Victor A. Rudis
until July 2001, Margaret Trani Griep continues that role
Co-Question Manager for TERRA-1 USDA-FS-SRS-FIA
P.O. Box 928
Starkville, MS 39760-0928.Email: vrudis@fs.fed.us Voice: 662-338-3109 FAX: 662-338-3101
Website: http://www2.msstate.edu/~vrudis/index.html
Education
M.S.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978 (Forestry)
M.S.
Rutgers University, 1975 (Ecology)
B.S.
Boston College, 1972 (Biology)
Professional Employment
1980-present
Research Forester, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Unit, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. New Orleans, LA 1980-1983, Starkville, MS 1983-present.
1979
Planning Assistant, Wisconsin Dept Natural Resources, Madison, WI.
1976-1978
Research Assistant, Dept. Forestry, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1973-1974
Research/Teaching Assistant, Dept. Botany, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ.
1972-1973
Instructor, Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, NJ.
Related Experience (abridged)
1989-present
Group Leader: Visual Quality Research Phase II: New Perspectives 1989-1992, Ecosystem Management in the Ouachita/Ozark National Forest. 1992-present.
1987-present
Adjunct Faculty: Mississippi State University. Occasional lecturer on landscape ecology, native plants, aesthetics research, and Geographic Information Systems applications: Depts. Computer and Electrical Engineering, Forestry, and Landscape Architecture. Fall 1988 Instructor, Forest Recreation Management. Member/Webauthor, Ecological Forest Inventory and Analysis (ECOFIA) committee.
February 2000
Lecturer, Multipurpose Resource Inventory (MRI) Shortcourse (with G.Lund, M.Caballero, others), CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Selected Publications (Total >50)
Rudis, V.A. Landscape and regional patterns in Arkansas' forest ecosystems. In: Guldin, J.M., compiler. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS- . (preprint 44 p.)
Rudis, V.A. Using widely-spaced observations of land use, forest attributes, and intrusions to map resource potential and human impact probability. In: Hansen, M.H.; Fairweather, S., compilers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NCRS- . (preprint 22 p.)
Rudis, V.A. 1999. Ecological subregion codes by county, coterminous United States: a technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-36. 95 p.
Rudis, V.A. 1998. Regional forest resource assessment in an ecological framework: the southern United States. Natural Areas Journal 18(4): 319-332.
McWilliams, W.H.; Reese, G.C.; Conner, R.C.; Rudis, V.A.; Schmidt, T.L. 1997.Today's eastern forests: what have 350 years of European settlement wrought? Trans. 62nd No. Amer. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf.: 220-235.
Rudis, V.A. 1995. Regional forest fragmentation effects on bottomland hardwood community types and resource values. Landscape Ecology 10(5): 291-307.
Rudis, V.A.; Tansey, J.B. 1995. Regional assessment of remote forests and black bear habitat from forest resource surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 59(1): 170-180.
Rudis, V.A. 1991. Wildlife habitat, range, recreation, hydrology, and related research using forest inventory and analysis surveys: a 12-year compendium. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-84. 61 p.
Rudis, V.A.; Skinner, T.V. 1991. Fire's importance in south central U.S. forests: distribution of fire evidence. In: Nodvin, S.C.; Waldrop, T.A., eds. Fire and the environment: ecological and cultural perspectives; Proc. of an international symposium; 1990 March 20-24; Knoxville, TN. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69. Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station: 240-251.
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