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Research

Dissertations and Theses

1971

Musbach, R. A. 1971. Effects of stand density and stem treatment on development and growth form of oak reproduction. Unpublished MS Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia. 98p.

1972

McNab, D. 1972. Some soil-site relationships of a typic fragiudalf. Unpublished MS Thesis, University of Missouri, Columbia. 218p.

Welsch, T. M. 1972. Periodic fire and runoff and erosion in the Missouri Ozarks. Unpublished MS Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia. 103p.

1984

Morris, M. F. 1984. Unit hydrographs and synthetic unit hydrographs for two experimental Missouri Ozark watersheds. Unpublished MS Thesis, University of Missouri, Columbia. 108p.

1988

Dwyer, J.P. 1988. Evaluation of the long-term silvicultural and economic effects of thinning and pruning treatments on a scarlet and black oak timber stand in southeastern Missouri. Unpublished PhD dissertation. University of Missouri, Columbia. 255p.

Godsey, K. W. 1988. The effect of fire on an oak-hickory forest in the Missouri Ozarks. Unpublished MS Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia. 125p.

Rogers, R. 1988. Spatial Pattern and Growth in a Missouri Oak-Hickory Stand. Unpublished PhD dissertation. University of Missouri, Columbia. 211p.

1992

Jenkins, M. A. 1992. A study of oak decline and vegetation dynamics in the forests of the southeastern Missouri Ozark Mountains. M. S. Thesis. University of Missouri-Columbia. 244 p.

1993

Wetteroff, J.J. 1993. Management and prediction of red oak decline in the Missouri Ozarks. Unpublished MS thesis. University of Missouri-Columbia. 220p.

1995

Huddle, J. A. 1995. The effects of fire on species of maple and oak. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri-Columbia. 240 p.

Journal Articles

Rogers, R. and T. M. Hinckley 1979. Foliar weight and area related current sapwood area in oak. For. Sci. 25(2):298-303.

1987

Lowell, K.E. and R.J. Mitchell. 1987. Stand growth projection: simultaneous estimation of growth and mortality using a single probabilistic function. Can. J. For. Res. 17:1466-1470.

Lowell, K.E., R.J. Mitchell, P.S. Johnson, H.E. Garrett, and G.S. Cox. 1987. Predicting growth and "success" of coppice-regenerated oak stems. For. Sci. 33(3):740-749.

1988

Dwyer, J.P. and K.E. Lowell. 1988. Long-term effects of thinning and pruning on the quality, quantity, and value of oak lumber. North. J. Appl. For. 5(4):258-260.

Lowell, K.E. and J.P. Dwyer. 1988. Stem form and lumber yield: Long-term effects of thinning and pruning. North. J. Appl. For. 5(1):56-58.

Mitchell, R.J., J.P. Dwyer, R.A. Musbach, H.E. Garrett, G.S. Cox and W.B. Kurtz. 1988. Crop tree release of a scarlet-black oak stand. North. J. Appl. For. 5(2):96-99.

1991

Cutter, B.E., K.E. Lowell, and J.P. Dwyer. 1991. Thinning effects on diameter growth in black and scarlet oak as shown by tree ring analyses. For. Ecol. & Mgmt. 43(91):1-13.

1993

Dwyer, J.P., D.C. Dey, and W.B. Kurtz. 1993. Profitability of precommercially thinning oak stump sprouts. North. J. Appl. For. 10(4):197-183.

1995

Dwyer, J.P., B.E. Cutter, and J.J. Wetteroff. 1995. A dendrochronological study of black and scarlet oak decline in the Missouri Ozarks. For. Ecol. & Mgmt. 75(95):69-75.

Farooq, M., W.B. Kurtz, and J.P. Dwyer. 1995. Artificial pruning of immature oak stand is not profitable. South. J. Appl. For. 19(1):14-17.

Jenkins, M. A. and S. G. Pallardy. 1995. An examination of red oak species growth and mortality in the Missouri Ozarks using dendrochronological techniques. Can. J. For. Res. 25: 1119-1127.

1996

Huddle, J. A. and Pallardy, S. G. 1996. Effects of long-term annual and periodic burning on tree survival and growth in a Missouri Ozark oak-hickory forest. Forest Ecology & Management 82: 1-9.