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Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Dr.Michael Kane

Dr. Michael Kane

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Contact Information

  • Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Athens, Georgia
  • Room:4-505
  • Phone:706.542.3009
  • Fax: 706.542.8356
  • mkane@warnell.uga.edu

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

Area of Specialization

Director of the Plantation Management Research Cooperative; Silviculture and Growth and Yield; Forest Soils; Tropical Plantation Silviculture

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 Taught

    • Forestry 4010 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.

    Languages

    • English and Spanish

    Selected Publications

    Zhao, D., B. Borders, M. Wang, and M. Kane. 2007 (In Press).  Modeling mortality of second-rotation loblolly pine plantations in the Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain of the southern United States.  Forest Ecology and Management.

    Harrison, W. M. and M. Kane. 2007. PMRC SAGS Culture/Density Study: Age 8 Analysis.  PMRC Technical Report 2007-1. 35pp.

    Clutter, M. C., M. Kane, B. Borders, P. Bettinger, and J. Siry. 2006.  A method for calculating internal rate of return on marginal silvicultural investments.  PMRC Technical Report 2006-3.  11pp.

    Scott, D. A., J. A. Burger, D. J. Kaczmarek, and M. B. Kane. 2004. Nitrogen supply and demand in short-rotation sweetgum plantations.  Forest Ecology and Management. 189: 331-343.

    Kane, M., H. Uruena, W. Dvorak, and C. Atehortua.  1993. The potential of Bombacopsis quinata as a commercial plantation species. Forest Ecology and Management. 56:99-112.

    Selected Presentations

    Kane, M. B. 2007.  Intensive Silviculture Opportunities for Naturally Regenerated Stands in the U. S. South.  Presented at the Georgia Forestry Commission Annual GROWS Forest Landowner Conference.  Pine Mountain, Georgia. August, 2007

    Kane, M. B. 2007. Silvicultural Practices – Technology and Value.  Presented at the Timberland Investment Conference II – The Timberland Asset: Reliable and Renewable Center for Forest Business.  Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. University of Georgia.  Lake Oconee, Georgia.  March, 2007.

    Kane, M. B. 2007.  Status of PMRC Efforts to Model Thinning in Loblolly and Slash Pine Plantations.  Presented at the Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC) Annual Meeting.  Athens, Georgia.  February, 2007.

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