Gulf Coastal Plain | Study Sites | Fire and Fire Surrogates Study

Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center
Longleaf pine
Fire return interval: 2 to 5 years
Represents 500,000 hectares of the longleaf-dominated ecosystem

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Site Manager

Ken Outcalt, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station
koutcalt@fs.fed.us
706-559-4309

Site Data Manager

Ken Outcalt, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station
koutcalt@fs.fed.us
706-559-4309

Site Discipline Leaders

*Economics* Ken Outcalt, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station koutcalt@fs.fed.us 706-559-4309	*Entomology* Jim Hanula, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station jhanula@fs.fed.us 706-559-4253	*Fuels* Deborah K. Kennard, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station dkennard@fs.fed.us 334-826-8700 x48
*Pathology* Bill Otrosina, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station wotrosina@fs.fed.us 706-559-4279	*Soils* Graeme Lockaby, Auburn University lockabg@auburn.edu 334-844-1054	*Vegetation* Dale Brockway, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station dbrockway@fs.fed.us 334-887-4518
*Wildlife* Craig Guyer, Auburn University guyercr@auburn.edu 334-844-9232 William Robinson, Auburn University robinwd@auburn.edu 334-844-9219 Mike Mitchell, USGS, Biological Resources Division mitchms@auburn.edu (334)844-9250

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Neuenschwander, Ryan, Weatherspoon	2000	A proposed long-term national study of the consequences of fire and fire surrogate treatments
Outcalt	2003	Developing management options for longleaf communities of the Gulf Coastal Plain
Peterson, Maguire, Youngblood, Metlen, Knapp, Outcalt, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy	2005	Implementation of the fire and fire surrogate study: a national research effort to evaluate the consequences of fuel reduction treatments

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Boerner, Hart	2008	The national fire and fire surrogate study: ecological consequences of alternative fuel reduction methods in seasonally dry forests
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
McIver, Weatherspoon	2010	On conducting a multisite, multidisciplinary forestry research project: lessons from the national fire and fire surrogate study
Neuenschwander, Ryan, Weatherspoon	2000	A proposed long-term national study of the consequences of fire and fire surrogate treatments
Schwilk, Keeley, Knapp, McIver, Bailey, Fettig, Fiedler, Harrod, Moghaddas, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy, Youngblood	2009	The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: effects of fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels
Youngblood, Bigler-Cole, Fettig, Fiedler, Knapp, Lehmkuhl, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop	2007	Making fire and fire surrogate science available: a summary of regional workshops with clients

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
Kennard, Outcalt, Jones, O'Brien	2005	Comparing techniques for estimating flame temperature of prescribed fires
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Youngblood, Bigler-Cole, Fettig, Fiedler, Knapp, Lehmkuhl, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop	2007	Making fire and fire surrogate science available: a summary of regional workshops with clients

Person	Year	Title
Boerner, Huang, Hart	2008	Impacts of fire and fire surrogate treatments on ecosystem nitrogen storage patterns: similarities and differences between forests of eastern and western North America
Boerner, Huang, Hart	2009	Impacts of Fire and Fire Surrogate treatments on forest soil properties: a meta-analytical approach
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
Kush, Outcalt	2005	Restoring structure and composition of longleaf pine ecosystems of the gulf coastal plains
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Outcalt	2003	Developing management options for longleaf communities of the Gulf Coastal Plain
Peterson, Maguire, Youngblood, Metlen, Knapp, Outcalt, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy	2005	Implementation of the fire and fire surrogate study: a national research effort to evaluate the consequences of fuel reduction treatments

Person	Year	Title
Bartuszevige, Kennedy	2009	Synthesis of knowledge on the effects of fire and thinning treatments on understory vegetation in U.S. dry forests
Converse, White, Farris, Zack	2006	Small mammals and forest fuel reduction: national-scale responses to fire and fire surrogates
Kennedy, Fontaine	2009	Synthesis of knowledge on the effects of fire and fire surrogates on wildlife in U.S. dry forests
Kilpatrick, Waldrop, Lanham, Greenberg, Contreras	2010	Short-term effects of fuel reduction treatments on herpetofauna from the southeastern United States
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Rall	2004	Effects of Longleaf pine management practices on the herpetofauna of south Alabama
Rompre	2003	Successful nesting of the sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) in a longleaf pine stand in southern Alabama
Sharp	2005	Demography of small mammal populations in longleaf pine undergoing restoration
Sharp, Mitchell, Grand	2009	Sources, sinks, and spatial ecology of cotton mice in longleaf pine stands undergoing restoration

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study