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Dr.
Michael
"Mike"
Kane
Director, PMRC & UGA CAFS
Professor
Quantitative Silviculture
Research Interests
My research objective is to create value for forest landowners by improving knowledge of plantation performance under different silvicultural regimes and by developing growth and yield systems that accurately portray plantation behavior affecting stand value and decision tools that help managers meet objectives.Research interests are: Pine and Hardwood Silviculture; Plantation Growth and Yield; Decision Tools; Site Productivity; Tropical Forestry. |
Background
Education:Ph.D. Forestry/Soil Science, North Carolina State University. 1994 M.S. Forestry/Soil Science, North Carolina State University. 1981 B.S. Natural Resources, University of Michigan. 1975 Prior Positions: Manager of Silviculture Research and Technology Transfer, International Paper, 1999 to 2006. Plantation Nutrition Project Leader, Union Camp Corporation, 1996 to 1999. Tropical Forestry Consultant, Zobel Forestry Associates, 1992 to 1995. Silviculture Research Forester/Manager, Pizano, SA (Colombia) and Smurfit (Colombia and Venezuela), 1982 to 1992
Courses
FORS 4010: Silviculture,
(Fall Yearly)
FORS 4030: Regional Silviculture,
(Fall Even)
FORS 4650: Forestry Field Camp - Silviculture,
(Summer Yearly)
FORS 6030: Regional Silviculture,
(Fall Even)
FORS 6650: Forestry Field Camp - Silviculture,
(Summer Yearly)
FORS 7630: Intensive Forest Management,
(Fall Odd)
Publications
Zhao, D and Kane, M. 2011. Coastal Plain culture/density study: Age 15 analysis. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2011-2.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M.W. 2009. Long-term effects of site preparation treatments, complete competition control and repeated fertilization on growth of slash pine plantations in the flatwoods of the southeastern United States. Forest Science 55:403-410. [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; Harrison, M; and Rheney, J. 2009. Site preparation and competing vegetation control affect loblolly pine long-term productivity in the southern Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain of the United States. Annals of Forest Science 66 (705). [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2010. Development and applications of the relative spacing model for loblolly pine plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 259:1922-1929. [Download]
Bettinger, P; Molpus, R; Borders, B; Izlar, B; Siry, J; Harris, T; Kane, M; Cieszewski, C; Merry, K; Baldwin, S; Simmons, R; and Smith, J. 2010. Handbook of land and tree measurements: University of Georgia Center for Forest Business.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2011. Growth responses to planting density and management intensity in loblolly pine plantations in the southeastern United States lower coastal plain. Annals of Forest Science 68:625-635. [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2009. Development and applications of the relative spacing model for loblolly pine plantations. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2009-1.
Kane, M; Harrison, W.M.; and Zhao, D. 2009. Slash pine improved planting stock-vegetation control study: Age 21 results. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2009-3.
Zhao, D and Kane, M. 2010. SAGS culture and density study: Age 12 results. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2010-1.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; Subedi, S; and Akers, M. 2012. Effects of cultural intensity and planting density on stand-level aboveground biomass production and allocation of 12-year old loblolly pine plantations in the Upper Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the southeastern United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42:111-122. [Download]
Grants
"Biomass Model System for Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine Plantations",
TIP-FRP,
07/01/2009-06/30/2010
$70,833
"High Density Southern Pine Feedstock Production and Carbon Sequestration",
USDA AFRI,
01/01/2011-12/31/2015
$887,379.00
"Integrating research, education, and extension for enhancing southern pine climate change mitigation and adaption",
USDA NIFA,
01/01/2011-12/31/2015
$1,340,000
Miscellaneous Info
Languages:English and Spanish |
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Office:
Plantation Management Research Cooperative
505
Building 4
Phone: 706.542.3009
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