Engelmann spruce forests are structurally and compositionally diverse, occur across a wide range of physiographic conditions, and are the result of varying disturbance histories such as fire, wind and spruce beetle. The spruce beetle is a natural disturbance agent of spruce forests and has population levels that fluctuate from endemic to epidemic. Conceptually, structural and compositional dive...

9 In: Vance, Regina K.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Covington, W. Wallace; Blake, Julie A. comps. 2001. Ponderosa pine ecosystems restoration and conservation: steps toward stewardship; 2000 April 25–27; Flagstaff, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-22. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Merrill R. Kaufmann is a Research Forest Ecologist, Paula J. Fornwa...

USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS–P–13. 2000 Abstract.— This paper presents an integrated system to support urban natural resource mcnagement. With the application of remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS), the paper emphasizes the methodology of integrating information technology and a scientific basis to support ecosystem-based management. First, a systematic integrat...

Neary, Daniel G. ; Ryan, Kevin C. ; DeBano, Leonard F., eds. 2005. Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on soi ls and water. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol.4. Ogden , UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 250 p. This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on soils and water can assist land and fire managers with information on...

Peter F. Ffolliott is Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, 325 Biological Sciences East, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; e-mail: [email protected]. Gerald J. Gottfried is Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Phoenix, AZ. William H. Kruse is Range Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service (retired), Flagstaff, ...

a Southern Global Change Program, USDA Forest Service, 920 Main Campus Dr., Venture II, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA b Southern China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, PR China c College of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China d University of British Columbia-Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7 e Coweeta ...

Facing the relative lag of forest ecosystem service and estimation in China, this paper proposed to quickly carry out the research on the evaluation of forest ecosystem service. On the basis of the classification of forest ecosystem types in China, the service of artificial and semi-artificial forest ecosystems was investigated, which was divided into eight types, i.e., timber and other product...

Yuan Fang, Ge Sun,* Peter Caldwell, Steven G. McNulty, Asko Noormets, Jean-Christophe Domec, John King, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xudong Zhang, Guanghui Lin, Guangsheng Zhou, Jingfeng Xiao and Jiquan Chen 1 Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 2 Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Se...

Xiao-Yi Wang, Zhong-Qi Yang , , Juli R. Gould, Hui Wu and Jian-Hai Ma The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, Otis ANGB, MA 02542 5008, USA Forestry Bureau of Sanming City in Fu...

Addressing the challenges of wildland fire requires that science be relevant to management and integrated into decisions. Co-production is often touted as a process can increase utility for management, by involving scientists managers in knowledge creation problem solving. Despite documented benefits co-production, these efforts face number institutional barriers. Further research needed on how...