disciplines in the Department, providing
the basis for all forest management activities. Research thrusts include stand-level
treatments and prescriptions as well as landscape-level approaches to natural
resource stewardship and protection. Current efforts are focused on aspects
of forest health, wildland fire, and ecosystem restoration.
Participating Faculty
John D. Bailey - silviculture, fuels and fire management, and adaptive ecosystem management. More
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Max Bennett (extension) - silviculture, forest
health, integrated management for forest health, fire hazard reduction.
James R. Boyle (emeritus) - sustainable forestry; forest
soil ecology; biogeochemistry;
forest ecology. More
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Research interests:
Current research: sustained productivity; tree-soil interactions; dynamics of
organic matter, nutrients and biota in forest soils
Paul Doescher - restoration
of native plant communities; fire ecology; ecological and physiological dynamics
of plant species.
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Stephen A. Fitzgerald (extension) - silviculture, fire ecology,
unevenage forest management
Richard A. Fletcher (extension) - forest management, marketing,
Christmas tree production, urban tree care, agroforestry, volunteer program
management
Richard K. Hermann (emeritus)
Edward C. Jensen - natural resource education; forest ecology. More
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Chal G. Landgren (extension) - pesticide application,
forest business and finance, Christmas trees, reforestation
Ron Reuter - Soil-Landscape relationships;
forest, range, and wetland soils; distance-education technology
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John C. Tappeiner (emeritus)- ecology
and management of shrubs and hardwoods; growth and yield; large scale application
of silvicultural
techniques; silviculture/
wildlife management. More
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John D. Walstad (emeritus)- vegetation management, integrated
forest protection, regeneration, natural and prescribed fire. More info...
Degree Concentrations
PhD, Silviculture
Research Related Web Sites
Planted Forests
- contributions to the quest for sustainable societies.
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