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USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges

Research for the Long Term

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Deborah C. Hayes

    1. USDA Forest Service, Washington, USA

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  2. Susan L. Stout

    1. Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Irvine, USA

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  3. Ralph H. Crawford

    1. Northeastern Areas, USDA Forest Service, Newtown Square, USA

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  4. Anne P. Hoover

    1. USDA Forest Service, Washington, USA

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  • Offers several examples of the dynamic interactions among questions of public concern or policy, EFR research, and natural resource management practices and policies
  • This book examines research trajectories emerging from the body of work conducted on EFRs over their first century of service
  • Explores the continued promise of long-term research on EFRs and new ways of using the network of EFRs to answer today’s science questions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Grand Experiment: USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges

      • Aaron Shapiro
      Pages 3-23

    3. Forest Service Experimental Forests and Long-term Data Sets: Stories of Their Meaning to Station Directors

      • Ariel E. Lugo, Bov Eav, G. Sam Foster, Michael Rains, Jim Reaves, Deanna J. Stouder
      Pages 25-57

  3. Research Trajectories in Forest Ecology, Management, and Silviculture for Conifers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. The Value of Old Forests: Lessons from the Reynolds Research Natural Area

      • Don C. Bragg, Michael G. Shelton
      Pages 61-84

    3. Restoring a Legacy: Longleaf Pine Research at the Forest Service Escambia Experimental Forest

      • Kristina F. Connor, Dale G. Brockway, William D. Boyer
      Pages 85-101

    4. Northeastern Conifer Research: Multiple Species and Multiple Values

      • Laura S. Kenefic, John C. Brissette, Richard W. Judd
      Pages 103-127

    5. Interdisciplinary Research on the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest

      • Martin W. Ritchie, Carl N. Skinner
      Pages 129-146

  6. Research Trajectories in Forest and Range Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Soils and Ecosystem Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Cycles of Research at Fort Valley, Arizona, Our First Forest Experiment Station

      • Brian W. Geils, Susan D. Olberding
      Pages 285-310

    3. Contributions of Studies on Experimental Forests to Hydrology and Watershed Management

      • Gerald J. Gottfried, Peter F. Ffolliott, Kenneth N. Brooks, Randall K. Kolka, Carol B. Raish, Daniel G. Neary
      Pages 311-340
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About this book

USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges (EFRs) are scientific treasures, providing secure, protected research sites where complex and diverse ecological processes are studied over the long term. This book offers several examples of the dynamic interactions among questions of public concern or policy, EFR research, and natural resource management practices and policies. Often, trends observed – or expected -- in the early years of a research program are contradicted or confounded as the research record extends over decades. The EFRs are among the few areas in the US where such long-term research has been carried out by teams of scientists. Changes in society’s needs and values can also redirect research programs. Each chapter of this book reflects the interplay between the ecological results that emerge from a long-term research project and the social forces that influence questions asked and resources invested in ecological research. While these stories include summaries and syntheses of traditional research results, they offer a distinctly new perspective, a larger and more complete picture than that provided by a more typical 5-year study. They also provide examples of long-term research on EFRs that have provided answers for questions not even imagined at the time the study was installed.

Reviews

“This book provides an extensive summary of these facilities. There is an overview of each facility, including history, accomplishments, major research/contributions, and experimental findings. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners.” (D. H. Pfister, Choice, Vol. 52 (9), May, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • USDA Forest Service, Washington, USA

    Deborah C. Hayes, Anne P. Hoover

  • Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Irvine, USA

    Susan L. Stout

  • Northeastern Areas, USDA Forest Service, Newtown Square, USA

    Ralph H. Crawford

About the editors

At the time of writing, the Editors are all scientists with the USDA Forest Service in Research and Development Mission Area.  Drs. Deborah C. Hayes, Ralph C. Crawford and Ann P. Hoover are National Program Leaders in Ecosystem Science, Rangeland Science and Social Science, respectively.  They are located in the Forest Service Headquarters in Washington D.C.  Dr Susan L. Stout is a Project Leader and Research Silviculturist with the Forest Service Northern Research Station in Irvine, PA.   

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