Landscape Management System (LMS)

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The following publications are from the Landscape Management Project and associated work.

Articles

• Baker, P.J., and J.S. Wilson. 2000. A quantitative technique for the identification of canopy stratification in tropical and temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management 127:77-86.  View PDF Reprint; Download Python programs
• Bormann, B.T., M.H. Brookes, E.D. Ford, A.R. Kiester, C.D. Oliver, and J.F. Weigand. 1993. A broad, strategic framework for sustainable-ecosystem management. Volume V of Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment. A Broad, Strategic Framework for Sustainable-Ecosystem Management. USDA Forest Service, National Forest System, Forest Service Research, Wenatchee, Washington. 
• Camp, A., C. Oliver, P. Hessburg, and R. Everett. 1997. Predicting late-successional fire refugia pre-dating European settlement in the Wenatchee Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management 95: 63-77. 
• Carey, A.B., C. Elliott, B.R. Lippke, J. Sessions, C.J. Chambers, C.D. Oliver, J.F. Franklin, and M.G. Raphael. 1996. Washington Forest Landscape Management Project--A pragmatic ecological approach to small-landscape management. Report No. 2, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Washington Forest Landscape Management Project. Published by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. 99pp. 
• Christensen, G. A., J. Barbour, and S. Johnston. 2004. A Method to Simulate the Volume and Quality of Wood Produced Under an Ecologically Sustainable Landscape Management Plan. In Gucinski, H, Miner, C, and Bittner, B. (editors) Proceedings of Views From the Ridge -- Considerations for Planning at the Landscape Scale. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-596. 110-117.
• Hanley, D.P., C.D.Oliver, D.Maguire, and R.Fight (editors). 1995. Pruning Conifers in Northwestern North America: Opportunities, Techniques, and Impacts. University of Washington, Institute of Forest Resources Contribution No.77. 403 pp. 
• Larsen, D.R. 1997. Simulated long-term effects of the MOFEP cutting treatments. In Brookshire, B.L. and S.R. Shifley (eds) Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research. USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Experiment Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-GTR-193. p. 347-355. 
• Lippke, B., and C.D. Oliver. 1993. How can management for wildlife habitat, biodiversity, and other values be most cost-effective? Journal of Forestry. 91: 14-18. 
• Lippke, B. and C. Oliver. 1993. An economic tradeoff system for ecosystem mangement. In: (M.E. Jensen and P.S. Bourgeron, editors) Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment. Volume II. Ecosystem Management: Principles and Applications. USDA Forest Service, National Forest System, Forest Service Research, Wenatchee, Washington. 
• Mason, C.L., B.R. Lippke, K.W. Zobrist, T.D. Bloxton Jr., K.R. Ceder, J.M. Comnick, J.B. McCarter, and H.K. Rogers. 2006. Investments in Fuel Removals to Avoid Forest Fires Result in Substantial Benefits. Journal of Forestry 104(1):27-31.
• Marzluff, J. M., J. J. Millspaugh, K. R. Ceder, C. D. Oliver, J. Whithey, J. B. McCarter, C. L. Mason, and J. Comnick. 2002. Modeling changes in wildlife habitat and timber revenues in response forest management. Forest Science 48:191-202.
• McCarter, J.B., J.S. Wilson, P.J. Baker, J.L. Moffett, and C.D. Oliver. 1998. Landscape management through integration of existing tools and emerging technologies. Journal of Forestry. June 1998:17-23.  
• McCarter, J.M., J.S. Wilson, C.D. Oliver, and S. D. Stinson. (in review). Decision process for stand and landscape management using the Landscape Management System. For inclusion in: Wildlife habitats and species associations of Oregon and Washington – building a common understanding for management. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Olympia, WA. 
• Moffett, J.L. and J.E. Besag. 1996. Spatial and probabilistic classification of forest structures using Landsat Thematic Mapper data. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Fort Collins. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Gen.Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-277. p. 493-500. 
• O’Hara, K.L., and C. D. Oliver. In press. A decision system for assessing stand differentiation potential and prioritizing precommercial thinning treatments. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 
• Oliver, C.D. in press. Adjusting to changes in forestry using a landscape approach. Invited paper presented at the opening ceremony for the academic year of the University of Istanbul Faculty of Forestry. To be published in English and Turkish as a Faculty of Forestry Publication. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1999. The future of forest management industry: highly mechanized plantations and reserves or a knowledge intensive integrated approach. The Foresty Chronicle. 75:1-17.
• Oliver, C.D. 1992. A landscape approach: achieving and maintaining biodiversity and economic productivity. Journal of Forestry. 90(9): 20-25. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1992. Enhancing biodiversity and economic productivity through a systems approach to silviculture. The Silviculture Conference. Forestry Canada, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada: 287-293. 
• Oliver, C.D., A.Camp, and A.Osawa. 1998. Forest dynamics and resulting animal and plant population changes at the stand and landscape levels. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 6(3/4) 1998:281-312. 
• Oliver, C.D., D.E. Ferguson, A.E. Harvey, H.S. Malany, J.M. Mandzak, and R.W. Mutch. 1994. Managing ecosystems for forest health: an approach and the effects on uses and values. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 2(1/2): 113-133. (Also published as chapter in book entitled: Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West) 
• Oliver, C.D., C. Harrington, M.Bickford, R. Gara, W. Knapp, G. Lightner, and L.Hicks. 1994. Maintaining and creating old growth structural features in previously disturbed stands typical of the eastern Washington Cascade. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 2(3/4): 353-387. (Also published as chapter in book entitled: Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West). 
• Oliver, C.D. and B.C. Larson. 1996. Forest Stand Dynamics. Update Edition. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 521 pp. 
• Roth, Paul A, James C. Finley, Kevin W. Zobrist, and David M. Baumgartner. 2006. Computer Technology Helps Family Forest Owners in Pensylvania and Washington. Journal of Forestry. 104(3): 132-135.
• Wilson, J.S., and P.J. Baker. 1998. Mitigating fire risk in late-successional forest reserves on the east slope of the Washington Cascade Range, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 110:59-75.
• Wilson, J.S., E. Isaac, and R.I. Gara. 1998. Impact of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) infestation on future landscape susceptibility to the western spruce budworm (Choristoneura occidentalis) in north central Washington. Journal of Applied Entomology. 122:239-245.
• Wilson, J.S. and C.D. Oliver. in press. Stability and density management in Douglas-fir plantations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
• Zobrist, K.W., Lippke, B.R., Mason, C. L., McCarter, J.B. In Press. Structure-based management tools for providing old forest habitat and economic returns on the Olympic Experimental State Forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
• Zobrist, K.W., and C. L. Mason. 2006. Alternate plans for riparian hardwood conversion: Challenges and opportunities. Pages 145-149 in R.L. Deal and C.A. Harrington, eds. Red alder: A state of knowledge. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-669. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.
• Zobrist, K.W., Gehringer, K.R., Lippke, B.R. 2005. A sustainable solution for riparian management . Pages 54-62 in R.L. Deal and S.M. White, eds. Understanding Key Issues of Sustainable Wood Production in the Pacific Northwest. General Technical Report PNW-626. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
• Zobrist, K.W., McCarter, J.B., Hanley, D.P. 2004. Inventory Wizard: A new tool that makes it easy to get started with the Landscape Management System . Extension Bulletin EB1983. Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press.

