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{"title":"Abstract","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/jof/112.1.166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/112.1.166","url":null,"abstract":"The article contains all poster abstracts from the Wildland Fire track of the 2013 Society of American Foresters National Convention.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140590906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Availability, Quality, and Selection of Browse by White-Tailed Deer After Clearcutting","authors":"Jeffrey W. Hughes, Timothy J. Fahey","doi":"10.1093/jof/89.10.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/89.10.31","url":null,"abstract":"We evaluated the effect of large-scale forest harvest on the production, nutritive quality, twig size, and use of four preferred species of browse by white-tailed deer in a spruce-fir forest in New Hampshire. Red maple produced the most new twigs (44-fold increase 3 years after harvest), and 99% of these were sprouts from stumps. Mountain maple and mountain ash twig production increased by factors of 3.5 and 1.9, respectively, and most twigs were borne on stems that survived the clearcutting. Most yellow birch (4-fold increase after 3 years) colonized from newly dispersed seed. For all species of browse except yellow birch, clearcutting resulted in (1) significantly larger, heavier twigs, and (2) significantly higher concentrations of protein and soluble carbohydrates. Deer removed a higher proportion of twigs from the clearcut than from the uncut forest. Mountain ash and mountain maple were the preferred species on both sites. Management implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140574336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does the U.S. Face a Shortfall of Timber?","authors":"Dwight Hair","doi":"10.1093/jof/76.5.276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/76.5.276","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies show that the demands for timber from domestic forests are likely to grow rapidly in the decades ahead. Supplies, on the other hand, will increase rather slowly if forests continue to be managed much as they have been. These projections and the widening gap between them have been viewed by some in terms of a physical shortfall. In a free market economy, however, there will not be a shortfall. Prices will rise until there is an equilibrium between demands and supplies. Rising relative prices will limit the expansion potential of the timber industries. They will also mean higher costs to consumers, increased dependence on imports, greater environmental costs associated with expanding use of substitutes, and acceleration in the rate of use of nonrenewable resource.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140590882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hazards of Root Disease in Pacific Northwest Recreation Sites","authors":"Gregory M. Filip, Donald J. Goheen","doi":"10.1093/jof/80.3.163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/80.3.163","url":null,"abstract":"Trees with root diseases. especially not caused by Phellinus weirii, are subject to windthrow, and thus seriously threaten public safety in developed recreation sites in Pacific Northwest forests. Pathologists or specially trained foresters should inspect an area for root disease hazards before construction begins. When trees with diseased roots are found on sites that are already in operation, managers must reduce present and future hazards while maintaining the area's beauty.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"138 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140590886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Birds in Six Communities within a Lodgepole Pine Forest","authors":"Dennis D. Austin, Michael L. Perry","doi":"10.1093/jof/77.9.584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/77.9.584","url":null,"abstract":"Birds were censused in six communities within a lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forest in the Uinta Mountains of Utah: wet and dry meadows, mature and stagnated lodgepole pine stands, and openings made by clearcutting in 1940 and 1960 and presently having regenerating lodgepole pine stands. The richest avifauna was in the dry meadows, a finding that suggests the need to protect these areas from disturbance. Although a few bird species were adversely affected by clearcutting, many were more numerous in the clearcut areas than in unlogged stands, and the number of species remained about the same. Disturbance of the stagnated stands would be highly beneficial to birds.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140602818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis of Factors That Affect Productivity and Efficiency of Logging Businesses in Virginia","authors":"Pedro J Sartori, Stella Z Schons, Scott Barrett","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvae006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvae006","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the effect of the relationship between timber harvesting attributes on loggers’ productivity and efficiency is crucial for the feasibility and expansion of sustainable forest management and logging. We applied a stochastic production frontier model to firm-level operational data collected from 202 loggers in Virginia, United States, in 2019. Logging equipment value, physiographic region, tract area, number of workers and crews in the woods, college education level, and harvest type statistically increase harvesting productivity. Harvesting productivity in the Coastal Plain was the greatest of all physiographic regions, and pine clearcut productivity was statistically greater than that of hardwood thinning. On the other hand, manual felling reduces harvesting productivity. We found an average efficiency rate of 67% among firms in our sample, which is similar to that found in the literature. The estimated values can show factors that improve forest harvest productivity through better planning and investments while improving the sustainable use of inputs and resources. Study Implications: We empirically analyzed factors affecting logging productivity and efficiency in the southern US state of Virginia. Increased productivity was associated with working in the Coastal Plain physiographic region, investing in logging equipment, increasing the number of workers and crews in the woods, increasing pine clearcut as opposed to hardwood thinning, choosing optimal harvesting tract size, and having a college education as opposed to no high school degree. Manual felling reduces harvesting productivity, and average BMP implementation time does not affect harvesting productivity. Our results can be used as a guide in planning future decisions to increase logging productivity.