Though my focus is on carbon dynamics and necromass, here are papers and
funding sources that were partially responsible for the work. Often if
you look at papers in the acknowledgements funding agencies are
mentioned. That might help.

NASA Funding source - LBA-ECO, Terrestrial Ecology, Carbon Science. Also
some of the work was funded by USAID (though I was a graduate student at
that time and was not completely sure where the funding was coming from.

*Palace, M.*, M. Keller, H. Silva, (/2008b/). Necromass production:
studies in undisturbed and logged Amazon forests. Ecological
Applications: 18, 873–884.


*Palace, M*., M. Keller, G.P. Asner, J.N.M. Silva, C. Passos, (2007).
Necromass in undisturbed and logged forests in the Brazilian Amazon.
/Forest Ecology and Management/, 238, 309-318.

Rice, A. H., E. H. Pyle, S. R. Saleska, L. Hutyra, P. B. Camargo, K.
Portilho, D. F. Marques, *M. Palace*, M. Keller, and S. C. Wofsy,
(2004). Carbon balance and vegetation dynamics in an old-growth
Amazonian forest, /Ecological Applications/, 14(4):s55-s71.

Keller, M., *M. Palace*, G.P. Asner, R. Pereira Jr., and J.N.M. da
Silva, (2004a). Coarse woody debris in undisturbed and logged forests in
the eastern Brazilian Amazon, /Global Change Biology/ 10:5

Also I have some collaborators that are continuing some work in the
Brazilian Amazon doing necromass dynamics and forest disturbance and
they are funding by NSF (PIRE).

Finally I have collaborators from the UK that are working in Peru
looking at montane forest dynamics and some of their funding I believe
comes through Microsoft and another Foundation, which I can look up.

Not sure if this helps.

Mike Palace

John Alexander Pulgarin Diaz wrote:
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> As part of the reactivation of the discussion list, I would like to
> hear of entities that receive proposals for funding. I am running my
> master degree working with insects that feed on dead wood, specially
> with Scolytinae.
>
> I would be happy to hear any suggestion.
>
> Regards, John P.
>
>
> --
> JOHN ALEXANDER PULGARÍN DÍAZ
> Ingeniero Forestal
> Est. Maestría-Ciencias: Entomología
> Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín
> E-mail: japulga0@... <mailto:japulga0@...>
> Celular: 57 301 2034370
> http://sites.google.com/site/japulgarindiaz/
> <http://sites.google.com/site/japulgarindiaz/>
>

Dear All,

As part of the reactivation of the discussion list, I would like to hear of entities that receive proposals for funding. I am running my master degree working with insects that feed on dead wood, specially with Scolytinae.

I would be happy to hear any suggestion.

Regards,  John P.

Hi

Just a reminder that you are one of the 200 members of the deadwood discussion
list.

The discussion list has not been very active which in turn probably promotes
inactivity (out of sight out of mind), as such, the reason for this message.


Cheers

Jeff Stone
Deadwood Discussion List Moderator

Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario
Canada
http://www.forestry.utoronto.ca/gradstud.html
Graduate Assistantships
(Starting year 2008-09)

The Faculty of Forestry is one of the world renowned institutions in
forestry research, and it offers a highly productive, research-
friendly, and innovations-oriented environment for graduate students
and young researchers. The faculty offers a full funding package (M.
Sc. F - $12,000 plus tuition and Ph. D. - $15,000 plus tuition) for a
funded cohort period (2 years for M. Sc. F. and 4 years for Ph. D.)
to all research stream graduate students. Many professors at the
faculty are looking for graduate students in their respective areas.
Details are given below:


1) Forest Biomaterials Science and Engineering Lab:
Interested candidates should contact Prof. Paul Cooper
(p.cooper@..., 416-946-5078)

Now, M.Sc.F. students at the Faculty can also do their research in
the areas of Forest Biomaterial Science and Engineering. The M.Sc.F.
program, with research thesis in these areas, is a two-year thesis-
based program suitable for students with backgrounds in forestry,
science or engineering who wish to gain a theoretical and applied
understanding of bio-based energy, chemical products derived from
forest resources or value-added wood products and processing through
a combination of coursework and practical research experience.

Funding for M. Sc. F. students is at the level of $12,000 plus fees
per year for two years. The Faculty plans to take many students in
this area for the next few years.


2) Prof. Shashi Kant's Lab (Forest Economics and Management)
Interested candidates should contact Prof. Shashi Kant
(shashi.kant@...)

Prof. Kant is looking for two graduate (MScF or PhD) students. The
applicants should have a strong background and research interest in
economics, forest modeling, and agent-based modeling.  Selected
students will work on one of the following projects. Students will
receive a full funding package as described above.

