Dale G. Brockway |
| Name: |
Dale G. Brockway |
| Title: |
Research Ecologist |
| Unit: |
Restoring Longleaf Pine Ecosystems (4158)
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| Phone: |
334-826-8700 ext. 28 |
| Fax: |
334-821-0037 - Employee Fax |
| E-Mail: |
dbrockway@fs.fed.us |
Location Information |
Mailing
Address: |
USDA-Forest Service
G.W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory
521 Devall Drive
Auburn, AL 36849-5418 |
Shipping
Address: |
Same
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Location
Phone: |
334-826-8700 |
Research Information |
Education: |
| Ph.D., Forest Ecology and Forest Soils, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1979. M.S., Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1975. B.S., Biology: Ecology and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1973. |
Current Research: |
Ecological restoration and sustainable management of longleaf pine ecosystems. Developing effective methods for restoring degraded ecosystems to a functional status compatible with achieving the multiple goals and objectives of natural resource managers. Quantifying the interactions between ecological processes and disturbance regimes, specifically fire as a regulator of ecosystem composition, structure, and function. Evaluating the influence of silviculture treatments on biological diversity, regeneration, and productivity of forests, including comparative analysis of alternative stand reproduction methods, recruitment of regeneration under even-aged and uneven-aged management techniques, and assessment of spatial patterns following timber harvest, hurricane salvage logging, and prescribed fire. Developing easy-to-apply field procedures for uneven-aged forest management that encourage the wider application of selection silviculture.
Featured Publications
- Brockway, D.G., Outcalt, K.W., Estes, B.L., Rummer, R.B., 2009. Vegetation response to midstorey mulching and prescribed burning for wildfire hazard reduction and longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem restoration. Forestry 82(3):299-314.
- Brockway, D.G., Outcalt, K.W., Estes, B.L., Rummer, R.B., 2009. Vegetation response to midstorey mulching and prescribed burning for wildfire hazard reduction and longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem restoration. Forestry 82(3):299-314.
- Brockway, D.G., Outcalt, K.W., Tomczak, D.J., Johnson, E.E., 2005. Restoration of longleaf pine ecosystems. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, General Technical Report SRS-83. Asheville, NC. 34 pp.
- Brockway, D.G., Outcalt, K.W., 2000. Restoring longleaf pine wiregrass ecosystems: hexazinone application enhances effects of prescribed fire. Forest Ecology and Management 137(1-3):121-138.
- Brockway, D.G., Lewis, C.E., 1997. Long-term effects of dormant-season prescribed fire on plant community diversity, structure and productivity in a longleaf pine wiregrass ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 96(1,2):167-183.
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Collaborative Research: |
| Evaluating mechanical, herbicide, and prescribed burning treatments as techniques for regulating fuel accumulation and mitigating wildfire danger, while concurrently contributing to ecological restoration objectives. Assessing the impact of forest management activities on biological diversity and identifying alternatives that mitigate adverse ecological effects. Sustaining biomass production for bioenergy, other commercial products, and ecological benefits, while mitigating the adverse impacts of escalating rates of resource extraction. Developing a technology transfer website that provides background information, instructions, and computation tools for applying the Pro-B Method for Selection Silviculture in a wide range of forest types. |
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