Book Chapter/Proceedings

• Boyce, S.G., and C.D. Oliver. In press. The history of research in forest ecology and Silviculture. In (H.K. Steen, editor) The history of forestry research in the United States. Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina. 
• Everett, R., C. Oliver, J. Saveland, P. Hessburg, N. Diaz, and L. Irwin. 1993. Adaptive ecosystem management. In: (M.E. Jensen and P.S. Bourgeron, editors) Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment. Volume II. Ecosystem Management: Principles and Applications. USDA Forest Service, National Forest System, Forest Service Research, Wenatchee, Washington. 
• Johnson, C.G., R.R. Clausnitzer, P.J. Mehringer, and C.D. Oliver. 1993. Biotic and abiotic processes of eastside ecosystems: the effects of management on plant and community ecology, and on stand and landscape vegetationdynamics. In: (P.F. Hessburg, editor) Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment. Volume III. Assessment. USDA Forest Service, National Forest System, Forest Service Research, Wenatchee, Washington. 
• McCarter, J.B., C.E. Nelson, K.R. Ceder, K.W. Zobrist. 2007. The Landscape Management System: Emerging Technology for Integrated Forest Applications. In: Miner, C., R. Jacobs, D. Dykstra, and B. Bittner (Eds.), Proceedings: International Conference on Transfer of Forest Science Knowledge and Technology. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-726. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 169-177.
• McCarter, J.B. 1997. Integrating forest inventory, growth and yield, and computer visualization into a landscape management system. In: Teck, R., M. Moeur, and J. Adams (comps.), Proceedings of the Forest Vegetation Simulator conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373. Ogden, UT. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. p. 159-167. 
• Moffett, J.L., J.E. Besag, S.D. Byers, and W.H. Li. 1997. Probabilistic classification of forest structures by hierarchical modeling of the remote sensing process. Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation. San Diego, July 27 – Aug. 1. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1997. Hardwood Forest Management in the United States: Alternatives for the Future. Paper presented at the symposium entitled: “25 Years of Hardwood Silviculture: A Look Back and a Look Ahead,” Twenty-fifth Annual Hardwood Symposium, Cashiers, North Carolina. May 7-10, 1997. Sponsored by the National Hardwood Lumber Association, P.O.Box 34518, Memphis, Tennesssee 38184--0518. (Proceedings to be Published) 
• Oliver, C.D. 1997. Managing forest biodiversity: the emerging role of industrial forests in forest ecosystem management and research. Paper presented at the conference: “Public issues and private forests: the emerging role of industrial forest ecosystem management,” September 15, 1997, hosted by West Virginia University and Westvaco, Westvaco Natural Resources Center, College of Agriculture and Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.A. Proceedings to be published. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1996. Passive Versus Active Forest Management. Proceedings: “Forest Policy: Ready for Renaissance”, a conference held at the Olympic Natural Resources Center (Forks), University of Washington. September 16-19, 1996. (Proceedings to be published) 
• Oliver, C.D. 1995. Rebuilding biological diversity at the landscape level. In “Forest Health and Fire Danger in Inland Western Forests” Proceedings of a Conference held in Spokane, Washington, September 8-9, 1994. Proceedings available through Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR), College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1995. An opportunity for ecologically and economically sustained forests. One-page commentary IN (America’s Forests 1996) 1996 Calendar produced by M. McMurray for the Temperate Forest Foundation, Beaverton, Oregon. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1995. A Portfolio approach to Landscape Management: an Economically, Ecologically, and Socially Sustainable Approach to Forestry. In: Bamsey, C.R. (ed.), Innovative Silviculture Systems in Boreal Forests. Clear Lake Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta. 66-76. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1994. Silvicultural opportunities for creating high quality wood and other values. IN (J.F.Weigand, R.W.Haynes, and J.L.Mikowski, compilers). High Quality Forestry Workshop: the Idea of Long Rotations. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington CINTRAFOR SP15: 43-61. