Pacific Southwest Research Station

Education

1978 M.A. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

1972 M.A. in Mathematics, Universidad Tecnica del Estado, Santiago, Chile.

1970 B.A. in Mathematics, Universidad de Chile,Santiago, Chile.

Additional Education

1985-1987 35 quarter units in Statistics Ph.D. program, University of California, Davis, CA.

Foreign Languages

Fluent in Spanish.

Research Interests/Duties

1979-Present. She provides expert and detailed mathematical, statistical, and scientific computing guidance to scientists and administrators involved in the Forest Service research program. She works as full member of Station research teams that have national missions whose product have international implications. She provides statistical reviews of manuscripts and study plans for the Station research units with research disciplines such as forest monitoring, sylviculture, wildlife, soil, entomology, ornithology, fisheries, urban forestry, genetics, and hydrology. Statistical consulting comprises sampling design, statistical modeling, computer output interpretation, and statistical computer packages' application.

Professional Experience

1986 - present Mathematical Statistician, PSW, Berkeley-Albany, CA.

1981 - 1986 Mathematical Statistician, PSW Station, Redding, CA.

1979 - 1981 Assistant Statistician, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

1971 - 1975 Lecturer in Mathematics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

1971 - 1972 Research Teaching Assistant, Universidad Tecnica del Estado, Santiago, Chile.

1970 - Lecturer in Mathematics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

1967 - 1969 High School Mathematics Teacher, Santiago, Chile.

1966 - 1971 Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Presentations at professional society meetings and non-scientific meetings

2007, December 9-13. National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA. Invited symposium paper: "Semiochemical-based Strategies for Bark Beetle Management" by N. E. Gillette, N. Erbilgin, J.D. Stein, S.R. Mori, D.L. Wood, D.R. Owen, J.N. Webster, C. Mehmel, M. Hansen, L. Pederson, F. Uzoh, and K. M. Bischel.

2007, March 27. Sierra Cascades Intensive Management Research Cooperative. Presented results showing: "Verbenone flakes Protect lodgepole forests from attacks by mountain pine beetle " by N. Erbilgin, N. Gillette, J. Stein, D. R. Owen, S. Mori, J N. Webster, & D. L. Wood.

2007, March 5-9. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Boise, ID. Invited oral presentation: "Pityophthorus spp. Response to Mixtures of Pheromones and Host/Green Leaf Volatiles" by N. Gillette, N. Erbilgin, S. Mori, J.D. Stein, D. R. Owen, C. Rudolph, K. Bischel, & D.L. Wood.

2007, March 5-9. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Boise, ID. Invited oral presentation: "Pheromone Flakes for Control of Western Pine Beetle" by N. Gillette, J. Webster, G. Fiddler, N. Erbilgin, C. Mehmel, D. Owen, S. Mori, A. Eglitis, D.L. Wood, F. Uzoh, and J.D. Stein.

2007, March 5-9. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Boise, ID. Invited oral presentation: " Verbenone-releasing flakes reduce attack on whitebark pines by mountain pine beetle " by Hansen, E.M, N. Gillette, S. Mori, and J.D. Stein.

2006, November 16. 2006 California Forest Pest Council, Woodland, CA. Invited oral presentation: "Efficacy of verbenone flakes for area-wide and individual tree protection from attack by mountain pine beetle" by D. R. Owen, N. Gillette, N. Erbilgin, N. Webster, J. Stein, S. Mori, M. Hansen, G. Fiddler, J N. Webster,. L. Pederson, and D. L. Wood.

2006, May 22-26. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Asheville, NC. Poster: "Optimizing efficacy of experimental design in beetle trapping experiments" by S. Mori.

2006, May 22-26. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Asheville, NC. Poster: "Verbenone-Releasing Flakes Protect Whitebark Pine from Attack by Mountain Pine Beetle" by N. Gillette, M. Hansen, S. Mori, J. Webster, N. Erbilgin, and J. Stein.

2006, May 22-26. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Asheville, NC. Poster: "Semiochemicals provide a deterrent to the black twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)" by N. Dudley, J. Stein, T. Jones, N. Gillette and S.MOri.

2006, May 22-26. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Asheville, NC. Poster: "Efficacy of Aerial Application of Verbenone Flakes for Tree Protection from Attack by Mountain Pine Beetle" by N. Erbilgin, N. Gillette, S. Mori, J.Stein, J. Webster, D. Owen, D.L. Wood.

