Morning Session

• History Revealed: Studies of a Dynamic Landscape
  Fred Swanson. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

• A Matter of Gravity: 50 Years of Physical Process Research at the H.J. Andrews
  Julia A. Jones. Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Poster Abstracts

(listed in order by last name of first author)

• An Objective Approach to Fitting Curves of Bole Production and Mortality to Long-term Forest Measurements
  Steven A. Acker

• LTER Synthesis Area B: Early Succession
  Steve Acker, Warren Cohen, Steve Garman, Bob Griffiths*, Charlie Halpern, Mark Harmon, Art McKee, and Jeff Miller (Panel Members)

• Vegetation Succession Effects on Summer Streamflow Following Clear-Cut Harvest
  K. Bredensteiner1, J.A. Jones2, and R.A. Neilson3. 1Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and 2Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; 3USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon

• Enzyme Activities in Ectomycorrhizal Mats: an Intersite Comparison
  Bruce Caldwell, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

• Modeling the effects of substrate quality, temperature, and moisture on root decomposition--implication for climate change
  Chen, Hua, Mark E. Harmon, and Steve Garman. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

• A landscape-scale application of the range of historical variability concept in the Oregon Cascades
  John Cissel, Fred Swanson, Pete Weisberg

• Decomposition of Fine Woody Detritus in Pacific Northwest Forests
  Becky Fasth, Jay Sexton, and Mark E. Harmon*. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Influence of Hillslope Processes and Large Woody Debris on Channel Morphology and Channel Change in a Forested Third-Order Mountain Stream
  J.M. Faustini1, J.A. Jones1, and G.E. Grant2. 1Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; 2USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon

• Spatial Patterns of Stream Channel Response to Floods within the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest from Long- Term Cross-Section
  John M. Faustini and Julia A. Jones. Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Geomorphic Controls on Channel Response to a Mountain Flood, Western Cascades, Oregon, USA
  Gordon E. Grant, Sherri L. Johnson, Frederick, J. Swanson, Beverley Wemple, and Christian Braudrick

• Developing Scenarios of Environmental Change for the Willamette River Basin: 1850-2050
  Stan Gregory. Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Dynamics of Large Wood in a Third-Order Cascade Mountain Stream
  Stanley V. Gregory, Linda R. Ashkenas, and Randall C. Wildman. Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Responses of Fish and Salamander Populations to Floods in Streams of the Pacific Northwest
  Stanley V. Gregory, Linda R. Ashkenas, and Randall C. Wildman

• Influence of Forest Meadows on Soil Characteristics in Coniferous Forests of the Central Oregon Cascade Mountains
  Robert Griffiths, Michael Madritch, Brian Michell, Edwin Price, Ronald Slangen, Cedar Johnson, and Thomas Hayes. Department of Forest Science, Forest Science Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.

• Factors Influencing Rate of Conifer Re-establishment in Harvested Stands and the Effects of Slow Recovery Rates on Forest Soils in the Same Stands
  Robert Griffiths, Michael Madritch, Brian Michell, Edwin Price, Ronald Slangen, Cedar Johnson, and Steven Acker. Department of Forest Science, Forest Science Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Biogeochemical Edge Effects in Fragmented Oldgrowth Forests of the Pacific Northwest
  Tom D. Hayes (OSU and UC-Berkeley), Robert P. Griffiths (OSU), and Carla M. D'Antonio (OSU and UC-Berkeley)

• Ecological Metadata Structures for the H.J. Andrews LTER Site
  Don Henshaw, Gody Spycher, Hazel Hammond. Oregon State University and US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station.

