College of Forestry
Swanson, Frederick
Professor (Courtesy), USDA Forest Service
Office Location:
344W FSL
Phone:
541-750-7355
Fax:
541-750-7329
Email Address:
Specialty:
Geomorphology
Educational Background:
- B.S., 1966, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
- Ph.D., 1972, University of Oregon, Eugene
Research Interests:
Erosion and other disturbances in forest and mountain stream environments.
Research Support:
- NSF, “Long-Term Ecological Research (IV) on the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest,” 1996-2002, $3,360,000 (Co-PI).
- NSF, “Role of Riparian Vegetation in the Metabolism and Structure of Stream Ecosystems,” 1986, $780,000 (Co-PI: Coordinator of Terrestrial Studies).
- NSF, “Role of Riparian Vegetation in the Metabolism and Structure of Stream Ecosystems,” 1982, $407,000. (Co-PI: Coordinator of Terrestrial Studies).
- NSF, “Workshops on Ecosystem Studies of Mount St. Helens,” 1982, $13,023.
Current/Recent Programs:
Ecosystem research at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest.
Selected Publications:
- Johnson, K.N., and Swanson, F.J. 2009. Historical context of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest--policy, practices, and competing worldviews. In: Spies, T.A.; Duncan, S.L., eds. Old growth in a new world: a Pacific Northwest icon reexamined. Washington, DC: Covelo, CA: Island Press: 12-28.
- Swanson, F.J., and Chapin, F.S., III. 2009. Forest systems: living with long-term change. In: Chapin, F.S., III; Kofinas, G.P.; Folke, C., eds. Principles of ecosystem stewardship: resilience-based natural resource management in a changing world. New York, NY: Springer: 149-170.
- Swanson, F.J., Goodrich, C., and Moore, K.D. 2008. Bridging boundaries: scientists, creative writers, and the long view of the forest. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 449-504.
- Goodrich, C., Moore, K.D., and Swanson, F.J., eds. 2008. In the blast zone: catastrophe and renewal on Mount St. Helens. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. 124 p.
- Dale V.H., F.J. Swanson, C.M. Crisafulli (eds). 2005. Ecological responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Springer. 342 p.
- Foster, D, F. Swanson, J. Aber, I. Burke, N. Brokaw, D. Tilman, and A. Knapp. 2003. The importance of land use legacies to ecology and conservation. BioScience 53(1): 77-88.
- Forman, R.T.T. and others, including Swanson. 2003. Road ecology: Science and solutions. Washington, DC, Island Press. 481 p.
- Cissel, J. H., Swanson, F. J. and Weisberg, P. J. 1999. Landscape management using historical fire regimes: Blue River, Oregon. Ecological Applications 9(4):1217-1231.
- Johnson, K.N., Swanson, F.J., Herring, M., and Greene, S. (eds.). 1999. Bioregional assessments: science at the crossroads of management and policy. Washington, DC. Island Press. 395 p.
- Swanson, F.J., Johnson, S.L., Gregory, S.V., Acker, S.A. 1998. Flood disturbance in a forested mountain landscape. BioScience 48(9):681-689.