Martin Spetich

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Martin Spetich

Martin Spetich

Employee Information
Name:	Martin Spetich
Title:	Research Forester (RWU-4157 vegetation team leader)
Unit:	Upland Hardwood Ecology and Management (4157)
Phone:	501-623-1180 Ext. 105
Fax:	501-623-0186 - Location Fax
E-Mail:	mspetich@fs.fed.us
Location Information
Mailing Address:	USDA-Forest Service Southern Research Station P.O. Box 1270 Hot Springs, AR 71902
Shipping Address:	100 Reserve Street Hot Springs AR 71901
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Research Information
Education:
B.S., The Ohio State University, Forest Biology M.S., The Ohio State University, Silviculture Ph.D., Purdue University, Forest Ecology & Silviculture
Current Research:
The overall objective of this research is to 1) address practical, applied forest management needs based on a combination of current scientific thought and needs expressed by field practitioners and 2) to get science results out to practitioners in a meaningful and useful way that will benefit both society and the environment. This integrated research program addresses forest dynamics and the development of both short and long-term studies at three scales: stand, state, and regional. These studies address: forest restoration growth woody species reproduction competitive capacity stand dynamics stand composition keystone forest species restoration quantitative silviculture development of forest management methods forest ecology disturbance ecology diversity of upland hardwood forests from the Arkansas Interior Highlands to larger scales that include eastern upland hardwood forests Forest dynamics of the: Ozark Highlands Boston Mountains Arkansas River Valley Ouachita Mountains eastern upland hardwood forests Other topics include: oak decline land use history fire ecology regional dynamics of upland old-growth forests of the Midwest Getting science results out, examples: an interactive web-based product based on some of this research is available at http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/oakus/ Upland Oak Ecology Symposium proceedings with state-of-the-art knowledge/research (see http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs073/gtr_srs073-article-list.jsp for individual papers, http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs073/gtr_srs073.pdf to download the whole 22MB pdf of the publication, or http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/6470 for the publication description) Compass article on Arkansas upland deciduous forest research - "Of Fire Scars and Arkansas Oaks" http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/compass/issue9/07offirescars.htm Compass article on Arkansas fire research - "Oaks, People, and Fire" http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/compass/issue9/07oakspeople.htm Also click on the "search" button below
Collaborative Research:
Topics include: silviculture forest ecology fire history landscape ecology regeneration and long-term dynamics of forest development and composition spatial patterns and dynamics of upland hardwood forests spatial and temporal relationships of forests and forest components at the landscape scale effects of fire on stand development Russia's scientific nature reserves
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