David E. Hibbs

Professor
Community Ecology, Silviculture

301K Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 301K Richardson Hall
• Phone: 541-737-6077
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.S., 1972, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• M.S., 1976, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Ph.D., 1978, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• FS 545 Forest Community Ecology
• FS 599 Fire Ecology

My interests focus in forest community ecology and extend into the application of ecology: silviculture. I have worked in both tropical and temperate forest systems. Current research is focused on ecological processes of riparian forests, ecology of post-fire forest dynamics, and management of red alder (Hardwood Silviculture Cooperative). I have had a finger into projects on scale-effects on plant diversity controls, food webs in riparian systems, and the autecology of Willamette Valley savanna tree species.

1. Hardwood Silviculture Cooperative, Director, $55,000 per annum, 1987 to present.
2. Predicting post-fire tree regeneration needs: duration and spatial variability. D. Hibbs and J. Shatford. Joint Fire Science Program. $171,581. 2005-2007.
3. Riparian Reference Conditions in SW Oregon. 2007-9. D. Hibbs. $60,000. Bureau of Land Management.
4. Red Alder Growth and Yield Models; D. Hibbs, D. Hann, and A. Bluhm, Oregon State University College of Forestry; and R. Deal, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR. PNW-BLM Agenda 2020: $60,000. 2008-2010.
5. Evaluating Broad-scale Effects of Hardwoods on Riparian Food Webs: What are the Consequences of Conversion to Conifers? D. Hibbs and S. Shirley. 2009-2010. $99,500. USGS FRESC.

1. Irvine, D, D. Hibbs and J. Shatford. In press. Post-fire Forest Recovery and Community Dynamics across Environmental Gradients in the Klamath-Siskiyou Region. Northwest Science.
2. Halofsky, J.E. and D.E. Hibbs. 2009. Post-fire colonization patterns in riparian areas of two Oregon fires, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 258:1350-1358.
3. Scott, E.E., S.S. Perakis, and D.E. Hibbs. In press. Red alder legacies in soils of the Oregon Coast Range. Northwest Science.
4. Halofsky, J.E. and D.E. Hibbs. 2009. Relationships among indices of fire severity in riparian zones. Journal of Wildland Fire 18:584-593.
5. Halofsky, J.E. and D.E. Hibbs. 2008. Determinants of riparian fire severity in two Oregon fires. CJFR 38:1959-1973.
6. Scott, E.E., D.E. Hibbs and S.S. Perakis. 2008. Patterns of Douglas-fir and red alder riparian forests in the Oregon Coast Range. Forest Science 54:140-147.
7. Shatford, J., D.E. Hibbs and K Puettmann. 2007. Conifer Regeneration Following Forest Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyous: How much, how soon? J. Forestry 105:139-146.
8. Sarr, D.A. and D.E. Hibbs. 2007. Multiscale controls on riparian plant diversity in western Oregon riparian forests. Ecological Monographs 77:179-201.
9. Sarr, D.A. and D.E. Hibbs. 2007. Woody riparian plant distributions in western Oregon, USA: Comparing landscapes and local scale factors. Plant Ecology 190:291-311.
10. Radosevich, S.R., D.E. Hibbs and C. Ghersa. 2006. The effects of composition and spatial arrangement on stand development. Canadian J. Forest Research. 39:268-282.
11. Richardson, J.S., R.J. Naiman, F.J. Swanson and D.E. Hibbs. 2005. Riparian communities associated with Pacific Northwest headwater streams: assemblages, processes and uniqueness. J. American Water Resources Assoc. 41: 935-947.
12. Withrow-Robinson BA and Hibbs DE. 2005. Testing an ecologically based classification tool on fruit-based agroforestry in northern Thailand. Agroforestry Systems 65:123-135.
13. Sarr, D.A., D.E. Hibbs and M.A. Huston. 2005. A hierarchical perspective of plant diversity. Quarterly Review of Biology 80(2):187-212.