Hello world. So much happening it's hard to keep up!

So I've posted a pretty picture of some rocks as a place holder for lab news...

Graham Frank's PhD research on early seral forest biodiversity published in Ecological Applications and Journal of Forestry! 

Graham's research quantifies differences in birds, bees, beetles, legacies, and plant communities among post-fire, post-harvest, and post-salvage stands across a chronosequence from 1-20 years of early seral forest succession. Amazing work Graham.

First two publications are out. Beetles, plants, and synthesis coming soon.

Monitoring of black oak (xánthiip) to center indigenous ecocultural revitalization

Excited to be recruiting for a new MS project focused on restoration ecology in dry forest ecosystems, working with Dr. Harold Zald and Dr. Meg Krawchuk (me). Full position and application details here.

Application deadline: Friday, November 15th 2024

Graduate program start: Fall 2025

Preferred start date to lead field season and familiarize with project context: mid-June 2025

Lucia is working on research integrating fire refugia and post-fire regeneration of Pinus nigra in pinewood forests of NE Spain. Great to have you visiting!

Our holistic fire refugia v4 data suite is now available!

Check the Outreach Materials section of the Fire Refugia website for data and details.

The title of Graham's PhD dissertation is "Biodiversity responses in early seral forests of the Klamath-Siskiyou: Comparisons with birds, bees, and ground beetles among post-fire, salvage logging, and intensive forest management environments." Keep your eyes out of journal papers and outreach/extension coming soon.

Terrific work Graham!

Interested in the PhD position? See details here: https://people.forestry.oregonstate.edu/meg-krawchuk/opportunities

The fire refugia manager's brief

In a nutshell: The manager's brief provides a short summary of the holistic fire refugia and topo-climatic fire refugia products and concepts, and links to all data products and resources for the region. The manager's brief includes an FAQ for ideas relating to management and project planning.

See the https://firerefugia.forestry.oregonstate.edu/outreach

Abstract from Jessie Thoreson's MS thesis, full text available here: Karuk Stewardship of Xánthiip (black oak, Quercus kelloggii) in the Western Klamath Mountains: Development of an Ecocultural Monitoring Protocol