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Patrick Brose

Title: Research Forester
Unit: Sustaining Forests in a Changing Environment
Previous Unit: Guidelines and indicators for sustaining forest ecosystems of Pennsylvania and the adjacent Allegheny Plateau Region
Address: Northern Research Station
PO Box 267
Irvine, PA 16329
Phone: 814-563-1040
E-mail: Contact Patrick Brose

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Education

Ph.D. Forest Resources; Clemson University, Clemson, SC
M.S. Forest Resources; Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
B.S. Forest Resopurces; Utah State University, Logan, UT

Civic & Professional Affiliations

Society of American Foresters (since 1988)
American Chestnut Foundation (since 2000)

Current Research

My current research emphasis is on the oak regeneration problem. I am responsible for five separate studies. They are:

root development of oak seedlings growing in shelterwood stands,
esponse of mountain laurel to chemical, cultural, and mechanical control practices,
uantifying fuel loadings and fire behavior in oak forests,
esponse of northern red oak seedlings to forest liming, and
dendroecology of xeric oak – pine forests.

Why is This Important

Oak forests are the dominant forest type in much of the eastern United States yet they face a myriad of problems that prevent their regeneration. My research addresses several of those regeneration obstacles and my results help foresters be better stewards of oak forests

Future Research

Given the intractable nature of the oak regeneration problem, I?ll likely be engaged in oak research for quite some time.

Featured Publications

Brose, Patrick H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Horsley, Stephen B.; Knopp, Peter D.; Kochenderfer, James N.; McGuinness, Barbara J.; Miller, Gary W.; Ristau, Todd E.; Stoleson, Scott H.; Stout, Susan L. 2008. Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed-oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region
Brose, Patrick H. 2008. Root development of acorn-origin oak seedlings in shelterwood stands on the Appalachian Plateau of northern Pennsylvania: 4-year results
Stout, Susan L.; Brose, Pat; Gottschalk, Kurt; Miller, Gary; Knopp, Pete; Rutherford, Gary; Deibler, Mark; Frank, Gary; Gilmore, Gary. 2007. SILVAH-OAK: ensuring adoption by engaging users in the full cycle of forest research
Lanham, J. Drew; Brose, Patrick H.; Keyser, Patrick D. 2006. Conservation implications for neotropical migratory and game birds in oak-hardwood stands managed with shelterwood harvests and prescribed fire
Brose, Patrick H.; Waldrop, Thomas A. 2006. Fire and the origin of Table Mountain pine - pitch pine communities in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Additional Online Publications

Ward, Jeffrey S.; Brose , Patrick H. 2006. Influence of prescribed fire on stem girdling and mortality
Waldrop, Thomas A.; Brudnak, Lucy; Phillips, Ross J.; Brose, Patrick H. 2006. Research efforts on fuels, fuel models, and fire behavior in eastern hardwood forests
Brose, Patrick H.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Ward, Jeffrey S. 2006. Responses of oak and other hardwood regeneration to prescribed fire: what we know as of 2005
McWilliams, William H.; Bowersox, Todd W.; Brose, Patrick H.; Devlin, Daniel A.; Finley, James C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Horsley, Steve; King, Susan L.; LaPoint, Brian M.; Lister, Tonya W.; McCormick, Larry H.; Miller, Gary W.; Scott, Charles T.; Steele, Harry; Steiner, Kim C.; Stout, Susan L.; Westfall, James A.; White , Robert L. 2005. Measuring Tree Seedlings and Associated Understory Vegetation in Pennsylvania's Forests
Schuler, Thomas M.; Brose, Patrick; White, Robert L. 2005. Residual overstory density affects survival and growth of sheltered oak seedlings on the Allegheny Plateau
McWilliams, William H.; Bowersox, Todd W.; Brose, Patrick H.; Devlin, Daniel A.; Finley, James C.; Horsley, Steve; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Lister, Tonya W.; McCormick, Larry H.; Miller, Gary W.; Steiner, Kim C.; Stout, Susan L.; Westfall, James A.; White, Robert L. 2004. Indicators of regenerative capacity for eastern hardwood forests
Brose, Patrick; Schuler, Thomas; Ward, Jeffrey. 2004. Integrating Prescribed Fire into Management of Mixed-oak Forests of the Mid-Atlantic Region: Developing Basic Fire Behavior and Fuels Information for the SILVAH System
Ward, Jeffrey S.; Brose, Patrick H. 2004. Mortality, Survival, and Growth of Individual Stems After Prescribed Burning in Recent Hardwood Clearcuts
Keyser, Patrick D.; Sausville, David J.; Ford, W. Mark; Schwab, Donald J.; Brose, Partick H. 2004. Prescribed Fire Impacts to Amphibians and Reptiles in Shelterwood-harvested Oak-dominated Forests
Brose, Patrick. 2004. Understanding Early Height Growth of Oak Regeneration Following Seasonal Prescribed Fires
McWilliams, William H.; Bowersox, Todd W.; Brose, Patrick H.; Devlin, Daniel A.; Finley, James C.; Horsley, Steve; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; King, Susan L.; Lister, Tonya W.; McCormick, Larry H.; Miller, Gary W.; Scott, Charles T.; Steiner, Kim C.; Stout, Susan L.; Westfall, James A.; White, Robert L. 2003. Indicators of regenerative capacity for native broadleaf forests: a case study of ungulate overpopulation in the Eastern United States
Brose, Patrick; Van Lear, David. 2003. Mortality trends and traits of hardwood advance regeneration following seasonal prescribed fires
Brose, Patrick; Stout, Susan; Miller, Gary; Gottschalk, Kurt. 2003. SILVAH 5.1: developing interim guidelines for managing oak in Pennsylvania through multi-agency cooperation
Lanham, J. Drew; Keyser, Patrick D.; Brose, Patrick H.; Van Lear, David H. 2002. Management options for songbirds using the oak shelterwood-burn technique in upland forests of the Southeastern United States
Brose, Patrick; Van Lear, David. 2000. A Shelterwood-burn Technique for Regenerating Productive Upland Oak Sites
Waldrop, Thomas A.; Turrill Welch, Nicole; Brose, Patrick H.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Mohr, Helen H.; Gray, Ellen A.; Tainter, Frank H.; Ellis, Lisa E. 2000. Current Research on Restoring Ridgetop Pine Communities With Stand Replacement Fire
Waldrop, Thomas A.; Welch, Nicole Turrill; Brose, Patrick H.; [and others]. 2000. Current research on restoring ridgetop pine communities with stand replacement fire
Van Lear, D.H.; Brose, P.H.; Keyser, P.D. 2000. Using Prescribed Fire to Regenerate Oaks
Brose, Patrick; Van Lear, David. 1997. Effects of seasonal prescribed fires on hardwood advance regeneration in shelterwood stands

Last Modified: 11/19/2008