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Cross-Site Studies Take Root across the Southern Experimental Forest Network
Most of the 19 southern experimental forests were founded in the 1930s or 1940s. Over the past five years, they have become something new: the SRS Experimental Forest Network. “Each experimental forest is a regional asset,” says Stephanie Laseter, a USDA Forest Service scientist and network co-lead. Johnny Boggs is also a co-lead.
Latest Publications
- Enhancing the precision of broad-scale forestland removals estimates with small area estimation techniques
Coulston, John W; Green, P Corey; Radtke, Philip J; Prisley, Stephen P; Brooks, Evan B; Thomas, Valerie A; Wynne, Randolph H; Burkhart, Harold E. - Estimation of Forest Disturbance from Retrospective Observations in a Broad-Scale Inventory
Coulston, John W.; Edgar, Christopher B.; Westfall, James A.; Taylor, Marcus E. - Watershed‐scale vegetation, water quantity, and water quality responses to wildfire in the southern Appalachian mountain region, United States
Caldwell, Peter V.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Liu, Ning; Vose, James M.; Zietlow, David R.; Knoepp, Jennifer D. - Using a hybrid demand-allocation algorithm to enable distributional analysis of land use change patterns
Brooks, Evan B.; Coulston, John W.; Riitters, Kurt H.; Wear, David N. - Estimating tree canopy cover using harmonic regression coefficients derived from multitemporal Landsat data
Derwin, Jill M.; Thomas, Valerie A.; Wynne, Randolph H.; Coulston, John W.; Liknes, Greg C.; Bender, Stacie; Blinn, Christine E.; Brooks, Evan B.; Ruefenacht, Bonnie; Benton, Robert; Finco, Mark V.; Megown, Kevin.