Proceedings. 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Abstract

Proceedings of the 14th Central Hardwood Forest conference held 16-19 March in Wooster Ohio. Includes 102 papers and abstracts dealing with silviculture, wildlife, human dimensions, harvesting and utilization, physiology, genetics, soils, nutrient cycling, and biometrics.

Titles contained within Proceedings. 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

• First-year Effects of Microstegium Vimineum and Early Growing Season Herbivory on Planted High-quality Oak (Quercus Spp.) Seedlings in Tennessee
• Oak Seed Production, Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Populations, and Predation Rates in Mixed-oak Forests of Southeast Ohio
• Forest Dynamics at the Epicenter of an Oak Decline Event in the Boston Mountains, Arkansas ? Year One
• Factors Associated with Oak Mortality in Missouri Ozark Forests
• Decline of Red Oaks in the Missouri Ozarks: The Story Continues
• Effect of Crown Release on Tree Grade and DBH Growth of White Oak Sawtimber in Eastern Kentucky
• Effect of Season of Cutting on the Production and Growth of White and Shumard Oak Stump Sprouts in Tennessee
• Response of Eastern Black Walnut to Herbicide Stump Treatment
• Silvicultural Treatment Effects on Hardwood Tree Quality on the Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest
• Comparison of Growth Models for White and Red Oak 10 Years After Release and Fertilization
• Prescribed Surface-fire Tree Mortality in Southern Ohio: Equations Based on Thermocouple Probe Temperatures
• Linking Hyperspectral Imagery and Forest Inventories for Forest Assessment in the Central Appalachians
• Ecologically Stratified Height-diameter Models for Hardwood Species in Northwestern Lower Michigan
• Evaluation of Multiple Fixed Area Plot Sizes and BAFS in Even-aged Hardwood Stands
• A Comparison of Two Double Sampling Auxiliary Variables with Inventories of Varying Sample Size
• Growth Stress in Hardwood Timber
• Economic Feasibility of Commercial Maple Syrup Production in Illinois
• Riparian Silver Maple and Upland Sugar Maple Trees Sap Sugar Parameters in Southern Illinois
• Factors Determining the Suitability of Trees and Logs for the Face Veneer Industry
• Key Attributes Associated with Veneer Quality Timber that may be Impacted by Forest Management Practices
• Determining Safe Clearing Limits for Skid Road/Trail Construction
• Relationship Between Logging Residue Accumulations and Site Characteristics in Southern West Virginia
• Changes in Fuel Loading as the Result of Repeated Prescribed Fires Within the Ozark Forests of Missouri
• The Effect of Thinning and Prescribed Fire on Fuel Loading in the Central Hardwood Region of Missouri
• Timber Harvesting, Prescribed Fire and Vegetation Dynamics in the Missouri Ozarks
• Mortality, Survival, and Growth of Individual Stems After Prescribed Burning in Recent Hardwood Clearcuts
• Effects of Fire and Thinning on Growth, Mycorrhizal Colonization, and Leaf Anatomy of Black Oak and Red Maple Seedlings
• Oak Stump Sprout Health and Survival Following Thinning and Prescribed Burning in Southern Ohio
• Survival of Hardwood Seedlings and Saplings One Year Following a Prescribed Fire and Overstory Thinning in Southeastern Ohio
• Nitrogen Leaching Below Riparian Autumn Olive Stands in the Dormant Season
• Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Concentration and Quantity Following Selection Harvesting
• Impacts of Historic Fire, Stand Age, and Nitrogen Saturation Status on Soil Nitrogen Cycling in Mid-Appalachian Forested Watersheds
• Quantifying Aboveground Carbon Storage in Managed Forest Ecosystems in Ohio
• Spatial, Temporal, and Restoration Treatment Effects on Soil Resources in Mixed-oak Forests of Southeastern Ohio
• Soil Compaction Affects Growth of Young Shortleaf Pine Following Litter Removal and Weed Control in the Missouri Ozarks
• Hay-scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) and Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Seedling Occurrence with Varying Soil Acidity in Pennsylvania
• Landowner Perspectives on Attributes of the West Virginia Forest Stewardship Program
• Establishment, Growth, and Implementation of the Forest Stewardship Program in West Virginia
• Identifying Priority Forest Management Issues in West Virginia - A Survey of State Service Foresters
• Diversity of Incentives for Private Forest Landowners: An Assessment of Programs in Indiana, USA
• Will Landowners Adopt Reforestation Practices? Answers from the Missouri River Flood Plain
• Composition and Development of Non-tree Vegetation and its Relationship with Tree Regeneration in Mixed-oak Forest Stands
• Effects of Canopy and Herbaceous Coverage on Regeneration in a Forest Community Irrigated with Treated Wastewater in Central Pennsylvania
• Forest Vegetation in Hamilton County, Ohio: A Cluster Analysis and Ordination Study
• Influences of the Evergreen Understory Layer on Forest Vegetation Communities of the Central Appalachian Highlands
• Temporal Changes in Spring Ground-flora Communities Across Riparian Areas in a North-Central Ohio Old-Growth Forest
• Using Before-After-Control-Impact-Pairs to Monitor the Effect of Longwall Mining on Mature Forest Stands in Southeastern Ohio
• Controlled Cross-pollinations with American Beech Trees that are Resistant to Beech Bark Disease
• The Role of Xylem Sap Abscisic Acid in Leaf Abscission of Droughted Seedlings of Isohydric and Anisohydric Temperate Deciduous Angiosperms
• Electrolyte Leakage from Stem Tissue as an Indicator of Hardwood Seedling Physiological Status and Hardiness
