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John Dwyer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Forestry

203 ABNR, Forestry
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-3537
dwyerj@missouri.edu

Agroforestry-related interests include the establishment of trees and crops for waterbreaks, determining productivity data from linear plantings of trees and crops managed for waterbreaks, and developing management regimes for trees and crops grown as waterbreaks along the Missouri River corridor.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles:

Dwyer, J.P., J.M. Kabrick, and J.J. Wetteroff. 2006. Do improvement harvests mitigate Oak Decline in Missouri Ozark Forests? Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 24(2):123-128.
Treiman, T. and J. Dwyer, and D. Larsen. 2005. Long-term economic simulation: Even-aged and Uneven-aged examples from the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP). Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 22(1):42-47.
Dwyer, J.P., D.C. Dey, W.D. Walter, and R.G. Jensen. 2004. Harvest impacts in uneven-aged and even-aged Missouri Ozark Forests. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 21(4):187-193.
Allen, S.B., J.P. Dwyer, D.C. Wallace, and E.A. Cook. 2003. Missouri River flood of 1993: Role of woody corridor width in levee protection. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 39(4):923-933.
Grabner, K.W., J.P. Dwyer, and B.E. Cutter. 2001. Fuel model selection for BEHAVE in Midwestern oak savannas. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 18(3):74-80.
Alley, J.L., H.E. Garrett, R.L. McGraw, J.P. Dwyer, and C.A. Blanche. 1999. Forage legumes as living mulches for trees in agroforestry practices - preliminary results. Agroforestry Systems 44: 281-291.
Dwyer, J.P., D. Wallace, and D.R. Larsen. 1997. Value of woody river corridors in levee protection along the Missouri River. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 33(2):481-489.
Ficklin, R.L., E.G. Dunn and J.P. Dwyer. 1996. Ecosystem management on public lands: An application of optimal externality to timber production. Journal of Environmental Management. 46:395-402.
Dwyer, J.P., D. Wallace, and D.R. Larsen. 1996. Value of woody river corridors in levee protection along the Missouri River. Water Resources Bulletin.
Dwyer, J.P., J.J. Wetteroff, and B.E. Cutter. 1995. A dendrochronological study of red oak decline in the Missouri Ozarks. Forest Ecology and Management 75:69-75.
Dwyer, J.P., and W.B. Kurtz. 1994. Pre outbreak management recommendations for 60 year old declining oak stands in the Ozarks. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 11(3):98-101.
Dwyer, J.P., D.C. Dey, and W.B. Kurtz. 1993. Profitability of precommercially thinning oak stump sprouts. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 10(4):1-5.
Farooq, M., W.B. Kurtz, and J.P. Dwyer. 1993. Artificial pruning of immature oak stands is not profitable. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 19(1):14-17.
Dwyer, J.P., and W.B. Kurtz. 1991. The realities of sustainable management versus diameter limit harvest. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry Field Notes. 8(4):174 -176.
Dwyer, J.P., R.L. Plain, and W.B. Kurtz. 1990. Managing oak timberstands for profitability. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers 54(2):69-75.
Cutter, B.E., K.E. Lowell, and J.P. Dwyer. 1990. Thinning effects on diameter growth in black and scarlet oak as shown by tree ring analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 43(1991):1-13.
Mitchell, R.J., J.P. Dwyer, R.A. Musbach, H.E. Garrett, G.S.Cox, and W.B. Kurtz. 1988. Crop tree release of a scarlet and black oak stand. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 5(2):96 99.
Dwyer, J.P., and K.E. Lowell. 1988. Long term effects of thinning and pruning on the quality, quantity, and value of oak lumber. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 5(4):258 260.
Lowell, K.E., and J.P. Dwyer. 1988. Stem form and lumber yield: Long term effects of thinning and pruning. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 5(1):56 58.

Refereed Proceedings:

Dwyer, J.P., and D.C. Dey. 2007. Product recovery from tree grade 1 northern red oak on Menominee Tribal Lands. Buckley, David S.; Clatterbuck, Wayne K. [Editors] Proceedings, 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. e-Gen.Tech.Rep. SRS-101. USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp 478-484.
Godsey, L.D., W.D. Walter, J.P. Dwyer, and H.E. Garrett. 2007. A preliminary economic analysis of silvopasture in Missouri's Ozark Forests. Buckley, David S.; Clatterbuck, Wayne K. [Editors] Proceedings, 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. e-Gen.Tech.Rep. SRS-101. USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp 418-424.
Walter, W.D., D.C. Dey, J.P. Dwyer. 2007. Epicormic response when converting hardwood forests to silvopasture. Buckley, David S.; Clatterbuck, Wayne K. [Editors] Proceedings, 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. e-Gen.Tech.Rep. SRS-101. USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp 425-431.
Treiman, T., and J.P. Dwyer. 2004. Will landowners adopt reforestation practices? - Answers from the Missouri River floodplain. in Proc. 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, March 16-19th, Wooster, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-316. Newton Square, PA: USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern station. pp 288-296.
Ficklin, R.L., J.P. Dwyer, and R.D. Hammer. 2004. Changes in soil organic carbon concentration and quantity following selection harvesting. in Proc. 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, March 16-19th, Wooster, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-316. Newton Square, PA: USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern station. pp 217-223.
Walter, W.D., and J.P. Dwyer. 2003. Survival results of a biomass planting in the Missouri River flood plain. in Proc. 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, April 1-3, 2002. Urbana, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: USDA. Forest Service. North Central Research Station. pp 177-185.
Alley, J.L., H.E. Garrett, R.L. McGraw, and J.P. Dwyer. 1999. Forage legumes as living mulches for trees in agroforestry systems. in Proc. 5th Conf. on Agroforestry in North America. Ithaca, N.Y. August 3-6. pp 161-164.
Grabner, K.W., J.P. Dwyer and B.E. Cutter. 1997. Validation of BEHAVE fire behavior predictions in oak savannas using five fuel models. in Proc. 11th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. March 23-26, University of Missouri - Columbia, USDA For. Serv., North Cent. For. Exp. Stn., Gen. Tech. Rpt. NC-188. pp 202-213.
Ficklin, R.L., J.P. Dwyer, B.E. Cutter and T.Draper. 1997. Residual tree damage during selection cuts using two skidding systems in the Missouri Ozarks. in Proc. 11th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. March 23-26, University of Missouri - Columbia, USDA For. Serv., North Cent. For. Exp. Stn., Gen. Tech. Rpt. NC-188. pp 36-46.
Dwyer, J.P., D.C. Dey, and W.B. Kurtz. 1993. Profitability of precommercially thinning oak stump sprouts. in Proc. 9th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, March 8-10, West Lafayette, IN. pp 373-380.
Dwyer, J.P. and W.B. Kurtz. 1990. Optimal management strategy for scarlet and black oak stands. in Proc.19th IUFRO World Congress, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Publication No. FWS 1-91, School of Forestry and Wildlife Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. pp 53-60.
Dwyer, J.P., W.B. Kurtz, and K.E. Lowell. 1987. Effects of crop tree thinning and pruning on log and lumber quality of scarlet and black oak stands. in Proc. 6th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. February 24-26, Knoxville, TN. Pp 169-177.
Lowell, K.E., J.P. Dwyer, and W.B. Kurtz. 1987. Evaluation of a common volume equation for scarlet and black oak in the Missouri Ozarks. in Proc. 6th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. February 24-26. Knoxville, TN. pp 449-456.

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