Patricia K. Lebow, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Rachel A. Arango, Stan T. Lebow, Vina Yang, Samuel L. Zelinka, Patricia K. Lebow, Patrick DeWald. 2023. Evaluation of moldicidal additives for wood preservatives used in dip-treatment of wood packaging materials for military applications.
• Thomas L. Eberhardt, Patricia K. Lebow, Philip M. Sheridan, Arvind A.R. Bhuta. 2022. Identifying southern yellow pine cross sections from the southeastern United States using quadratic discriminant analysis on pith and second annual ring diameters
• Roderquita Moore, Mark A. Dietenberger, Doreen Mann, Patricia K. Lebow, David R. Weise. 2022. Utilizing two-dimensional gas chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC ToFMS) to characterize volatile products from pyrolysis of living vegetation foliage
• Mark E. Mankowski, Jeffrey J. Morrell, Patricia K. Lebow. 2021. Effects on brood development in the carpenter ant Camponotus vicinus Mayr after exposure to the yeast associate Schwanniomyces polymorphus Kloecker
• Wolfgang Ruppitsch, Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Adam Taylor. 2021. Role of Tyloses in the Durability of Chestnut Oak
• Rachel A. Arango, Vina Yang, Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Michael C. Wiemann, Megan Grejczyk, Patrick DeWald. 2020. Variation in mold susceptibility among hardwood species under laboratory conditions
• Steve P. Verrill, Frank C. Owens, Matthew A. Arvanitis, David E. Kretschmann, Rubin Shmulsky, Robert J. Ross, Patricia K. Lebow. 2020. Estimated probability of breakage of lumber of a fixed “grade” can vary greatly from mill to mill and time to time
• Stan Lebow, Katie M. Ohno, Patricia K. Lebow, Michael West. 2020. Efficacy of alternative copper-based preservatives in protecting decking from biodegradation
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Jed Cappellazzi, Jonathan M. Palmer, Nathan J. Bechle, Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow. 2020. Role of leaf litter in above-ground wood decay
• Timothy M. Young, Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow, Adam Taylor. 2020. Statistical process control and related methods for improvement of the treated-wood industries
• Ronald C. Sabo, Nicole M. Stark, Patricia K. Lebow, Omid Nabinejad, Sonal S. Karkhanis, Laurent M. Matuana. 2020. Novel method of compounding cellulose nanocrystal suspensions into poly(lactic acid) and poly(vinyl acetate) blends
• Timothy M. Young, Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow, Adam Taylor. 2019. SPC handbook for the treated wood industries
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Kolby Hirth. 2019. Laboratory immersion method for accelerated prediction of preservative leaching from pressure-treated wood exposed to precipitation
• Timothy M. Young, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Adam Taylor. 2018. A protocol for implementing statistical process control in the treated wood industry
• Stan Lebow, Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Steven Halverson. 2018. Northeastern United States species treated with copper-based preservatives: Durability in mississippi stake tests
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow. 2018. Internal moisture content and temperature of standardized aboveground wood durability test specimens
• Patricia K. Lebow, Timothy M. Young, Stan Lebow. 2017. Statistical process control for residential treated wood
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker. 2017. Comparison of performance criteria for evaluating stake test data
• Stan Lebow, Samuel L. Zelinka, Rachel A. Arango, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow, Katie M. Ohno, Nathaniel P. Chotlos. 2017. Evaluation of nonpressure wood preservatives for military applications
• Rene Stelzer, Adam Taylor, Patricia K. Lebow. 2017. Use of small volume cups in XRF analysis of treated wood retention
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Kolby Hirth. 2017. Technical Note: Comparison of accelerated methods for evaluating leaching from preservative-treated wood
• Charles R. Boardman, Samuel V. Glass, Patricia K. Lebow. 2017. Simple and accurate temperature correction for moisture pin calibrations in oriented strand board
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2016. Effect of Fungal Competition on Decay Rates in Bicultured Soil Bottle Assays
• Dennis Dykstra, Patricia K. Lebow, Stephen Pilkerton, Jamie Barbour, Susan Hummel, Stuart R. Johnston. 2016. Effect of habitat-improvement thinnings on lumber products from coastal Douglas-fir
