Dave Shaw

Assistant Professor
Forest Health

Associate Editor, Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Forest Insects and Disease

218 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 218 Richardson Hall
• Phone: 541-737-2845
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.S., 1977, Northern Arizona University
• M.S., 1982, Western Washington University
• Ph.D., 1991, University of Washington

• FS 599. Ecological and Economic Impact of Non-Native Pests and Pathogens. Distributed Graduate Seminar sponsored by National center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA. 2 credits. Fall 2007. Co-taught with H. Jo Albers, Forest Resources.
• FS 599. Native Forest Diseases. 1 credit. Fall 2006. Companion module to FS520.

I’m interested in all aspects of forest health, including biology and management of Swiss needle cast in Douglas-fir, invasive insect and disease pests, silviculture and integrated pest management, the interactions of fire and forest pests, and biology and ecology of native insect and disease organisms considered pests. I am also interested in the biology and ecology of mistletoes.

1. Director, Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative (http://www.cof.orst.edu/coops/sncc/).
   The Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative (SNCC) was established in January 1997. Damage caused by Swiss needle cast, a native foliage disease (caused by the fungus Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii) that affects Douglas-fir, has made it imperative that new research be conducted to learn practical methods of disease detection and management to maintain the health and productivity of Douglas-fir plantations. The focus of SNCC is Swiss needle cast research for forest land owners in the Pacific Northwest.
2. Evaluation of Models Used to Predict Post-Fire Tree Mortality. With Stephen Fitzgerald, Lisa Ganio, Travis Woolley. USFS, PNW Research Station, Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Assessment Center. 2007-2008
3. Forest Pest Pocket Guide and Advanced Training Program. With Paul Oester, Greg Filip. Oregon Forest Resources Institute. 2007-2008.

• Danny Norlander, MS

1. Mathiasen, R.L., D.L. Nickrent, D.C. Shaw, and D.M. Watson. 2008. Misteltoes: pathology, systematics, ecology and management. Plant Disease 92: 988-1006. PDF
2. Shaw, D.C., M. Huso, and H. Bruner. 2008. Basal area growth impacts of dwarf misteltoe on western hemlock in an old-growth forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:576-583. PDF
3. Shaw, D.C., K. Ernest, B. Rinker, M. Lowman. 2006. Stand level herbivory in an old-growth forest canopy. Western North American Naturalist 66:473-481.
4. Swanson, M.E., D.C. Shaw, and T.K. Marosi. 2006. Distribution of western hemlock dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium tsugense [Rosendahl] G.N. Jones subsp. tsugense) in mature and old-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) forests. Northwest Science 80:207-217.
5. Shaw, D.C., J. Chen, E. Freeman, and D. Braun. 2005. Spatial and population characteristics of dwarf mistletoe infected trees in an old-growth Douglas-fir/western hemlock forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 990-1001.
6. Shaw, D.C. 2004. Vertical Organization of Canopy Biota. Chapter 4, In: M. Lowman and B. Rinker. Forest Canopies 2nd Edition. Elsevier/Academic Press.
7. Shaw, D.C., D.M. Watson, and R.L. Mathiasen. 2004. Comparison of dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp., Viscaceae) in western North America with mistletoes (Amyema spp., Loranthaceae) in Australia – ecological analogs and reciprocal models for ecosystem management. Australian Journal of Botany 52: 481-498.

1. EC 1607-E, Sudden Oak Death. Author: David Shaw, new June 2007, 2 pages.
2. EC 1608-E, Stop the spread of Sudden Oak Death. Authors: Ellen M. Goheen, David Shaw, new June 2007, 2 pages.
3. EC 1615-E, Swiss Needle Cast of Douglas-fir in Oregon. Author: David Shaw, new January 2008. 4 pages.
4. EC 1619-E, Diseases and Insect Pests of Pacific Madrone. Authors: Max Bennett and David Shaw, new May 2008. 5 pages.

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