Hi-
The readings for Dec. 3 are:
1. For climate change and its effects on WI forests:
a. Your Scheller and Mladenoff 2008 article: Scheller, R.M. and D.J. Mladenoff. 2008. Simulated effects of climate change, fragmentation, and inter-specific competition on tree species migration in northern Wisconsin, USA. Climate Research 36: 191-202. Copyright issues prevent me from adding the pdf to the folder, but you can click on it directly at: http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/pdf/SchellerMladenoff%20ClimRes%202008.pdf
b. Optional: Madeline Fisher's nice UW news essay on this article: http://www.news.wisc.edu/15386
2. For restoration in the face of climate change:
a. Harris, J.A., R.J. Hobbs, E. Higgs, and J. Aronson. 2006. Ecological restoration and global climate change. Restoration Ecology 14(2):170-176. (in the readings folder as Harrisetal2006.pdf)
b. Optional: Seastedt, T.R., R.J. Hobbs, and K.N. Suding. 2008. Management of novel ecosystems: are novel approaches required? Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment 6, doi:10.1890/070046.(in the readings folder as Seastedtetal2008.pdf)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Readings Nov 12 and 19th; no class Nov 26
Hi-
Here are the readings for the next two weeks. We won't meet on Nov. 26th, the afternoon before Thanksgiving, to give us all more time to make pumpkin pies and roast turkeys (or whatever your Thanksgiving traditions might be).
Nov 12 (Tricia and possibly Jon)
Robert Gough, Farming the Cutover, introduction and Chapter 1.
Optional: Steen-Adams, M.M., N.E. Langston, and D.J. Mladenoff. 2007. “White pine in the northern forests: An ecological and management history of white pine on the Bad River Reservation of Wisconsin,” Environmental History 12: 624-648.
Nov 19 (Bob and possibly Tricia)
Jeanine M. Rhemtulla and David J. Mladenoff, “Why history matters in landscape ecology,” Landscape Ecology 22 (2007): 1-3.
Rhemtulla, J.M., D.J. Mladenoff and M.K. Clayton. 2007. Regional land-cover conversion in the U.S. upper Midwest: magnitude of change and limited recovery (1850-1935-1993). Landscape Ecology 22: 57 -75. link: http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/PDF/Rhemtulla_LE2007.pdf
Optional: Rhemtulla, J. M., D. J. Mladenoff, and M. K. Clayton. 2008. Legacies of historical land use on regional composition and structure in Wisconsin (USA): (Mid-1800s—1930s—2000s).
Here are the readings for the next two weeks. We won't meet on Nov. 26th, the afternoon before Thanksgiving, to give us all more time to make pumpkin pies and roast turkeys (or whatever your Thanksgiving traditions might be).
Nov 12 (Tricia and possibly Jon)
Robert Gough, Farming the Cutover, introduction and Chapter 1.
Optional: Steen-Adams, M.M., N.E. Langston, and D.J. Mladenoff. 2007. “White pine in the northern forests: An ecological and management history of white pine on the Bad River Reservation of Wisconsin,” Environmental History 12: 624-648.
Nov 19 (Bob and possibly Tricia)
Jeanine M. Rhemtulla and David J. Mladenoff, “Why history matters in landscape ecology,” Landscape Ecology 22 (2007): 1-3.
Rhemtulla, J.M., D.J. Mladenoff and M.K. Clayton. 2007. Regional land-cover conversion in the U.S. upper Midwest: magnitude of change and limited recovery (1850-1935-1993). Landscape Ecology 22: 57 -75. link: http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/PDF/Rhemtulla_LE2007.pdf
Optional: Rhemtulla, J. M., D. J. Mladenoff, and M. K. Clayton. 2008. Legacies of historical land use on regional composition and structure in Wisconsin (USA): (Mid-1800s—1930s—2000s).
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Readings for Nov 5
Hi-
For this Wednesday, we'll be discussing:
Steen-Adams et al 2008 (NOT Steen-Adams et al 2007--that's for later this fall): “Indian history of the Great Lakes Lumber Era: The Case of the Bad River Band of Ojibwe,” manuscript in prep.
White and Mladenoff 2004: Old-growth forest landscape transitions from pre-European settlement to present.” Landscape Ecology 9 (2004): 191-205.
OPTIONAL (and not yet loaded onto the website): Gates et al 1983: ,“Wildlife in a Changing Environment,” 52-82 in Susan Flader, ed. The Great Lakes Forest: An Environmental and Social History (U of MN: 1983)
For this Wednesday, we'll be discussing:
Steen-Adams et al 2008 (NOT Steen-Adams et al 2007--that's for later this fall): “Indian history of the Great Lakes Lumber Era: The Case of the Bad River Band of Ojibwe,” manuscript in prep.
White and Mladenoff 2004: Old-growth forest landscape transitions from pre-European settlement to present.” Landscape Ecology 9 (2004): 191-205.
