David G. Ray Banks Road, Tallahassee, FL (850)

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1 David G. Ray 3025 Banks Road, Tallahassee, FL (850) EDUCATION Ph.D. Candidate University of Maine, Orono, ME expected 2009 M.S. (Silviculture) SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY 1997 B.S. (Forestry) University of Maine, Orono, ME 1993 EMPLOYMENT Forestry Scientist, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 7/08-present. I am in the process of developing a research program centered on ecologically based management of natural upland pine systems. Focal areas include: strategies for transitioning from even- to multiaged management, incorporating natural stand dynamics into management regimes, and making reliable predictions of stand development. Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Maine, Orono, ME. 9/04 to 6/08. Using long-term data sets and stand dynamics models to assess the influence of forest composition and structure on production and carbon storage of natural and planted forests (Dissertation project). Teaching assistant for integrated silviculture and forest ecology field lab with occasional lecturing responsibilities in silviculture. Research Associate, The Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA, 6/00 to 7/04. Member of multidisciplinary research team investigating the role of various disturbance agents (drought and fire) on forest structure and function in the Brazilian Amazon. Primary responsibilities included study design and oversight, and data management and analysis. Two years during this period ( ) were spent living and working in Brazil. Adjunct Faculty, Ranger School, SUNY-ESF, Wanakena, NY, fall semester Primary instructor for courses in dendrology and air photo interpretation. Preparation and delivery of classroom lectures and supporting labs for students enrolled in an associates degree program in forest technology. Assisted with field labs for other courses, and mentored students. Research/Teaching Assistant, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, 6/95-5/99. Developed a predictive model of early stand development for naturally regenerated northern hardwood stands in the Adirondack Mountains (Thesis project). This study was later expanded to describe the generalized response of this forest type to even-aged reproduction method cutting. Responsible for teaching a lab section in an applied course on forest soils. Forester, Southern New England Woodland Services, Foster, RI, 1/94 to 4/95. Forester with an integrated forestry services company. Primary functions included interacting with small private landowners and developing management plans. Responsible for timber cruising and marking, and harvest layout and sale administration.

2 GRANTS Longleaf pine restoration in the Red Hills Region of North Florida. Service contract with U.S. Fish and Wildlife (Co-administered with J. Cox and R. Masters) $150,000. Linking forest structure to viable development pathways of diversely managed northern conifers: a pilot study exploring the potential of FIA data for modeling regional carbon dynamics. Northeastern States Research Cooperative (Co-PI with R. Seymour and N. Scott) $40,000. New measures of spatial variability in uneven-aged stands: distinguishing sustainable from exploitative cutting practices, USDA Cooperative State Research Service (Co-PI* with R. Yanai and R. Nyland) $72,000. *While I was a key player in terms of conceptualizing the project, and writing of the grant, I did not end up being a formal participant in this study. Modeling height growth in young even-aged northern hardwoods, New York Center for Forestry Research and Development (Co-PI with R. Yanai and R. Nyland) $24,000. In preparation PUBLICATIONS Ray, D.G. Not all basal area is created equal: The influence of species and stand development on canopy cover of four common southern pines. Intended for Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. Seymour, R.S., M.R. Saunders, D. G. Ray, M. Olson, R. Wagner. Multi-aged silviculture in the Acadian Forest of northeastern North America the case for area-based structures. Intended for Journal of Forestry. Kenefic, L.S., D.G. Ray, J.C. Brissette. Sapling recruitment and growth dynamics in northern conifer selection stands. Intended for Forest Ecology and Management. Ray, D.G., R.S. Seymour. Stocking control in variably structured multiaged stands: Is SDI an appropriate tool? Intended for Forest Ecology and Management. Submitted Ray, D.G., R. Yanai, R. Nyland. Canopy growing space relationships in young evenaged northern hardwood stands. Submitted to Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. Ray, D.G. The influence of different management strategies on canopy cover and carbon storage in longleaf pine forests. Submitted to Proceedings of the 24 th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Davidson, E.A., P.A. Lefebvre, P.M. Brando, D.G. Ray, S.E. Trumbore, L.A. Solorzano, J.N. Ferreira, M. Bustamante, D.C. Nepstad. Carbon inputs and water uptake in deep soils of an Eastern Amazon forest. Submitted to Forest Science.

