Multipurpose FIA Data Uses

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Multipurpose FIA Data Uses Comprehensive
Assessments1,400 Citations 1976 to 2001
Vic Rudis Research Forester Landscape Ecologist
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Forest Resource AssessmentFrom the beginning

• Purpose/Goal
• 
  Single
• Discipline/Audience
• Single S S

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Forest Resource Assessment1930s to 1950s

• Purpose/Goal
• 
  Single Multiple
• Discipline/Audience
• Single S S x
• Multiple x x

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Some Early Milestones

• 1950s Mapped Tree Distributions by County
• (Cruikshank, Larson, Sternitzke)

• 1958-1964 Owner, Use, and Management Assessments
  (Dana and others, AFA-sponsored)
• California, Minnesota, North Carolina

• 1960-63 Wildlife Habitat
• (Ehrenreich, Moore, Murphy, Ripley)

• 1973-75 Understory Species
• Wood Productivity (MacLean, Bolsinger)
• Forest Range (Pearson, Sternitzke)

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Forest Resource Assessment1975
Comprehensive by law

• Purpose/Goal
• 
  Single Multiple
• Discipline/Audience
• Single S S x
• Multiple x M M

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Forest Resource AssessmentComprehensive
Clouded...

• Purpose/Goal
• 
  Single Multiple
• Discipline/Audience
• Single S S x
• Multiple x M M

Single data source
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Forest Resource AssessmentComprehensive

• Purpose/Goal
• 
  Single Multiple
• Discipline/Audience
• Single
• Multiple

Multiple data sources
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Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Unique Journals 9 in 1984 and 24 in 2000

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Atmospheric Environment
BioScience
Ecosystems
Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal of Biogeography
Land Use Policy
Science
Wildlife Society Bull., J. Wildlife Mgmt.
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Maximum Utility of Data Collected

• Accommodating to a Diverse Audience, e.g.,
  Flexible Data Management and Organization
• Consistent in Spatial and Temporal Dimensions
  Relevant to Current Issues
• Limited Bias to Suit Other Disciplinary Needs
• Logical Links with/for Other Data Important to a
  Comprehensive Assessment
• Well-Documented and Stored In Quickly Usable
  Formats
• Developing Techniques for Data Analysis to
  Address Current Issues (opportunities for journal
  publication)

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Progress to Date
http//www.msstate.edu/dept/forestry/biblio.html

• 2003. Comprehensive Regional Resource Assessments
  and Multipurpose Uses of FIA Data, 1976-2001.
  GTR-SRS-70. 129 p.
• 2003. Fresh Ideas, Perspectives and Protocols
  Associated with FIA Surveys Graduate Reports,
  1974 - July 2001. GTR-SRS-61. 49 p.
  http//www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index
  5296
• 2002. Online Search of the FIA citation
  database 1979-1990
• http//srsfia1.fs.fed.us/RIS/RISWEB.ISA
• 1993. Transforming round pegs to fill square
  holes facing the challenge of forest inventories
  as tools of environmental policy for the 21st
  century. http//www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/viewpub.j
  sp?index492
• 1991. Wildlife habitat, range, recreation,
  hydrology, and related research using forest
  inventory and analysis surveys a 12-year
  compendium. GTR-SO-84. 61 p. http//www.srs.fs.usd
  a.gov/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index157

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Online FIA Citation Databasehttp//srsfia1.fs.fed
.us/RIS/RISWEB.ISA
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Search by Title North Carolina
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1,400 FIA Citation DataBase

• FIA Citation Database, Version 1.0
• (EndNote 5.0 format)
• Request from
• vrudis_at_fs.fed.us
• Size lt2 MB