15th central hardwood forest conference

February 27 - March 1, 2006
The University of Tennessee

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Sessions Agenda
15th Central Hardwood Conference
Knoxville Hilton
February 27 - March 1, 2006

Tuesday, February 28

Plenary Papers

8:30 am		Hanson et al The Resilience of Upland-Oak Forest Canopy Trees to Chronic and Acute Precipitation Manipulations
9:00 am		Pallardy et al Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a Central Hardwoods Oak-Hickory Forest Ecosystem
9:30 am		To Be Announced
10:00 am		Break
10:30 am		Poster Session (All posters, opportunity to interact with presenters)
11:30 am		Lunch (furnished)

Concurrent Session #1 --- Mensuration and Models

1:00 pm		Bragg The Sine Method as a More Accurate Height Predictor for Hardwoods
1:30 pm		Brooks A Diameter Distribution Approach to Estimating Average Stand Dominant Height in Appalachian Hardwoods
2:00 pm		Brose Development of Interim Oak Assessment Guidelines for the SILVAH Decision-Support System
2:30 pm		Clark and Lee Digital Photo Monitoring for Tree Crown Foliage Change Evaluation
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Fei et al Stocking Equations for Regeneration in Mixed-Oak Stands
3:45 pm		Fiery and Brooks A Form of Two-Phase Sampling Utilizing Regression Analysis
4:15 pm		McNab et al Evaluation of LANDSAT Imagery for Detecting Ice Storm Damage in Upland Forests of Eastern Kentucky
4:45 pm		Matney and Schultz Mesavage and Girard Form Class Taper Functions Derived from Profile Equations

Concurrent Session #2 --- Mensuration and Models

1:00 pm

Oswalt and Clatterbuck
Predicting the Cover-Up of Dead Branches Using a Simple Single Regressor Equation

Concurrent Session #2 --- Soil and Water

1:30 pm		Adams and Kochenderfer Long-Term Stream Chemistry Monitoring on the Fernow Experimental Forest: Implications for Sustainable Management of Hardwood Forests
2:00 pm		Boerner et al Ecosystem Restoration Treatments Affect Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Appalachian Mixed Oak Forests
2:30 pm		Grushecky et al Reclamation of Skid Roads with Fiber Mats and Native Vegetation: Effects on Erosion
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		LeDoux Impact of Alternative Harvesting Technologies on Thinning Entry and Optimal Rotation Age for Eastern Hardwoods
3:45 pm		Piatek Nitrogen Dynamics Post-Harvest: The Role of Woody Residues
4:15 pm		Ponder Biomass Removal and Its Effect on Productivity of an Artificially Regenerated Forest Stand in the Missouri Ozarks
4:45 pm		Woodall et al Attributes of Down Woody Materials in Hardwood Forests of the Eastern U.S.

Concurrent Session #3 --- Forest Health and Protection

1:00 pm		Davis et al Impact of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Radial Growth of Eastern Hemlock in Pennsylvania
1:30 pm		Robison and Rousseau Cottonwood Leaf Beetle Control with Imidacloprid Soaked Cuttings
2:00 pm		Fromm and Davis Abundance of Armillaria Within Old Growth Eastern Hemlock Stands in South-Central Pennsylvania
2:30 pm		Guyette et al Rotation Length Based on a Time Series Analysis of Timber Degrade Caused by Oak Borers
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Kabrick et al Red Oak Decline and Mortality by Ecological Land Type in the Missouri Ozarks
3:45 pm		Rathfon and Ruble Herbicide Treatments for Controlling Invasive Bush Honeysuckle in a Mature Hardwood Forest in West-Central Indiana
4:15 pm		Spetich Down Deadwood Dynamics on a Severely Impacted Oak Decline Site
4:45 pm		Ward Defoliation and Oak Mortality in Southern New England

Concurrent Session #4 --- Forest Health and Protection

1:00 pm

Eck and McGill
Testing the Efficacy of Triclopyr and Imazapyr Using Two Application Methods for Controlling Tree-of-Heaven Along a West Virginia Highway