3 Published and in press Ray, D.G., M.R. Saunders, R.S. Seymour Recent changes to the Northeastern Variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS-NE) and some basic strategies for improving model outputs. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 26(1): Ray, D.G., Seymour, R.S., Scott, N.S. and W.S. Keeton Mitigating Climate Change with Managed Forests: Balancing Expectations, Opportunity, and Risk. Journal of Forestry. 107(1): Brando P.M, D.C. Nepstad, E.A. Davidson, S.E. Trumbore, D.G. Ray, P. Camargo Drought effects on litterfall, wood production, and belowground carbon cycling in an Amazon forest: results of a throughfall reduction experiment. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 363: Ray, D.G., C. Keyser, R. Seymour, J. Brissette Predicting the recruitment of established regeneration into the sapling size class following partial cutting in the Acadian Forest Region: Using long-term observations to assess the performance of FVS-NE. In: Havis, Robert N.; Crookston, Nicholas L., comps Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2007 February 13 15; Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-54. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p Nepstad, D., I.M. Tohver, D.G. Ray, P. Moutinho, G. Cardinot Mortality of large trees and lianas following experimental drought in an Amazon forest. Ecology, 88(9): Brando, P., D.G. Ray, D. Nepstad, G. Cardinot, L.M. Curran, R. Oliveira Effects of partial throughfall exclusion on the phenology of Coussarea racemosa (Rubiaceae) in an east-central Amazon rainforest. Oecologia 150: Nepstad, D.C., S. Schwartzman, B. Bamberger, M. Santilli, D.G. Ray, P. Schlesinger, P. Lefebvre, A. Alencar, E. Prinz, G. Fiske, A. Rolla Inhibition of Amazon deforestation and fire by parks and indigenous reserves. Conservation Biology 20(1): Trumbore, S., E.S. da Costa, D.C. Nepstad, P.B. de Camargo, L.A. Martinelli, D. Ray, T. Restom, W. Silver Dynamics of fine root carbon in Amazonian tropical ecosystems and the contribution of roots to soil respiration. Global Change Biology 12: Ray, D.G., D. Nepstad, P. Moutinho Micrometeorological and canopy controls of fire susceptibility in mature and disturbed forests of an east-central Amazon landscape. Ecological Applications. 15(5): Nepstad, D., P. Lefebvre, U. Lopes da Silva, J. Tomasella, P. Schlesinger, L. Solórzano, P. Moutinho, D.G. Ray, J. Guerreira Benito Amazon drought and its implications for forest flammability and tree growth: a basin-wide analysis. Global Change Biology 10(5): Asner, G.P., D. Nepstad, G. Cardinot, D.G. Ray Drought stress and carbon uptake in an Amazon forest measured with spaceborne imaging spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(16):

