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Cavity-Nester Habitat; Artificial Douglas-Fir Snags

Purpose

Standing dead trees, or snags, are a source of foraging habitat and nesting cavities for wildlife. We evaluated the efficacy of creating Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) snags (by girdling, silvicide treatment, and topping) and their influence on deter

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Project End Date
 
Related Publications
Brandeis, Thomas J., et al. Cavity-nester habitat development in artificially made Douglas-fir snags. The Journal of wildlife management (2002): 625-633.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • cavity
  • nest
  • nesting
  • nester
  • douglas-fir
  • douglas fir
  • pseudotsuga menziesii
  • snags
  • snag
  • dead
  • mortality
  • girdle
  • girdling
  • silvics
  • silviculture
  • silvicultural
  • treatment
  • top
  • topping
  • Thomas Brandeis
  • Cole
  • Elizabeth
  • Filip
  • Greg
  • Michael Newton
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Brandeis, Thomas
Role
C
Collaborators
Cole, Elizabeth; Filip, Greg; Newton, Michael
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339
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339

NARA

Purpose

Excavating and Piling

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N/A
Project Categories
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • NARA
  • excavate
  • excavating
  • pile
  • piling
  • John Sessions
  • Francisca Belart
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
NARA
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Sessions, John
Role
PI
Collaborators
Belart, Francisca
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436

CFIRP Snags

Purpose

Assessment of CFIRP created snags

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Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • CFIRP
  • Snag
  • snags
  • decay
  • mortality
  • assessment
  • assessments
  • create
  • created
  • Amy Comstock
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
N/A
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Comstock, Amy
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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440

Slash Disposal in the Douglas-fir Region

Purpose

What to do with slash left from logging operations? Burned or left on the ground? Purpose is to create an interest in the problem.

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Project End Date
1931-11-24
Related Publications
Hunt, Lee. Slash Disposal in the Douglas-fir Region. Seminar Thesis, November 24, 1931, Oregon State College, School of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • Slash
  • Slash disposal
  • downed wood
  • down wood
  • decay
  • rot
  • douglas-fir slash
  • douglas fir slash
  • coastal slash
  • coastal fog belt
  • fog belt
  • post logging
  • post-logging
  • burned slash
  • Lee Hunt
  • Hunt
  • downed woody debris
  • debris
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSC- Forestry
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Hunt, Lee
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
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8

A Pathological Survey of the Peavy Arboretum

Purpose

How to dispose of and utilize felled trees from 4 thinned plots- They were left to observe the rate of decay.

Project Start Date
 
Project End Date
1932-05-01
Related Publications
Kimmey, James W. A Pathological Survey of the Peavy Arboretum. M.S. Thesis, May 1932, Oregon State College, School of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • Pathology
  • Pathological
  • Survey
  • Felled timber
  • wood decay
  • decay
  • thinning
  • rate
  • pathogens
  • james Kimmey
  • Kimmey
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSC- School of Forestry
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Kimmey, James W.
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
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10
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10

Rate of Decay in Dead and Down Material

Purpose

Study rate of decay in dead and down material

Project Start Date
 
Project End Date
1934-05-01
Related Publications
Philbrick, J.R. Rate of Decay in Dead and Down Material. B.S. Thesis, May 1934, Oregon State College, School of Forestry.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • Rate
  • decay
  • slash decay
  • down material
  • slash
  • decay
  • wood decay
  • dead wood
  • down wood
  • downed wood
  • Philbrick
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSC- School of Forestry
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Philbrick, J.R.
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
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12

Factors Effecting the Rate of Decay of Douglas-fir Slash of McDonald Forest

Purpose

Study of factors: rate of decay, moisture content, and fungi responsible for decay as they relate to slash.

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Project End Date
1939-05-23
Related Publications
Hansen, George M. Factors Effecting the Rate of Decay of Douglas-fir Slash of McDonald Forest. Report, May 23, 1939, Oregon State College, School of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • rate decay
  • slash
  • Douglas fir
  • Douglas-fir
  • slash
  • down wood
  • debris
  • factors
  • moisture content
  • fungi
  • downed
  • woody
  • George Hansen
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSC- School of Forestry
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Hansen, George M.
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
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23

Heterotroph Effects on Log Decomposition

Purpose

The objective of this study is to measure rates of heterotroph colonization, patterns and rates of channelization and fungal transmission by insects, and the pattern and rate of fungal invasion and microbial activity relative to log surfaces and insect ga