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1994. What is wood quality, how is it achieved, and why is it important? IN (J.F.Weigand, R.W.Haynes, and J.L.Mikowski, compilers). High Quality Forestry Workshop: the Idea of Long Rotations. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington CINTRAFOR SP15: 27-35. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1994. Ecosystem management in the United States: alternative approaches and consequences. Proceedings of the Woodlands Section, 75th Annual Meeting, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. (Held April 5-8, 1994) Alberta, Canada. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1994. Enhancing biodiversity and economic productivity through a systems approach to silviculture. IN Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Forest Vegetation Management Conference, held January 25-27, 1994. Redding, California. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1994. A portfolio approach to landscape management: an economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable approach to forestry. Proceedings: Innovative Silvicultural Systems in Boreal Forests A symposium held October 4-8, 1994. Mayfield, Inn, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Forest Service, International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Canada Alberta. Clear Lake Limited, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: 66-76. 
• Oliver, C.D. 1994. Ecosystem and landscape management: how do they affect timber supply? Paper presented at Timber supply in Canada: Challenges and Choices” Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Conference, held November 16-18, 1994. Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. pp. 113-124. 
• Oliver, C. D., D. R. Berg, D. R. Larsen and K. L. O'Hara. 1992. Integrating management tools, ecological knowledge, and silviculture. In: (R. Naiman and editor) New Perspectives for Watershed Management. Springer-Verlag, New York: 361-382. 
• Oliver, C.D., M. Boydak, and R. Sedjo. 1998. Deforestation. Chapter in Encyclopedia of Global Change. Cambridge University Press (In press). 
• Oliver, C.D., M.Boydak, G.Segura, and B.B.Bare. 1998. Forest organization, management, and policy. Chapter 17 in (M.L.Hunter, Jr., Editor) Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems. Oxford University Press.
• Oliver, C.D., Larry L. Irwin, and W.H. Knapp. 1993. Eastside forest management practices: historical overviews, extent of their application, and their effects on sustainability of ecosystems. In: (P.F. Hessburg, editor) Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment. Volume III. Assessment. USDA Forest Service, National Forest System, Forest Service Research, Wenatchee, Washington. (Also published as USDA Forest Service, General Techincal Report, PNW-GTR-324: 74 pp. 
• Oliver, C.D., W.H. Knapp, and R. Everett. 1993. A system for implementing ecosystem management. In: (M.E. Jensen and P.S. Bourgeron, editors) Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment. Volume II. Ecosystem Management: Principles and Applications. USDA Forest Service, National Forest System, Forest Service Research, Wenatchee, Washington. 
• Oliver, C.D., and B.R.Lippke. 1995. Wood supply and other values and ecosystem management in western Interior Forests. In Ecosystem Management in Western Interior Forests. A Symposium held May 3-5, 1994, Spokane, Washington. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Proceedings to be published. 
• Oliver, C.D.and J.B. McCarter. 1996. Developments in decision support for landscape management. in M. Heit, H.D. Parker, and A Shortreid (eds.), GIS Applications in Natural Resources 2. GIS World Books. Fort Collins. p. 501-509. 
• Oliver, C.D., K.L.O’Hara, and D.P.Hanley. 1995. Issues and perspectives on forest pruning. IN (D.P.Hanley, C.D.Oliver, D.Maguire, and R.Fight, editors). 1995. Pruning Conifers in Northwestern North America: Opportunities, Techniques, and Impacts. University of Washington, Institute of Forest Resources Contribution No.77: 3-20. 
• Oliver, C.D., and M. Twery. 1996. Decision support systems: models and analyses. Paper to be published in Proceedings of the Ecological Stewardship Workshop, Tucson, Arizona. USDA Forest Service, December 1995. 60 pp. 
• Stinson, S. in press. Uneven-age management in the southern tip of the Puget Trough- a case study: The Cowlitz Ridge Tree Farm. Proceedings IUFRO 1.14.00 Interdisciplinary Uneven-aged Silviculture Symposium. September 15-19, 1997 Corvalis, Oregon. 