Multi-Agent Modeling of Forest Management in Ontario: The main
objectives are: (i) to develop a decentralized spatial forest
management model (SFMM) that incorporates multiple forest values;
(ii) to develop a SFMM that integrates decentralized and centralized
approaches; and (iii) to develop a multi-agent based SFMM by
integrating co-evolutionary and multi-agent simulation (MAS)
approaches. The project envisages the use of cellular automata and
agent-based modeling techniques.

Evaluating the Ecological, Economic, and Social Tradeoffs of Managing
for valued Plants and Other Non-timber Forest Products: The main
objective of this project is to measure and compare the economic
effects of four different forest practices on food and medicinal
plants highly valued by First Nations in interior British Columbia.
The project envisages to use non-market valuation techniques.


3) Prof. Malcolm Campbell's Lab (Forest Genomics)
Interested candidates should contact Prof. Malcolm Campbell
(campbell@...)

Applicants with a background in forest genetics or plant molecular
biology are invited to apply for studentships in the Campbell
laboratory to partake in the following research:

1) Environmental Genomics of Drought Acclimation in Plants: The
successful candidate will characterise transcriptional regulons and
epigenetic modifications involved in plant acclimation to drought,
using comparative complete transcriptome analyses, epigenome
analysis, and bioinformatics.  The successful candidate will be
integrated into a collaborative network project involving University
of Toronto (M. Campbell), University of British Columbia (S.
Mansfield), Simon Fraser University (A. Plant), Alberta Pacific Inc.
(B. Thomas), Agriculture & Agrifood Canada Prairie Farm
Rehabilitation Administration (AAFC PFRA, W. Schroeder), and involve
2 post-docs and 4 graduate students.

2) Biomass and Bioenergy Improvement through Plant Phenogenomics: The
successful candidate will be involved in the identification of
genetic loci to enhance biomass conversion to bioenergy, using a
plant phenogenomics approach.   The successful candidate will be
integrated into a collaborative network project involving University
of Toronto (M. Campbell), University of British Columbia (S.
Mansfield), Queen's Unviersity (S. Regan), and Alberta Pacific Inc.
(B. Thomas), and involve 2 post-docs and 4 graduate students.
Successful candidates will conduct research using our state-of-the-
art facilities, using cutting-edge technologies, as a member of a
highly enthusiastic and collegial team.  All members of the Campbell
lab receive generous top-ups to their base stipend, and other
benefits including travel to national and/or international
conferences.


4) Prof. Mohini Sain's Lab (Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials
Processing)
Interested candidates should contact Prof. Mohini Sain
(m.sain@...)

The Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing (CBBP)
focuses on developing new materials and new processes using renewable
bio-based materials.  Biopolymers are developed using materials such
as starch, vegetable oils and proteins.  Bio-fibres, including micro-
and nano-fibres, are extracted from main- and by-products from
forestry and agricultural industry, such as wood waste, straw, soya
bean stock, flax, hemp, etc.  Such bio-fibres are mixed with
biopolymers and/or petroleum-based polymers into biocomposites for
various applications, including packaging, automotive, building
products and electronics.  Our centre is fully equipped to bring new
materials from laboratory to pilot scale and to prototyping for
production.  Our processing equipment includes compounding (high
intensity mixers and twin screw extruders), injection moulding,
profile extrusion, sheet extrusion, foam extrusion, resin transfer
moulding and compression moulding.  Our analytical capabilities cover
the following: most mechanical tests, rheological tests, thermal
property tests, durability tests, fibre characterization (dimension
and orientation), morphological, chemical and proteomic
characterizations.

In 2008, CBBP will require the following additional students and post-
doctoral fellows:

Ph.D. Student –  Development of Protein Polymers for Renewable
Sources
Ph.D. Student –  Co-injection Process of Bio-fibre composites

Post-Doctoral Fellow –  Proteomics of Fungal Strains
Post-Doctoral Fellow –  Novel Concepts of Processing Composites using
Medium Density Natural Fibres

5) Prof. Sean Thomas' Lab
Interested candidates should contact Prof. Sean Thomas
(sc.thomas@...)

a) Large-scale forest plot studies: My lab has been closely involved
in large-scale plot projects coordinated by the Center for Tropical
Forest Science (CTFS) of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute –
  which currently includes some 17 mapped plots with over 3.5 million
trees. A current research initiative seeks to develop comparable
datasets from temperate forests to better address large-scale
comparative questions. For example, the effects of "natural enemies"
on tree demographic patterns are thought to be more important in
tropical than temperate forests, but large mapped plots in temperate
forests have been lacking to adequately test this idea. Over the next
few years we will be establishing the first forest "mega-plot" in
North America at our research site at Haliburton Forest
(prospectively 25 ha in size, with all woody stems 1 cm diameter
identified and mapped). Initially studies based on this plot will
focus on spatial analysis of tree distribution patterns,
quantification of habitat and community associations with lake
margins, and estimation of seed dispersal patterns. (Masters or PhD).

