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If you are interested in a career that combines work outdoors with science and ethics, forestry may be just what you are looking for. Forestry is more than just harvesting trees; it is about forest conservation, ecology, biology, technology, and wood and paper sciences. Become a forester and you will learn how to create and manage forests.
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Climate change in the Missouri central hardwood region: consequences for forest landscapes, and management strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Climate change may result in a change in the tree species present within forests. The Missouri Central Hardwood Region represents one area where these changes may occur. Due to the natural diversity of species and economic ... -
An assessment of the whole tree weight, wood density, and specific gravity of four species groups in Washington County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)New methods of scaling logs by weight are becoming more prevalent in the Ozark forests of Missouri. In 2009, a major weather event known as a derecho downed millions of board feet of timber in Missouri and the ensuing ... -
A stream physical habitat assessment in an urbanizing watershed of the Central U.S.A.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Longitudinal variations in aquatic biological habitat in a watershed (frequently associated with land-use in mixed-land-use watersheds) can be quantified by means of a physical habitat assessment (PHA). PHA indices include ... -
Conservation payments to reduce tropical deforestation and degradation: evidence from the Ecuadorian Andes to the Amazon basin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Payment for Environmental Services (PES) are market-based policy instruments. Which compensate private resource managers financially for the environmental services their forests provide. As forest PES policies are increasingly ... -
Effects of biochar on yield and nitrogen nutrition of warm-season biomass grasses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Majority of the global energy supply depends on fossil fuel sources such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. However, energy production by these sources has significant environmental impacts such as air and water pollution, ... -
Investigating soil carbon, nitrogen and respiration across an intra-urban gradient in mid-Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Carbon (C) storage by urban soils is an attractive option to reduce atmospheric CO2. However, C dynamics are complicated by the gradient of land use and vegetation assemblages associated with urban development. Soil total ... -
The Land Capability Potential Index: a decision support tool for the management of Missouri River floodplain habitat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The Land Capability Potential Index (LCPI) is a hydrogeomorphic model of potential flow-return interval and soil drainage developed as a decision support tool for the restoration and management of floodplain habitat on the ... -
Modeling regeneration and early stand dynamics of Missouri Ozark forests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Projecting the effects of silvicultural choices on forest regeneration has traditionally been difficult. In an effort to improve upon this, a collection of empirical models based on leading hypotheses and theories of tree ... -
Tropical forest conservation Ecuador's Socio Bosque Program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Ecuador experienced a deforestation rate, for the period between 2005 and 2010, of 186,448 ha/year. Thus, Ecuador is among the countries with the highest deforestation rate in Latin America. The Socio Bosque Program (SBP) ... -
Economic analysis of woody biomass harvesting in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)An integrated mechanized timber harvest thinning treatment to remove small diameter trees and merchantable saw logs was conducted on 30 acres of the Missouri, Ozarks in the summer of 2009. Two silvicultural treatments ... -
Modeling historic, current, and available aboveground forest biomass along the Missouri River corridor
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)This research presents the culmination of statistical, landscape, and geospatial analyses that examine the geographic dynamics of aboveground forest biomass (AFB) within the Missouri River corridor, Missouri USA. The ... -
Measuring and modeling stream and air temperature relationships in a multiland use watershed of the central United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia[University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)A nested-scale experimental watershed study design approach was used in an urban watershed of the central U.S. to investigate stream water temperature (Tw) variability during water year's 2011, 2012, and 2013. Drought ... -
Long-term effects of a prescribed fire regime on tree seedling density in an oak-hickory woodland
(University of Missouri--Columbia[University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)The massive of oak-hickory forests and woodlands, in combination with the decline of dominant overstory oaks, is becoming an important management issue in the Central Hardwoods Region. Suppression of understory-tolerant ... -
Social Availability of Woody Biomass for Renewable Energy: Missouri Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners Perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The importance of bioenergy, particularly woody biomass, continues to gain significance in Missouri. Although physical estimates of standing wood have been used to assess and project total above-ground woody biomass, these ... -
The Economic Feasibility of Woody Biomass Harvest Practices in Missouri: The Cost of Harvesting Tops and Small Diameter Trees
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Woody biomass materials which include timber harvest residues, such as tree tops and small diameter trees, have the potential to be an important source of renewable energy. Their use as an energy feedstock or use as an ... -
Dendroecology of forests in Missouri : disturbance and integration over multiple centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Disturbances are fundamental components of ecological systems which operate at variable frequencies and magnitudes that affect the structures and processes of the system. Multiple disturbance types have functioned in oak ... -
Large-scale forest landscape model, design, validation, and application in management of oak decline
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Forest landscape models (FLMs) have increasingly become important tools for exploring forest landscape changes by predicting forest vegetation dynamics over large spatial scales. However, two challenges confronting FLMs ... -
Woody biomass availability for energy : a perspective from non-industrial private forest landowners in the U.S. Great Lakes states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners control 58% of all forests in the U.S. Great Lakes States consisting of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A regional assessment of the availability of woody biomass for ... -
Quantifying bottomland hardwood forest and agricultural grassland evapotranspiration in floodplain reaches of a mid Missouri stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Bottomland hardwood forests (BHF) play an important role in floodplain dynamics, particularly along urban streams where flood mitigation is critical to protecting human life and property. Enhanced evapotranspiration (ET) ... -
Quantifying microclimate heterogeneity within a contemporary plant growth facility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Three separate contemporary climate controlled greenhouse rooms in the Sears Plant Growth Facility located at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA were selected for microclimate analysis. Temperature, relative ...