Thesis

• Allison, N. K. 2001. Evaluating silvicultural options for harvesting young-growth coastal Douglas-fir forests using the forest vegetatin simulator (FVS) and the landscape management system (LMS). Thesis. University of Washington. 
• Baker, P.J. 2001. Age structure and stand dynamics of a seasonal tropical forest in western Thailand. Dissertation. University of Washington. 
• Ceder, K. R. 2002. Using silviculture to sustain wildlife habitat: assessing changes and trade-offs in forest habitats using a habitat evaluation procedure within the landscape management system. Thesis. University of Washington.
• Comnick, J. M. 2002. Development and application of a descision support tool to analyze alternatives for landscapes composed of multiple ownerships. Thesis. University of Washington.
• Cross, J. 2002. Measuring the impact of harvest intensity on riprian forest functionality in terms of ahde production and large woody debris recruitment potential: two models. Thesis. University of Washington.
• Hitchcock, A.J. 1996. Landscape planning on the Harry Osborne Forest. Thesis. University of Washington. 
• Manriquez, A. C. 2002. Carbon sequestration in the Pacific Northwest: a model. Thesis. University of Washington.
• Mason, C.L. 1999. Financial analysis for forest managers. Thesis. University of Washington. 
• McCarter, J.B. 2001. Landscape management system (LMS) : background, methods, and computer tools for integrating forest inventory, GIS, growth and yield, visualization and analysis for sustaining multiple forest objectives. Dissertation. University of Washington. 
• Moffett, J.L. 1998. A physically based Markov random field model of the remote sensing process and forest structure classification. Dissertation. University of Washington. 
• Park, P.S. 2001. Forest stand structure characteristics for the Cispus adaptive management area, Cascade Range, U.S.A. : implications for old growth, fire hazard, silviculture, and landscape management. Dissertation. University of Washington. 
• Sherpa, L.N. 1999. The effects of land use on forest structure and composition in the Nangpa and Hinku Valleys, Nepal. Dissertation. University of Washington. 
• Stinson, S. D. 2000. Silvicultural options for non-industrial forests : a landscape approach for creating adaptable, habitat based management plans. Thesis. University of Washington. 
• Wilson, J.S. 1998. Wind stability of naturally regenerated and planted Douglas-fir stands in coastal Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Dissertation. University of Washington. 
• Wimberely, M.C. 1995. Basal area increment response of Douglas-fir and western hemlock to silvicultural treatments: Comparison of distance-dependent and distance-independent models. Thesis. University of Washington. 
• Zens, M.S. 1995. Growth and morphological development of Douglas-fir and western hemlock on forest edges in the Alberni Valley, B.C. Thesis. University of Washington.  