b) Age-related changes in tree gas-exchange, leaf chemistry, and
canopy structure: Currently funded work focuses on the implications
of age-related changes in tree functional biology to aspects
of "ecosystem function" such as carbon sequestration, litter
decomposition and nutrient dynamics. Studies will make use of canopy
access facilities at Haliburton Forest, Ontario, and potentially in
tropical forest sites in Panama and Malaysia (and potentially the
Caribbean nation of Dominica). Key applied aspects of this work are
related to the question of how very old trees function, and thus how
removal of old trees by harvesting alters forest ecosystems. (PhD).

c) Comparative tree ecophysiology: particularly as related to tree
ontogeny. What are the main axes of physiological variation that
determine ecological variation co-occurring tree species? What
physiological processes drive differences in tree habitat
requirements? Answers to these questions require both survey studies
that quantify tree habitat associations and their correlations with
functional traits, and manipulative experiments (such as reciprocal
transplant studies) that quantify responses to environmental
variables. Tree habitat requirements (such as growth responses to
light and maconutrients) appear to change markedly as trees grow and
mature, but these changes and the underlying physiology processes
involved remain very poorly understood. (PhD).

d) Tree interactions with polypore fungi: (bracket fungi),
specifically in relation to harvest-related damage, tree senescence,
and biodiversity maintenance. Partial stand harvests (such
as "variable retention") are widely advocated as a form of
ecologically sustainable forestry. However, partial stand harvests
always result in damage to residual trees, providing opportunities
for woody tissue infection by opportunistic fungal pathogens. A
particularly important group is the polypore (bracket) fungi. We have
recently documented very large effects of post-harvest damage on tree
growth and physiology, and also differences in fungal community
structure between managed and unmanaged hardwood forests in Ontario.
We suspect that polypore fungi are a main mechanism for these
effects. Planned work will focus on hardwood forests in Ontario, and
will involve a combination of field studies with development of
molecular markers to enable identification of fungal pathogens at
early stages of infection. In addition, collaborative work on
biodiversity may also involve surveys of insect groups dependent on
polypore fungi. (Masters or PhD).

e) Forest management effects on greenhouse gas fluxes:  An
anticipated project in the lab will examine effects of partial stand
harvests and forest fertilization on the fluxes of greenhouse gases
other than carbon dioxide: specifically methane and nitrous oxide.
Planned work will make use of both chamber measurements of soil and
vegetation flux, and eddy covariance measurements making use of a
fixed instrument tower at Haliburton Forest. This project will be
conducted in collaboration with a soil microbial ecologist (Nathan
Basiliko, UT Mississauga, Geography), and an atmospheric chemist
(Jennifer Murphy, UT, Chemistry).  (Masters or PhD).


5) Prof. John Caspersen's Lab
Interested candidates should contact Prof. John Caspersen
(john.caspersen@...)

A fully-funded Ph.D. research assistantship is available in the
Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto. The Ph.D. candidate
will examine the effects of stand structure and composition on crown
architecture and wood quality, focusing on spruce, aspen and pine in
pure and mixed stands in Ontario.

This research will contribute to a larger NSERC Strategic Network
project that seeks to develop
decision-support systems for forest managers and wood manufacturers.
As a participant in the ForValueNetwork, the Ph.D. candidate will
have the opportunity to learn about other projects being conducted by
network members, to enhance their knowledge and technical skills, and
to collaborate with students and researchers in other parts of Canada.

The Ph.D. candidate will be responsible for completing all four
phases of the project: 1) compiling and analyzing tree and stand data
for spruce, aspen, and pine from permanent sampling plot (PSP)
datasets; 2) collecting field data in selected stands to evaluate
effects of stand structure and composition on crown architecture and
wood quality; 3) data analysis and modeling; and, 4) preparing
progress reports, manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed
journals and a thesis.

Qualifications:
1. Sincere interest in forest ecology and silviculture
2. Strong quantitative skills
3. Experience and ability to conduct field work in remote
locations under challenging conditions
4. Valid drivers' licence (Canadian or US licence preferred).
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
6. Demonstrated ability to work independently and to meet
deadlines.

Stipend: $19,000 (CDN) annually
Starting Date: April 1, 2008 (tentatively)
Application: Send a letter of enquiry and curriculum vitae to John
Caspersen

Dear colleagues,

We hope that you remember that some 8 months ago we announced that
we are
going to organize a small meeting on Ciidae at the Museum of Zoology
in
Dresden. We have now fixed a preliminary date:

October 4-8, 2008 (Saturday to Wednesday; please consider that
October 3
will be a holiday in Germany)

We hope that this date will be convenient to all of you!


