Stand Management and Forest Health Team
Managing and maintaining healthy, productive forests involves a host of values and goals that differ depending upon the use of the land. Some studies may focus on stand and forest pest management practices aimed at producing the best quality and greatest quantity hardwood sawtimber in the shortest time. Other studies may involve lands used primarily for recreation or to produce wildlife benefits with timber production a secondary interest.
Team Members
| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Kirk, Chris | Forestry Technician | 662-686-3183 |
| Leininger, Theodor D. | Project Leader/Research Plant Pathologist | 662-336-4801 |
| Meadows, Steve | Principal Silviculturist | 662-336-4825 |
| Walker, Charles H., II | Forestry Technician, Research | 662-336-4802 |
Research Studies
| Title | Lead Scientists |
|---|---|
| Biology of the Hardwood Stump Borer, Mallodon dasystomus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and other prey of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Nathan Schiff Paul Hamel |
Biology of Woodwasps and their Symbiotic Fungi | Nathan Schiff | Bluff Hardwood Cutting Level Study for Uneven-Aged Management | Jeff Goelz Steve Meadows John Toliver |
Description of 32-Year-Old-Hardwood Planatations on Macon Ridge Soils | Jeff Goelz Steve Meadows |
Development and Testing of Electronic Aroma Recognition and Analysis for the Detection and Diagnosis of Microbes Causing Defect Losses in Standing Timber | Dan Wilson | Development of Mixed-species Hardwood Plantations on Two Mississippi Delta Soil Types | Jeff Goelz | Discovering the Main Factors Contributing to the Decline of Willow Oaks on Certain Sites in the D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana | Ted Leininger | Growth and Quality Development of Residual Trees Following Deferment Cutting in Red Oak-Sweetgum | Steve Meadows | Growth and Quality Response of Residual Hardwood Poletimber Following Thinning in Sawtimber Stands | Danny Skojac Steve Meadows Andrew Ezell |
Investigations and Control of Microbes Causing Sycamore Dieback and Decline in Commercial Plantations | Ted Leininger Dan Wilson Nathan Schiff |
Regeneration, Species Composition, and Stand Development Twenty-One Years After Clearcutting in a Bottomland Hardwood Stand | Steve Meadows | Release of Suppressed Cherrybark Oak and Green Ash | Steve Meadows | Seed Tree vs. Selection in Bottomland Hardwoods | Steve Meadows | Stand Quality Measurement of Southern Hardwood Forests | Steve Meadows Danny Skojac |
The Effects of Stand Modification on Insect and Disease Communities in the Lower Mississippi River Ecosystem | Ted Leininger Steve Meadows |
The Role of Stem Canker and Dieback in Pondberry Health and Survival | Dan Wilson | Thinning Red Oak-Sweetgum Stands on Minor Streambottom Sites | Steve Meadows | Treatments to Favor Oak in Mixed Stands of Hardwood Regeneration | Steve Meadows | Understanding Bottomland Hardwood Responses to an Operational Thinning | Steve Meadows | Water Oak Plantation Thinning | Steve Meadows | Woody Perennial Energy Crop Production in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley under Several Planting Densities and Harvest Regimens for Varietal Cottonwood and Black Willow | Ray A. Souter Emile S. Gardiner Theodor Leininger Dana Mitchell Robert B Rummer Randall J. Rousseau Michael C. Tyree |