Session: Spatial Patterns in Forest, Range, and Wildland Soils (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

Short post symposium session. Well focused group of papers on spatial patterns and process.

Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:25 PM-2:55 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 362C

Presiding:

Michael Sanclements

1:25 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:30 PM

Geospatial and Statistical Basis for Mine Soil Sampling: Where, How Deep, and When to Dig for C Credits.
Beyhan Y. Amichev, University of Saskatchewan; James Burger, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)

1:45 PM

A GIS-based Approach to Predict Upland Hardwood Forest Productivity in the Southern Appalachians Based on FIA Data.
Claudia Cotton, Virginia Tech; Thomas Fox, Virginia Tech; Steve Prisley, Virginia Tech

2:00 PM

Spatial Patterns of Organic Matter and Nitrogen in Forest Floor Soils of the Adirondack Mountains, NY.
James Bedison Jr., Univ. of Pennsylvania; Arthur Johnson, University of Pennsylvania; Brenden E. McNeil, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison

2:15 PM

Field-based Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Spatially Explicit Quatification of Forest Soil-site productivity relationships.
Daniel Markewitz, The University of Georgia; Pete Bettinger, Univ. of Georgia; Laurie Schimleck, The University of Georgia

2:30 PM

GPS Applications in Forest Operations.
Emily Carter, USDA-Forest Service

2:45 PM

Discussion

3:00 PM

Adjourn

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