The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project: past, present, and future

Brian L. Brookshire; Randy Jensen; Daniel C. C. Dey

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The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project: past, present, and future

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Authors:

Brian L. Brookshire, Randy Jensen, Daniel C. C. Dey

Year:

1997

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Brookshire, Brian L. Shifley, Stephen R., eds. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 1-25.

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Abstract

In 1989, the Missouri Department of Conservation initiated a research project to examine the impacts of forest management practices on multiple ecosystem components. The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP) is a landscape experiment comparing the impacts of even-aged management, uneven-aged management, and no harvesting on a wide array of ecosystem attributes. These three harvest treatments were replicated in three complete blocks on a total of nine sites in the southeast Missouri Ozarks. Each study site is approximately 1,000 acres (400 ha) in extent. More than 50 scientists are participating in this coordinated ecosystem research project.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research

Citation

Brookshire, Brian L.; Jensen, Randy; Dey, Daniel C. 1997. The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project: past, present, and future. In: Brookshire, Brian L. Shifley, Stephen R., eds. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 1-25.