Jay Sexton

Senior Faculty Research Assistant
Forest Ecology

201L Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 201L Richardson Hall
• Phone: 541-737-8430
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.S., 1980, SUNY College Of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse

Coarse Woody Debris Decomposition Experiments, Fine Wood Decomposition Experiments, Forest Litter Decomposition Experiments, Root Decomposition Experiments, Datalogger Installation, Prototyping of research apparatus for specific installations, CWD, FWD, Soil Litter surveys, Coarse Woody Debris Decay Class Field Sampling, Chainsaw Safety and Operation, Respiration measurements in Coarse and Fine Woody Debris, TDR Soil Moisture measurements, consultation with Grad Students regarding study design and mechanics. Forest Insect Phermone field research and bioassays, Seed and Cone insect survey, Bark Beetle Population Dynamics, Bark Beetle Phermone Baited Trapping.

1. Harmon, M.E., O.N. Krankina and J. Sexton. 2000. Decomposition vectors: A new approach to estimating woody detritus decomposition dynamics. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30:74-84.
2. Harmon, Mark E.,Sexton, Jay 1996 Guidelines for measurements of woody detritus in forest ecosystems. Pub No: 2255.
3. Harmon, M.E., D.F. Whigham, J. Sexton and I. Olmsted. 1995. Decomposition and stores of woody detritus in the dry tropical forests of the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Biotropica. 27:305-316.
4. Harmon, M.E. and J. Sexton. 1995. Water balance of conifer logs in the early stages of decomposition. Plant and Soil 172:141-152.
5. Harmon, M.E., J. Sexton, B.A. Caldwell and S.E. Carpenter, 1994. Fungal sporocarp mediated losses of Ca, Fe, K, Mg, N, P, and Zn from conifer logs in the early stages of decomposition. Can. J. -For. Res. 24:1883-1893.