Managing Upland Forests of the Midsouth

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Michael G. Shelton

   Title:  Research Forester

   Duty Station Address:

 

   USDA Forest Service

   Southern Research Station

   P.O. Box 3516 UAM

   Monticello, AR 71656

  

   Phone: (870) 367-3464 ext. 15

   Fax: (870) 367-1164

   E-mail: mshelton@fs.fed.us

Education:

B.S. (1970)  Forest Science, Mississippi State University 

M.S. (1975)  Silviculture, Mississippi State University

Ph.D. (1984) Forest Soils, Mississippi State University

Duties, Current Research, and Other Professional Interests:

I have broad interests in all of the silvicultural aspects of natural stands on upland sites—from seeds to sawtimber. My research has mainly focused on creating and managing pine and pine-hardwood stands but has also included some smaller studies dealing with establishing natural oak reproduction. My larger research studies extend from the Ouachita Mountains in central Arkansas to the Coastal Plain of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. These studies are testing both even-aged and uneven-aged reproduction cutting methods with regeneration goals ranging from pine to pine-hardwood mixtures. With collaborators from Mississippi State University and UAM, we have overlaid interdisciplinary research within these studies to investigate wildlife habitat and stand nutrition. In addition, a series of small-scale studies were established locally to address various aspects of the germination ecology of the oaks, loblolly and shortleaf pines, and their competitors.

 

Selected Recent Publications:

Seed Production/Supply

Germination Ecology/Seedling Establishment

Natural Reproduction Cutting Methods

Processes, Dynamics, and Management of Established Stands