Warren Keith Moser
Title: Research Forester
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Previous Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Address: Northern Research Station
1992 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-649-5155
E-mail: Contact Warren Keith Moser
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Education
- D.F. (Doctor of Forestry), Forest stand dynamics and ecophysiology, 1994, Yale University
- M.F. (Master of Forestry), Forest productivity, 1986, Duke University
- M.B.A., Operations management, 1982, Duke University
- B.A., Business management, 1980, North Carolina State University
Civic & Professional Affiliations
- Adjunct Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri
- Adjunct Professor of Forestry, University of Minnesota
- Editor, Journal of Forestry
Current Research
I am a Research Forester in the Northern Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis Research
Work Unit (NFIA) located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The mission of the unit is to analyze and disseminate information developed from the extensive system of inventory plots in the forested ecosystems in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Northern Great Plains States. I prepare standard reports on certain States and conduct hypothesis-driven research using information derived from the FIA dataset. Currently, I am investigating relationships between species and structural diversity vs. productivity, patterns of forest response to abiotic and biotic (including non-native invasives) disturbances, and different metrics of long-term sustainability.
Why is This Important
Coming from a forest management background, I know these data, properly analyzed, can help resource managers put their management into a landscape and regional context. The Northern Research Station's system of FIA plots provides a unique large-scale perspective that can reveal spatial trends and cross-boundary similarities that may not be obvious to a manager concerned with one stand or forest. My goal is to document trends in landscape change and, in so doing, examine patterns of disturbance and sustainability across spatial scales, thus providing value to local foresters seeking explanations for observations of disturbance, health, growth, and structure on their properties.
Future Research
I am very interested in disturbance and ecosystem stability and how management actions can impact stability at the stand, landscape, and regional level. As part of this theme, I am interested in issues related to climate impacts, forest health, and invasives, both native and nonnative. I am working on examining the spatial and temporal impacts of wind events upon forest structure and composition. I am working on landscape change from both a medium-term perspective (Missouri since the original General Land Office survey) and a short-term one (afforestation of pastoral landscapes after de facto abandonment). I am interested in examining the likelihood of biotic disturbances and the forest structures that result, along with devising strategies for avoidance or amelioration.
Featured Publications
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Nelson, Mark D.; McWilliams, William H. 2009. Relationship of invasive groundcover plant presence to evidence of disturbance in the forests of the upper midwest of the United States. Chapter 3.
- 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
- Moser, W.K.; Hansen, M.H.; Atchison, R.L. 2008. Kansas' Forest Resources, 2007
- Moser, W.K.; Hansen, M.H.; Crocker, S.J.; Treiman, T.B. 2008. Missouri's Forest Resources, 2007
- Meneguzzo, Dacia M.; Butler, Brett J.; Crocker, Susan J.; Haugen, David E.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles H.; Wilson, Barry T.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2008. Nebraska's forests, 2005
Additional
Online Publications
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Nelson, Mark D. 2008. The extent of selected non-native invasive plants on Missouri forestland
- Moser, W. Keith; Bolliger, Janine; Bragg, Don C.; Hansen, Mark H.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Nigh, Timothy A.; Schulte, Lisa A. 2008. Tools for understanding landscapes: combining large-scale surveys to characterize change. Chapter 9.
- 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
- Nelson, Mark D.; Moser, W. Keith. 2007. Integrating remote sensing and forest inventory data for assessing forest blowdown in the boundary waters canoe area wilderness
- Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Powers, Melissa. 2007. Kansas' forest resources, 2005
- Moser, W.K.; Hansen, M.H.; Atchison, R.L. 2007. Kansas' forest resources, 2006
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Brand, Gary J.; Treiman, Thomas B. 2007. Missouri's forest resources, 2005
- Moser, W.K.; Hansen, M.H.; Treiman, T.B. 2007. Missouri's forest resources, 2006
- 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)
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark; McWilliams, William H.; Sheffield, Raymond M. 2007. Shortleaf pine composition and structure in the United States
- Treiman, Thomas B.; Piva, Ron J.; Moser, W. Keith. 2007. Timber harvest levels and pressure on shortleaf pine in Missouri
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Nigh, Timothy A. 2006. Evaluating sustainability: a method for assessing vegetation change in southern Missouri, U.S.A.: 1820-2003
- Crocker, Susan J.; Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Flickinger, Aron. 2006. Iowa's forest resources in 2004
- Leatherberry, Earl C.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles; Woodall, Christopher; Jespen, Edward; Pennington, Steve; Flickinger, Aron. 2006. Iowa's forests 1999-2003 (Part A)
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Brand, Gary J.; Powers, Melissa. 2006. Kansas' forest resources in 2004
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Treiman, Thomas; Moltzan, Bruce; Lawrence, Robert ; Brand, Gary J. 2006. Missouri's forest resources in 2004
- Meneguzzo, Dacia M; Moser, W. Keith;; Brand, Gary J.; Hansen, Mark H.; Lovett, William R. 2006. Nebraska's forest resources in 2004
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark; McWilliams, Will; Sheffield, Ray. 2006. Oak composition and structure in the eastern United States
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Moser, Warren K.; Lister, Andrew J.; King, Susan L.; LaPoint, Elizabeth B.; et al. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations
- Moser, W. Keith; Leatherberry, Earl C.; Hansen, Mark H.; Butler, Brett. 2005. Farmers and woods: a look at woodlands and woodland-owner intentions in the heartland
- Moser, W. Keith; Liknes, Greg; Hansen, Mark; Nimerfro, Kevin. 2005. Incorporation of Precipitation Data Into FIA Analyses: A Case Study of Factors Influencing Susceptibility to Oak Decline in Southern Missouri, U.S.A.
- Moser, W. Keith; Atchison, Robert L.; Brand, Gary J. 2005. Kansas' forest resources in 2003
- Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Hansen, Mark H.; Lovett, William R. 2005. Nebraska's forest resources in 2003
- Woodall, C.W.; Grambsch, P.L.; Thomas, W.; Moser, W.K. 2005. Survival analysis for a large scale forest health issue: Missouri oak decline
- Gagnon, Jennifer L.; Jokela, Eric J.; Moser, W.K.; Huber, Dudley A. 2004. Characteristics of gaps and natural regeneration in mature longleaf pine flatwoods ecosystems
- Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Marshall, Philip T.; Gallion, Joey. 2004. Indiana's forest resources in 2002.
- Moser, W. Keith; Atchison, Robert L.; Brand, Gary J. 2004. Kansas's forest resources in 2002
- Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Treiman, Thomas; Moltzan, Bruce; Lawrence, Robert. 2004. Missouri's forest resources in 2002.
- Moser, W. Keith; Treiman, Thomas; Moltzan, Bruce; Lawrence, Robert; Brand, Gary J. 2003. Missouri's forest resources in 2001.
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11/19/2008