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READING LIST 2006 REFERENCE TEXT Franklin, J. F. and C. T. Dyrness. 1987. Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press. For students with no prior ecology courses: Kimmins, J.P. 1997. Forest Ecology: A Foundation for Sustainable Management. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Barnes, B.V. et al. 1998. Forest Ecology. Fourth Edition. Wiley, New York, NY. Waring, R.H. and Running, S.W. 1998. Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Scales. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. WEEKLY REFERENCE LIST Until September, this list reflects the reading for 2005. An email will be sent before classes start confirming the reading list for 2006. Some changes may be made during the course. Articles from ESA journals used by permission. **Background reading Week 1 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1973. Forest zones of eastern Oregon and Washington. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 160-208.
Sept 29: Hessburg, P. F., J. K. Agee, and J. F. Franklin. 2005. Dry forests and wildland fires of the inland Northwest USA: contrasting the landscape ecology of the pre-settlement and modern eras. Forest Ecology and Management 211:117-139.
Richy J. Harrod, Bradner H. McRae, William E. Hartl. 1999. Historical stand reconstruction in ponderosa pine forests to guide silvicultural prescriptions. Forest Ecology and Management 114, 433-446.
Running, S. W. 2006. Is global warming causing more, larger wildfires? Science 313:926-927.
Westerling, A. L., H. G. Hidalgo, D. R. Cayan, and T. W. Swetnam. 2006. Warming and earlier spring increase western U.S. forest wildfire activity. Science 313:940-943.
OPTIONAL (policy background): HR 1904, The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
Week 2 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1973. Environmental setting. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 1-43.
Oct 2: Waring, R.H. and J.F. Franklin. 1979. Evergreen coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. Science 204: 1380-1386. #
Oct 4: Lassoie, J.P., T.M. Hinckley, and C.G. Grier. 1985. Coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. In: B.F. Chabot, and H.A. Mooney (eds.) Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities pp. 127-161.#
Oct 6: McDowell, N., J.R. Brooks, S.A. Fitzgerald, & B.J. Bond, 2003. Carbon isotope discrimination and growth responses of old Pinus ponderosa trees to stand density reductions..#
INTERESTING, BUT NOT REQUIRED: Brooks J.R., F.C. Meinzer, R. Coulombe, & J. Gregg. 2002. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water during summer drought in two contrasting Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Tree Physiology 22, 1107-1117.#
Week 3 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1973. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 44-109.
Oct 9: : Agee, J.K and J. Kertis. 1988. Forest types of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Canadian Journal of Botany 65: 1520-1530. #
Oct 11: Donald McKenzie, David W. Peterson, David L. Peterson, Peter E. Thornton. 2003. Climatic and biophysical controls on conifer species distributions in mountain forests of Washington State. USA. Journal of Biogeography, 30,1093-1108.
BACKGROUND: Shaw, D.C., J.F. Franklin, K. Bible, J. Klopatek, E. Freeman, S. Greene, G.G. Parks. 2004. Ecological Setting of the Wind River Old- growth Forest. Ecosystems. 7: 427-439.#
Munger, T. T. 1930. Ecological aspects of the transition from old forests to new. Science 72:327-332.
Week 4 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1973. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 110-129.
Oct 16: Franklin JF, TA Spies, R VanPelt, AB Carey, DA Thornburgh, DR Berg, DB Lindenmayer, ME Harmon, WS Keeton, DC Shaw, K Bible, J Chen. 2002. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example.#
Oct 20: : Winter, L.E. et al. 2001. Canopy disturbances over the lifetime of an old-growth Douglas-fir stand in the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32: 1057-1070.
Antos, J. A., H. J. Guest, and R. Parish. 2005. The tree seedling bank in an ancient montane forest: stress toleraters in a productive habitat. Journal of Ecology
Week 5
Baumeister and Calloway 2006 Ecology 1816-1830.
Week 6
Nov 1: Harcombe Wind and fire Forest Ecology and Management 2006
Nov 3: : Bonnet VH, AW Schoettle, WD Shepperd. 2005. Postfire environmental conditions influence the spatial pattern of regeneration for Pinus ponderosa. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:37-47. #
OPTIONAL: O’Conner J. E., M. A. Jones, and T. L. Haluska. 2003. Flood plain and channel dynamics of the Quinault and Queets Rivers, Washington, USA. Geomorphology 51:31-59.