2006. Annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Washington, D.C. Oral presentation: "Geographic variation in response of Dendroctonus valens to host volatiles of Pinus spp.: a holarctic perspective" by N. Erbilgin1, N.E. Gillette2, J.D. Stein3, D.R. Owen4, R. Campos5, L.D. Merrill6, K.L. Raffa7, S. Mori2 and D.L. Wood1.

2006, February 8-10. Annual Conference of the Western Section of Wildlife Society, Sacrament, CA. Oral presentation: " Bird population declines in four Southern California forests " by J. C. Uyehura, S. R. Mori and K. L. Purcell.

2005, July 23-28. International Society of Chemical Ecology, Washington, D.C. Oral presentation: "Geographic variation in response of Dendroctonus valens to host volatiles of Pinus spp.: A holarctic perspective" by N. Erbilgin, N.E. Gillette, J,D. Stein, D.R. Owen, R. Campos Bolanos, J.T. Mendez Montiel, L.D. Merrill, K.Raffa, S. Mori and D.L. Wood.

2005, June 14-19. Cooper Ornithological Society 75th Annual Meeting, Humbolt State University, Arcata, California. Oral presentation: "Abundance, Nest Success, and Nest Site Selection of Warbling Vireo across and Elevational gradient in the Southern Sierra Nevada" by Purcell, K., S. Mori.

2005,January 18-21. Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Second Science Symposium: The State of our Knowledge, Monterey, California. Poster: "A case study to evaluate ground-based, wildland survey methods for Phytophthora ramorum (cause of Sudden Oak Death) in Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) stands in California" by Susan Frankel, Sylvia Mori, Janice Alexander, Don Owen, Jennifer Davidson, David Rizzo.

2004, May 5-9. Cooper Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, La Crosse, WI. Oral presentation: "Design considerations for detecting treatment effect based on avian point count" by K. L. Purcell, S. R. Mori and M. E. Chase.

2004, October 26-28. PSW Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Oral presentation: "Predicting the effect of climate change on avian abundance" by K. L. Purcell and S. R. Mori.

2003, October 15-16. PSW Station Climate Change Workshop, Richmond,CA. Oral presentation: "Predicting the effect of climate change on avian populations to prescribed burning" by K. L. Purcell and S. R. Mori.

2003, November 10-11. Estadística Ambiental para Investigación Forestal (Environmental Statistics for Forest Research). Primer Curso-taller (Workshop) at University Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico.

2002, September 26. 3rd North American Ornithological Conference, Intercontinental Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contributed paper: "Sample size adequacy for monitoring in California oak woodlands using point counts" by K. Purcell., S. Mori and M. Chase.

2002, July 18-19. Hawaii Conservation Conference 2002, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Hawaii. Poster: "An outline for monitoring plans" by J. A. Baldwin and S. R. Mori.

2002, June 23, University of Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico. Invited Oral presentation: "Some Aspects of the Statistical Methods Applied to Research and Monitoring of the Natural Resources".

2000, October 13. Instituto Forestal (INFOR), Santiago, Chile. Oral presentation: "Statistical Methods for Forest Monitoring and Research."

2000, October 9, 10 & 11. - XXVII Jornadas Nacionales de Estadistica, Valdivia , Chile. - Mini-course: "Métodos Estadístico para el Monitoreo e Investigación Forestal (Statistical Methods for Forest Monitoring and Research)."

2000, August. International Organization for Biological Control, Samos, Greece, Poster (presented by del Rio Mora): "Advances in cone beetle (Conophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) research: response to behavioral chemicals in field trials" by Rappaport, N.G., J.D. Stein, A.A. del Rio Mora, G. DeBarr, S. Mori and P. de Groot.

1999, December 6 - 10. Proceedings VII Simposio la Investigación Desarrollo Tecnolo in Michoacán, XII Reunion Regional Científica y Tecnológica: Forestal y Agropecuaria, Morelia, Michoacán p. 153. Poster (presented by del Rio Mora): "Respuesta de Conophthorus spp. (C:S) y insectos asociados a semioquímicos en California y México" by del Rio Mora, A.A., J. Stein, N. Rappaport and S. Mori.