For the programme of the meeting we have scheduled:

(1) talks about any possible aspects of research on Ciidae (taxonomy,
morphology, phylogeny, biodiversity & conservation, ecology,
biogeography &
faunistics, development, cytogenetics, physiology, behaviour,
economic
aspects, and whatsoever) and about other issues of potential
interest to
entomologists working on Ciidae. There can also be talks that review
the
knowledge on some systematic group of Ciidae (e.g. a genus) or on
some of
the aforementioned research aspects.

(2) discussions about how research on Ciidae is best promoted and
coordinated in the various disciplines

(3) discussions how to assemble a common information pool including,
for
instance, files on the literature on Ciidae, on the addresses of ciid
researchers, on ongoing studies, plans, and interests, as well as on
the
availability of specimens.

(4) a one-day excursion in the surroundings of Dresden.

(5) a one- or two-day workshop on species identification of tree
fungus
within the host range of Ciidae, including fungus specimens at any
stage of
decay (conducted by Dr Christoph Hahn, a mycologist).

We would ask you to submit suggestions for one or two talks that you
might
contribute. Talks can cover any of the aspects mentioned above.
Beginners in
the field and young ciidologists are especially encouraged to give
presentations (for instance, about the results of their master´s
thesis).
When suggesting a talk, please indicate a title and provide a short
description about the intended content (2 or 3 sentences). Keep in
mind that
this specification is preliminary, you can announce changes any
time. Based
on your suggestions we would like to compose a preliminary programme
for the
meeting within some 8 months from now.

In order to maintain basic supply of tea, coffee, juice, cookies
etc. during
the meeting we would ask participants for a contribution of 20 Euro.

You are highly welcome to forward this message to potentially
interested
colleagues not included in our mailing list.

Sincerely,
and looking forward to your reply,

Klaus-Dieter Klass, Gerda Buder, and Cristiano Lopes-Andrade

Hello Jeff and others

We have been gradually progressing our modelling of coarse woody debris in
Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest.  Lee Stamm recently completed his honours
research here on "Measuring and modelling coarse woody debris in tall wet
eucalypt forests in southern Tasmania" ; see
http://www.warra.com/warra/docs/research_projects/docs/research_project_0409.htm

We are currently preparing papers for publication based on this work, but his
thesis abstract reads as follows:

"The objective of this study is to model the decay-class and diameter-class
distributions of coarse woody debris (CWD) in an unmanaged, even-aged tall
lowland Eucalyptus obliqua forest subject to cyclical stand-replacing wildfire
by both volume and mass. Modelling the dynamics of CWD is an important step
towards understanding how disturbance, both natural and anthropogenic, affect
this substrate as it supports many different types of organisms, performs
valuable ecosystem services and is a significant proportion of the biomass of
many forests.

The honours thesis arising from this work is presented in three sections.

The first section covers the CWD collected from lowland wet E.obliqua forest in
the Warra Long Term Ecological Research site in Southern Tasmania, and deals
with measurements of the proportions and densities of ‘rot types’ within the
five decay-classes of CWD. It demonstrates that, although there is some overlap,
the standard five-point decay classification system used by Forestry Tasmania
(FT) is a valid surrogate for ‘internal decay state’ and for relative wood
density. Comparisons of CWD sampled from different locations within Warra, and
logs of different diameters, show that the sites selected had little influence
on the internal decay state, but that log diameter did.

The second section employs the five-point decay-class system to construct a
stage-based decay model to simulate temporal change in CWD volume and mass. Key
parameters were populated with data describing the density of CWD in each
decay-class and diameter class obtained from the first part of the study. A
forest growth model and a stagfall model for even aged tall wet E. obliqua
forests, derived from models developed within FT, were then combined with the
decay model to enable modelling of stand-level CWD dynamics over single or
multiple cycles of wildfire and regrowth. Some of the important findings that
emerged from this section are:

It is possible to model CWD using a stage-based model in which the rates of
transition of CWD through stages of decay vary by decay-class and diameter-class
The mean volume of CWD decreases with decreasing wildfire return interval
CWD is more abundant in larger diameter-classes under longer wildfire return
intervals
Volume and mass of CWD follow different trajectories

The third section presents a synthesis of the previous two sections, and briefly
discusses the ways in which the CWD model could be applied in order to
facilitate a better understanding of the impacts of natural disturbance and
forest management on CWD dynamics within tall lowland wet eucalypt forests in
Tasmania."