Week 7 Nov 6: Weber, A, J Karst, B Gilbert, JP Kimmins. 2005. Thuja plicata exclusion in ectomycorrhiza-dominated forests: testing the role of inoculum potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Oecologica 143:148-156.
Nov 8: Hansen, E. M. and E. MN. Goheen. 2000. Phellinus weirii and other native root pathogens as determinants of forest structure and process in western North America. Annual Review of Phytopathology 38:515-539.
Holah, J. C., M. V. Wilson, and E. M. Hansen. 1997. Impacts of a native root-rotting pathogen on successional development of old-growth Douglas fir forests. Oecologia 111:429-433.
Nov 10: HOLIDAY
Week 8 Nov 13: Sprugel, D.G. 1991. Disturbance, equilibrium, and environmental variability: what is ‘natural’ vegetation in a changing environment? Biological Conservation 58: 1-18.
Nov 15: Agee, J.K. 2003. Historical range of variability in eastern Cascades forests, Washington, USA. Landscape Ecology. 18:735-740. #
Nov 17: Gara, R.I., W.R. Littke, J.K. Agee, D.R. Geiszler, J.D. Stuart, and C.H. Driver. 1985. Influence of fires, fungi, and mountain pine beetles on development of a lodgepole pine forest in south-central Oregon. In: D.M. Baumgartner (ed.) Lodgepole Pine: The Species and Its Management. Proceedings of a Symposium, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Pullman, WA, pp. 155-162. #
Week 9 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1973. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 130-159.
Van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1994. Spatial patterns of lightning strikes and fires in Yosemite National Park. Proceedings of the 12th conference on fire and forest meteorology 12:223-231.
Nov 22: Miller, E.A. and C.B. Halpern. 1998. Effects of environment and grazing disturbance on tree establishment in meadow of the central Cascade Range, Oregon, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science 9:265-282.
BACKGROUND: Examining large scale ecological impacts The Composite Burn Index: Field Measurements The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR and dNBR): Satellite Measurements
Nov 24: HOLIDAY
Week 10 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1973. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 248-290.
Nov 27: Smith, D. W., R. O. Peterson, and D. B. Houston. 2003. Yellowstone after wolves. Bioscience 53:330-340.
Nov 29: Harcombe, P.A., S.E. Greene, M.G. Kramer, S.A. Acker, T.A., Spies, T. Valentine. 2004. The influence of fire and windthrow dynamics on a coastal spruce-hemlock forest in Oregon, SUA, based on aerial photographs spanning 40 years. Forest Ecology and Management 194, 71-82.#
Dec 1: Veblen TT, KS Hadley, EM Nel, T Kitzberger, M Reid, R Villalba, 1994. Disturbance regime and disturbance interactions in a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest. Journal of Ecology. 82, 125-135. #
Week 11 Dec 5: Brubaker, L.B. 1988. Vegetation history and anticipating future climate change. In: J.K. Agee and D.R. Johnson (eds.) Ecosystem Management for Parks and Wilderness, pp. 41-62. 51: 31-59. #
Dec 7: Hansen, A. J., R. P. Neilson, V. H. Dale, C. H. Flather, L. R. Iverson, D. J. Currie, S. Shafer, R. Cook, and P. J. Bartlein. 2001. Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes. Bioscience 51:765-779.
Brubaker, L. B., P. M. Anderson, M. E. Edwards, and A. V. Lozkin. 2005. Beringia as a glacial refrugium for boreal trees and shrubs: new perspectives from mapped pollen data. Journal of Biogeography 32:833-848.