1999, November 18. 48th annual meeting of the California Forest Pest Council, Hilton Hotel, Sacramento California. Oral presentation: "Cone beetle field trials in western North America" by Rappaport, N.G., J.D. Stein, A.A. del Rio Mora and S. Mori.

1999, Sept. 13-17. Western Forest Insect Work Conference/Western Forest Disease Work Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado. Oral presentation: "Development of cone beetle pheromones for pine seed crop protection" by Rappaport, N.G., J.D. Stein, and S. Mori.

1998, November 8-12. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Atlanta, Georgia. Poster: "Comparison of two protocols for sampling soil and litter beetle populations in forest ecosystems " by Rappaport, N.G., S.T. O'Keefe, and S. Mori.

1998, November 8-12. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia. Poster: "Response of cone beetles and selected nontarget insects to semiochemicals in California and Mexico" by Stein, J.D., N.G. Rappaport, A.A. Del Rio Mora and S. Mori.

1998, April 24. Sierran Provinces Assessment and Monitoring (SPAM) Team. Sonora, CA. Talk: 1998, January 7. Monitoring Nontarget Impacts from Multiple Applications of a Native Pathogen, and its Interaction with a Exotic Pathogenic Fungus. West Virginia University and USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. Morgantown, WV. Oral presentation: "Some Statistical Concepts" by S. R. Mori

1997, October 29. California Owl, Aquatic Conservation Strategy Monitoring Plan, Sonora, CA. Nevada City, CA. Oral presentation: Some Aspects of Spatial Analysis in Forest Monitoring" by S. R. Mori

1997, June 27. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias (INIFAP), Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico. Oral presentation: "Muestreo (Sampling)" by S. R. Mori

1993, October 12-15. Monitoring Change in Plant Communities and Rare Plant Populations: A Forest Service Workshop (R-5/PSW). Placerville. CA. Talk: "Principles of Sampling Design: Precision, Accuracy, Stratification, Power, Allocation of Sampling Effort, Plot Size and Shape" by S. R. Mori

1989, February 28-March 2. Region 5 Sensitive Plant Program-Organization and Management. Sensitive Plan Workshop, Sacramento, CA. Oral presentation: "Generic Monitoring for Rare Plants" by S. R. Mori

1993, April 26-30. R-5 Annual Wildlife Biologist Workshop. Monitoring, Survey and Inventory, Fresno CA. Oral presentation: "Statistical Design and Analysis" by S. R. Mori

1990, August 2 and 3. Monitoring Aquatic Resources for the 1990's: A Workshop for Forest Service Aquatic Scientists, Salt Lake City, UT. Oral presentation: "Generic Monitoring" by S. R. Mori and D. Azuma. Participation in establishing the foundations of future aquatic monitoring and develop an action plan to accomplish this task.

1990, June 5, 6 & 7. National Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Wildlife, Fish, and Sensitive Plant Resources for Forest Plan Implementation, Park City, UT. Oral presentation: "Considerations for Study Design" by S. R. Mori

1989, April 18-20. Statistical support for the BMP Effectiveness Evaluation Process Workshop (R-5.) Oral presentation: "Statistical design" by S. R. Mori

Team Memberships

California Sudden Oak Mortality (SOD) Monitoring Team since 2001.

Sierra Nevada Framework Project Monitoring Team, 2001-2005.

Southern California Conservation Strategy (SCCS), 2000-2004.

Cone beetle pheromone efficacy research in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (FHTET), 1997-2004.

Sierran Provinces Assessment and Monitoring (SPAM) team, 1997-2004.

Adaptative Management Area Goosenest Interdisciplinary Research team, PSW, since 1997.

California Owl, Aquatic Conservation Strategy Monitoring Plan, from 1996 to 1997.

Riparian Bird Monitoring Team, Southern California National Forests, from 1993 to 1998.

Blacks Mountain Interdisciplinary Research team, PSW, since 1991.

Bighorn Sheep Monitoring, Southern California National Forests, from 1986 to 1993.

Current Emphases, Studies, Projects

• Black Forest Mountain
• Abundance of Wildlife Preservation
• Fire Management Study

Selected Publications

Hull,J.,M., A. M. Fish, J. J. Keane, S. R. Mori, B.,N., Sack and A., C., Hull. 2010. Estimation of Species Identification Error: Implications for Raptor Migration Counts and Trend Estimation. Journal of wildlife Managemnet 74(6):1326-1334.

