Charles B. Halpern

Forest Ecology
University of Washington
206.543.2789
chalpern@u.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/chalpern/

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
B.S. - Cornell University in Biological Sciences/Ecology, 1980
Ph.D. - Oregon State University in Botany/Plant Ecology, 1987

APPOINTMENTS
Research Professor, University of Washington, present.

PUBLICATIONS
Dovciak, M., C. B. Halpern, J. F. Saracco, S. A. Evans, and D. A. Liguori. In press. Persistence of ground-layer bryophytes in a structural-retention experiment: initial effects of level and pattern of retention. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Heithecker, T. D., and C. B. Halpern. 2006. Variation in microclimate associated with dispersed-retention harvests in coniferous forests of western Washington. Forest Ecology and Management 226:60-71.

Lutz, J. A., and C. B. Halpern. 2006. Tree mortality during early forest development: a long-term study of rates, causes, and consequences. Ecological Monographs 76:257-275.

Halpern, C. B., D. McKenzie, S. A. Evans, and D. A. Maguire. 2005. Early responses of forest understories to varying levels and patterns of green-tree retention. Ecological Applications 15:175-195.

Harrod, R. J., and C. B. Halpern. 2005. Effects of experimental shading and removal of competitors on vegetative and reproductive performance of Trifolium thompsonii Morton, a rare endemic herb of eastern Washington. Natural Areas Journal 25:156-164.

Harrod, R. J., and C. B. Halpern. 2005. The seed ecology of Iliamna longisepala (Torr.) Wiggins, an east Cascade endemic. Natural Areas Journal 25:246-256.

Nelson, C. R., and C. B. Halpern. 2005. Edge-related responses of understory species to aggregated retention harvest in the Pacific Northwest. Ecological Applications 15:196-209.

Nelson, C. R., and C. B. Halpern. 2005. Short-term effects of timber harvest and forest edges on ground-layer mosses and liverworts. Canadian Journal of Botany 83:610-620.

Aubry, K.B., C.B. Halpern, and D.A. Maguire. 2004. Ecological effects of variable-retention harvests in the northwestern United States: the DEMO study. Forest Snow and Landscape Research 78:119-134.

Antos, J. A., C. B. Halpern, R. E. Miller, K. Cromack, Jr., and M. G. Halaj. 2003. Temporal and spatial changes in soil carbon and nitrogent after clearcutting and burning of an old-growth Douglas-fir forest. USDA Forest Service Research Paper PNW-RP-552.