Dec 10: none |
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REFERENCE TEXT Franklin, J. F. and C. T. Dyrness. 1988. Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press. This text should be available at the UW Bookstore as well as the usual on-line outlets. Franklin, J. F. and C. T. Dyrness. 1973. Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-008. USDA Forest Service. Portland, OR, USA. This is the previous version of the text. It should not be considered a substitute for the 1988 version, but provides a useful on-line reference. Warning: 43 MB file. For students with no prior ecology courses, contact the instructors for appropriate supplementary texts. Some of those found useful by previous students include: Kimmins, J.P. 1997. Forest Ecology: A Foundation for Sustainable Management. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Barnes, B.V. et al. 1998. Forest Ecology. Fourth Edition. Wiley, New York, NY. Waring, R.H. and Running, S.W. 1998. Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Scales. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. WEEKLY REFERENCE LIST Updated list as of August 22, 2007. There may be some minor changes to the reading as the course progresses. Articles from ESA journals used by permission. Week 1 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1988. Forest zones of eastern Oregon and Washington. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 160-208.
Sept 28: Hessburg, P. F., J. K. Agee, and J. F. Franklin. 2005. Dry forests and wildland fires of the inland Northwest USA: contrasting the landscape ecology of the pre-settlement and modern eras. Forest Ecology and Management 211:117-139.
Harrod, R. J., B. H. McRae, and W. E. Hartl. 1999. Historical stand reconstruction in ponderosa pine forests to guide silvicultural prescriptions. Forest Ecology and Management 114, 433-446.
OPTIONAL: (Policy background): HR 1904, The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
Week 2 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1988. Environmental setting. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 1-43.
Oct 1: Lassoie, J.P., T.M. Hinckley, and C.G. Grier. 1985. Coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. In: B.F. Chabot, and H.A. Mooney (eds.) Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities pp. 127-161.
Oct 3: McDowell, N., J.R. Brooks, S.A. Fitzgerald, & B.J. Bond, 2003. Carbon isotope discrimination and growth responses of old Pinus ponderosa trees to stand density reductions.
Oct 5: McKenzie, D., D. W. Peterson, D. L. Peterson, P. E. Thornton. 2003. Climatic and biophysical controls on conifer species distributions in mountain forests of Washington State. USA. Journal of Biogeography, 30:1093-1108.
UPDATE: Species response curves generated by Jeremy Littell (2003).
OPTIONAL: Waring, R.H. and J.F. Franklin. 1979. Evergreen coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. Science 204: 1380-1386. (old, but a still-cited classic)
Brooks J.R., F.C. Meinzer, R. Coulombe, and J. Gregg. 2002. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water during summer drought in two contrasting Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Tree Physiology 22, 1107-1117.
Week 3 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1988. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 44-109.
Oct 10: Franklin J. F., T. A. Spies, R. Van Pelt, A. B. Carey, D. A. Thornburgh, D. R. Berg, D. B. Lindenmayer, M. E. Harmon, W. S. Keeton, D. C. Shaw, K. Bible, and J. Chen. 2002. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example.
Week 4 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1988. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 110-129.
Oct 15: Gray, A. N., and T. A. Spies. 1996. Gap size, within-gap position and canopy structure effects on conifer seedling establishment. Journal of Ecology 84: 635-645.
Oct 17 (Read for lab): Haugo, R. D. and C. B. Halpern. 2007. Vegetation responses to conifer encroachment in a western Cascade meadow: a chronosequence approach. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 285-298.
Extra: Haugo and Halpern Species list
Oct 19: Shaw, D.C., J.F. Franklin, K. Bible, J. Klopatek, E. Freeman, S. Greene, and G.G. Parks. 2004. Ecological Setting of the Wind River Old- growth Forest. Ecosystems. 7: 427-439.
Munger, T. T. 1930. Ecological aspects of the transition from old forests to new. Science 72:327-332.
Week 5 Note: Monday is a guest lecture. Please read all three of this week’s papers in advance of Wednesday’s lecture.
Week 6
Oct 31: Simard, S. W., D. A. Perry, M. D. Jones, D. D. Myrold, D. M. Durall, and R. Molina. 1997. Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field. Nature 388: 579-582.
Nov 2: Hansen, E. M. and E. MN. Goheen. 2000. Phellinus weirii and other native root pathogens as determinants of forest structure and process in western North America. Annual Review of Phytopathology 38:515-539.