• Re-evaluating the Significance of the First-order Lateral Root Grading Criterion for Hardwood Seedlings
• Preliminary Findings and Methods of Measuring Differences in Wood Coloration as a Result of Girdling Eastern Black Walnut
• Toward Guidelines for Harvest Intensities and Regeneration Targets with Minimal Impact Upon Retained Genetic Diversity in Central Hardwood Tree Species
• Consumer Perceptions and Knowledge of Common Furniture Woods
• Development of a Spatially Explicit Land Use/Economic Impact Assessment Model
• Managing Mixed Species Hardwood Stands for Maximum Financial Returns
• The Post-harvest Competitive Environment in 13 Mixed-oak Stands in Pennsylvania
• Thirty-one Years of Stand Development in a Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.) Plantation, North-Central Ohio, USA
• Dimensionality from Obscurity: Revisiting Historical Sources of Big Tree Size
• Long-term Growth and Climate Response of Shortleaf Pine at the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project
• A General Ecological Model for Interpreting Forest Landscape Patterns and Processes in the Central Hardwood Forest Region
• Six-year Growth Response of Green Ash to Release and Fertilization Treatments
• White-tailed Deer Herbivory on Forest Regeneration Following Fire and Thinning Treatments in Southern Ohio Mixed Oak forests
• Landscape and Local Influences of Forest Management on Cerulean Warblers in Pennsylvania
• Using Wood Warbler Foraging Behavior to Understand Avian Responses to Forest Management
• The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project: Findings from Ten Years of Evaluating Management Effects on Forest Systems
• Direct Seeding of Hardwoods in Northeast Iowa and Southeastern Minnesota
• Patterns of Post-glacial Recolonization of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.)
• Ecosystem Restoration and Wildfire Management Treatments Affect Soil Organic Matter and Microbial Activity in Four Contrasting Forests
• Understanding Early Height Growth of Oak Regeneration Following Seasonal Prescribed Fires
• Integrating Prescribed Fire into Management of Mixed-oak Forests of the Mid-Atlantic Region: Developing Basic Fire Behavior and Fuels Information for the SILVAH System
• Effects of Alternative Thinning Treatments on Tree Grades at Three Upland Hardwood Sites in Kentucky and Ohio: 30 Year Results
• Long-term Changes in Species Composition and Forest Structure in an Arkansas Oak Forest
• 1st Year Performance of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.) on Reclaimed Mined Lands in Indiana
• Ecological Classification in the Central Till Plain Region of Indiana
• Sediment and Nutrient Filtering Efficiency of Newly Established Multi-species Riparian Buffers in Different Agricultural Cropping Systems
• The Effects of Periodic Prescribed Fire on the Growth and Survival of Red Maple and Oak Seedlings on Xeric Ridge Tops in Eastern Kentucky
• Ground Truth Assessments of Red Oak Borer Infestation in the Interior Highlands of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri
• Impact of Bedrock Geology on Stream Nitrogen Concentrations in Shawnee National Forest Watersheds
• Assessment of Oak Decline in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
• Impacts of oak decline on species composition and stand structure in Northern Arkansas: four case studies
• A Comparison of Pre-European Settlement and Present-day Forests in Stone County, Arkansas
• Planting Oaks in Arkansas: Three Case Studies
• Abundant Establishment of Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-heaven) after Restoration Treatments in an Upland Oak Forest
• A Comparison of the Integrated Moisture Index and the Topographic Wetness Index as Related to Two Years Of Soil Moisture Monitoring in Zaleski State Forest, Ohio
• Borer Damage to Oaks in the Southeast Missouri Ozarks
• NED Software for Sustainable Forest Management: New Developments
• Evaluation of Passive Flame Height Sensors for the Central Hardwoods Region
• Impacts of Pine Bluestem Restoration on Nutrient Regimes of Shortleaf Pine-Hardwood Stands in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas
• Evaluating Bole Damage and Crown Decline after Prescribed Fire in an Appalachian Hardwood Forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Ky
• Species and Site Differences in Stem-bark Char after Prescribed Fire in a Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forest, Kentucky
• Response of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and Forest Understory to Herbicide and Prescribed Burning
• Hardwood Seed Production in an Old-growth Mixed Mesophytic Forest in Southeastern Ohio
• Accuracy of Tree Grade Predictions for Five Appalachian Hardwood Species
• Temporal Trends in Branch Morphology in Young Populus Clones
• Benchmarking Study Based on Critical Success Factors for Household, Office and Kitchen Cabinet Wood Furniture Industries in the United States
• Establishment Success of Conservation Tree Plantations in Indiana
• Cerulean Warbler Habitat Use in an Oak-Northern Hardwoods Transition Zone: Implications for Management
• Thirty-year Post Harvest Survey of a Relict Chestnut Oak Stand in Southern Illinois
• Development of ELTP Layer for the Hoosier National Forest, Southern Indiana
• Modeling Moisture Distribution of a Dried Red Oak Lumber Package in a High Humidity Environment

Citation

Yaussy, Daniel A.; Hix, David M.; Long, Robert P.; Goebel, P. Charles, eds. 2004. Proceedings. 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. 2004 March 16-19; Wooster, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-316. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Northeastern Research Station. 539 p. [CD-Rom]