M. Lu, M. J. Wingfield, N. E. Gillette, S. R. Mori, and J. Sun. 2010. Complex interactions among host pines and fungi vectored by an invasive bark beetle. New Phytologist (2010) 1-9.

Kegley, S., K. Gibson, N. Gillette, J. Webster, L. Pederson and S. Mori. 2010. Individual-Tree Tests of Verbenone Flakes, Verbenone Pouches, and Green-Leaf Volatiles to Protect Lodgepole Pines from Mountain Pine Beetle Attacks. Forest Health Protection, Numbered Report 10-02 (2010) 1-12.

McPherson, B. A., S. R. Mori, D. L. Wood, N. M. Kelly, A. J. Storer, P. Svihra, and R. B. Standiford. 2010. Responses of oaks and tanoaks to sudden oak death pathogen after 8 years of monitoring in two coastal California forests. Plant Disease, Volume 259 (2010) 2095-2102.

Purcell, K.L., A. K. Mazzoni, and S.R. Mori, and B. B. Boroski. 2009. Resting structures and resting habitat of fisher in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management, 258 (2009) 2696-2706.

Tjosvold S. A., D. L. Chambers, E. J. Fitchtner, S. T. Koike, and S. R. Mori. 2009. Disease Risk ot Potting Media with Phytophthora ramorum Under Nursery Conditions. Plant Disease, Volume 93 Number 4:371-376.

Gillette N.E., C.J. Mehmel, J.N. Webster, S. R. Mori, N. Erbilgin, D.L. Wood and J.D. Stein. 2009. Aerially applied methylcyclohexenone-releasing flakes protect Pseudotsuga menziesii stands from attack by Dendroctonus pseudotsuga. Forest Ecology and Management, 257, 1231–1236.

Gillette N.E., N. Erbilgin, J.N. Webster, L. Pederson, S. R. Mori, J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, K.M. Bischel and D.L. Wood. 2009. Aerially applied verbenone-releasing laminated flakes protect Pinus contorta stands from attack by Dendroctonus ponderosae in California and Idaho. Forest Ecology and Management, 257, 1405–1412.

Tjosvold S. A., D. L. Chambers, S. T. Koike, and S. R. Mori. 2008. Disease on Nursery Stock as Affected by Environmental Factors and Seasonal Inoculum Levels of Phytophthora ramorum in Stream Water Used for Irrigation. Plant Disease, Volume 92 Number 11:1566-1573

Erbilgin, N., N.E. Gillette, D.R. Owen, S.R. Mori, A.S. Nelson, F. Uzoh and D.L. Wood. 2008. Acetophenone superior to verbenone for reducing attraction of western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to its aggregation pheromone. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 10, 433-441.

Gillette, N.E., Vetter, R.S., Mori, S.R., Rudolph, C.R. and Welty D.R. 2008. Response of ground-dwelling spider assemblages to stand structure manipulations and prescribed fire in the southern Cascade Range. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 969-980.

Camann, M.A., Gillette, N.E., Lamoncha, K. L., and Mori, S.R. 2008. Response of forest soil Acari to prescribed fire following stand structure manipulation in the Southern Cascade Rang. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 956-968.

Erbilgin, N., N. E. Gillette, S. R. Mori, J. D. Stein, D. R. Owen, and D. L. Wood. 2007. Acetophenone as anti-attractant for the Western Pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis Le Conte (Coleoptera: scolytidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology Volume 33: 131-146.

Erbilgin N., S. R. Mori, J. H. Sun, J. D. Stein, D. R. Owen, L. D. Merrill, R. Campos Bolaños, K. F. Raffa, T. Méndez Montiel, D. L. Wood and N. E. Gillette. 2006. Response to Host Volatiles by Native and Introduced Populations of Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in North America and China.Journal of Chemical Ecology: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9200-2.

Gillette, N. E., J. D. Stein, D. R. Owen, J. N. Webster, G. O. Fiddler, S. R. Mori and D. L. Wood. 2006. Verbenone-releasing flakes protect individual Pinus contorta trees from attack by Dendroctonus ponderosae and Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 8: 243-241.

Gillette, N. E., J. D. Stein, D. R. Owen, J. N. Webster and S. R. Mori. 2006. Pheromone-based disruption of Eucosma sonomana and Rhyacionia zozana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) using aerially applied microencapsulated pheromone. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 361-368.

