Faith Inman-Narahari*, Rebecca Ostertag, Stephen P. Hubbell, Christian P. Giardina, Susan Cordell and Lawren Sack Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA; Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, 200 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA; Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropic...

Editor’s note: In an effort to help automate the inspection for lumber defects, optical scanning systems are emerging as an alternative to the human eye. Although still in its infancy, scanning technology is being explored by machine companies and universities. The following article was excerpted from “Machine Vision Systems for Grading and Processing Hardwood Lumber, ” by Philip A. Araman and ...

Ruggiero, Leonard F.; Aubry, Keith B.; Buskirk, Steven W.; Koehler, Gary M.; Krebs, Charles J.; McKelvey, Kevin S.; Squires, John R. Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-30WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr030.html Once foun...

Mark I. Cook, Steven R. Beissinger, Gary A. Toranzos, Roberto A. Rodriguez, and Wayne J. Arendt Ecosystem Sciences Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 151 Hilgard Hall 3110, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, Department of Biology, Box 23360, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00931, Puerto Rico, and International Institute of Tropical Fore...

a Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA, USA b University of Leicester, Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK c Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA d The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA, USA e USDA Forest Service, ...

—Our multi-scale analysis of Flammulated Owl ( Otus flammeolus) habitat use in the norther n Rocky Mountains indicates some landscapes may be unsuitable for this species. As a r esult, there may be less habitat available for Flammulated Owls than thought based on the r esults of micr ohabitat studies. Thus, we suggest Flammulated Owl habitat conservation measur es be based on the r esults of la...

Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Arbaugh, Michael J.; Schilling, Susan L., technical coordinators. 1998. Proceedings of the international symposium on air pollution and climate change effects on forest ecosystems; 1996 February 5-9; Riverside, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-166. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 332 p. The purpose of the Internati...

Paul R. Krausman is Professor and Research Scientist of Wildlife and Fisheries Science in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson. He also serves as Associate Director of Arizona’s Agricultural Experiment Station, and Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. He has worked with large mammals in arid environments related to habitat ecology, restoration...

Schulz, Bethany K.; Bechtold, William A.; Zarnoch, Stanley J. 2009. Sampling and estimation procedures for the vegetation diversity and structure indicator. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-781. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 53 p. The Vegetation Diversity and Structure Indicator (VEG) is an extensive inventory of vascular plants in the ...

--Partnerships between research scientists and land man­ agers can facilitate the application of research findings. Successful partnerships developed between Rocky Mountain Station scien­ tists and the Southwestern Region staff have been involved in addressing riparian-stream interactions. These successful partner­ ships involve several interpersonal and organizational consider­ ations. Example...