Reports

• Boise Cascade Corporation. 1996. Forest Ecosystem Management: A Graphic Overview. Boise Cascade. La Grande. 52p. 
• McCarter, J.B., J.S. Wilson, P.J. Baker, C. E. Nelson. 1996/1997/1998. Landscape Management User’s Manual, Version 1.5-1.6. Landscape Management Project. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington. 97 p. 
• McKillop, W., T. Bonnicksen, C.Oliver, and G. Wood. Report of the California Forest EIS Review Committee. Committee formed at the request of US Senate Subcommittee on Forest and Public Land Management and U.S.House Subcommittee on Forests. 49 pages. Submitted May 21, 1998. 
• Oliver, C., D.Adams, T.Bonnicksen, J.Bowyer, F.Cubbage, N.Sampson, S.Schlarbaum, R. Whaley, H.Wiant, and J.Sebelius. 1997. Report on Forest Health of the United States by the Forest Health Science Panel. A panel chartered by Charles Taylor, Member, United States Congress, 11th District, North Carolina. Summary: 72 pp. Main document: 334 pp. (Submitted April 7, 1997). (Available through internet through U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee at: “http://www.house.gov/resources/105cong/fullcomm/apr09.97/taylor.rpt/taylor.htm”) Also available as reprint through University of Washington College of Forest Resources CINTRAFOR RE43 (main document) and RE43A (summary). 
• Perez-Garcia, J.P., C.D. Oliver, and B.R.Lippke. 1997. How forests help reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. Report to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health of the Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives. July 7, 1997. 
• Sampson, N.R. and L.A. DeCoster.1998. Forest Health in the United States. American Forests. Washington, D.C. 76 p.  
• A variety of LMS Case Studies/White Papers are available.  

U.S. Senate and Congressional Committee Statements (C.D. Oliver)

• 1997 -- Statement before the Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives. A hearing on the management of the National Forest System in the Pacific Northwest, emergency timber sales, and general issues of forest health. Bend, Oregon. January 16, 1997 
• 1997 -- Statement before the Committees on Agriculture and Resources (joint hearing) , United States House of Representatives. A hearing on the national forest health scientific study convened by Representative Charles Taylor. Washington, D.C. April 9, 1997. 
• 1997 -- Statement before the Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives. A hearing on the scientific review of the national forest health scientific study chartered by Representative Charles Taylor. Washington, D.C. June 5, 1997. 
• 1997 -- Statement before the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health of the Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives. A hearing on the relation of forest management and addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Washington, D.C. September 18, 1997. 
• 1997 -- Statement before the Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives. A hearing on H.R. 2515, the Forest Recovery and Protection Act of 1997. October 7, 1997. 
• 1995 -- Statement before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands of the Committee on Resources and the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and Forestry of the Committee on Agriculture; United States House of Representatives: A hearing to investigate the timber salvage situation on Forest Service and BLM lands. February 10, 1995. 
• 1995 -- Statement before the Task Force on Endangered Species of the Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives: A field hearing on the Endangered Species Act, Vancouver, Washington. April 24, 1995.  
• 1993 -- Statement before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources, Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives: A hearing on H.R. 1164, the Forest Biodiversity and Clearcutting Prohibition Act of 1993, and review of appropriate criteria, goals, implementation, and application of ecosystem management on public lands. October 28, 1993. 13 pp. 
• 1993 -- Statement before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry, and General Legislation; Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; United States Senate: A hearing on the definition and implementation of ecosystem management. November 9, 1993. 
• 1993 -- Statement before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources, Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives: A field hearing on ecosystems management and the applicability of new forestry and forest health techniques for forest ecosystems management. August 20, 1993. Boise, Idaho. 19 pp. 
• 1992 -- Statement before the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives: A hearing to review "High Quality Forestry" and extended timber harvest rotations. March 11, 1992. Washington, D.C. 26 pp.