Southern
Research Station

Education

M.S. in Biology, 2000

Western Kentucky University

B.S. in Biology, 1996

Grinnell College

Featured Publications and Products

• McDaniel, Virginia L.; Keyser, Tara L.; De Jong, Gabriel L.; Guldin, James M. 2020. Managed wildfire, drought, and overstory survival: a case study in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
• Keyser, Tara L.; McDaniel, Virginia L.; Klein, Robert N.; Drees, Dan G.; Burton, Jesse A.; Forder, Melissa M. 2018. Short-term stem mortality of 10 deciduous broadleaved species following prescribed burning in upland forests of the southern US.
• McDaniel, Virginia L.; Guldin, James M.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Milks, Jason E.; Finzer, Rebecca J.; Rowland, Ben F. 2016. Tree mortality following a drought-year lightning ignition in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas: 2 years postburn.
• McDaniel, Virginia L.; Perry, Roger W.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Guldin, James M. 2016. Evaluation of FOFEM fuel loading and consumption estimates in pine-oak forests and woodlands of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, USA.

Publications

• Hossain, Shaik M.;   Bragg, Don C.; McDaniel, V.L. ; Crane, Barbara . 2020. A brief history of some shortleaf pine progeny tests in the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests.
• Bragg, Don C.; Crane, Barbara S.; Hossain, Shaik M.; McDaniel, Virginia L.; Nelson, C. Dana. 2020. A new look at some old shortleaf pine progeny tests: lessons for silvicultural opportunities through partnerships.
• Hossain, Shaik M.; Bragg, Don C.; McDaniel, Virginia L.;   Crane, Barbara S. 2020. Comparison of shortleaf pine families and seed sources in some Ouachita National Forest progeny tests.
• Perry, Roger W.; Jordan, Phillip N.; McDaniel, Virginia L. 2017. Effects of repeated burning on snag abundance in shortleaf pine woodlands.
• Perry, Roger W.; McDaniel, Virginia L. 2015. Temperatures below leaf litter during winter prescribed burns: implications for litter-roosting bats.
• McDaniel, Virginia L.; Guldin, James M.; Perry, Roger W. 2012. Estimating fuel consumption during prescribed fires in Arkansas.
• Jenkins, Michael A.; Klein, Robert N.; McDaniel, Virginia L. 2011. Yellow pine regeneration as a function of fire severity and post-burn stand structure in the southern Appalachian Mountains.

Research Highlights

Fuel, Smoke, and Prescribed Fire in the Ouachita Mountains (2016)

Prescribed burning is a key tool in restoration and management of native stands of southern pines in the southern U.S., but the smoke produced by prescribed fires can be challenging to manage. Computer models are used to simulate the effects of prescribed burning, and research is currently underway to more accurately predict the smoke that prescribed fires produce.

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