Abstracts of Scientific Syntheses

Author*	Title
Alig, Ralph J.; Stewart, Susan; Nowak, David; Wear, David; Stein	Threats from Conversions of Forest Lands: Trends, Determinants, and Policy Considerations
Beach, Robert H.; Sills, Erin O.; Liu, Tzu-Ming; Pattanayak, Subhrendu K.	The Influence of Forest Management on Vulnerability to Severe Weather
Dale, Virginia H.	State of the Science in Ecological Risk Assessment
Geils, Brian W.; McDonald, Geral I.	Risk and Opportunity in Wildland Ecosystems: Pests, Patches, and Panarchy
Hummel, S.; Donovan, G.; Hemstrom, M.; Spies, T.; Youngblood, A.	Effects of Scale on Analyzing and Managing Risks to Forest Biodiversity
Klopfenstein, Ned B.; Kim, Mee-Sook; Vogler, Detlev R.; Richardson, Bryce A.; Stewart, Jane E.; Zambino, Paul J.	Application of Molecular Genetic Tools for Threat Assessment in Forest Ecosystems
Koch, Frank H.; Smith, William D.	Representing Human-Mediated Pathways in Forest Pest Risk Mapping
Liebold, Andrew; Tobin, Patrick; Gottschalk, Kurt	Understanding and Predicting Range Expansion by Alien Forest Pests
Mehta, Shefali V.; Haight, Robert G.; Homans, Frances R.	Decision Making under Risk: Risk Management Theory and Applications from Various Disciplines
OLaughlin, Jay	Ecological Risk Assessment to Support Fuels Treatment Project Decisions
Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Jurgensen, Martin; Trettin, Carl; Curran, Mike; Neary, Dan	Soil Quality is Fundamental to Ensuring Healthy Forests and Reducing Risks Associated with Forest Pest or Operations
Parresol, Bernard R.	Characterization of Uncertainty in Environmental and Biological Models Employed in Risk Assessment
Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Thomas P.	Economic Impacts of Hurricanes on Forest Owners
Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.	Wildland Arson
Riitters, Kurt; Wickham, James; Wade, Timothy; Coulston, John	Risk-Based Assessment of Landscape Patterns at National Scale
Royo, Alejandro A.	The Influence of Multiple Stressors in Triggering Forest Understory Invasion by Native Plant Species
Schaberg, Paul; Miller, Eric K.; Eagar, Christopher	Assessing the Threat that Anthropogenic Calcium Depletion Poses to Forest Health and Productivity
Shore, T. L.; Fall, A.; Riel, W. G.; Hughes, J.; Eng, M.	Assessing landscape scale risk of bark beetle infestation: methods and experience with Mountain Pine Beetle
Smith, Eric L.; McMahan, Andrew J.	Insect and Pathogen Risk and Hazard Rating Systems for Use in Forest Threat Assessments
Stolte, Kenneth; Darr, David	Major Stressors, Effects, and Risks to Forest Ecosystems throughout the United States
Weinstein, D. A.; Woodbury, P. B	Review of Methods for Developing Probabilistic Risk Assessments.  Part 1: Modeling Fire
Woodbury, P. B.; Weintein, D. A.	Review of Methods for Developing Probabilistic Risk Assessments.  Part 2: Modeling Invasive Plants, Pests, and Pathogens