Holah, J. C., M. V. Wilson, and E. M. Hansen. 1997. Impacts of a native root-rotting pathogen on successional development of old-growth Douglas fir forests. Oecologia 111:429-433.
Week 7 Nov 5: Pringle, R. M., T. P. Young, D. I. Rubenstein, and D. J. McCauley. 2006. Herbivore-initiated interaction cascades and their modulation by productivity in an African savanna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104: 193-197.
Larson, A. J. and R. T. Paine. 2006. Ungulate herbivory: indirect effects cascade into the treetops. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104: 5-6.
Nov 7: Croll, D. A., J. L. Maron, J. A. Estes, E. M. Danner, and G. V. Byrd. 2005. Introduced predators transform subarctic islands from grassland to tundra. Science 307: 1959-1961.
Week 8 Nov 12: HOLIDAY
Nov 14: Winter, L.E. et al. 2001. Canopy disturbances over the lifetime of an old-growth Douglas-fir stand in the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32: 1057-1070.
OPTIONAL: Latterell, J. J., J. S. Bechtold, T. C. O’Keefe, R. Van Pelt, and R. J. Naiman. 2006. Dynamic patch mosaics and channel movement in an unconfined river valley of the Olympic Mountains. Freshwater Biology 51:523-544.
O’Conner J. E., M. A. Jones, and T. L. Haluska. 2003. Flood plain and channel dynamics of the Quinault and Queets Rivers, Washington, USA. Geomorphology 51:31-59.
Week 9 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1988. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 130-159.
Nov 19: Westerling, A. L., H. G. Hidalgo, D. R. Cayan, and T. W. Swetnam. 2006. Warming and earlier spring increase western U.S. forest wildfire activity. Science 313:940-943.
van Wagtendonk, J. W., K. A. van Wagtendonk, J. B. Meyer, and K. J. Painter. 2002. The use of geographic information for fire management planning in Yosemite National Park. The George Wright Forum, 19: 19-39.
OPTIONAL: Running, S. W. 2006. Is global warming causing more, larger wildfires? Science 313:926-927.
BACKGROUND: Examining large scale ecological impacts The Composite Burn Index: Field Measurements The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR, dNBR, and RdNBR): Satellite Measurements
Nov 24: HOLIDAY
Week 10 **Franklin, J.F. and C.T. Dyrness. 1988. Forest zones of western Washington and northwestern Oregon. In: Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 248-290.
Nov 26: Sprugel, D.G. 1991. Disturbance, equilibrium, and environmental variability: what is ‘natural’ vegetation in a changing environment? Biological Conservation 58: 1-18.
Nov 28: Gara, R.I., W.R. Littke, J.K. Agee, D.R. Geiszler, J.D. Stuart, and C.H. Driver. 1985. Influence of fires, fungi, and mountain pine beetles on development of a lodgepole pine forest in south-central Oregon. In: D.M. Baumgartner (ed.) Lodgepole Pine: The Species and Its Management. Proceedings of a Symposium, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Pullman, WA, pp. 155-162.
Nov 30: Veblen TT, KS Hadley, EM Nel, T Kitzberger, M Reid, R Villalba, 1994. Disturbance regime and disturbance interactions in a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest. Journal of Ecology. 82, 125-135.
Week 11 Dec 3: Brubaker, L.B. 1988. Vegetation history and anticipating future climate change. In: J.K. Agee and D.R. Johnson (eds.) Ecosystem Management for Parks and Wilderness, pp. 41-62. 51: 31-59.
Dec 5: Hansen, A. J., R. P. Neilson, V. H. Dale, C. H. Flather, L. R. Iverson, D. J. Currie, S. Shafer, R. Cook, and P. J. Bartlein. 2001. Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes. Bioscience 51:765-779.
Dec. 7: Brubaker, L. B., P. M. Anderson, M. E. Edwards, and A. V. Lozkin. 2005. Beringia as a glacial refrugium for boreal trees and shrubs: new perspectives from mapped pollen data. Journal of Biogeography 32:833-848.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Franklin, J. F. 1993. Preserving biodiversity: species, ecosystems, or landscapes? Ecological Application 3: 202-205. |
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