Rob Pabst

Senior Faculty Research Assistant
Forest Ecology

FSL 307
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: FSL 307
• Phone: 541-750-7435
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.S., 1978, University of Minnesota
• M.S., 1982, University of Minnesota

forest succession, plant community ecology, riparian forests, restoration ecology.

Ecological characteristics and dynamics of late-successional and old-growth forests. Simulation modeling of forest succession and stand dynamics. Forest understory response to gap formation. Long-term dynamics of riparian forests in the Oregon Coast Range.

1. Sarr, D., Puettmann, K., Pabst, R., Cornett, M. and Arguello, L. 2004. Restoration ecology: new perspectives and opportunities for forestry. Journal of Forestry 102(5): 20-24.
2. Pabst, R.J. and Spies, T.A. 2001. Ten years of plant succession on a debris-flow deposit in Oregon. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37(6):1693-1708.
3. Pabst, R.J. and Spies, T.A. 1999. Structure and composition of unmanaged riparian forests in the coastal mountains of Oregon, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29:1557-1573.
4. Pabst, R.J. and Spies, T.A. 1998. Distribution of herbs and shrubs in relation to landform and canopy cover in riparian forests of coastal Oregon. Canadian Journal of Botany 76:298-315.
5. Pabst, R.J., Tappeiner, J.C.,II, and Newton, M. 1990. Varying densities of Pacific madrone in a young stand in Oregon alter soil water-potential, plant moisture stress, and growth of Douglas-fir. Forest Ecology and Management 37:267-283.