For reference, the model was developed using the Simile visual modelling
environment, which we can recommend for this sort of work, especially for those
of us who prefer not to write pages and pages of computer code.

Regards

Simon Grove



`'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,

Dr Simon J Grove, Conservation Biologist,
Biology and Conservation Branch,
Division of Forest Research and Development
Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Tel. 61 3 6233 8141.  Fax 61 3 6233 8292.
Email:  simon.grove@....
Web addresses: http://www.forestrytas.com.au/
http://www.warra.com


>>> "Jeff Stone" <jeff.stone@...> 06/03/07 11:26 >>>
Hi

While I moderate this discussion list, I've not been involved with
dead tree research or modelling for a number of years.

I wouldn't mind hearing what people are doing in terms of modelling
dead tree dynamics, either standing or down.

Cheers

Jeff Stone
Southern Interior Forest Region
Ministry of Forests and Range
Kamloops British Columbia
jeff.stone@...


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Hi

While I moderate this discussion list, I've not been involved with
dead tree research or modelling for a number of years.

I wouldn't mind hearing what people are doing in terms of modelling
dead tree dynamics, either standing or down.

Cheers

Jeff Stone
Southern Interior Forest Region
Ministry of Forests and Range
Kamloops British Columbia
jeff.stone@...

Hello group!

I`m a Brazilian reseacher working at IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of
Environment) in Amazon, Para State. I`ve studied Ciidae beetles
associated
to dead wood and Polyporaceae during my Magister Scientiae.

My job in Portuguese follows in attach. Now, I pretend to publish it
in
English.

Link to work:

ftp://ftp.bbt.ufv.br/teses/entomologia/2004/194428f.pdf

Influencia de alterações antrópicas em besouros Ciideos de Floresta
Amazonica - Fabiano Gumier Costa

Good wishes!

Hello group!

I`m a Brazilian reseacher working at IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of
Environment) in Amazon, Para State. I`ve studied Ciidae beetles associated
to dead wood and Polyporaceae during my Magister Scientiae.

My job in Portuguese follows in attach. Now, I pretend to publish it in
English.

Link to work:

ftp://ftp.bbt.ufv.br/teses/entomologia/2004/194428f.pdf

Influencia de alterações antrópicas em besouros Ciideos de Floresta
Amazonica - Fabiano Gumier Costa

Good wishes!

-----------------------------
Fabiano Gumier Costa
Biólogo - Analista Ambiental do IBAMA
Floresta Nacional do Tapirapé-Aquiri
Parauapebas - Pará
Rua J , no. 202 - Bairro União
Cep: 68515000
tels. (94)3346 1106, 3328 1901 e 3328 1906
fabiano.costa@...
fgumier@...
site: http://mosaicocarajas.tripod.com

Hello all,

The attached note and photo are from Alastair Heseltine, a basket weaver
and artist on Hornby Island. Alastair dismantled the CWD and reassembled
it for the photo. I see the installation also consists of some finer
woody debris.

Take a look at the interaction of a human artist with CWD.

Step back from your cmptr screen, maybe 2-3 metres, for a 2nd look.

Patrick Daigle, RPF
BC Ministry of Environment
Victoria, BC CANADA

PS: for deadwood listserv subscribers outside Canada, Hornby Island is
located just east of Vancouver island in British Columbia.

-----Original Message-----
From: alastair heseltine [mailto:hesel@...]
Sent: Tue, October 3, 2006 9:17 AM
To: Daigle, Patrick W ENV:EX
Subject: Re: CWD-species interaction

Of all the species interactions with CWD that with homo sapiens proves
quite baffling. The photograph shows a recent observation made in
coastal BC. Scientists are still interpreting  possible meanings...

Colleagues

The following publication is now available from the USDA Forest Service Southern
Research Station:

Grove, Simon J.; Hanula, James L.  2006.  Insect biodiversity and dead wood:
proceedings of a symposium for the 22nd international congress of entomology 
Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-93. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Southern Research Station. 120 p.

Hardcopies can be requested by email at: pubrequest@....

It is also posted as a pdf
at:http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs093.pdf.

Regards

Simon Grove and Jim Hanula



`'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,

Dr Simon J Grove, Conservation Biologist,
Biology and Conservation Branch,
Division of Forest Research and Development
Forestry Tasmania, GPO Box 207, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Tel. 61 3 6233 8141.  Fax 61 3 6233 8292.
Email:  simon.grove@....
Web addresses: http://www.forestrytas.com.au/
http://www.warra.com


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I will be out of the office starting  09/24/2006 and will not return until
10/10/2006.

I will respond to your message when I return.