OPTIONAL (and not yet loaded onto the website): Gates et al 1983: ,“Wildlife in a Changing Environment,” 52-82 in Susan Flader, ed. The Great Lakes Forest: An Environmental and Social History (U of MN: 1983)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Value of Old Growth
All,
Here are two new items that are ancillary to our discussions and I thought some of you might be interested in. The Lussaert et al. just out in Nature is important for the discussion of the role of old forests and carbon sequestration. There has been a lot of argument about this, with some suggesting that "forest" carbon is best sequestered as 2x4s, and that old forests do not have any net gain of C. This assessment of a broad group of studies shows the opposite.
The second news piece on Bialowieza forest in Poland is interesting, and give some prespective on discussions similar to ours taking place elsewhere, with much longer intensive land use histories.
David
Note from Nancy: these two readings are now in the readings box.
Here are two new items that are ancillary to our discussions and I thought some of you might be interested in. The Lussaert et al. just out in Nature is important for the discussion of the role of old forests and carbon sequestration. There has been a lot of argument about this, with some suggesting that "forest" carbon is best sequestered as 2x4s, and that old forests do not have any net gain of C. This assessment of a broad group of studies shows the opposite.
The second news piece on Bialowieza forest in Poland is interesting, and give some prespective on discussions similar to ours taking place elsewhere, with much longer intensive land use histories.
David
Note from Nancy: these two readings are now in the readings box.
Field Trip Details
Two vans will be going up to Sylvania, one leaving at 9 am on Friday and one at 4:30 pm on Friday, after the ecology symposium. (I'm assuming that you'll be in the 4:30 van, but email me if you'd like to go in the 9 am van). Please meet behind Russell Labs about 10 minutes before the van is due to depart. We will return Sunday evening, getting back to Russell Labs around 6-7 ish, depending on traffic.
Phone #s:
Nancy 608 214 5196
David 608 843 4332
Bob 608 852 4218
Sara 808 895 0442
Mike 715 304 7390
Things to bring:
Hiking boots (we'll hike 5 to 7 miles on Saturday, rain or shine, on trails in the wilderness area)
Spare dry shoes
Rain gear
WARM clothes--fleece, especially.
Flashlight or head lamp
Water bottle, small day pack for your lunch while hiking
Bath towels (the cabins provide sheets and blankets, but not bath towels. I may need a couple of you to bring sleeping bags and pads, in case we have more people than beds in the two cabins we have rented).
A little cash for snacks on the drive--we'll figure out costs for groceries and cabins next week
We are staying at the Sylvania Wilderness Cabins, just outside the Sylvania WIlderness.
Here's the website: http://www.sylvaniawildernesscabins.com/
For directions and a map: http://www.sylvaniawildernesscabins.com/contact.html
For more info about the wilderness area and a useful map (please print this out), see
http://www.sylvaniawildernesscabins.com/page04.html
Sylvania Wilderness Cabins
E21831 Crooked Lake Road, Watersmeet, MI 49969
Phone #s:
Nancy 608 214 5196
David 608 843 4332
Bob 608 852 4218
Sara 808 895 0442
Mike 715 304 7390
Things to bring:
Hiking boots (we'll hike 5 to 7 miles on Saturday, rain or shine, on trails in the wilderness area)
Spare dry shoes
Rain gear
WARM clothes--fleece, especially.
Flashlight or head lamp
Water bottle, small day pack for your lunch while hiking
Bath towels (the cabins provide sheets and blankets, but not bath towels. I may need a couple of you to bring sleeping bags and pads, in case we have more people than beds in the two cabins we have rented).
A little cash for snacks on the drive--we'll figure out costs for groceries and cabins next week
We are staying at the Sylvania Wilderness Cabins, just outside the Sylvania WIlderness.
Here's the website: http://www.sylvaniawildernesscabins.com/
For directions and a map: http://www.sylvaniawildernesscabins.com/contact.html
For more info about the wilderness area and a useful map (please print this out), see
http://www.sylvaniawildernesscabins.com/page04.html
Sylvania Wilderness Cabins
E21831 Crooked Lake Road, Watersmeet, MI 49969
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Readings for Oct 22 and Nov 5
Part 3 The Lumber Era 1860s to 1910s
October 22
Michael Williams, chapter 7 from Americans and their Forests.
Increase Lapham et al 1867, "Report on the Disastrous Effects of the Destruction of Forest Trees, Now Going on so Rapidly in the State of Wisconsin."
Filbert Roth, on logging.
OCT 29--no class; David is out of town
Nov. 5
Steen-Adams, M.M., N.E. Langston, and D.J. Mladenoff. “Indian history of the Great Lakes Lumber Era: The Case of the Bad River Band of Ojibwe,” manuscript in prep.
White, Mark and David Mladenoff. “Old-growth forest landscape transitions from pre-European settlement to present.” Landscape Ecology 9 (2004): 191-205.