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140315475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the Root Rupture Method for Controlling Belowground Spread of the Oak Wilt Pathogen (Bretziella fagacearum) in Northeast Wisconsin, USA","authors":"Anna Yang, Linda M Haugen, David L Mausel, John Lampereur, Tommy Stueck, Rebecca A Montgomery, Jennifer Juzwik","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad055","url":null,"abstract":"Oak wilt, caused by the pathogen Bretziella fagacearum, is a destructive disease on oak (Quercus) species in the United States. Established methods to control the belowground spread of oak wilt are not appropriate in all circumstances; thus, forest health managers have a strong need for alternative methods for disease control. We evaluated the effectiveness of operational stump excavation treatments (i.e., “root rupture” method) applied between 2004 and 2014 to control belowground spread of oak wilt on two forests in northeast Wisconsin, USA. The root rupture method achieved a high level of disease control (≥85% of evaluated disease infection centers) for 5 years by harvesting red oak trees within infection centers and uprooting the stumps and associated root mass. The likelihood of disease control success depended on the initial size of the infection center that was treated, with larger infection centers being less likely to be contained with a single treatment than small infection centers. This study highlights the importance of early detection and prompt management in oak wilt suppression programs. Study Implications: Forest management agencies and organizations in the North Central United States continue to face oak wilt epidemics. No single tool or treatment method ensures complete containment of oak wilt; thus, most managers carefully consider all the tools and techniques available to them and determine what best suits their budget and land use priorities. Stump excavation (i.e., “root rupture” method) is a cost-effective treatment for halting belowground spread of the oak wilt fungus, Bretziella fagacearum, that can achieve a high level of disease control. In northern red oak (Quercus rubra) stands with high economic value, this treatment can be applied as a group selection, with the value of the timber potentially offsetting the cost of treatment. The opportunity for complete disease control decreases as oak wilt infection centers increase in size; thus, monitoring and early control actions are critical.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140315480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Forest Inventory Data Shows Disparity in Tree Mortality and Resistance in Texas National Forests","authors":"Nicholas P Dewez, Weimin Xi, Duston R Duffie, Mukti R Subedi, Tilak Chaudhary, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Ambrose O Anoruo, Thomas Estabrook","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad059","url":null,"abstract":"In 2011, the forestlands of Texas were affected by one of the most severe droughts in the state’s history, killing an estimated 65 million trees in the East Texas region. This study uses USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data and a standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index to estimate major tree species responses to the 2011 drought in Texas’ four national forests. We used an analysis of variance and a linear mixed-effect model to evaluate factors contributing to tree mortality and growth. We found that tree mortality rates varied greatly during the drought period relative to predrought levels; higher stand age, higher stand density, and higher mean summer temperature contributed to tree mortality volume. Study Implications: Drought is a recurring disturbance agent and is likely to continue to increase in frequency and severity in the future. We provide an understanding of an exceptional drought as a disturbance agent and its impacts on tree mortality and resistance. The effects of the 2011 drought on national forests in Texas have not previously been evaluated. Texas’ national forests represent over 256,975 ha (635,000 ac) in the state’s eastern region and nearly 10% of all public land in Texas. Our results are useful to decision makers in developing strategies and protecting forestlands in the face of potential future droughts.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"220 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139903354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Herbicides Have Variable Effects on Understory Plant and Insect Communities in Southern United States Working Forests","authors":"Emma L Briggs, Daniel U Greene, David C Clabo, Kamal J K Gandhi","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad060","url":null,"abstract":"Working pine (Pinus spp.) forests in the southern United States rely on herbicides to remove competing vegetation and improve productivity. We conducted a review of the effects of herbicides on understory plants in southern working forests. We also discuss the impacts of herbicides on insect taxa associated with understory vegetation and its litter layer, including Coleoptera (carabid beetles), Hemiptera (true bugs), Hymenoptera (bees/ants), Lepidoptera (moths/butterflies), and Orthoptera (grasshoppers). Herbicides have few reported long-term impacts on understory herbaceous cover and species richness/diversity when applied according to labeled uses and application rates. However, the method of chemical treatment (e.g., broadcast spray or banded application) may influence understory plant structure and composition. Responses of insects to herbicides were species- and taxa-specific and highly variable given their forage/habitat requirements and life histories. Long-term research is needed to evaluate the effects of herbicides on vegetation-associated insects to provide a comprehensive profile of herbicide nontarget impacts. Study Implications: Land managers rely on herbicides to remove competing vegetation and increase working forest productivity. Given the objective of sustainable forest management to conserve biodiversity, it is important to understand how biological communities respond to chemical applications in intensively managed forest ecosystems. Our review indicated that herbicides have few reported long-term impacts on understory plant communities when applied appropriately. Despite their taxonomic diversity, invertebrates were rarely included in assessments of forest herbicides. Further research is needed to assess the potential nontarget impacts of herbicide applications on forest insect communities.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139767317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"US Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges: An Untapped Resource for Social Science","authors":"Susan Charnley, Lee K. Cerveny","doi":"10.1093/jof/109.6.313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/109.6.313","url":null,"abstract":"For a century, US Forest Service experimental forests and ranges (EFRs) have been a resource for scientists conducting long-term research relating to forestry and range management. Social science research has been limited, despite the history of occupation and current use of these sites for activities ranging from resource extraction and recreation to public education. This article encourages researchers to take advantage of the rich, though largely untapped, potential EFRs offer for social science by describing their many human dimensions and providing an overview of potential research topics. These topics include human uses, economics, historical studies, population and land-use change, human values, and interdisciplinary social-ecological studies. Lack of awareness among social scientists, limited budgets and networking, and the predominance of biophysical scientists who administer and conduct research at EFRs appear to be inhibiting the development of social science research there. We suggest ways of overcoming these barriers.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139645912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}