Project Start Date
1986-05-20
Project End Date
2001-12-31
Related Publications
Schowalter, T.D. 1992. Early decomposition and nutrient dynamics of oak (Quercus) logs at four sites across a North American gradient. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22:161-66.
Schowalter, T.D., Y.L. Zhang and T.E. Sabin. 1998. Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of oak (Quercus spp.) logs after five years of decomposition. Ecography. 21: 3-10.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • Heterotroph
  • log
  • logging
  • decomposition
  • decompositions
  • Heterotrophs
  • decompose
  • colonization
  • pattern
  • patterns
  • fungal
  • fungus
  • insect
  • insects
  • invasion
  • Timothy Schowalter
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Schowalter, Timothy D.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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238

Monitoring Snag Use and Dynamics in Clearcuts

Purpose

Mark and reexamine each snag in each clearcut annually to document fall rates, decay rates and bird use of snags in managed stands.

Project Start Date
1990-06-01
Project End Date
2000-06-01
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • monitor
  • monitoring
  • snag
  • snags
  • deadwood
  • downwood
  • wood
  • dynamics
  • clearcut
  • clear
  • clearcuts
  • decay
  • bird
  • birds
  • Bill McComb
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
McComb, Bill
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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278
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278

Creating Topped Snags with Herbicides

Purpose

To determine if trees topped with a herbicide will be used by cavity-nesting birds. Each tree will be treated and revisited annually to determine treatment effectiveness.

Project Start Date
1990-06-01
Project End Date
2000-06-01
Related Publications
Chambers, Carol., Carrigan, Tara, Sabin, Thomas, Tappeiner, John, McComb, William. Use of Artificially Created Douglas-Fir Snags by Cavity-Nesting Birds.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • create
  • creating
  • top
  • topped
  • snag
  • snags
  • herbicide
  • herbicides
  • chemical
  • chemicals
  • cavity
  • cavities
  • bird
  • birds
  • treatment
  • treatments
  • Bill McComb
  • Michael Newton
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
McComb, Bill
Role
C
Collaborators
Newton, Michael
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279

Volatile compounds in Douglas-fir logs cut during different seasons

Purpose

To establish a relationship between volatiles emitted from downed logs and the attack of ambrosia beetles. The study plan calls for the establishment of two log treatments in the fall. In fall, winter ,spring, and summer six logs with live ploem will b

Project Start Date
1991-09-23
Project End Date
1992-09-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • Volatile
  • compound
  • compounds
  • douglas-fir
  • douglas fir
  • pseudotsuga menziesii
  • log
  • logs
  • cut
  • cutting
  • harvest
  • harvests
  • logging
  • downed
  • wood
  • ambrosia beetle
  • beetles
  • decay
  • decaying
  • volatiles
  • phloem
  • Rick Kelsey
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Kelsey, Rick
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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296

Snag Inoculation Study

Purpose

Shooting trees with fungus-laden shells

Project Start Date
1997-02-01
Project End Date
1997-07-16
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • snag
  • snags
  • mortality
  • deacay
  • inoculation
  • inoculate
  • create
  • creation
  • shoot
  • fungus
  • fungi
  • fungal
  • mycology
  • shell
  • shells
  • Baker
  • Greg Filip
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
Forest Resources, Utah State University
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Baker, F.A.
Role
PI
Collaborators
Filip, Greg
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Artificial Inoculation of Decay Fungi into Douglas-fir with Rifle and Shotgun to Produce Wildlife Trees in Western Oregon

Purpose

To evaluate the effectiveness of innoculating primarily Douglas-fir trees with rifles and shotguns. Effectiveness will be measured by the incidence of foraging and cavity formation by birds and by the presence of wood decay as indicated by fungal conks. T

Project Start Date
2002-05-12
Project End Date
2002-12-31
Related Publications
Filip, Gregory M., et al. Technical Note—Artificial Inoculation of Decay Fungi into Douglas-Fir with Rifle or Shotgun to Produce Wildlife Trees in Western Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19.3 (2004): 211-215.
Project Categories
  • Forest Management
  • Slash & Decomposition
Keywords
  • artificial
  • inoculate
  • inoculation
  • decay
  • fungi
  • fungus
  • fungal
  • pathogen
  • pathogens
  • douglas-fir
  • douglas fir
  • pseudotsuga menziesii
  • rifle
  • gun
  • shotgun
  • guns
  • snag
  • snags
  • mortality
  • cavity
  • cavities
  • bird
  • birds
  • conk
  • conks
  • Greg Filip
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU Forest Sciences
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Filip, Greg
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
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380

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