Hi

  Here is a link to a new book on wildlife and trees in British Columbia.


www.wildlifetreebook.com


  Cheers

  Jeff


Jeff Stone, RPF
Southern Interior Forest Region
Ministry of Forests and Range
515 Columbia Street
Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 2T7 Canada

Telephone: 250-828-4171  Fax: 250-828-4154
Email: jeff.stone@...

Hello,

I am working on a necromass review paper in the Neotropics.  I am
interested in any papers that have:

Mass and volume estimates for stocks.
Density estimates for decay classes.
Creation estimates.
Decomposition and decay rates.

Thanks for your time.

Michael Palace
CSRC
University of New Hampshire

FYI

-----Original Message-----
From: cavnet-bounces@... [mailto:cavnet-bounces@...]
On Behalf Of fayt@...
Sent: Tue, June 6, 2006 3:30 AM
To: cavnet@...
Subject: [CAVNET] Woodpecker proceedings

Dear Cavnetters,

It is our pleasure to announce you that the proceedings of the last
International Woodpecker Symposium, held in Finland last 27.-30.08.05,
is now available (although printing disabled) at:
http://www.sekj.org/AnnZool.html (Vol. 43, Number 2, 2006).

We like to thank once more all the participants for their contribution
and look forward meeting you at the next symposium.

Philippe Fayt & Juha Tiainen (editors)
_______________________________________________
CAVNET mailing list
CAVNET@...
https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/cavnet

Hola,

I'm looking for an article in Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung. Title:
The angle count method. Author: Bitterlich, W. Volume 58 from 1947
pages 94-96.

An inter-library lone request at my school failed to find it. If
anyone has this as a pdf or would mind scanning it and sending me the
photos, or would consider faxing it, I would be eternally grateful.

Mike Ferro

spongymesophyll@...
Department of Entomology/LSU
403 Life Science Building
Baton Rouge, LA  70803

Fax 225-578-1643

'Techniques for re-establishment of dead wood for saproxylic fauna

The correct URL for this .pdf is:
conservation': http://freeweb.supereva.com/vrmassimo/AttiLegnoMorto.pdf

Vere Scott.

We are not human beings having ecological experience; we are ecological
beings having human experience. Thomas Berry


-----Original Message-----
From: dead_wood@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dead_wood@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 23-Feb-06 08:19
To: dead_wood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [dead_wood] Digest Number 159

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

       1. Dead wood publications (UK)
            From: "British Marine Life Study Society" <Glaucus@...>
       2. Vicki Saab/RMRS/USDAFS is out of the office.
            From: Vicki Saab <vsaab@...>
       3. Kim Mellen/R6/USDAFS is out of the office.
            From: Kim Mellen <kmellen@...>
________________________________________________________________________
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Message: 1
    Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:20:51 -0000
    From: "British Marine Life Study Society" <Glaucus@...>
Subject: Dead wood publications (UK)

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Roper
To: bwars@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: [bwars] Dead wood publications

A couple of dead wood publications that some subscribers to this list may
not have come across.  Both available on-line:

'Techniques for re-establishment of dead wood for saproxylic fauna
conservation':
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/news/natura/nat17_en.pdf

'Dead wood: a key to biodiversity'
http://net.supereva.it/vrmassimo/AttiLegnoMorto.pdf

Patrick Roper



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I will be out of the office starting  02/21/2006 and will not return until
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    Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:39:53 -0800
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I will be out of the office starting  02/15/2006 and will not return until
03/07/2006.

I will be out of the office until March 7 and will only have sporadic email
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----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Roper
To: bwars@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: [bwars] Dead wood publications


A couple of dead wood publications that some subscribers to this list may
not have come across.  Both available on-line:



'Techniques for re-establishment of dead wood for saproxylic fauna
conservation':



http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/news/natura/nat17_en.pdf



'Dead wood: a key to biodiversity'



http://net.supereva.it/vrmassimo/AttiLegnoMorto.pdf



Patrick Roper



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Dear All,

I need some information about artwork using insects as material, it
could be any thing!!!!

Best wishes from Colombia,


John Pulgarin

-----Original Message-----
From: cavnet-bounces@... [mailto:cavnet-bounces@...] On
Behalf Of Frances Backhouse
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:01 AM
To: cavnet@...
Subject: [CAVNET] new woodpecker book


I'm happy to announce the publication of my new book, Woodpeckers of North
America. It includes chapters on anatomy, communication, reproduction,
feeding, community ecology and conservation, plus detailed profiles of the
28 species found in Canada, the U.S. and northern Mexico. Lots of great
photos, too (but I can't claim credit for those).

