Dr. Michael "Mike" Kane
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; 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; 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).
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]
Samuelson, L.J.; Butnor, J; Maier, C; Stokes, T.A.; Johnsen, K; and Kane, M. 2008. Growth and physiology of loblolly pine in response to long-term management: Defining growth potential in the southern United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:721-732.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M. 2008. Pine growth response to different site-preparation methods with or without post-plant herbaceous weed control on North Florida’s Lower Coastal Plain. Forest Ecology and Management 255:2512-2523. [Download]
Zhao, D; Borders, B; Wang, M; and Kane, M. 2007. Modeling mortality of second-rotation loblolly pine plantations in the Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain and Lower Coastal Plain of the southern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 252:132-143. [Download]
Scott, D; Burger, J; Kaczmarek, D; and Kane, M. 2004. Nitrogen supply and demand in short-rotation sweetgum plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 189:331-343.
Scott, A.D.; Burger, J.A.; Kaczmarek, D.J.; and Kane, M. 2004. Growth and nutrition response of young sweetgum plantations to repeated nitrogen fertilization ontwo site types. Biomass & Bioenergy 27:313-325.
Kane, M; Uruena, H; Dvorak, W; and Atenortua, C. 1993. The potential of Bombacopsis quinata as a commercial plantation species. Forest Ecology and Management 56:99-112.
Harrison, W.M.; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2008. PMRC Coastal Plain Culture Density Study: Age 12 Analysis.. UGA PMRC 2008-1.
Miscellaneous Info
Languages:
English and Spanish
Office:
Plantation Management Research Cooperative 505 Building 4
Phone: 706.542.3009
Plantation Management Research Cooperative Public Web Site