Janet Ohmann

Assistant Professor (Courtesy)
Forest Community and Landscape Ecology

321 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 321 Richardson Hall
• Phone: 541-750-7487
• Fax: 541-750-7329

• B.A., 1979, Duke University
• M.F., 1980, Duke University
• Ph.D., 1996, Oregon State University

Understanding environmental, disturbance, and biological factors that influence the distribution and dynamics of plant species and communities at broad geographic scales.

Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling Study (CLAMS); patterns of dead wood in the Pacific Northwest, and DecAID -- a dead wood advisory model for forest managers; predictive mapping of vegetation and fuels in western forests.

• Joint Fire Sciences Program ($518,713), 2001-2004
• NASA BOREAS / Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes ($482,469), 1998-2001
• USDA Forest Service, Northwest Forest Plan and Wood Compatibility Initiative (multiple grants, approx. $450,000), 1998-2001

1. Ohmann, J.L. and Waddell, K.L. Regional patterns of dead wood in forested habitats of Oregon and Washington. In: Ecology and Management of Dead Wood in Western Forests -- Proceedings of the Conference. 1999 November 2-4; Reno, NV. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-xxx. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. (In Press.)
2. Ohmann, J.L. and Gregory, M.J. Predictive mapping of forest composition and structure with direct gradient analysis and nearest neighbor imputation in the coastal province of Oregon, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. (In Press.)
3. Ohmann, J.L. and Spies, T.A. 1998. Regional gradient analysis and spatial pattern of woody plant communities of Oregon forests. Ecological Monographs 68:151-182.
4. Ohmann, J.L., McComb, W.C., and Zumrawi, A.A. 1994. Snag abundance for cavity-nesting birds on nonfederal forest lands in Oregon and Washington. Wildlife Society Bulletin 22:607-620.