Department of Forestry
 

Shepard Zedaker - Professor of Forestry

Teaching Responsibilities

  • FOR 2514 Wildland Fire: Ecology and Management
  • FOR 3334 Silviculture Field Lab at Spring Camp
  • FOR 3364 Survey of Forest Ecology and Management
  • FOR 4364 Advanced Silviculture and Forest Vegetation Management
    • FOR 4514 Forest Protection

Selected Research Activities

  • Stand Development and Competition in Piedmont Mixed Forests (McIntire-Stennis, Kennedy Fund): This study will determine the growth, yield, and stand development of hardwood, hardwood-pine, and pine stands. The relative yields and competitiveness different tree species are being determined when grown with and without the influence of herbaceous vegetation.
  • Surfactant-Mediated Forest Herbicide Uptake (BASF Dupont Dow AgroSciences, Hellena Chemical): This study evaluates organosilicon and seed oil based surfactants for herbicide uptake in forest weed species, and improvement in woody weed control.
  • Rapid Screening of Woody Plant Herbicides (Dow AgroSciences): Objectives of this study are to determine if woody plant seed or greenhouse seedling screening can substitute for conventional primary field herbicide screening, and to develop new herbicides for forestry and right-of-way uses.

Selected Recent Publications

  • Blair, M., S. M. Zedaker, J. R. Seiler, P. L. Hipkins and P. L. Burch. 2006. Evaluation of rapid screening techniques for woody plant herbicide development. Weed Technology 20:971-979.

  • Balandier, P., C. Collett, J. H. Miller, P. E. Reynolds, and S. M. Zedaker. 2006. Designing forest vegetation management strategies based on the mechanics and dynamics of crop tree competition by neighboring vegetation. Forestry 79:3-27.

  • Miller, J. H., H. L. Allen, B. R. Zutter, S. M. Zedaker and R. A. Newbold. 2006. Soil and pine foliage nutrient responses 15 years after competing vegetation control and their correlation with growth for 13 loblolly pine plantations in the southern United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:2412-2425.

  • Esen, D., S. M. Zedaker, J. L. Kirwan, and P. Mou. 2004. Soil and site factors influencing purple-flowered rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum L.) and eastern beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) forests in Turkey. For. Ecol. Manage. 203:229-240.

  • Esen, D. and S. M. Zedaker. 2004. Control of rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum and R. Falvum) in the eastern beech (Fagus orientalis) forests of Turkey. New Forests 27(1):69-79.
  • Burch, P. L. and S. M. Zedaker. 2003. Removing the invasive tree Ailanthus altissima and restoring natural cover. Journal of Arboriculture 29(1):18-24.
  • Esen, D., S. M. Zedaker, J. R. Seiler, and P. P. Mou. 2003. Growth responses of six seed sources of Pinus brutia Ten. (Turkish red pine) to herbaceous weed competition. New Forests 25(1):1-10.
  • Hood, S. M., S. M. Zedaker, W. M. Aust and D. Wm. Smith. 2002. Universal soil loss equation (USLE) predicted soil loss for harvesting regimes in Appalachian hardwoods. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 19(2):53-57.
  • Kochenderfer, J. D., S. M. Zedaker, J. E. Johnson, D. Wm. Smith, and G. W. Miller. 2001. Herbicide hardwood crop tree release in central West Virginia. North. J. Appl. For. 18(2):46-54.
  • Gavazzi, M., J. Seiler, W. Aust, and S. Zedaker 2000. The influence of elevated carbon dioxide and water availability on herbaceous weed development and growth of transplanted loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Env. Exp. Bot. 44:185-194.
  • Groninger, J. W., S. M. Zedaker, A. D. Barnes, and P. P. Feret. 2000. Pitch x loblolly pine hybrid response to competition control and associated ice damage. For. Ecol. Manage. 127:87-92.
  • Schabenberger, L. E., and S. M. Zedaker. 1999. Relationships between loblolly pine yield and woody plant diversity in Virginia Piedmont plantations. Can. J. For. Res. 29(7):1065-1072.

Professional Achievements

  • Institute of Chartered Foresters - 2007 Silviculture Prize, Best paper in the journal Forestry - Balandier, Collett, Miller, Reynolds, and Zedaker,  2006
  • Weed Science Society - Best Paper in  the journal Weed Technology – Blair, Zedaker , Seiler, Hipkins, and Burch, 2006
  • CNR Curriculum Clubs Outstanding Faculty Award, 2004
  • Certificate of Teaching Excellence, College of Natural Resources, 2002
  • Visiting Research Fellow, New Zealand Forest Research Institute, February-June, 1993
  • Invited Speaker Fellowship, International Weed Science Society, 1992
  • S.F. Pond Visiting Research Fellow, University of Melbourne/Victoria Department of Conservation and Environment, 1990-91
  • The 1989 Lectureship Fellow, Hans Merensky Foundation of the Republic of South Africa