Randall S. Rosenberger Regional Research Institute & Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University George L. Peterson Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service Andrea Clarke Social Sciences Institute, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Thomas C. Brown Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service Contact: Randall S. Rosenberger PO Box 6108 2032 Agricultura...

1 USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA 2 USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; and Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 80271, USA 3 Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA 4 School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durha...

Citation for proceedings: Holley, A. Gordon; Connor, Kristina F.; Haywood, James D., eds. 2015. Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 551 p. Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC 28806; and Ecologis...

a USDA, Forest Service, Northern Region, 200 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59807, USA b College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812, USA c USDA, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 800 East Beckwith Ave, Missoula, MT 59801, USA d Natural Resource Economics, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812,...

Principal Investigators Jeanne C. Chambers, E. Durant McArthur, Steven B. Monson, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw, and Robin J. Tausch – USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station Robert R. Blank – USDA Agricultural Research Station Steve Bunting – University of Idaho Richard R. Miller – Oregon State University Mike Pellant – USDI Bureau of Land Management Bruce A. Roundy – Brigham Youn...

R. N. Sturrock*, S. J. Frankel, A. V. Brown, P. E. Hennon, J. T. Kliejunas, K. J. Lewis, J. J. Worrall and A. J. Woods Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 1M5, Canada; USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, USA; UK Forestry Commission, ...

Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, 5320-122 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5, Canada USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 860 N. 1200 East, Logan, UT 84321, USA Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Viale dell’Università, 16-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy INRA, BIOGECO, UMR1202, Cestas, France Scion (New Zealand...

DNA Markers for Identifying Individual Snowshoe Hares Using Fieldcollected Pellets Michael K. Schwartz1, Kristine L. Pilgrim, Kevin S. McKelvey, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 800 E. Beckwith, Missoula, Montana 59801 PiiarT. Rivera, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, P.O. Box 907, 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon 97814

Alvin L. Medina is a Research Ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station at the Southwest Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Flagstaff, AZ. He completed B.S. and M.S. degrees in wildlife management at New Mexico State University. He has extensive field experience in range and wildlife management, having previously worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, and...

Peter F. Ffolliott is Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, 325 Biological Sciences East, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; e-mail: [email protected]. Gerald J. Gottfried is Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Phoenix, AZ. William H. Kruse is Range Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service (retired), Flagstaff, ...