McPherson, B. A., S. R. Mori, D. L. Wood, A. J. Storer, P. Svihra, N. M. Kelly , and R. B. Standiford. 2005. Sudden oak death in California: Disease progression in oaks and tanoaks. Forest Ecology and Management 213:71-89.

Purcell, K. L., S. R. Mori, and M. K. Chase. 2005. Design considerations for examining trends in avian abundance using point counts: Examples from the oak woodlans. The Condor 107: 305-320.

Manley, P. N., W. J., Zielinski, M. D. Schlesinger, and S. R. Mori. 2004. Evaluation of a multiple-species approach to monitoring. Species diversity and assessing ecosystem condition at bioregional scales. Ecological Applications 14(1):296-310.

Purcell, K.L., J. Verner, and S.R. Mori. 2002. Factors affecting the abundance and distribution of European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) at the San Joaquin Experimental Range. In R.B. Standiford, D.D. McCreary, and K.L. Purcell, technical coordinators. Oaks in California's Changing Landscape. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. Albany, CA.

Peper, P.J., E.G. McPherson, and S.M. Mori. 2001. Equations for predicting diameter, height, crown width, and leaf area of San Joaquin Valley street trees. J. Arboric. 27(6):306-317.

Lewis, Jack; Mori, Sylvia R.; Keppeler, Elizabeth T.; Ziemer, Robert R. 2001. Impacts of logging on storm peak flows, flowvolumes and suspended sediment loads in Caspar Creek, California. In: Mark S. Wigmosta and Steven J. Burges (eds.) Land Use and Watersheds: Human Influence on Hydrology and Geomorphology in Urban and Forest Areas. Water Science and Application Volume 2, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.; 85-125.

Fiddler GO, McDonald PM and Mori SR. 2000. Mechanical and ChemicalRelease Applied to a 16-Year-Old Pine Plantation. Research Note, PSW-425.

Rappaport NG, Stein JD, del Rio Mora AA, DeBarr G, de Groot P, and Mori S. 2000. Responses of Conophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to behavioral chemicals in field trials: a transcontinental perspective. The Canadian Entomologist, 132: 1-13.

McDonald, P. M., S. R. Mori, G. O. Fiddler. 1999. Outlook for genetically improved ponderosa pine seedlings in forest vegetation Management. Proceedings: 20th Annual Forest Vegetation Management Conference, Redding, CA.: 64-71.

McDonald, P. M., S. R. Mori, G. O. Fiddler. 1999. Effect of competition on genetically improved ponderosa pine seedlings. Can. J. of For. Res., 29: 940-946.

Peper, P. J., S. R. Mori. 1999. Root Barrier and Extension Casing Effects on Chinese Hackberry. Journal of Arboriculture 25(1):1-8.

Mori, S. R. 1998. Literature Review of Large-Scale National Monitoring Programs and Sampling Designs. Sierra Nevada National Forests, Land Management Planning, Monitoring Strategy Development: Progress Report Fiscal Year 1998 prepared by Sierran Provinces Assessment and Monitoring Team, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest and Station: 33-43.

Dolph, K. L., S. R. Mori, W. W. Oliver. 1995. Long-Term Response of Old-Growth Stands to Varying Levels of Partial Cutting in the Eastside Pine Type. Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol. 10, No. 3: 101-108.

Dolph, K. L., S. R. Mori, W. W. Oliver. 1995. Height-diameter Relationships for Conifer Species on the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest. Research Note, PSW-418.

Stein, J. D., S. R. Mori. 1994. Systemic Insecticide Implant for Protection of White Fir Scinwood from Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 87, no. 2:426-430.

Rappaport, N., S. Mori, A. Roques. 1993. Estimating Effect of Megastigmus spermotrophus (Hymenoptera: Torymide) on Douglas-Fir Seed Production: The New Paradigma. Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 86, no.3:845-849.

Ratliff, R. D., S. R. Mori. 1993. Squared Euclidean Distance: A Statistical Test to Evaluate Plant Community Change. Research Note, PSW-416.

Azuma, D. L., Mori, S. R. 1990. General Aquatic Resources Monitoring. FHR Technical Bulletin, number two.

Mori, S., C. Trevisan. 1974. Conjugation Classes of Finite Groups of Order Less than Thirty-one. First Chilean Bulletin of the Society of Mathematics.