Christopher W. Woodall
Title: Research Forester
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Previous Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Address: Northern Research Station
1992 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-649-5141
E-mail: Contact Christopher W. Woodall
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Education
- University of Montana, Ph.D. Forestry, 2000
- University of Montana, M.S. Forestry, 1997
- Clemson University, B.S. Forestry, 1995
Civic & Professional Affiliations
Ecological Society of America, Society of American Foresters
Current Research
My current work can be broadly summarized into various national and regional Forest Inventory and Analysis program responsibilities involving research and administrative activities:
- FIA National
Indicator Advisor for the Down Woody Materials Inventory,
- Inventory and Analysis Techniques Researcher,
- Biophysical Team Leader for Northern FIA, and
- Lead Forest Inventory Analyst for Indiana.
Thus, my current research entails large-scale forest health monitoring, fuels and fire danger assessment, and development of novel forest inventory analytical tools.
Why is This Important
My research, leadership, and analyses fill critical information needs regarding forest ecosystems to the general public, resource managers, scientists, policy makers, economists, and a wide range of other natural resource specialists. Success in this mission is crucial to assessing the sustainability of not only forest ecosystems in the northern United States, but also the health of our Nation's forests. Research outputs provide Forest Service customers and clients with crucial information and provide improved techniques for data application to a range of resource inventory and monitoring needs (e.g., national carbon stock assessment, strategic-scale fuel loadings, and national forest stand relative density).
Future Research
My desires for future research include developing better techniques for holistically integrating forest health inventory data into traditional forest inventory analyses, refining the national measurement protocols for the Down Woody Materials Inventory, developing a more dynamic and "user-friendly" data dissemination tool for the FIA fuels inventory, refining Down Woody Material estimation procedures to allow for carbon stock population estimates, and describing linkages between well known stand development processes and the accumulation of dead and down woody materials in forests.
Featured Publications
- Woodall, Christopher; Johnson, Dan; Gallion, Joey; Perry, Charles; Butler, Brett; Piva, Ron; Jepsen, Ed; Nowak, Dave; Marshall, Phil. 2005. Indiana's forests 1999-2003 (Part A). Resour. Bull. NC-253A. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 94 p.
- Woodall, Christopher; Williams, Michael. 2005. Sampling protocol, estimation, and analysis procedures for the down woody materials indicator of the FIA program. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-256. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 47 p.
- Woodall, C.W.; Grambsch, P.L.; Thomas, W. 2005. Applying survival analysis to a large-scale forest inventory for assessment of tree mortality in Minnesota. Ecological Modelling 189 (2005) 199?208
- Woodall, Chris W.; Miles, Patrick D.; Vissage, John S. 2005. Determining maximum stand density index in mixed species stands for strategic-scale stocking assessments. Forest Ecology and Management 216 (2005) 367-377
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Charney, Joseph J.; Liknes, Greg C.; Potter, Brian E. 2005. What's the fire danger now? Linking fuel inventories with atmospheric data. Journal of Forestry 103: 293-298.
