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Unlocking Butternut Conservation Through Cutting-Edge Science

Unlocking Butternut Conservation Through Cutting-Edge Science

by Osmar Lopez | Mar 28, 2025 | 2024 Annual Report, Project

Principal investigators: Aziz Ebrahimi, postdoctoral research associate, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University (aebrahi@purdue.edu); Douglass Jacobs, Fred M. van Eck Professor of Forest Biology, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University...
Indiana’s Future Forests: Emptied Niche Occupation in an Ash-Less World

Indiana’s Future Forests: Emptied Niche Occupation in an Ash-Less World

by Osmar Lopez | Mar 28, 2025 | 2024 Annual Report, Project

Principal investigators: Michael Saunders, professor, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University (msaunder@purdue.edu); Michael Jenkins, professor, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University Co-authors: Christopher Webster, professor, College of Forest...
Better Black Walnut by Breeding without Breeding

Better Black Walnut by Breeding without Breeding

by Osmar Lopez | Mar 28, 2025 | 2024 Annual Report, Project

Principal investigator: Vikram Chhatre, research geneticist, USDA Forest Service (vikram.chhatre@usda.gov) Co-authors: Keith Woeste, former PI, national program lead for genetics, research and development deputy area, USDA Forest Service; Richard Cronn, research...
Testing efficacy of enrichment plantings for stand regeneration in hardwood forests

Testing efficacy of enrichment plantings for stand regeneration in hardwood forests

by Osmar Lopez | Mar 28, 2025 | 2024 Annual Report, Project

Principal investigator: Douglass Jacobs, Fred M. van Eck Professor, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University (djacobs@purdue.edu) Co-authors: Don Carlson, forester, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University; Ron Rathfon, Extension forester, Forestry...
Backpack System for High Resolution Forest Inventory

Backpack System for High Resolution Forest Inventory

by Osmar Lopez | Mar 28, 2025 | 2024 Annual Report, Project

Principal investigator(s):  Ayman Habib, professor, civil engineering, Purdue University, ahabib@purdue.edu; Songlin Fei, professor, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, sfei@purdue.edu Manual forest inventory is labor intensive and costly. Automation,...
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