4 Nyland, R.D., D.G. Ray, R.D. Yanai Early development of vertical structure within the main canopy layer of three even-aged northern hardwood stands. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 21(3): Yanai, R.D., D.G. Ray, T.G. Siccama Lead reduction and distribution in the forest floor in New Hampshire northern hardwoods. Journal of Environmental Quality. 33: D. C. Nepstad, P. Moutinho, M. B. Dias-Filho, E. Davidson,1 G. Cardinot, D. Markewitz, R. Figueiredo, N. Vianna, J. Chambers, D.G. Ray, J. B. Guerreiros, P. Lefebvre, L. Sternberg, M. Moreira, L. Barros, F. Y. Ishida, I. Tohver, E. Belk, K. Kalif, K. Schwalbe The effects of partial throughfall exclusion on canopy processes, aboveground production, and biogeochemistry of an Amazon forest. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(53):1-18. Nyland, R.D., D.G. Ray, R.D.Yanai, R.D. Briggs, L. Zhang, R.Cymballa, M.J. Twery Early stand development following even-age reproduction cutting in New York northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30: Ray, D., R.D. Nyland, R.D. Yanai Patterns of early cohort development following shelterwood cutting in three Adirondack northern hardwood stands. Forest Ecology and Management. 119: (1-3) Oral PRESENTATIONS The influence of different management strategies on canopy cover and carbon storage in longleaf pine forests. The 24 th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, Tallahassee, FL. January Managing forest carbon: a Northeastern perspective. Joint meeting of the Longleaf Alliance and Forest Guild. Sandestin, FL. October The effect of plantation density, site quality and commercial thinning on an afforestation based CO 2 offset project: The case of RGGI in the northeastern US. The 6 th North American Forest Ecology Workshop. Vancouver, B.C. June, Multi-aged silviculture in the Acadian Forest of northeastern North America the case for area-based structures. The 6 th North American Forest Ecology Workshop. Vancouver, B.C. June, A test of FVS-NE for simulating the long-term growth dynamics of partially-cut stands in the Acadian forest region. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference. Quebec City, Quebec, CA October, Stocking control in variably structured multiaged stands: Is SDI an appropriate tool? International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IRFRO). Uneven-aged Silviculture Research Group Conference. Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. May Drought induced changes in the structure and function of a tropical rainforest: Results of a partial throughfall exclusion experiment in the Brazilian Amazon. Department of Forest Ecosystem Science Seminar Series. Orono, Maine Micrometeorological and canopy controls of fire susceptibility in mature and disturbed forests of an east-central Amazon landscape. NASA Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Project in Amazonia Conference. Fortaleza, Brazil

5 Early development of vertical structure within the main canopy layer of three even-aged northern hardwood stands. Department of Forest Ecosystem Science Seminar Series. Orono, Maine Posters Not all basal area is created equal: The influence of species and stand development on canopy cover of four common southern pines. 15 th Biennial Southern Silvicluture Conference. Hot Springs, AR. November Stand dynamics of even-aged longleaf pine according to two contemporary growth and yield models: FVS-SN and ForSim LPGS. Joint meeting of the Longleaf Alliance and Forest Guild. Sandestin, FL. October Ecological forestry: A paradigm we should embrace or with our mission? Joint Winter Meeting of the New York and New England Society of American Foresters. Saratoga Springs, NY. February (this was also published in the April 2008 NESAF News Quarterly, Vol. 69(2): p.5,22) The effect of plantation density, site quality and commercial thinning on an afforestation based CO 2 offset project: The case of RGGI in the northeastern US. CHEMRAWN XVII and ICCDU-IX Conference on Greenhouse Gases - Mitigation and Utilization, Ontario, Canada. July Simulating the long-term carbon consequences of common timber harvesting practices in Maine. New England Society of American Foresters Winter Meeting. Fairlee, VT. March Early development of gap origin northern conifers: Do modest sized canopy openings provide for timely recruitment opportunities? New England Society of American Foresters Winter Meeting. Portland, ME. March Crown dimensions of four northern hardwood species in developing even-aged stands: the influence of shade tolerance on growing space occupancy. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. October, HONORS Ralph Griffin Scholarship. University of Maine Albert Leaf Memorial Award. SUNY-ESF Society of American Foresters Forest Guild FL & GA Prescribed Fire Councils PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SERVICE Reviewer: Journal of Forestry, Northern Journal of Applied Forestry.

6 Organizer: Forest Service led training session for advanced users of the Forest Vegetation Simulator. FES, University of Maine. Summer 2006 (16 participants, 2 day program). Chair: NE-SAF spring meeting poster session. March, Organizer; Forestry Seminar Series, Department of Forest Ecosystem Science (FES), University of Maine. Fall Graduate Student Faculty Representative, FES, University of Maine. Spring Florida certified burner Georgia certified burner TRAINING