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USDA Forest Service
Daniel Boone
National Forest
1700 Bypass Road
Winchester, KY 40391

Phone: 859-745-3100
FAX: 859-744-1568

Publications

New publications:

Fire Science Brief, Issue 112: 1-6, June 2010

Alexander, H. D. and M. A. Arthur. 2010. Implications of a predicted shift from upland oaks to red maple on forest hydrology and nutrient availability. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(4): 716-726.

Green, S.R., M.A. Arthur, and B.A. Blankenship. 2010. Oak and red maple seedling survival and growth following periodic prescribed fire on xerix ridgetops on the Cumberland Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 2256-2266.

Alexander, H.D. and M. A. Arthur. 2008. Could a shift in canopy dominance from oaks to red maple impact nitrogen and carbon cycling? Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI. Presentation at the 2008 Ecological Society of America Conference.

Prescribed Fire: An Ancient Practice for Today's Forest

12x18 brochure format (folds to 4x9) pdf file

10-page letter sized format pdf file

Fire Science Brief, Issue 35: 1-6, January 2009

Jacob Royse, Mary A. Arthur, Angela Schorgendorfer, David L. Loftis. 2010. Establishment and growth of oak (Quercus alba, Quercus prinus) seedlings in burned and fire-excluded upland forests on the Cumberland Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management 260 (2010) 502-510.

Oak and red maple seedling survival and growth following periodic prescribed fire on xeric ridgetops on the Cumberland Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management 259 (2010) 2256 - 2266.

H.D. Alexander and M.A. Arthur. 2009. Foliar morphology and chemistry of upland oaks, red maple, and sassafras seedlings in response to single and repeated prescribed fires. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 740–754.

H.D. Alexander, M.A. Arthur, D.L. Loftis, and S.R. Green. 2008. Survival and growth of upland oak and co-occurring competitor seedlings following single and repeated prescribed fires. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 1021–1030.

E. Loucks, M.A. Arthur, J.E. Lyons, and D.L. Loftis. 2008. Characterization of fuel before and after a single prescribed fire in an Appalachian hardwood forest. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 32(2): 81-88.

Blankenship, B.A. and M.A. Arthur. 2006. Stand structure over nine years in burned and fire-excluded oak stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky. Forest Ecology and Management 225: 134-145.

Chiang, J., M.A. Arthur and B.A. Blankenship. 2005. The effects of prescribed fire on gap fraction in an oak forest understory on the Cumberland Plateau. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 432-441.

Gilbert, N.L., S.L. Johnson, S.K. Gleeson, B.A. Blankenship and M.A Arthur. 2003. Effects of prescribed fire on physiology and growth of Acer rubrum and Quercus spp. Seedlings in an oak-pine forest on the Cumberland Plateau, KY. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130:253-264.

Washburn, C.S.M. and M.A. Arthur. 2003. Tree species effects on soil nutrient availability in an oak-pine forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:2321-2330.

Kuddes-Fischer, L.M. and M.A. Arthur. 2002. Response of understory vegetation and tree regeneration to a single prescribed fire in oak-pine forests. Natural Areas Journal 22:43-52.

Rieske, L.K., H.H. Housman, and M.A. Arthur. 2002. Effects of prescribed fire on canopy foliar chemistry and suitability for an insect herbivore. Forest Ecology and management 160:177-187.

Blankenship, B.A. and M.A. Arthur. 1999. Microbial and soil nutrient response to prescribed fire in an oak-pine ecosystem in eastern Kentucky. In Stringer, J.W. and D.L. Loftis, eds. Proceedings, 12th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, February 28-March 2, 1999, Lexington, KY. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-24, Asheville, NC, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, pp. 39-47.

Blankenship, B.A. and M.A. Arthur. 1999. Prescribed fire affects eastern white pine recruitment and survival on eastern Kentucky ridgetops. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 23:144-150.
Arthur, M.A., R.D. Paratley and B.A. Blankenship. 1998. Single and repeated fire affect survival and regeneration of woody species in an oak-pine forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125:225-236.

Theses

Alexander, Heather. 2008. Upland oak and red maple: community response and ecosystem effects in the presence and absence of fire disturbances. PhD Dissertation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Royse, Jacob. 2008. Establishment and development of hardwood seedlings in response to prescribed fire in a central Appalachian Forest, MS Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Green, Stephanie. 2005. The effects of prescribed fire on stand structure, canopy cover and seedlings populations in oak dominated forests on the Cumberland Plateau, KY, MS Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Loucks, Elizabeth. 2004. The effects of landscape scale prescribed fire on fuel loading and tree health in an Appalachian hardwood forest, Kentucky, MS Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Chiang, Jyh-min. 2002. Prescribed fire effects on understory light environment and seedling performance of oak and red maple in eastern Kentucky, MS Thesis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Kuddes-Fischer, Linda. 1999. Response of understory vegetation and tree regeneration to a single prescribed fire in an oak-pine ecosystem.

Washburn, Carol S. M. 1999. Tree species effects on soil nutrient availability and the response to fire in an oak-pine forest.

Blankenship, Beth. 1997. Response of eastern white pine, soil nutrients and microbial biomass to prescribed fire in the Red River Gorge.

Posters

Characterizing fuels before and after prescribed fire in an Appalachian hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky - Elizabeth Loucks, Mary A. Arthur

Fire, Fuels and Oak Regeneration in Southern Appalachia - M. Arthur, D. Loftis, S. Green, E. Loucks and J. Lyons

Impacts of Repeated Prescribed Fire - Jessi Lyons, Elizabeth Loucks, Mary Arthur, David Loftis

Measuring the Effects of a Single Prescribed Fire on Canopy Structure in an Appalachian Hardwood Forest on the Cumberland Plateau, KY - Stephanie R. Green, Mary A. Arthur, and David L. Loftis

Overstory and Seedling Response to Repeated Fires in Eastern Kentucky - Heather Alexander, Mary Arthur, David Loftis, and Stephanie Green

Species and site differences in stem-bark char after prescribed fire in a southern
Appalachian hardwood forest, Kentucky - Elizabeth Loucks, Mary Arthur, David Loftis

Stand structure after eight years effects of fire exclusion and prescribed fire on ridgetop forests - Beth A. Blankenship and Mary A. Arthur

Prescribed Fires Affect Seedling Establishment and Survival in a Central Appalachian Forest - Jacob Royse, Mary Arthur and David Loftis

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Last Updated: November 17, 2011