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A recent disturbance history of forest ecosystems at Mount Rainier National Park

Creator:: Hemstrom, Miles A.
Abstract:: An analysis was made of the recent catastrophic disturbance history of forests at Mount Rainier National Park. Basic data were tree ages from ring counts of increment cores taken from the early seral cohort, field mapping of age class boundaries and aerial photograph interpretation. Maps of present stand ages were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Examination of imputation methods to estimate status and change of forest attributes from paneled inventory data

Creator:: Eskelson, Bianca N. I.
Abstract:: The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program conducts an annual inventory throughout the United States. In the western United States, 10% of all plots (one panel) are measured annually, and a moving average is used for estimating current condition and change of forest attributes while alternative methods are sought in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Status and Change of Forest Attributes from Paneled Inventory Data. Abstract approved

The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Creator:: Harrison, Jane L.
Abstract:: This study seeks to explore the relationship between social capital and well-being in the rural Western United States. Mixed methods were employed to understand the concepts from multiple angles, using both profile and process indicators. An econometric approach used profile indicators and relied on data from 414 counties in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and their respective counties in Washington State. Results from the econometric approach indicated

Nonindustrial forests, public policy and long-term timber supply in the South

Creator:: Brooks, David J.
Abstract:: Forest Service projections of the long-term supply and demand for forest products indicate that increasing importance will be placed on the supply behavior of nonindustrial private forest owners in the South. The inventory model on which these projections are based may produce biased estimates of southern timber production, however, as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Impacts of business organization form on federal estate and income tax liabilities of nonindustrial private forest landowners

Creator:: Howard, Theodore E.
Abstract:: Detrimental impacts of estate taxes on management of private nonindustrial forests can be mitigated by estate planning which considers organizational forms of forest businesses and methods for funding estate settlement costs. This study's objective was to determine effects of business form and estate funding method on income and estate tax...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Forest acreage trends in the Southeast : econometric analysis and policy simulations

Creator:: Alig, Ralph J.
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to develop a system based on economic criteria for projecting changes in land use areas. The total land base was partitioned among three classes of private forest owners and crop, pasture/range, and urban/other uses in the southeastern United States. The fraction of the land...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners

Creator:: Butler, Brett J.
Abstract:: To increase our understanding of the timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners, I developed theoretical and empirical timber harvesting models for family forest owners in the southeastern United States. An individual-choice model was the basis for the models. Family forest owners were modeled as utility-maximizers who made harvesting decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: their immediate needs and desires and the current state of the forest. 11 Conclusions Theoretical

Advances in Modeling Natural Resource Management under Uncertainty : Forest Mortality, Policy Design, and the Value of Information

Creator:: Sloggy, Matthew R.
Abstract:: Advancing the understanding of natural resource management is an important step in mitigating the effects of human activity on the environment, and ensuring efficient outcomes for many sectors of the economy. As humanity’s role in the natural world becomes better understood, the importance of interdisciplinary modeling has grown in leaps...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: feedback between natural and social systems in forestry. We show that the forest sector adapts to

Using soil data to enhance modeling of forest responses to climate change

Creator:: Peterman, Wendy L.
Abstract:: The over-arching theme of this work is that soil data affect the performance and realism of vegetation models with particular focus on their ability to predict or explain disturbances such as fire or disease. We tested the sensitivity of the Excel version of the 3-PG model to soil properties and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: soil factors to map and include in models of forest productivity. Chapter 2 shows how soil available

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A recent disturbance history of forest ecosystems at Mount Rainier National Park

Examination of imputation methods to estimate status and change of forest attributes from paneled inventory data

The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Nonindustrial forests, public policy and long-term timber supply in the South

Impacts of business organization form on federal estate and income tax liabilities of nonindustrial private forest landowners

Forest acreage trends in the Southeast : econometric analysis and policy simulations

The timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners

Advances in Modeling Natural Resource Management under Uncertainty : Forest Mortality, Policy Design, and the Value of Information

Using soil data to enhance modeling of forest responses to climate change

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