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William Bechtold

Name: William Bechtold  Title: Team Leader, Research Forester Unit: Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (4854) FIA Field Unit - Asheville Phone: 828-257-4357 Fax: 828-257-4894 - Employee Fax E-Mail: wabechtold@fs.fed.us   Location Information Mailing Address: USDA-Forest Service Station Headquarters 200 W.T. Weaver Blvd Asheville, NC 28804 Shipping Address: Same    Location Phone: 828-257-4832   Research Information Education: BS Forestry, Purdue University, 1976; MS Forestry, Duke University, 1983 Current Research: The development of mensuration systems for forest inventory and forest health monitoring (including information management, analytical engines, and quality assurance); the use of continuous inventory data to analyze changes in productivity and other indicators of forest health at the regional scale. Collaborative Research: Establishing correlations between traditional mensuration variable (i.e., forest type, stand age, stand density, aspect, etc.), and other indicators of forest health such as understory vegetation structure, soils, and lichen species richness; use of such correlations to adjust indicators of forest health for differences in stand conditions, so changes related to exogenous factors can be evaluated. Search for on-line publications by: William Bechtold

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