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Page CONTENTS Page Connecting Forest Productivity to Behavior of Soil-Borne Diseases Geral I. McDonald ....................................................... 129 Forest Productivity: Lessons To Be Learned Richard G. Cline and Nelson S. Loftus ......................... 1 Soils Information: A Valuable Tool for Management of Western-Montane Forests Richard F. Fisher ............................................................. 4 Soil Alterations, Damage, and Restoration ................. 145 Erosion and Site Productivity in Western-Montane Forest Ecosystems Walter F. Megahan ...................................................... The Effect of Fire on Soil Properties Leonard F. DeBano ..................................................... Soil Processing of Air Pollutants in the Montane West James L. Clayton ........................................................ Vegetative Restoration of Western-Montane Forest Soils Richard Everett, Darlene Zabowski, Phillip McColley . Root Disease Management in Western-Montane Forest Soils Gregory M. Filip and James T. Hoffman ..................... Soil Properties and Soil-Vegetation Interactions .......... 6 Dominant Soil Formation Processes and Properties in Western-Montane Forest Types and Landscapes— Some Implications for Productivity and Management Robert T. Meurisse, Wayne A. Robbie, Jerry Niehoff, Gary Ford ................................................ Western-Montane Plant Communities and Forest Ecosystem Perspectives Robert Steele and Robert D. Pfister .............................. The Relationship Between Soils and Vegetation M. Hironaka, Maynard A. Fosberg, Kenneth E. Neiman, Jr. ................................................. Influence of Fire on Factors That Affect Site Productivity Roger D. Hungerford, Michael G. Harrington, William H. Frandsen, Kevin C. Ryan, Gerald J. Niehoff ........................................................... Rhizosphere Biology: Ecological Linkages Between Soil Processes, Plant Growth, and Community Dynamics Randy Molina and Michael Amaranthus ....................... Soil Management as an Integral Part of Silvicultural Systems Russell T. Graham, Don Minore, Alan E. Harvey, Martin F. Jurgensen Deborah S. Page-Dumroese ........ 7 20 146 151 157 161 167 Soil Information Management Problems ..................... 171 Legal Perspectives Related to Soil Resource Management Anne Puffer ................................................................. Using Soils Data to Develop a National Forest Management Plan Gordon E. Warrington ................................................. Potential Use of Geographic Information Systems to Enhance Forest Soil Management Glen O. Klock .............................................................. Estimating Forest Productivity From Remotely Sensed Data and Topographic Variables Using the Spatial Analysis Capabilities of a GIS Hans Zuuring and Maria Manasi ................................. 29 32 51 59 Soil Productivity ............................................................... 65 172 175 180 183 Potential Soil Alterations in the Future ........................ 188 Connecting Soils With Forest Productivity Dan Binkley ................................................................... 66 Are We Maintaining the Productivity of Forest Lands? Establishing Guidelines Through a Network of Long-Term Studies Robert F. Powers .......................................................... 70 Influences of Volcanic Ash and Pumice Deposition on Productivity of Western Interior Forest Soils J. M. Geist and P. H. Cochran ...................................... 82 Monitoring Forest Soil Properties to Maintain Productivity J. M. Geist, R. T. Meurisse, T. A. Max .......................... 90 Organic Matter Function in the Western-Montane Forest Soil System Deborah Page-Dumroese, Alan Harvey, Martin Jurgensen, Russell Graham ............................... 95 Nitrogen Fixation in Forest Soils of the Inland Northwest Martin F. Jurgensen, Jonalea R. Tonn, Russell T. Graham, Alan E. Harvey, Kathleen Geier-Hayes ................................................. 101 Ectomycorrhizal Activity and Conifer Growth Interactions in Western-Montane Forest Soils Alan E. Harvey, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Russell T. Graham, Martin F. Jurgensen .................... 110 Organic Matter Decomposition in Western United States Forests Robert L. Edmonds ..................................................... 118 Responses and Feedbacks of Global Forests to Climate Change Robert K. Dixon ........................................................... 189 Predicting Forest Changes Associated With Climate Warming: Potential Uses of GIS Technology David L. Verbyla .......................................................... 193 Special Topic Presentations ......................................... 196 Comparisons of Tree Height Growth on BroadcastBurned, Bulldozer-Piled, and Nonprepared Sites 15 to 25 Years After Clearcut Logging Bob Bosworth and Dan Studer .................................... The Greater Yellowstone Area Fires of 1988: Recovery Henry F. Shovic ........................................................... Factors Affecting Ectomycorrhizae and Forest Regeneration Following Disturbance in the Pacific Northwest Michael P. Amaranthus ............................................... Minimizing the Adverse Impacts of Timber Harvest in the Northern Rocky Mountains Nellie M. Stark and Hans Zuuring ............................... Validation of Soil-Site Models David L. Verbyla .......................................................... Ecological Classification and Cumulative Soil Effects Mark E. Jensen ........................................................... 1 197 201 205 209 214 218 Page Page Does Fire Exclusion Increase Productivity of Ponderosa Pine? P. H. Cochran and W. E. Hopkins ............................... 224 A Method for Photosynthetic Calibration of Process Models for Conifer Ecosystems A. Koehn and G. I. McDonald ..................................... 244 Soil Organic Matter Effects on Douglas-Fir Growth in Northern Idaho Soils Deborah Page-Dumroese, Russell T. Graham, Alan E. Harvey ............................................................ 249 Soil Properties as a Factor in Regeneration Failures in the Grand Fir Mosaic—Preliminary Results Mark Sommer, David Adams, Robert Mahler ............. 253 Poster Papers ................................................................. 229 Soil Management of Seed Orchards and Early Selection Trial Plantations in Northern Idaho Gary L. Ford and Aram Eramian ................................. 230 Plant Succession Within Managed Grand Fir Forests of Northern Idaho Pat Green and Mark Jensen ....................................... 232 An Integrated Approach for Riparian Inventory Mark Jensen and Pat Green ....................................... 237 2
