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Women In Science: Dana Mitchell
Meet SRS scientist Dana Mitchell, a research engineer and project leader with the Forest Operations Research unit in Auburn, Alabama. Her team studies the science and technology involved in physical alterations of the forest. They work to balance the ecological impact and the value generation of forest management.
Latest Publications
- A simple approach to estimate daily loads of total, refractory, and labile organic carbon from their seasonal loads in a watershed
Ouyang, Ying; Grace, Johnny M.; Zipperer, Wayne C.; Hatten, Jeff; Dewey, Janet - Soil response to skidder trafficking and slash application
Parkhurst, Brian M.; Aust, W. Michael; Bolding, M. Chad; Barrett, Scott M.; Carter, Emily A. - Biomass chipping for eastern redcedar
Baker, David; Smidt, Mathew; Mitchell, Dana - Evaluation of a tracked feller-buncher harvesting plantation loblolly pine
Klepac, John; Mitchell, Dana - Whole tree transportation system for timber processing depots
Lancaster, John; Gallagher, Tom; McDonald, Tim; Mitchell, Dana