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Robert Shepard
Professor Emeritus
email: rdshepard@adelphia.net
Degrees:
- B.S., University of Michigan, 1963
- M.F., Duke University, 1964
- Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970
Professional Licenses Held:
- Licensed Professional Forester -- State of Maine
Current Research Interests:
- Wood property-age relationships
- Intensive forest management effects on wood properties
- Effects of woodash and papermill sludge applied to clearcuts on tree growth and soil properties
Selected Publications:
Deresse, T. and R.K. Shepard. 2000. Wood properties of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.). Coop. For. Res. Unit, Univ. Maine, Orono. Info. Rept. 42 (Maine Agric. Exp. Sta. Misc. Rept. 412). 18 p.
Deresse, T., R.K. Shepard, and R.W. Rice. 2002. Longitudinal shrinkage, kiln-drying defects, and lumber grade recovery of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) from a 125-year-old natural stand and a 57-year-old plantation. For. Prod. J. 52(5):88-93.
Deresse, T., R.K. Shepard, and S. Shaler. 2003. Microfibril angle variation in red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) and its relation to the strength and stiffness of early juvenile wood. For. Prod. J. 53(7/8):34-40. (I largely wrote both papers with Deresse, a former graduate student, as lead author.)
Rice, R.W. and R.K. Shepard. 2004. The thermal conductivity of plantation grown white pine (Pinus strobus L.) and red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) at two moisture content levels. For. Prod. J. 54(1):92-94.
Courses Taught for Graduate Credit:
- FTY 457 -- Forest Watershed Management
- FTY 532 -- Forest Influences
