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Quantitative Methods for
Modeling Forest Ecosystems

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Northeastern Research Station
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 We have investigated
 how climate change can
 potentially change the
 distribution of trees
 in the eastern
 US by constructing
 statistical & cellular
 automata models.


 The Fire and Fire
 Surrogate Study
 began in 2000
 and attempts to
 restore mixed oak
 forests in southern
 Ohio by combining
 selective harvesting
 with prescribed fires.

 
 Also known as
 "Restoration of Mixed
 Oak Forests in
 Southern Ohio
 with Prescribed Fire".
 This is an ongoing
 study that began in
 1995.

 
 National Fire Plan -
 Fire Behavior & Effects
 in the Ohio Hills.
 This project looks at
 Landscape Fire Behavior
 and Tree Mortality
 using sophisticated
 heat-transfer models.

 
 This is a dynamic,
 interactive flowchart
 of the DISRIB model using
 Scalabe Vector Graphics
 (SVG).

 This is a major
 modelling effort that
 shows the potential
 habitat changes for 80
 eastern US tree species
 under doubled CO₂
 scenario (acc. to 5 GCM
 models).

 About the Vinton Furnace
 Experimental Forest in
 Southeast Ohio and the
 kinds of studies
 underway.

 Illinois Plant Information
 Network is Louis Iverson's
 major work when he was at
 INHS, Urbana-Champaign.
 All about plants of
 Illinois, their
 distribution, maps etc.


 A review & presentation of
 slides about the current
 US Biological Trends.
 This keynote presentation
 was delivered at the 2001
 Fish & Wildlife Service
 Meeting in DeMoines,
 Iowa by Louis Iverson


DOWNLOADABLE!
FIA-based Importance
Value distribution
maps,  Little's range
boundary maps,
spatial databases & more
for 135 Eastern US Tree
Species!


 These cool animations
 show how actual
 prescribed fires spread
 and burned in several
 study areas in Ohio.
 Animation data were
 derived from HOBO
 temperature probes.


This MapServer based
web application allows
users to zoom in close to
the ground with
aerial-photos,
road+other features
& topo maps
& send us info about
ash trees & possible
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
infection!!


Pdfs of presentations
in the Fire in Eastern
Forests Conference
held in Columbus,
Ohio on Nov. 15-17,
2005


Fuels, Fire Behavior
& Fire Effects Stuff

The mission of our unit is to collaborate in developing models of systems and to test these models of forest plant community responses to management and environmental stresses at the stand, forest and landscape scale.

Four separate problem areas are being addressed by our staff of four scientists and five science support professionals. There are three primary areas of research being conducted at this time: i) Global Change Research, ii) Fire & Fire Surrogates Study, iii) Ecosystem Management Study (Prescribed Fire Study) and the iv) National Fire Plan (Fire behavior and effects).

Research facilities are also maintained at the Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest (VFEF) in McArthur, OH. In addition, a 16,000 acre area surrounding the VFEF, known as the Raccoon Ecological Management Area.

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