You can take a look at the cover and get more details from the Firefly Books
web site:
http://www.fireflybooks.com/advance/bookdetail.asp?id=8640
<http://www.fireflybooks.com/advance/bookdetail.asp?id=8640>

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the various CAVNETers who
helped me along the way by answering questions, sending me reprints or
simply expressing your enthusiasm. I won't name names for fear of missing
someone, but you know who you are. Thank you.

Frances Backhouse



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From: cavnet-bounces@... [mailto:cavnet-bounces@...]
On Behalf Of fayt@...
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:08 AM
To: Cavity-nesting Bird Discussion Group
Subject: [CAVNET] Woodpecker congress: programme and abstracts available


Hi,

For those interested, I am glad to inform you that the programme of the
forthcoming 6th International Woodpecker Symposium + related abstracts are
now
available at:

http://bio.joensuu.fi/pf/wp/info.html

On behalf of the organising committee,

Philippe Fayt
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Please consider adding some links to your sites.


KESLICK AND SON MODERN ARBORICULTURE
My resume is at http://www.chesco.com/~treeman/educat.html

Here are some links you may consider adding to your site.  They are case
sensitive.

1. Techno Tree Biology Dictionary
http://www.treedictionary.com . Look up "logging".

2. Articles written by DR. ALEX L. SHIGO, one of the foremost authorities
worldwide on tree systems today online at
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/index.html

3. Literature Available by DR. SHIGO is here:
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/treeinfo.html

4. Hard to get Documents
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/hardtoget/index.html


If you have any suggestions please let me know.  610-864-5251

John A. Keslick, Jr.
Tree Biologist
http://www.chesco.com/~treeman
Beware of so-called TREE EXPERTS who do not understand TREE BIOLOGY!
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.

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From: "Stone, Jeff N FOR:EX" <jeff.stone@...>
To: <cdfoster@...>
Cc: <rd-burns@...>; <dead_wood@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: [dead_wood] Texas A&M education modules on forest bio-fuel
production, harvest and utilization


>
> Dr. Darwin Foster,
> I was made aware of the March 14, 2005 web article titled 'Tree-Power'
Could
> be Future Energy Source on the Texas A&M University System Agriculture
> Program web site
> (http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/FRSC/Mar1405a.htm). The
underlying
> message of this article is that wood is just wasted if it is left
following
> harvest and that it should be used for bio-fuel.
> I am concerned about how this article portrays dead wood in a forest
> ecosystem and about the resources ($500,000 grant) provided to you to
> educate the forest industry on bio-fuels. Dead wood has an important
> ecological role that needs to be recognized  It is my hope that in
promoting
> bio-fuels that you will not neglect the importance of dead wood and the
need
> for forest industry to consider their role as forest stewards in managing
> dead wood.
> For information on the ecolgical value of dead wood I recommend looking at
> the proceedings of a syposium on dead wood in western forests held in 1999
> at  http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-181/. Further, I'm
> sure that there are many members of the Deadwood Ecology and Management
> Discussion list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dead_wood) who would be
> willing to provide you with information on the ecological value of
deadwood.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jeff Stone, PhD
> Moderator Deadwood Discussion List
> jeff.stone@...
> Opinions expressed in this email are those of Jeff Stone and do not
> represent the opinion or policy of his employer.
>
> To members of the discussion list, here are a couple of paragraphs from
the
> web page
> Science and preliminary economic studies say forest residue can be an
> economically viable energy source. What's required is for everyone
involved
> in the forestry industry - foresters, plant operators, forest landowners,
> energy producers and educators - to rethink how they do things, Foster
said.
>
> Armed with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Foster
> and his colleagues in Extension Forestry and the Texas A&M University
> department of forest science plan to develop education modules on forest
> bio-fuel production, harvest and utilization. Foster expects the modules
> will be comprised of not only printed material, such as brochures and
> handbooks, but also Web pages and multi-media CD-ROMs and DVDs.
> But the economic benefits are two-fold, he said. First it is a truly
> renewable resource. Trees are efficient at turning sunlight, moisture and
a
> few basic nutrients into bio-mass. Using forest residue as bio-fuel also
> will utilize a resource that is being left to rot in the field.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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Dr. Darwin Foster,
I was made aware of the March 14, 2005 web article titled 'Tree-Power' Could
be Future Energy Source on the Texas A&M University System Agriculture
Program web site
(http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/FRSC/Mar1405a.htm). The underlying
message of this article is that wood is just wasted if it is left following
harvest and that it should be used for bio-fuel.
I am concerned about how this article portrays dead wood in a forest
ecosystem and about the resources ($500,000 grant) provided to you to
educate the forest industry on bio-fuels. Dead wood has an important
ecological role that needs to be recognized  It is my hope that in promoting
bio-fuels that you will not neglect the importance of dead wood and the need
for forest industry to consider their role as forest stewards in managing
dead wood.
For information on the ecolgical value of dead wood I recommend looking at
the proceedings of a syposium on dead wood in western forests held in 1999
at  http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-181/. Further, I'm
sure that there are many members of the Deadwood Ecology and Management
Discussion list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dead_wood) who would be
willing to provide you with information on the ecological value of deadwood.

