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Rebecca S.H. Kennedy
PhD, Forest Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2005
MS, Forest Ecology, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR, 1999
BA, English, University of Oregon (Honors College), Eugene, OR, 1991
Research interests:
Understanding patterns of vegetation
change across multiple scales in relation to disturbance and
environment, and old-growth forest structure and dynamics.
Current research projects:
Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling
Study (CLAMS). Coordination of the CLAMS dead wood modeling
effort. Study of the spatial pattern and dynamics of hardwood
patches, landcover change, and the local, landscape, and regional
patterns of dead wood in relation to topography and history
in the forests of the Coastal Province of Oregon.
Selected Manuscripts and In Press Publications:
- Spies, T.A., B.C. McComb, R.S.H. Kennedy, M. McGrath, K.A. Olsen, R.J. Pabst. In press. Potential effects of forest policies on terrestrial biodiversity in a multi-ownership province. Ecological Applications.
- Kennedy, R.S.H. 2005. Dead Wood Dynamics and Relationships to Biophysical Factors, Forest History, Ownership, and Management Practices in the Coastal Province of Oregon , USA . PhD. Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
- Kennedy, R.S.H. and T.A. Spies. 2005. Dynamics of hardwood patches in a conifer matrix: 54 years of change in a forested landscape in Coastal Oregon, USA . Biological Conservation 122: 363-374.
- Kennedy, R.S.H. and T.A. Spies. 2004. Forest cover changes in the Oregon Coast Range from 1939 to 1993. Forest Ecology and Management, 200: 129-147.
- Kennedy, R.S.H., K.A. Olsen, R.J. Pabst, and T.A. Spies. 2004. A simulation of dead wood dynamics in the Elliott State Forest, Oregon. Report prepared for Oregon Department of Forestry.
- Hess, R.S. 1999. Spatial Pattern and Dynamics of Hardwood Patches in the Coast Range of Oregon, 1939-1993. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Presentations:
- Kennedy, R.S.H.
and K.A. Olsen. Simulating Dead Wood in the Coast Range
of Oregon. Poster Presentation at Coastal Landscape Analysis
and Modeling Study (CLAMS) Symposium: "Changing the
Scale of our Thinking", Corvallis, OR, June 10, 2002.
- Kennedy, R.S.H.
and T. A. Spies. Fire, Salvage, Forest History, and
Topographic Effects on Large Dead Wood in an Oregon Landscape:
The Importance of Legacy Wood. Poster presentation at United
States Regional Association of the International Association
of Landscape Ecology 17th Annual Symposium, Lincoln, NE,
April 23-27, 2002.
- Hess, R.S. Snag
and Down Wood Patterns in Forests of the Coast Range of
Oregon. Oral presentation at United States Regional Association
of the International Association of Landscape Ecology 16th
Annual Symposium, Tempe, AZ, April 25-29, 2001.
- Hess, R.S. Changes
in the distribution and amount of late successional/old
growth, hardwood and shrub cover types in the coast range
of Oregon, 1939-1993. Oral presentation at Ecological Society
of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, August 6-10,
2000.
- Hess, R.S. and
T.A. Spies. Are shrub and hardwood tree cover types
declining in the Coast Range? Potential causes and implications.
Poster presentation at Society for Conservation Biology
Annual Meeting, Missoula, MT, June 9-12, 2000.
- Hess, R.S. and
T.A. Spies. Spatial pattern and dynamics of hardwood
patches in a multi-ownership landscape in the Coast Range
of Oregon, 1939-1993. Oral presentation at United States
Regional Association of the International Association of
Landscape Ecology 15th Annual Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, April 15-19, 2000.
- Hess, R.S. and
T.A. Spies. Vegetation dynamics in a managed forest
landscape: the interplay between succession, management
and environment in the central Coast Range of Oregon. Poster
presentation at United States Regional Association of the
International Association of Landscape Ecology 13th Annual
Symposium, East Lansing, MI, March 17-21, 1998.
- Hess, R.S. and
T.A. Spies. Vegetation dynamics in a managed forest
landscape: the interplay between succession, management
and environment in the central Coast Range of Oregon. Poster
presentation at the 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, April 10, 1998.
- Gartner, B.L,
R. Spicer, D.C. Baker and R.S. Hess. Sapwood in a Thinned
and Unthinned Stand: How Much is There and Why is It There?
Poster presentation at First Annual H.J. Andrews Long Term
Ecological Research Site Symposium, June 13, 1997.
- Hess, R.S. Invited
Speaker. Closing Remarks, with College of Forestry Dean
George Brown. Women in Natural Resources Symposium, Oregon
State University, February 18-19, 1996.
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