Dr. H. Michael Rauscher is the Executive Editor of the Forest Encyclopedia Network (FEN). His role is to provide leadership and coordination for all ongoing FEN work. He is also responsible for author input of new content as well as user evaluations and feedback.
So. Appalachian
Environmental Threats
Case Study: Analyzing Risks Using the Human Modification Framework
Results
Conclusion
Case Study: Modeling Species' Climatic Niche Space & Response to Global Warming
Case Study: Evaluating the Vulnerability of Maine Forests to Wind Damage
Case Study: Information Needs, Acceptability of Risk, Trust, and Reliance
Case Study: The Experience of Community Residents in a Fire-Prone Ecosystem
Case Study: Probabilistic Risk Models for Multiple Disturbances: Insects and Wildfires
Case Study: Population Genetic Structure and Plant Response to Climate Change
Case Study: Assessment of Habitat Threats to Shrublands in the Great Basin
Case Study: Establishing a Nationwide Baseline of Historical Burn Severity Data
Case Study: Threats to Private Forest Lands in the U.S.A.
Case Study: A Spatial Model for Predicting Effects of Climate Change
Case Study: Assessment of Oak Wilt Threat to Habitat of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler
Case Study: Managing Wildland Fire Risk in Florida
Case Study: Utilizing Remotely Sensed Data & Elementary Analytical Techniques to Examine Storm Damage Modeling
Discussion
Conclusions
Case Study: An Aquatic Multi-Scale Assessment and Planning Framework Approach
Case Study: A Landscape Scale Remote Sensing/GIS Tool to Assess Eastern Hemlock Vulnerability
Case Study: Modeling Potential Movements of the Emerald Ash Borer
Conclusions
Case Study: Assessing Insect-Induced Tree Mortality
Case Study: Evaluating Impacts of Southern Pine Beetles and Hemlock Woolly Adelgids
Background
Methods
Results and Discussion
Directions for Future Research
Case Study: Using Historical Photography to Monitor and Assess Threats over Time
Why Photography?
Why Not Photography?
Tools for Getting Historical Photos in GIS
Analysis Options
Examples
Resources
Case Study: Assessing Annual Risk of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks Using Pheromone Traps
Case Study: Digital Aerial Sketchmapping and Downlink Communications
Case Study: Integrating Natural Disturbances and Management Activities
Case Study: Modeling Current Climate Conditions for Forest Pest Risk Assessment
Methods
Results
Discussion
Case Study: Producing Local, Regional, and National Insect and Disease Risk Maps
Discussion/ Conclusions
Case Study: Uncertainty Estimation for Map-Based Analyses
Case Study: Assessing Risks to Multiple Resources Affected by Wildfire and Forest Management
Case Study: Moderate Resolution Data and Gradient Nearest Neighbor Imputation
Case Study: Risk Analysis and Guidelines for Harvest Activities to Minimize Oak Wilt Threat
Case Study: Previsual Detection of Two Conifer-Infesting Adelgid Species
Case Study: Estimating the Susceptibility to Phytophthora alni Globally
Methods
Results
Discussion
Case Study: Air Pollution Increases Forest Susceptibility to Wildfires, San Bernardino Mountains
About Us
So. Pine Beetle
So. Fire Science
Fire Effects
Air Quality
Air Quality Regulations and Fire
Magnitude of Fire Contributions to Air Quality Impact
Characterization of Emissions from Fires
Transport, Dispersion, and Modeling of Fire Emissions
The Role of Heat Release in the Trajectory and Dispersion of Fire Emissions
Model Application
The Role of Plume Rise and Buoyancy in the Trajectory and Dispersion of Fire Emissions
The Role of Advection and Diffusion in the Trajectory and Dispersion of Fire Emissions
The Role of Scavenging in the Trajectory and Dispersion of Fire Emissions
The Role of Chemical Transformations in the Trajectory and Dispersion of Fire Emissions
Plume Models
Puff Models
Particle Models
Grid Models
Atmospheric and Plume Chemistry
Estimating the Air Quality Impacts of Fire
Smoke Impacts
Research and Development
Water Quality
Soil
Soil Physical Properties
Soil Organic Matter
Soil Nutrients
Soil Biota
Soil Erosion
Management Guidelines
Plants
Animals
Fire Severity
Fire & People
Prescribed Fire
Firing Techniques
Planning and Conducting Prescribed Burns
State Prescribed Burn Statutes
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Prescribed Fire and Public Relations
Smoke Management
Wildfire
Fire in Today's South
Wildfire Mitigation
Fire Control and Suppression
Making Plans for Fire Suppression Activities
Organizing Fire Control Operations
Firefighter Safety
Initial Attack Operations on a Wildfire
Extended Attack, Project Fires, and Mega-Fires
Ground Control on Wildfires
Aerial Fire Control
Chemical Fire Control
Fire Control Tactics and Strategies
Wildland Fire Rehabilitation and Restoration
Fire Control History
Current Fire Policy's Impact on Fire Control and Suppression In the South
Current Issues: Fire in the South's Urbanizing Landscape
Wildfire Occurence
Fire Ecology
Canebrakes
Florida Scrub
Research Gaps in Florida Scrub Fire Ecology and Management
Loblolly Pine
Fire Effects on Forest Health in Loblolly Pine Forests
Fire Effects on Water and Soils In Loblolly Pine Forests
Prescribed Fire in Loblolly Pine Forests
Freshwater marshes
Melaleuca Swamps
The Everglades
Table Mountain Pine
Northern Hardwoods
Salt and Brackish Marshes
Fire Ecology of Coastal Marsh
Fire and Coastal Marsh Birds
Fire Effects on Coastal Marsh Vegetation
Prescribed Burning of Coastal Marsh
Fire Management of Coastal Marshes: Research Needs
Isolated Herbaceous Wetlands
Xeric Oak-pine
Grassy and Heath Balds
Oak-hickory
Cypress Ponds
Hardwood Hammocks
Fire Regimes
Florida Dry Prairie
Oak Savannas
Decline of Oak Savannas
Restoration and Maintenance of Oak Savannas
So. Bioenergy