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Perry, Charles H.; Miles, Patrick D. 2006. The relative density of forests in the United States. Forest Ecology and Management 226 (2006) 368?372
Additional
Online Publications
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Liknes, Greg C. 2008. Climatic regions as an indicator of forest coarse and fine woody debris carbon stocks in the United States
- Oswalt, Sonja N.; Brandels, Thomas J.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2008. Contribution of dead wood to biomass and carbon stocks in the Caribbean: St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Woodall, C.W.; Westfall, J.A. 2008. Controlling coarse woody debris inventory quality: taper and relative size methods
- Woodall, C.W.; Westfall, J.A.; Lutes, D.C.; Oswalt, S.N. 2008. End-point diameter and total length coarse woody debris models for the United States
- Perry, C.H.; Woodall, C.W.; Liknes, G.C.; Schoeneberger, M.M. 2008. Filling the gap: improving estimates of working tree resources in agricultural landscapes
- Woodall, C.W.; Gallion, J. 2008. Indiana's Forest Resources, 2007
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Atchison, Robert L.; Brand, Gary J.; Butler, Brett J.; Crocker, Susan J.; Meneguzzo, Dacia M.; Nelson, Mark D.; Perry, Charles H.; Reading, William H. IV; Wilson, Barry T.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2008. Kansas forests 2005
- Woodall, C.W.; Heath, L.S.; Smith, J.E. 2008. National inventories of down and dead woody material forest carbon stocks in the United States: Challenges and opportunities
- Woodall, C.W.; Miles, P.D. 2008. Reaching a forest land per capita milestone in the United States
- Woodall, C.W.; Liknes, G.C. 2008. Relationships between forest fine and coarse woody debris carbon stocks across latitudinal gradients in the United States as an indicator of climate change effects
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Monleon, Vicente J. 2008. Sampling protocol, estimation, and analysis procedures for the down woody materials indicator of the FIA program
- Woodall, Chris W.; Morin, Randall S.; Steinman, Jim R.; Perry, Charles H. 2008. Status of oak seedlings and saplings in the northern United States: implications for sustainability of oak forests
- Woodall, C.W. 2008. When is one core per tree sufficient to characterize stand attributes? Results of a Pinus ponderosa case study
- Perry, Charles H. (Hobie); Everson, Vern A.; Brown, Ian K.; Cummings-Carlson, Jane; Dahir, Sally E.; Jepsen, Edward A.; Kovach, Joe; Labissoniere, Michael D.; Mace, Terry R.; Padley, Eunice A.; Rideout, Richard B.; Butler, Brett J.; Crocker, Susan J.; Liknes, Greg C.; Morin, Randall S.; Nelson, Mark D.; Wilson, Barry T. (Ty); Woodall, Christopher W. 2008. Wisconsin's forests, 2004
- Harmon, Mark E.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Fasth, Becky; Sexton, Jay. 2008. Woody detritus density and density reduction factors for tree species in the United States: a synthesis
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Nelson, Mark D.; Crocker, Susan J.; Perry, Charles H.; Schulz, Bethany; Woodall, Christopher W. 2007. After the blowdown: a resource assessment of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 1999-2003
- Woodall, C.W.; Nagel, L.M. 2007. Downed woody fuel loading dynamics of a large-scale blowdown in northern Minnesota, U.S.A.
- Woodall, Christoper W.; Perez, Judith A.; Thake, Thomas R. 2007. Forest resources of the Hoosier National Forest, 2005
- Woodall, C.W.; Gallion, J. 2007. Indiana's forest resources, 2006
- Westfall, J.A.; Woodall, C.W. 2007. Measurement repeatability of a large-scale inventory of forest fuels
- Miles, Patrick D.; Jacobson, Keith; Brand , Gary J.; Jepsen, Ed; Meneguzzo, Dacia; Mielke, Manfred E.; Olson, Cassandra; Perry, Charles H. (Hobie); Piva, Ronald J.; Wilson, Barry Tyler; Woodall, Christopher. 2007. Minnesota's forests 1999-2003 (Part A)
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Treiman, Thomas B.; Leatherberry, Earl C.; Jepsen, Ed; Olson, Cassandra L.; Perry, Charles H.; Piva, Ronald J.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Brand, Gary J. 2007. Missouri's forests 1999-2003 (Part A)