Concurrent Session #4 --- Fire

1:30 pm		Clinton and Vose Fuels Consumption and Nitrogen Loss Following Prescribed Fire: A Comparison of Prescription Types in the Southern Appalachians
2:00 pm		McMurry et al Initial Effects of Prescribed Burning and Thinning on Plant Communities in the Southeast Missouri Ozarks
2:30 pm		Schwemlein and Williams Effects of Landscape Position and Season of Burn on Fire Temperature in Southern Ohio's Mixed-Oak Forests
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Stambaugh et al Forest Fuels and Landscape-Level Fire Risk Assessment of the Ozark Highlands, Missouri
3:45 pm		Brose et al Survival of Striped Maple Following Spring Prescribed Fires in Pennsylvania

Concurrent Session #4 --- Management and Forest Resources

4:15 pm		Mercker and Hodges Forest Certification and Nonindustrial Private Forests Landowners: Who Will Consider Certifying and Why?
4:45 pm		Crum et al The Impact of Thinning and Fertilization Treatments on Sugar Concentration, Volume, and Total Sugar of Silver Maple Sap

Wednesday, March 1

Concurrent Session #5 --- Management and Forest Resources

8:15 am		Fox et al Alternative Silvicultural Practices in Appalachian Forest Ecosystems: Implications for Species Diversity, Ecosystem Resilience, and Commercial Timber Production
8:45 am		Rose and Rosson The Importance and Distribution of Hickory Across the State of Virginia
9:15 am		Shifley and Woodall The Past, Present, and Future of Indiana's Oak Forests
9:45 am		Break

Concurrent Session #5 --- Site Classification

10:15 am		Dolan and Parker Ecosystem Classification and Succession in the Central Till Plain of Indiana
10:45 am		Druckenbrod et al Forest Conservation in the Cumberland Plateau and Mountains: Assessing Distribution and Structure of Landform Forest Associations
11:15 am		Holmes et al Influence of Landform and Soil Characteristics on Canopy and Ground-Flora Composition and Structure of First and Second Order Headwater Riparian Forests in Unglaciated Ohio
11:45 am		Mangun et al A Multi-Criteria GIS Analysis for Ranking Potential Restoration Areas in the Fragmented Kaskaskia River Watershed Bottomland Hardwood Forest
12:15 pm		Lunch (furnished)

Concurrent Session #5 --- Wildlife

1:30 pm		Avina et al A Method of Quantifying Forest Vertical Structure for the Purpose of Evaluating Bat Habitat
2:00 pm		Hamel and Rosenberg Developing Management Guidelines for Cerulean Warbler Breeding Habitat
2:30 pm		Jones and Harper Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Use of Stands Harvested Via Alternative Regeneration Methods in the Southern Appalachians
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Stratton and Clatterbuck Effects of Long-Term Prescribed Fire on Small Mammal Population Dynamics and Movement in an Oak Barrens Community in Tennessee
3:45 pm		Thatcher et al Forest Management to Improve Breeding Habitat for Priority Songbirds in Upland Oak-Hickory Forests
4:15 pm		Throgmorton et al Kentucky Hunter Perceptions of Harvest Regulations and Their Effects on White-Tailed Deer Populations
4:45 pm		Adjourn

Concurrent Session #6 --- Agroforestry

8:15 am		Casey et al Establishment of Upland and Bottomland Agroforestry Plantations in Tennessee and Mississippi
8:45 am		Godsey et al A Preliminary Economic Analysis of Silvopasture in Missouri's Ozark Forests
9:15 am		Walter et al Epicormic Response When Converting Hardwood Forests to a Silvopasture
9:45 am		Break

Concurrent Session #6 --- Forest Products

10:15 am		Alderman and Brinberg Assessing Veneer Log Quality Attributes
10:45 am		Bond et al The Occurrence of Log Ellipticality in Hardwoods and Its Impact on Lumber Value and Volume Recovery
11:15 am		Wang et al Acoustic Assessment of Stress Level and Potential Wood Quality of Logs Affected by Oak Decline
11:45 am		Thomas et al Using External High-Resolution Log Scanning to Determine Internal Defect Characteristics
12:15 pm		Lunch (furnished)
1:30 pm		Bowe et al An Assessment of Hardwood Lumber Markets in China
2:00 pm		Chamberlain Expanding the Forest Management Paradigm to Include Non-Timber Forest Resources
2:30 pm		Dwyer and Dey Product recovery from Tree Grade 1 Northern Red Oak on Menominee Tribal Lands
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Scholl et al Can Smaller Diameter Hardwood Logs Be Profitably Sawn Into Lumber?
3:45 pm		Bond et al Current Trends in the U.S. Wood Flooring Industry
4:15 pm		Wang et al Hardwood Log Merchandising and Bucking Practices in West Virginia
4:45 pm		Adjourn