Gates, D. M., C. H. D Clarke, and James T. Harris, “Wildlife in a Changing Environment,” 52-82 in Susan Flader, ed. The Great Lakes Forest: An Environmental and Social History (U of MN: 1983)
October 22
Michael Williams, chapter 7 from Americans and their Forests.
Increase Lapham et al 1867, "Report on the Disastrous Effects of the Destruction of Forest Trees, Now Going on so Rapidly in the State of Wisconsin."
Filbert Roth, on logging.
OCT 29--no class; David is out of town
Nov. 5
Steen-Adams, M.M., N.E. Langston, and D.J. Mladenoff. “Indian history of the Great Lakes Lumber Era: The Case of the Bad River Band of Ojibwe,” manuscript in prep.
White, Mark and David Mladenoff. “Old-growth forest landscape transitions from pre-European settlement to present.” Landscape Ecology 9 (2004): 191-205.
Gates, D. M., C. H. D Clarke, and James T. Harris, “Wildlife in a Changing Environment,” 52-82 in Susan Flader, ed. The Great Lakes Forest: An Environmental and Social History (U of MN: 1983)
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Readings for Sept 24-Oct. 19
Sept 24: Old Growth and retrospective studies
Frelich, Lee, Meredith Cornett, and Mark White. “Controls and reference conditions in forestry: the role of old-growth and retrospective studies.” Journal of Forestry (2005): 339-344.
Frelich, Lee and Peter Reich, “Old Growth in the Great Lakes Region,” in Eastern Old Growth Forests, ed. Mary Byrd Davis, Washington, DC: Island Press, 1996.
Part 2 Cultural Contact and Natural Disturbance Regimes: 1650s to 1850s
Oct 1 (no class meeting)
Oct 8,
Charles Cleland, pp. 1-34 of Rites of Conquest (1992)
Tyrrell, Lucy and Thomas Crow. “Structural characteristics of old-growth hemlock-hardwood forests in relation to age.” Ecology 75 (1994): 370-386.
Oct 15
Richard White, The Middle Ground, introduction and Refugees chapters.
Jesuit readings and fur traders’ diaries from Up Country
Schulte, Lisa and David Mladenoff, “Severe wind and fire regimes in northern forests: historical variability at the regional scale.” Ecology 86 (2005): 431-445.
Frelich, Lee and Craig Lorimer, “Natural disturbance regimes in hemlock-hardwood forests of the upper Great Lakes region,” Ecological Monographs 61 (1991): 145-164.
FIELD TRIP READINGS
Margaret B. Davis, Randy R. Calcote, Shinya Sugita, and Hikaru Takaharab, “Patchy Invasion and the Origin of a Hemlock–Hardwoods Forest Mosaic,” Ecology: 79 (1998): 2641–2659. (needs uploading)
Mladenoff, D. J., M. A. White, J. Pastor, and T. R. Crow 1993. Comparing spatial pattern in unaltered old-growth and disturbed forest landscapes. Ecological Applications 3:294-306.
Charlie Rasmussen, thesis on Sylvania
Frelich, Lee, Meredith Cornett, and Mark White. “Controls and reference conditions in forestry: the role of old-growth and retrospective studies.” Journal of Forestry (2005): 339-344.
Frelich, Lee and Peter Reich, “Old Growth in the Great Lakes Region,” in Eastern Old Growth Forests, ed. Mary Byrd Davis, Washington, DC: Island Press, 1996.
Part 2 Cultural Contact and Natural Disturbance Regimes: 1650s to 1850s
Oct 1 (no class meeting)
Oct 8,
Charles Cleland, pp. 1-34 of Rites of Conquest (1992)
Tyrrell, Lucy and Thomas Crow. “Structural characteristics of old-growth hemlock-hardwood forests in relation to age.” Ecology 75 (1994): 370-386.
Oct 15
Richard White, The Middle Ground, introduction and Refugees chapters.
Jesuit readings and fur traders’ diaries from Up Country
Schulte, Lisa and David Mladenoff, “Severe wind and fire regimes in northern forests: historical variability at the regional scale.” Ecology 86 (2005): 431-445.
Frelich, Lee and Craig Lorimer, “Natural disturbance regimes in hemlock-hardwood forests of the upper Great Lakes region,” Ecological Monographs 61 (1991): 145-164.
FIELD TRIP READINGS
Margaret B. Davis, Randy R. Calcote, Shinya Sugita, and Hikaru Takaharab, “Patchy Invasion and the Origin of a Hemlock–Hardwoods Forest Mosaic,” Ecology: 79 (1998): 2641–2659. (needs uploading)
Mladenoff, D. J., M. A. White, J. Pastor, and T. R. Crow 1993. Comparing spatial pattern in unaltered old-growth and disturbed forest landscapes. Ecological Applications 3:294-306.
Charlie Rasmussen, thesis on Sylvania
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