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Research Interests
• Damage to residual trees during forest harvest operations
• Tree and stand-level growth responses to damage
• Endophytic and introduced fungal communities occurring in damaged trees
• Economic impacts of residual harvesting damage
• Physiological wood tissue
responses to damage
• Compartmentalization of damaged wood tissues
• PCR techniques for fungal identification in environmental samples
• New technology development and applications in forest field operations
Current Programs
- The Effects of Mechanical Damage on Residual Coastal Douglas-fir
Stands Following Commercial Thinning
Courses
- FE 309: Forest Photogrammetry
- FE 310: Forest Route Surveying
- FE 311: Advanced Forest Surveying
Principal Publications
Textbooks
Paine, D.P. and J. D. Kiser. 2003. Aerial Photography and Image
Interpretation. John Wiley, Inc. New York. 632 pages.
Paine, D.P. and J. D. Kiser. 2004. Aerial Photography and Image
Interpretation;
Student Companion Web Site. John Wiley, Inc. New York.
Kiser, J. D. 2006. Surveying for Forestry and the Natural Resources.
John Bell and Assoc. Corvallis, Oregon. 209 pages.
Publications - refereed
Kiser, J. 2009. The Effects of Mechanical Damage on Residual
Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirbel] Franco
Following Commercial Thinning. Ph.D. Thesis. Oregon State University.
Corvallis, Oregon. 179 pages.
Kiser, J., Morrell, J. J., and Filip, G. 2009. Fungal colonization of
coastal Douglas-fir following mechanical commercial thinning damage.
Forest Pathology. (in review).
Kiser, J. 2009. Histochemical and geometric alterations of sapwood in
coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirbel] Franco) following
mechanical damage during commercial thinning. (manuscript in preparation).
Kiser, J. 2009. Growth and yield response of coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
menziesii[Mirbel] Franco) following mechanical commercial thinning damage.
(manuscript in preparation).
Kiser, Jim. 2007. Engineering Surveying. In: Engineering Field Manual
for Conservation Practices Part 650. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
United State Dept. of Agriculture. Washington D.C. 132 pages.
Kiser, Jim. 2008. Satellite-Based Surveying. In: Engineering Field Manual
for Conservation Practices Part 650. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
United State Dept. of Agriculture. Washington D.C. 31 pages.
Kiser, Jim, Solmie, Derek, and Kellogg, Loren. 2005. Efficiencies of
Traditional and Digital Measurement Technologies for Forest Operations.
Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 20 (2): 138-143.
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