Sustainable Management of Central Hardwood Ecosystems and Landscapes
The Central Hardwood Region covers more than 100 million acres and is one of the largest forest areas in the country. The region supports a variety of forest ecosystems, most notably upland oak-hickory and oak-pine forests, oak and pine savannas, old-growth hardwood and pine forests, and bottomland hardwood forests. The Central Hardwoods unit brings together a multidisciplinary team of natural resource professionals to examine
Our Research Areas
- Silviculture - Socially acceptable silvicultural methods are needed to produce forest conditions that will provide forest products and other benefits desired by society.
- Wildlife - Land managers, planners, and owners need information on how local and landscape factors affect the demographics and viability of selected wildlife species.
- Songbird nesting success and habitat use: An urban-rural comparison
- Linking population viability, habitat suitability, and landscape simulation models for conservation planning
- Betting on knowledge to help save a bat species
- Landscape - Land managers, planners, and owners need new knowledge and new modeling tools to assess the effects of alternative land management practices and natural disturbances on a range of human and ecological benefits.
Last Modified: 12/20/2007
