The 4th North American Forest Ecology Workshop: Ecosystem in Transition, June 16-20, 2003 at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon - Hosted by Oregon State University College of Forestry
Tentative Concurrent Sessions schedule for Wednesday PM

Strategies and indicators of management for biodiversity - coarse to fine filter approaches
Co-leaders: Richard “Holt” Holthousen, RM Research Station, USDA Forest Service and Karen Beazley, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
Agriculture Production Room
1:50-2:15 Using focal species and ecosystems to identify critical areas for maintaining biodiversity in fragmented forests: a provincial-scale example in Nova Scotia, Canada Beazley et al., Dalhousie University
2:15-2:40 Challenges in extensive forest health monitoring: the vegetation diversity and structure indicator Schulz and Gray, USDA Forest Service
2:40-3:05 Sustaining biodiversity in British Columbia’s forests: consistent ecological risk assessment Fenger et al., Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
3:05-3:30 A hierarchical system of performance measures for ecological sustainability under a coarse-filter strategy Haufler, Ecosystem Management Research Institute
3:30-3:55 Break
3:55-4:20 Coarse filter biodiversity: an assessment of environmental risks on BC’s North Coast. Can this ever be ecosystem-based management? Holt and Sutherland, Veridian Ecological Consulting LTD and Cortex Consultants Inc.
4:25-4:45 Where is the coarse woody debris? Regional-scale mapping of a biodiversity indicator Woodall and McRoberts, USDA Forest Service
4:45-5:00 Postmodernism and forest ecology Pojar, British Columbia Forest Service


Riparian ecosystems and land-water interactions
Co-leaders: Sherri Johnson, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service and Pat Shafroth, Fort Collins Science Center, USGS
Construction and Engineering Auditorium

1:50-2:15 Plant assemblages in zero-order basins in the Oregon coast range Sheridan and Spies, Bureau of Land Management and Oregon State University
2:15-2:40 Factors associated with probability of channel intersection by falling trees along streams of the Pacific Northwest Sobota and Gregory, Oregon State University
2:40-3:05 Riparian forest restoration in the context of Tamarix control along southwestern U.S. rivers Patrick B. Shafroth U.S. Geological Survey
3:05-3:30 Riparian forest sustainability: calibrating a physical and biological recruitment model for the lower Tuolumne River, CA Stella et al., University of California Berkeley
3:30-3:55 Break
3:55-4:20 Density management effects on stand development and microclimate in headwater forests of western Oregon Chan et al., USDA Forest Service
4:25-4:45 Density management and riparian buffer studies of western Oregon: amphibians and fishes Olson et al., USDA Forest Service
4:45-5:00 Seasonal variation in diet of coastal cutthroat trout in relation to riparian vegetation Romero et al., Oregon State University


Hidden diversity and process: belowground systems and canopies
Co-Leaders: Rick Meinzer, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service and Shannon Berch, BC Ministry of Forests
Agriculture Leaders Room

1:50-2:15 Microbial biomass in cottonwood (Populus deltoids marsh.) and loblolly pine (pinus taedal.) plantations along a nitrogen fertilization gradient Lee and Jose, University of Florida
2:15-2:40 Effects of CO2 and temperature on fine root production and mortality in Douglas-fir Johnson et al., US Environmental Protection Agency
2:40-3:05 A spatial analysis of fine-root biomass from stand data in Oregon and Washington Lee et al., US Environmental Protection Agency
3:05-3:30 Similarities in hydraulic redistribution of soil water in dry and moist coniferous forests Warren et al., USDA Forest Service
3:30-3:55 Break
3:55-4:20    
4:25-4:45    
4:45-5:00    


Inventory, monitoring and change detectionCo-leaders: Paul Rogers, RM Research Station, USDA Forest Service and Chris Woodall, NC Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Agriculture Science Room

1:50-2:15 Stand-replacing disturbance in Oregon and Washington prior to and since the enactment of the Northwest forest plan Healey et al., USDA Forest Service

2:15-2:40 Temporal forest stand-dynamics on the interior highland of Arkansas between 1968 and 1995 Rosson, USDA Forest Service
2:40-3:05 The inventorying and monitoring of down woody materials in forests of the United States Woodall, USDA Forest Service
3:05-3:30 Group Discussion  
3:30-3:55 Break
3:55-4:20    
4:25-4:45    
4:45-5:00    

 

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