| Dr. Kevin T. Smith |
| USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station 271 Mast Road Durham, NH 03824 |
| Telephone: 603-868-7624 Fax: 603-868-7604 |
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Please note that research topics and applications will be revised and incorporated into the new Northern Research Station pages, currently under development.
Education:
Ph.D.
Plant
Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1982.
M.S. Botany and Plant Pathology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1979.
A.B. Botany, Connecticut College, New London, CT, 1976.
Professional Positions:
2007 - Present: Project Leader, research work unit NRS-10.
2000 - 2007: Project Leader, research work unit NE-4505.
1986
- 2000:
Plant Physiologist, USDA
Forest Service, Northeastern Research
Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Durham, NH.
Current
Research:
My research involves tree
survival strategies and tree response to disturbance. Types
of disturbance investigated includes storm injury, fire, changes in the
soil environment, and human
activity. Current work targets:
1) the relationship of tree-ring chemistry to internal biology and the external environment,
2) the relationship of dendrochronology to tree disease, human activities, and other environmental factors, and
3) the role of wood decay and compartmentalization following tree injury and infection for tree survival, forest competition, and element cycling.
Research and Development Applications: The current research is a foundation to develop tools to:
1) predict and control the effect on wood quality and tree health following tree injury from storms, fire, and human activity,
2) improve the prediction of tree growth from climatic and other environmental factors, and to
3) improve tree care in managed and urban forests.
Subject Area Index: Acidic Deposition, Tree Physiology, Nutrient Cycling, Tree Biology, Tree Care, Forest Pathology.
Selected Publications:
| 1. | Balouet, J.-C., G. Oudijk, K.T. Smith, I. Petrisor, H. Grudd, and B. Stocklassa. 2007. Applied dendroecology and environmental forensics. Characterizing and age dating environmental releases: fundamentals and case studies. Environmental Forensics 8: 1-17. PDF file (1.1 MB) | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Cheng, Z., B.M. Buckley, B. Katz, W. Wright, R. Bailey, K.T. Smith, Jingbo Li, A. Curtis, and A. van Geen. 2007. Arsenic in tree rings at a highly contaminated site. Science of the Total Environment 376: 324-334. PDF file (811 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 3. | McLaughlin, S.B., W.C. Shortle, and K.T. Smith. 2002. Dendroecological applications in air pollution and environmental chemistry: research needs. Dendrochronologia 20: 133-158. PDF file (530 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Shortle, W.C., and K.T. Smith. 1988. Aluminum-induced calcium deficiency syndrome in declining red spruce. Science 240: 1017-1018. PDF file (645 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Shortle, W.C., K.T. Smith, and K.R. Dudzik. 2003. Tree survival and growth following ice storm injury. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. NE-723. 4 p. PDF file (630 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Smith, K.T. 2005. Tree biology and problem trees. Arborist News 14 (2): 24-26. PDF file (635 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Smith, K.T., K. Cufar, and T. Levanic. 1999. Temporal stability and dendroclimatology in silver fir and red spruce. Phyton 39: 117-122. PDF file (1.1 MB) | ||||||||||||
| 8. |
Smith, K.T. and P.A. Lewis. 2005. Potential concerns for tree wound response
from stem injection. Pages 173-178 in the Proceedings of the Third Hemlock
Wooly Adlegid Conference, Asheville, North Carolina, February 1-3 2005.
USDA Forest Service Publication FHTET 2005-01. PDF file (1.1 MB) |
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| 9. | Smith, K.T., and W.C. Shortle. Tree biology and dendrochemistry. 1996. Pages 629-635 in Tree Rings, Environment and Humanity. Eds. J.S. Dean, D.M. Meko, and T.W. Swetnam. Radiocarbon, Tucson. PDF file (400 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Smith, K.T. and W.C. Shortle. 1998. A first look at tree decay. USDA Forest Service, NA-PR-02-98. 4 pp. PDF file (780 KB) | ||||||||||||
| 11. | Smith,
K.T. and W.C. Shortle. 2001.
Conservation of element concentration in xylem sap of red spruce.
Trees: Structure and Function 15: 148-153. PDF file (61 KB)
| 12. |
Smith,
K.T. and W.C. Shortle. 2003. Radial
growth of hardwoods following the 1998 ice storm in New Hampshire and
Maine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33: 325-329.
PDF file (494 KB)
| 13. |
Smith, K.T., W.C. Shortle., and K.R. Dudzik. 2001. Patterns of storm
injury and tree response. USDA Forest Service, NA-TP-02-01. 4 pp. PDF file (1.1 MB)
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14. |
Smith, K.T., W.C. Shortle, J. Jellison, J. Connolly, and J. Schilling. 2007.
Concentrations of Ca and Mg in early stages of sapwood decay in red spruce, eastern hemlock,
red maple, and paper birch. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 957-965.
PDF file (282 KB)
| 15. |
Smith,
K.T. and E.K. Sutherland. 1999. Fire
scar formation and compartmentalization in oak. Canadian Journal of
Forest Research 29: 166-171. PDF file
(4.8 MB) |
16. |
Smith,
K.T. and E.K. Sutherland. 2001. Terminology
and biology of fires scars in selected central hardwoods. Tree-Ring
Research 57: 141-147. PDF file
(4.8 MB) |
17. |
Smith, K.T. and E.K. Sutherland. 2006.
Resistance of eastern hardwood stems to fire injury and damage. Pages 210-217 in Dickinson, M (ed.) Proceedings of the Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers.
Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-1. Newtown Square, PA:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 303 p. PDF file
(411 KB) |
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