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Patricia K. Lebow. 2015. Laboratory Evaluations of Durability of Southern Pine Pressure Treated With Extractives From Durable Wood Species
• Stan Lebow, Rachel A. Arango, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow, Katie M. Ohno. 2015. Efficacy of alternatives to zinc naphthenate for dip treatment of wood packaging materials
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow. 2015. Use of a Resistance-type Moisture Meter above the Fiber Saturation Point
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Grant T. Kirker, Rachel A. Arango. 2015. Fifty-Year Durability Evaluation of Posts Treated with Industrial Wood Preservatives
• Patricia K. Lebow, Adam M. Taylor, Timothy M. Young. 2015. A Tool for Estimating Variability in Wood Preservative Treatment Retention
• Carol A. Clausen, Vina Yang, Rachel A. Arango, Laura Hasburgh, Patricia K. Lebow, Richard Reiner. 2015. Cellulose Nanocrystal Entrapment of Benzalkonium Chloride in Southern Pine: Biological, Chemical, and Physical Properties
• Anthony Turhollow, Robert Perlack, Laurence Eaton, Matthew Langholtz, Craig Brandt, Mark Downing, Lynn Wright, Kenneth E. Skog, Chad Hellwinckel, Bryce Stokes, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. The updated billion-ton resource assessment
• Grant T. Kirker, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Principal Component Analysis of Microbial Community Data from an Accelerated Decay Cellar Test
• Tor P. Schultz, Darrel D. Nicholas, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Chapter 15: Discussion on Prior Commercial Wood Preservation Systems That Performed Less Well Than Expected
• Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Patricia K. Lebow, Jennifer D. White, Dave Currie, David N. Ewert. 2014. Sex and age differences in site fidelity, food resource tracking, and body condition of wintering Kirtland's Warblers (Setophaga Kirtlandii) in the Bahamas
• Grant T. Kirker, S.V. Diehl, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Microbial Community Analysis of Naturally Durable Wood in an Above Ground Field Test
• Rebecca E. Ibach, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Strength loss in decayed wood
• Frederick Green, Patricia K. Lebow, S. Nami Kartal. 2014. E1-09 Termite Choice Testing: What is it good for?
• Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker. 2014. Rate My Stake: Interpretation of Ordinal Stake Ratings
• Stan Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Documenting the Durability and Service Life of Pressure-treated Wood
• Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow, Steven Halverson. 2013. Boron Diffusion in Surface-Treated Framing Lumber
• Kenneth E. Skog, Jamie Barbour, Marilyn Buford, Dennis Drykstra, Patricia K. Lebow, Patrick D. Miles, Bob Perlack, Bryce Stokes. 2013. Forest-Based Biomass Supply Curves for the United States
• Stan Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Grant T. Kirker, Patricia K. Lebow. 2013. Long-Term Durability of Pressure-Treated Wood in a Severe Test Site
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2013. The role of extractives in naturally durable wood species
• Anne Christine Steenkjær Hastrup, Frederick Green, Patricia K. Lebow, Bo Jensen. 2012. Enzymatic oxalic acid regulation correlated with wood degradation in four brown-rot fungi
• Patricia K. Lebow, Scott W. Conklin. 2011. The Statistics of wood assays for preservative retention
• Patricia K. Lebow, Dennis Dykstra, Patrick D. Miles, Kenneth E. Skog, B.J. Stokes, R.D. Perlack, Marilyn Buford, Jamie Barbour, David B. McKeever. 2011. Forest biomass and wood waste resources
• Frederick Green, S. Nami Kartal, Patricia K. Lebow, Rachel A. Arango. 2011. NHA choice test : feeding dilemma for Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
• Robert Coleman, Vina Yang, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2010. Efficacy of fatty acid chemistry : candidate mold and decay fungicides
• Patricia K. Lebow, Charles G. Carll. 2010. Investigation of shift in decay hazard (Scheffer) index values over the period 1969-2008 in the conterminous United States
• Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow, William Nelson. 2010. Effect of treatment pressure on treatment quality and bending properties of red pine lumber
• Stan Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2010. The need for performance criteria in evaluating the durability of wood products
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Steven Halverson. 2010. Penetration of boron from topically applied borate solutions
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Steven Halverson, William Abbott, Michael West. 2009. Efficacy of a borax-copper preservative in exposed applications
• Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Frederick Green. 2009. Correlation between oxalic acid production and tolerance of Tyromyces palustris strain TYP-6137 to N',N-naphthaloylhydroxamine
• Xiping Wang, Henry E. Stelzer, Jan K. Wiedenbeck, Patricia K. Lebow, Robert J. Ross. 2009. Assessing wood quality of borer-infested red oak logs with a resonance acoustic technique
• Robert D. Perlack, Bryce J. Stokes, John Ferrell, Mary Bohman, Kenneth E. Skog, Dennis Dykstra, Patricia K. Lebow, Patrick D. Miles. 2008. Cellulosic-based ethanol and the contribution from agriculture and forestry
• Anne Buckelew Cumming, Daniel B. Twardus, Robert Hoehn, David J. Nowak, Manfred Mielke, Richard Rideout, Helen Butalla, Patricia K. Lebow. 2008. Wisconsin street tree assessment, 2002-2003
• Stan Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow. 2008. Observations on the predictive value of short-term stake tests
• Carol A. Clausen, William Kenealy, Patricia K. Lebow. 2008. Oxalate analysis methodology for decayed wood
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Daniel Foster. 2008. Estimating preservative release from treated wood exposed to precipitation
• John F. Hunt, Hongmei Gu, Patricia K. Lebow. 2008. Theoretical thermal conductivity equation for uniform density wood cells
• Stan Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow. 2007. Ground-contact durability of wood treated with borax-copper preservative
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow. 2007. The role of moisture content in above-ground leaching
• Alison C. Dibble, Robert H. White, Patricia K. Lebow. 2007. Combustion characteristics of north-eastern USA vegetation tested in the cone calorimeter: invasive versus non-invasive plants
• Paul Hennon, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow. 2007. Deterioration of wood from live and dead Alaska yellow-cedar in contact with soil
• Stan Lebow, Paul A. Cooper, Patricia K. Lebow. 2006. Study design considerations in evaluating environmental impacts
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green, Kristina Hintz, Patricia K. Lebow, Regis B. Miller. 2006. Natural durability of tropical and native woods against termite damage by Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
• Patricia K. Lebow, Richard Ziobro, Linda Sites, Tor Schultz, David Pettry, Darrel Nicholas, Stan Lebow, Pascal Kamdem, Roger Fox, Douglas Crawford. 2006. Statistical analysis of influence of soil source on leaching of arsenic and copper from CCA-C treated wood
• Mirna E. Santana, D. Jean Lodge, Patricia K. Lebow. 2005. Relationship of host recurrence in fungi to rates of tropical leaf decomposition
• Jerrold Winandy, Simon F. Curling, Patricia K. Lebow. 2005. Controlling moisture content of wood samples using a modified soil-pan decay method
• Mike H. Freeman, Douglas Crawford, Patricia K. Lebow, James A. Brient. 2005. A comparison of wood preservatives in posts in southern Mississippi : results from a half-decade of testing
• Stan Lebow, Paul Cooper, Patricia K. Lebow. 2004. Variability in evaluating environmental impacts of treated wood.
• R. Sam Williams, Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow. 2003. Effect of weathering on chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood : leaching of metal salts and change in water repellency
• Stan Lebow, R. Sam Williams, Patricia K. Lebow. 2003. Effect of simulated rainfall and weathering on release of preservative elements from CCA treated wood
• Patricia K. Lebow, Jerrold Winandy, Patricia K. Lebow. 2003. Using kinetic models to predict thermal degradation of fire-retardant-treated plywood roof sheathing
• Patricia K. Lebow, Henry N. Spelter, Peter J. Ince. 2003. FPL-PELPS : a price endogenous linear programming system for economic modeling, supplement to PELPS III, version 1.1.
• Ronald W. Wolfe, Jozsef Bodig, Patricia K. Lebow. 2001. Derivation of nominal strength for wood utility poles
• Douglas M. Crawford, Patricia K. Lebow, Rodney DeGroot. 2000. Evaluation of new creosote formulations after extended exposures in fungal cellar tests and field plot tests
• Patricia K. Lebow, Jerrold Winandy. 1999. Verification of a kinetics-based model for long-term effects of fire retardants on bending strength at elevated temperatures
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Daniel Foster, Kenneth M. Brooks. . Environmental impact of preservative-treated wood in a wetland boardwalk.

• Oregon State University, Ph.D., Statistics, 1992
• Oregon State University, M.S., Operations Research, 1988
• California State University, Chico, B.S., Computer Science (systems), Mathematics (statistics), 1986