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Dale G. Brockway
Dale G. Brockway 

Employee Information
Name: Dale G. Brockway 
Title: Research Ecologist
Unit: Restoring Longleaf Pine Ecosystems (4158)
Phone: 334-826-8700
Fax: 334-821-0037 - Location Fax
E-Mail: dbrockway@fs.fed.us

Location Information
Mailing
Address:		 USDA-Forest Service
G.W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory
520 Devall Drive
Auburn, AL 36849-5418
Shipping
Address:		 Same
   
Location
Phone:		 334-826-8700

Research Information

Education:
A.S., Conservation Biology, Delta College, 1971; B.S., Biology: Ecology and Physiology, Michigan State University, 1973; M.S., Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Michigan State University, 1975; Ph.D., Forest Ecology and Forest Soils, Michigan State University, 1979

Current Research:
Forest ecosystem ecology, fire ecology, restoration ecology and silviculture. Quantify the dynamic interactions between ecological processes and natural disturbance regimes, specifically fire as a regulator of ecosystem function, structure, pattern and composition. Development of technologies useful in restoration of degraded ecosystems to a functional status compatible with achieving the multiple goals and objectives of natural resource managers. Analysis of the management impacts, resulting from application of silviculture alternatives, on ecosystem processes, biological diversity and sustainable productivity in longleaf pine forests.

Collaborative Research:
Examination of the role and risk of fire in forest ecosystems. Analysis of mechanical, herbicide and prescribed burning treatments on forest plant communities, as these techniques are applied for improved fuels management and fire danger mitigation. Development of methods and strategies for the ecological restoration and sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Evaluation of the efficacy of physical, chemical and pyric methods for restoring longleaf pine ecosystems. Comparative analysis of forest reproduction methods and gap-phase regeneration dynamics as a means of developing silvicultural approaches for sustaining the biological diversity and long-term productivity of longleaf pine ecosystems.

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