THINNING YOUNG STANDS FOR DIVERSITY: Important Studies

Project Category/Project Title/Project Location/Web Site, Publiation or Contact

I) Studies Examining Thinning Treatments for Promoting Diversity

A Upslope Studies:

1 Alternative Silviculture in Young Plantations

Mt. St. Helens Nat. Monument & Willamette N. F.

http://www.fsl.orst.edu/ccem/pdf/veryyss.pdf

2 Commercial Thinning for Diversity

Siuslaw N. F.

chans@fsl.orst.edu; maasc@fsl.orst.edu; emminghamw@fsl.orst.edu

3 Density Management Studies

BLM Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, and Coos Bay Districts

http://axe.nacse.org:8080/ims/bline

4 Forest Ecosystem Study

Fort Lewis

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/olympia/efb/annualreport.pdf

5 H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Uneven-Aged Management Study

Willamette N. F.

http://www.fsl.orst.edu/ccem/learning/publications.html

6 Effects of Commercial Thinning on Stand Structure and Wildlife Populations

O.D.F. Tillamook State Forest

hayesj@ccmail.orst.edu; emminghamw@fsl.orst.edu; Suzuki, N. 2001. Effects of Thinning on Forest-floor Vertebrates and Analysis of Habitat Associations along Ecological Gradients in Oregon Coastal Douglas-fir Forests. Ore. State Univ. Ph.D. Dissertation, 168 pp.

7 Olympic Habitat Development Study

Olympic N. F.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/olympic/ecomgt/research/habitat.htm

8 Silvicultural Options for Harvesting Young-Growth Production Forests

Wash. State DNR Capitol State Forest

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/olympia/silv/selected_studies/blue_ridge/blueridge_poster.htm

9 Two-Storied Management in Young Stands

OSU Research Forests

Brandeis, T.J., Newton, M., Cole, E. 2001. A comparison of overstory density measures for describing understory conifer growth. For. Ecol. Manage. 152: 149-157; Brandeis, T.J., Newton, M., Cole, E. 2001. Underplanted conifer seedling survival and growth in thinned Douglas-fir stands. Can. J. For. Res. 31: 302-312

10 Young Stand Thinning and Diversity Study

Willamette N. F.

http://www.fsl.orst.edu/ccem/yst/ystd.html

B Related Riparian Studies:

1 Cutting Block Study

OR Coast Range

Zwieniecki & Newton, M. 1999 Influence of streramside cover and tream features on temperature trends in forested streams of western Oregon, WJAF 14:106-113

2 Density Management Study - Riparian Buffer Component

OR BLM

http://axe.nacse.org:8080/ims/bline

3 Dynamics and Silviculture of Riparian Vegetation

OR Coast Range

chans@fsl.orst.edu

4 Releasing Conifers in Hardwood Riparian Zones

OR Coast Range

maasc@fsl.orst.edu; emminghamw@fsl.orst.edu

5 Rethinning Study

Oregon BLM

http://axe.nacse.org:8080/ims/bline

6 Underplanting Conifers in Hardwood Riparian Zones

OR Coast Range

maasc@fsl.orst.edu; emminghamw@fsl.orst.edu

II) Related Historic, Retrospective or Dendrochronology Studies:

1 Black Rock Forest Management Research Area

OR Coast Range

dmarshall@fs.fed.us

2 Effects of Commercial Thinning on Understory Development and Stand Structure in Young Managed Douglas-fir Stands

OR BLM & ODF

Bailey, J.D. & Tappeiner. 1998. Effects of thinning on structural development in 40- to 100-year-old Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. For. Ecol. Manage. 108: 99-113; Bailey, J.D., Mayrsohn, C., Doescher, P.S. St. Pierre, E., Tappeiner, J.C. 1998. Understory vegetation in old and young Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon. For.Ecol. Manage. 112: 289-302

3 Effects of Partial Cutting on Stand Structure and Growth and Forest Plant Communities

Tongass N.F.

Deal, R. L. 2001. The effects of partial cutting on forest plant communities of western hemlock - Sitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska. Can. J. For. Res. 31: 2067-2079

4 Levels of Growing Stock Study (LOGS)

PNW

Curtis, R.O., Marshall, D.D., Bell, J.F. 1997. LOGS a pioneering example of silvicultural research in coast Douglas-fir. Journal of Forestry 93(7):19-25.

5 Structure and Development of Old-Growth Douglas-fir in Central Western Oregon

W. Oregon

Poage, N.J. 2000. Structure and Development of Old-Growth Douglas-fir in Central Western Oregon. Ore. State Univ., Ph.D. Dissertation.

III) Related Harvest-Level Studies:

1 Alternatives to Clearcutting (ATC)

Tongass National Forest

www.fs.fed.us/pnw/sciencef/scifind19.pdf

2 Blue River Landscape Study

Willamette National Forest

www.fsl.orst.edu/ccem/brls/brls.html

3 College Forest Integrated Research Project (CFIRP)

OSU Res Forest