Browsing Faculty Works, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation by Title
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A life course approach to understanding social drivers of rangeland conversion
(Ecology and Society, 2017-01)Grassland to woodland conversion, also known as woody plant encroachment (WPE), is a global-scale phenomena caused in large part by changes in social processes that affect rural land use patterns. Woody plant encroachment ... -
accuracy of visible and ultraviolet light for estimating live root proportions with minirhizotrons
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Biodiversity conservation in the era of biofuels: risks and opportunities
(Ecological Society of America, 2011-04)Growing demand for alternative energy sources has contributed to increased biofuel production, but the effects on biodiversity of land-use change to biofuel crops remain unclear. Using a meta-analysis for crops being used ... -
Brazil's Market for Trading Forest Certificates
(PLOS, 2016-04-06)Brazil faces an enormous challenge to implement its revised Forest Code. Despite big losses for the environment, the law introduces new mechanisms to facilitate compliance and foster payment for ecosystem services (PES). ... -
Bridging the Benefits of Online and Community Supported Citizen Science: A Case Study on Motivation and Retention with Conservation-Oriented Volunteers
(Ubiquity Press, 2017)This study explores the motivations and barriers for participation and persistence in an innovative citizen science pilot project with Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers. The project combines self-guided online training, ... -
Caveating Behavior Modification Approaches to Conservation
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Characteristics of Logging Businesses across Virginia’s Diverse Physiographic Regions
(MDPI, 2017-11-28)Logging businesses play an important role in implementing forest management plans and delivering the raw material needed by forest products mills. Understanding the characteristics of the logging workforce can help forest ... -
Community Earth System Model Simulations Reveal the Relative Importance of Afforestation and Forest Management to Surface Temperature in Eastern North America
(MDPI, 2017-12-13)Afforestation changes the land surface energy balance, though the effects on climate in temperate regions is uncertain, particularly the changes associated with forest management. In this study, we used idealized Community ... -
Comparing sediment trap data with the USLE-forest, RUSLE2, and WEPP-road erosion models for evaluation of bladed skid trail BMPs
(American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2012)Three erosion models, the Universal Soil Loss Equation for Forestry (USLE-Forest), the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation Version 2 (RUSLE2), and the Water Erosion Prediction Project for Forest Roads (WEPP-Road), were ... -
Culture and Density Effects on Tree Quality in Midrotation Non-Thinned Loblolly Pine Plantations
(MDPI, 2018-02-09)Six non-thinned loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) culture × density study sites in the Piedmont and Upper Coastal Plain of the Southeast U.S. were used to examine the effects of two cultural intensities and three ... -
Designing an Urban Forest Inventory System for a Small Municipality: A Case Study of Falls Church, Virginia
(2015-05-16)The City of Falls Church, Virginia is an independent city in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with a population of 13,600 within its two square mile jurisdiction. The City's residents are justifiably proud of their ... -
Differing Levels of Forestry Best Management Practices at Stream Crossing Structures Affect Sediment Delivery and Installation Costs
(MDPI, 2016-03-10)Forestry best management practices (BMPs) are used to reduce sedimentation from forest streamcrossings. Three BMP treatments (BMP , BMP-std, and BMP+) were applied to three forest road stream crossings (bridge, culvert, ... -
Diversity-invasibility across an experimental disturbance gradient in Appalachian forests
(Ecological Society of America, 2008-01)Research examining the relationship between community diversity and invasions by normative species has raised new questions about the theory and management of biological invasions. Ecological theory predicts, and small-scale ... -
Drying-Wetting Cycles: Effect on Deep Soil Carbon
(MDPI, 2018-01-09)In the Southeast United States (U.S.), the climate is predicted to be warmer and have more severe drought in the summer. Decreasing rainfall in summer months should create more severe soil drying, which will eventually ... -
Edaphic and climatic effects on forest stand development, net primary production, and net ecosystem productivity simulated for Coastal Plain loblolly pine in Virginia
(American Geophysical Union, 2008-01-11)We used SECRETS-3PG to simulate net primary production (NPP) and net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) growing on the Virginia Coastal Plain, focusing on the effects of soils and climate, and ... -
Effectiveness of a confinement strategy for reducing campsite impacts in Shenandoah National Park
(Cambridge University Press, 2004-12)The expansion and proliferation of backcountry campsites is a persistent problem in many parks and protected areas. Shenandoah National Park (SNP) has one of the highest backcountry overnight use densities in the USA ... -
Effects of forest harvesting best management practices on surface water quality in the Virginia coastal plain
(American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2000)Three small watersheds located in Westmoreland County, Virginia, were monitored to evaluate the impact of forest clearcutting on surface water quality and to evaluate the effectiveness of forestry best management practices ... -
Estimating biophysical parameters of individual trees in an urban environment using small footprint discrete-return imaging lidar
(MDPI, 2012-02-15)Quantification of biophysical parameters of urban trees is important for urban planning, and for assessing carbon sequestration and ecosystem services. Airborne lidar has been used extensively in recent years to estimate ... -
Estimating Costs and Effectiveness of Upgrades in Forestry Best Management Practices for Stream Crossings
(MDPI, 2015-12-08)Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) are used for protection of water quality at forest stream crossings, yet effects and costs for gradients of BMPs are not well documented. We evaluated forty-two truck road and skid ...