Concurrent Session #7 --- Natural Regeneration

8:15 am		Clark et al Twenty-Two Year Changes in Regeneration Potential in an Old-Growth Quercus Forest on the Mid-Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
8:45 am		Morrissey et al Natural Oak Regeneration Following Clearcutting on the Hoosier National Forest
9:15 am		Schweitzer Oak Regeneration Response to Moderate and Heavy Traffic Under Mechanical Harvesting in an Oak-Hickory Forest on the Cumberland Plateau
9:45 am		Break
10:15 am		Weigel and Dey Fifteen Years of Stump Sprout Development for Five Oak Species in Southern Indiana

Concurrent Session #7 --- Artificial Regeneration

10:45 am		Jackson A Comparison of the 36 Year Performance of Artificial and Natural Oak Regeneration in the Ridge and Valley Province of Eastern Tennessee
11:15 am		Kuers Twenty-Four Years of Growth of Naturally Regenerated Hardwoods, Planted Yellow-Poplar, and Planted Pine in Plots With and Without Competition Control on an Upland Hardwood site on the Cumberland Plateau near Sewanee, TN.
11:45 am		Poster Session
12:15 pm		Lunch (furnished)
1:30 pm		Kabrick et al Evaluating the Flood Tolerance of Bottomland Hardwood Artificial Reproduction
2:00 pm		Maxedon et al Deployment of High Quality Oak Seedlings from Local Seed Sources Along Elevational Gradients in West Tennessee Bottomlands
2:30 pm		Nicodemus et al Nitrate Reductase Activity in 1+0 Juglans nigra Seedlings with N Fertilization
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Ruzicka et al Deer Browsing Patterns in a Recently Afforested Bottomland
3:45 pm		Rousseau and Robison Fifteen-Year Performance of Five Oak Species in Plantation Culture
4:15 pm		Salifu et al Exponential Nutrient Loading and Retranslocation Response of Quercus rubra Seedlings
4:45 pm		Adjourn

Concurrent Session #8 --- Ecology and Forest Dynamics

8:15 am		Coggeshall et al Genotypic Variation in Flood Tolerance of Black Walnut and Three Southern Bottomland Oaks
8:45 am		Dimov and Schweitzer Overstory and Regeneration Structure and Relationships in Mixed Stands on the Southern Cumberland Plateau
9:15 am		Dillaway and Stringer Effects of Shade on the Growth of Natural and Artificially Established White Oak (Quercus alba L.) Regeneration
9:45 am		Break
10:15 am		Hartleb and Zaczek Culm Production and Morphology of Fresh and Stored Rhizomes from Field-Planted and Wild Giant Cane
10:45 am		Hartsell and Rosson Changes in Tree Species Importance Following Harvesting Disturbance in North Mississippi between 1967 and 1994
11:15 am		Navarrete-Tindall et al Plant Composition in Oak Savanna and Woodland Restoration at Prairie Fork Conservation Area in Missouri
11:45 am		Martin et al A High Resolution Laser-Based Technique for Quantifying the Elemental Composition of Wood: Applications in Forest Fire Ecological Response
12:15 pm		Lunch (furnished)
1:30 pm		Olson and Cassidy Dynamics of a Bottomland Hardwood-Pine Stand in Greene County, Tennessee
2:00 pm		Pederson et al Natural History from Dendrochronology: Maximum Ages and Canopy Persistence of Rarely Studied Hardwood Species
2:30 pm		Sharpe and Voorhees Effects of Lime, Fertilizer, and Herbicide on Herbaceous Species Diversity and Abundance Following Red Oak Shelterwood Harvest
3:00 pm		Break
3:15 pm		Unger et al Plant Communities Associated with Multi-Aged Clearcuts in the Missouri Ozarks
3:45 pm		Van de Gevel and Ruffner Land-Use History and Resulting Forest Succession in Illinois Ozark Forests
4:15 pm		Van Sambeek et al Developing a Field Facility for Evaluating Flood Tolerance of Hardwood Seedlings and Understory Ground Covers
4:45 pm		Adjourn