Cheers

Jeff Stone, PhD
Moderator Deadwood Discussion List
jeff.stone@...
Opinions expressed in this email are those of Jeff Stone and do not
represent the opinion or policy of his employer.

To members of the discussion list, here are a couple of paragraphs from the
web page
Science and preliminary economic studies say forest residue can be an
economically viable energy source. What's required is for everyone involved
in the forestry industry - foresters, plant operators, forest landowners,
energy producers and educators - to rethink how they do things, Foster said.

Armed with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foster
and his colleagues in Extension Forestry and the Texas A&M University
department of forest science plan to develop education modules on forest
bio-fuel production, harvest and utilization. Foster expects the modules
will be comprised of not only printed material, such as brochures and
handbooks, but also Web pages and multi-media CD-ROMs and DVDs.
But the economic benefits are two-fold, he said. First it is a truly
renewable resource. Trees are efficient at turning sunlight, moisture and a
few basic nutrients into bio-mass. Using forest residue as bio-fuel also
will utilize a resource that is being left to rot in the field.

I suggest dealing with the problem in four ways.

1.  Carrots:  Education *- what you seem to be asking about, and there are
probably myriad ways to do so including brochures, classes, living examples
(e.g., terrariums, etc.).  This could help reduce the problems as it would
manage the 'demand,' but my guess is that education alone would a) not eliminate
the problem as some people may not care, or even participate in the educational
efforts; and b) probably produce the desired results fairly slowly.

2.  Hammers: Regulations and policies * have whatever governing bodies develop
ordinances, and enforce them.  Probably fairly immediate, but perhaps not happy
campers!

3.  Diversions:  Provide alternative sources of woody materials so that users do
not have to use the 'natural' source.

3.  Supplementation:  Replace scavenged downed wood with imported materials
(desirability questionable since it probably would not be able to provide the
full range of dead wood processes and there may be concerns regarding importing
associated pest species?).

Brad

>>> "John Hatto" <jhatto@...> 03/01/05 11:13 PM >>>

Hi
As a new member I want to briefly introduce myself before seeking advice.
I am a retired H&S Engineer and am now furthering my lifelong interest in
wildlife by running a Stag Beetle project in London's largest Royal Park
(Richmond Park - 1000 hectares) which was enclosed in 1637 and preservers
many species, habitats and features of a 17th century Royal deer park.

We see the Stag Beetle as a flagship species for the dead wood communities
in park and woodland and are working on leaflets and programmes to that
end.  For more information on this project see
http://www.jwhs.co.uk/SB/RPSBP.html which is a web site aimed at the
public so expressed in simple terms.

Being in a major urban area, Richmond Park is accessible to millions and 4
million visitor come for many different reasons each year.  Although the
site has statutory protection we will still have problems and one of
these, I am looking for help with, is the desire by many to build dens.
This activity means that much lying dead wood is constantly disturbed and
as the South East of England is getting less rain, particularly in the
summer, the wood dries out so increasing the rate of change of that
habitat and also providing some people with an easy opportunity to start
fires.  We are hoping to get a visitor centre but for now our options are
rather limited.

Please can you suggest ways we can help people appreciate the value and
beauty of dead wood.

Regards
John

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Hi
As a new member I want to briefly introduce myself before seeking advice.
I am a retired H&S Engineer and am now furthering my lifelong interest in
wildlife by running a Stag Beetle project in London's largest Royal Park
(Richmond Park - 1000 hectares) which was enclosed in 1637 and preservers
many species, habitats and features of a 17th century Royal deer park.

We see the Stag Beetle as a flagship species for the dead wood communities
in park and woodland and are working on leaflets and programmes to that
end.  For more information on this project see
http://www.jwhs.co.uk/SB/RPSBP.html which is a web site aimed at the
public so expressed in simple terms.

Being in a major urban area, Richmond Park is accessible to millions and 4
million visitor come for many different reasons each year.  Although the
site has statutory protection we will still have problems and one of
these, I am looking for help with, is the desire by many to build dens.
This activity means that much lying dead wood is constantly disturbed and
as the South East of England is getting less rain, particularly in the
summer, the wood dries out so increasing the rate of change of that
habitat and also providing some people with an easy opportunity to start
fires.  We are hoping to get a visitor centre but for now our options are
rather limited.

Please can you suggest ways we can help people appreciate the value and
beauty of dead wood.

Regards
John

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