- McWilliams, William H.; Cassell, Seth P.; Alerich, Carol L.; Butler, Brett J.; Hoppus, Michael L.; Horsley, Stephen B.; Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Morin, Randall S.; Perry, Charles H.; Westfall, James A.; Wharton, Eric H.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2007. Pennsylvania's Forest 2004
- Morin, Randall S.; Liebhold, Andrew M; Gottschalk, K.W.; Woodall, Chris W.; Twardus, Daniel B.; White, Robert L.; Horsley, Stephen B.; Ristau, Todd E. 2006. Analysis of forest health monitoring surveys on the Allegheny National Forest (1998-2001)
- Woodall, C. W.; Nagel, L. M. 2006. Coarse woody type: A new method for analyzing coarse woody debris and forest change
- Woodall, Christopher; Brand, Gary; Gallion, Joey. 2006. Indiana's forest resources in 2004
- Woodall, Christopher; Brand, Gary; Gallion, Joey. 2006. Indiana's forest resources in 2005
- Woodall, Christopher; Hansen, Mark; Brand, Gary; McRoberts, Ronald; Gallion, Joey; Jepsen, Ed. 2006. Indiana's forests 1999-2003 (Part B)
- Leatherberry, Earl C.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles; Woodall, Christopher; Jespen, Edward; Pennington, Steve; Flickinger, Aron. 2006. Iowa's forests 1999-2003 (Part A)
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Charney, Joseph; Liknes, Greg; Potter, Brian. 2006. Linking Fuel Inventories With Atmospheric Data for Assessment of Fire Danger
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Miles, Patrick D. 2006. New Method for Determining the Relative Stand Density of Forest Inventory Plots
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Grambsch, Patricia L.; Thomas, William. 2005. D.B.H. and Survival Analysis: A New Methodology for Assessing Forest Inventory Mortality
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Leutscher, Bruce. 2005. Extending and Intensifying the FIA Inventory of Down Forest Fuels: Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Perry, C. H.; Woodall, C. W.; Schoeneberger, M.M. 2005. Inventorying trees in agricultural landscapes: towards an accounting of working trees
- O'Neill, Katherine P.; Woodall, Christopher; Amacher, Michael; Holden, Geoffrey. 2005. Linking Soils and Down Woody Material Inventories for Cohesive Assessments of Ecosystem Carbon Pools
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Lutes, Duncan C. 2005. Sensitivity Analysis of Down Woody Material Data Processing Routines
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Fiedler, Carl E. 2005. Simulating Silvicultural Treatments Using FIA Data
- Woodall, Christopher W.; Nagel, Linda. 2005. Species Composition of Down Dead and Standing Live Trees: Implications for Forest Inventory Analysis
- Woodall, C.W.; Grambsch, P.L.; Thomas, W.; Moser, W.K. 2005. Survival analysis for a large scale forest health issue: Missouri oak decline
- McWilliams, William H.; Butler, Brett J.; Caldwell, Laurence E.; Griffith, Douglas M.; Hoppus, Michael L.; Laustsen, Kenneth M.; Lister, Andrew J.; Lister, Tonya W.; Metzler, Jacob W.; Morin, Randall S.; Sader, Steven A.; Stewart, Lucretia B.; Steinman, James R.; Westfall, James, A.; Williams, David A.; Whitman, Andrew; Woodall, Christopher W. 2005. The forests of Maine: 2003
- Woodall, C.W.; Graham, J.M. 2004. A technique for conducting point pattern analysis of cluster plot stem-maps
- Woodall, C.W.; Holden, G.R.; Vissage, J.S. 2004. Fuel mapping for the future
- Woodall, Christopher; Brand, Gary; Vissage, John; Gallion, Joey. 2004. Indiana's forest resources in 2003.
- Woodall, Christopher W. 2003. Coming soon: a national assessment of fuel loadings.
- Fiedler, Carl E.; Keegan, Charles E.; Morgan, Todd A.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2003. Fire hazard and potential treatment effectiveness: a statewide assessment in Montana
- Woodall, C.W.; Fiedler, C.E.; Milner, K.S. 2003. Intertree competition in uneven-aged ponderosa pine stands
- Woodall, C.W.; Fiedler, C.E.; Milner, K.S. 2003. Stand density index in uneven-aged ponderosa pine stands
- Woodall, Christopher W. 2003. The National Inventory of Down Woody Materials: Methods, Outputs, and Future Directions
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Lessard, Veronica C.; Holdaway, Margaret R. 2002. Diameter Growth Models for Inventory Applications
- Woodall, Chris. 2002. Point pattern analysis of FIA data
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11/19/2008