Multipurpose FIA Data Uses & Comprehensive Assessments

1,400+ Citations 1976 to 2001

Vic RudisResearch Forester

Landscape Ecologist

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Forest Resource AssessmentFrom the beginning…

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Forest Resource Assessment1930s to 1950s …

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Some Early Milestones:

1973-75 Understory SpeciesWood Productivity (MacLean, Bolsinger)

Forest Range (Pearson, Sternitzke)

1950s Mapped Tree Distributions by County (Cruikshank, Larson, Sternitzke)

1958-1964 Owner, Use, and Management Assessments: (Dana and others, AFA-sponsored)

California, Minnesota, North Carolina

1960-63 Wildlife Habitat(Ehrenreich, Moore, Murphy, Ripley)

Forest Resource Assessment1975+ “Comprehensive” by law

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Peer-Reviewed Journals

Unique Journals: 9 in 1984 and 24 in 2000

Atmospheric Environment

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Land Use Policy

Journal of Biogeography

Wildlife Society Bull., J. Wildlife Mgmt.

Science

BioScience

Ecosystems

Maximum Utility of Data Collected

Accommodating to a Diverse Audience, e.g., Flexible Data Management and Organization

Consistent in Spatial and Temporal Dimensions Relevant to Current Issues

Limited Bias to Suit Other Disciplinary Needs Logical Links with/for Other Data Important to a

Comprehensive Assessment Well-Documented and Stored In Quickly Usable

Formats Developing Techniques for Data Analysis to Address

Current Issues (opportunities for journal publication)

Progress to Date:

2003. Comprehensive Regional Resource Assessments and Multipurpose Uses of FIA Data, 1976-2001. GTR-SRS-70. 129 p.

2003. Fresh Ideas, Perspectives and Protocols Associated with FIA Surveys: Graduate Reports, 1974 - July 2001. GTR-SRS-61. 49 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index=5296

2002+. Online Search of the FIA citation database: 1979-1990 http://srsfia1.fs.fed.us/RIS/RISWEB.ISA

1993. Transforming round pegs to fill square holes: facing the challenge of forest inventories as tools of environmental policy for the 21st century. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index=492

1991. Wildlife habitat, range, recreation, hydrology, and related research using forest inventory and analysis surveys: a 12-year compendium. GTR-SO-84. 61 p. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index=157

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/forestry/biblio.html

Online FIA Citation Databasehttp://srsfia1.fs.fed.us/RIS/RISWEB.ISA

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