• Succession and Beetle Biodiversity
  William H. Heyborne. Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Asymbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Woody Debris as a Nitrogen Input in Pacific NW Forests: Spatial and Temporal Variability
  William T. Hicks, Mark E. Harmon, and Robert P. Griffiths. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Isotopic Patterns in Wood and Wood Decay Fungi during Log Decomposition
  Erik A. Hobbie and Mark E. Harmon

• Modelling potential carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest: Corroboration with LTER old-growth field data.
  E.A. Hoffa, M.E. Harmon, S. Remillard, and S. Acker

• Spatial Dynamics of Stream Temperature: Geomorphic and Vegetative Controls
  Sherri L. Johnson1 and Julia A. Jones2. 1Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and 2Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Approaches to interpreting landscape-scale ecological disturbance regimes in the Pacific Northwest, USA.
  Jones, Julia A.* and Frederick J. Swanson. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA, and US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

• Predicting subsurface flow in mountain streams
  T. Kasahara1, S. M. Wondzell1, and F. J. Swanson2. 1. Department of Forest Science, Oregon state University 2. Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Science

• Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources
  Susie Kelly (Project Director), Dr. Wynn Cudmore (PI), Dr. Art McKee (co-PI)

• The sensitivity of snowmelt processes to climate conditions and forest cover during rain-on-snow: a study of the 1996 Pacific Northwest flood. Hydrological Processes, in press.
  Marks, D., J. Kimball, D. Tingey, and T. Link. [1997].

• Simulation of Large Wood Dynamics in Small Streams of the Pacific Northwest
  Mark A. Meleason1, Dr. Stanley V. Gregory1, and Dr. John Bolte2. 1Fisheries and Wildlife Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; 2Bioresource Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• HJA Forest Moth Biodiversity
  J.C. Miller, P.C. Hammond, D. Ross, and G. Parsons

• The HJA Forest Voucher Collection
  J.C. Miller and S. Sundberg

• Exotic plant invasion along road networks in the western Cascade Range of Oregon.
  Parendes, Laurie A.*, and Julia A. Jones. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA.

• Expanding Our Knowledge of Biodiversity
  Gary Parsons and Paul Hammond*

• Patterns of Metabolic Activity within the Sapwood of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.))
  M.P. Pruyn, B.L. Gartner, and M. Harmon

• An Analysis of Late-seral Forest Connectivity in Western Oregon
  W.H. Richards, D.O. Wallin, and N.H. Schumaker

• Application of a Quasi-Energy Balance Model to Simulate Snowmelt Under Variable Canopies During a Major Rain-on-Snow Event
  John C. Risley, Danny Marks, and Tim Link

• Butterflies of the HJA
  Dana Ross. Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Decomposition of Oak Logs
  Tim Schowalter, Zhang, and Sabin

• 50 Years of Stream Disturbance by Debris Flows in the Western Cascades of Oregon
  Kai U. Snyder, Fred J. Swanson, and Julia A. Jones

• Natural Resource Issues and Policy--Roles of Andrews LTER
  Fred Swanson. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

• Controls on Leaf Litter Chemistry and Decomposition of Pacific Northwest Trees and Woody Shrubs
  Yana S. Valachovic, Bruce A. Caldwell, Kermit. Cromack, Jr., and Robert P. Griffiths. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

• Biological and Physical Processes Affecting N Fluxes in Small Watersheds in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
  Kristin Vanderbilt, Kate Lajtha, and Fred Swanson

• A Hydrology-Biogeochemistry Model for Investigating Impacts of Climate Change and Timber Harvest on Watersheds
  S. Waichler, M. Wigmosta, R. Neilson, and M. Brugnach

• Landscape position influences road impacts in a forested ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest USA.
  Wemple, Beverley C.*1, Julia A. Jones1, and Frederick J. Swanson2. 1. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, 2. USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station, 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331.

• Quartz Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project
  Randall Wildman and Stanley Gregory. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

• Floods, Channel Change and the Hyporheic Zone: A Case Study of McRae Creek.
  Steven M. Wondzell(1) and Frederick J. Swanson(2).
  (1) Dept. of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 97331
  (2) USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station, Corvallis OR 97331
  

• Spatial modelling of early secondary forest succession in Western Oregon
  Yang Zhiqiang, Warren Cohen, Mark Harmon