David Shaw

Shaw, David

Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Emeritus Professor
Department:
Forest Engineering, Resources & Management
Forest Ecosystems & Society
Office Location:
218 Richardson Hall
Phone Number:
Education
PhD, 1991, Forest Protection and Silviculture, University of Washington
MS, 1982, Biology and Plant Ecology, Western Washington University
BS, 1977, Biology, Northern Arizona University
Research Areas
Science of Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Management
Silviculture, Fire, Forest Health and Biodiversity
Forest, Wildlife and Landscape Ecology
Research Interests
  • Forest Ecology
  • Forest Entomology
  • Forest Health
  • Forest Pathology
Graduate Students:
Selected Publications:
  1. Warren, Dana R., Harper M. Loeb, Peter Betjemann, Isabel A. Munck, William S. Keeton, David C. Shaw, and Eleanor J. Harvey. 2023. “An Interdisciplinary Framework for Evaluating 19th Century Landscape Paintings for Ecological Research.” Ecosphere e4649.

  2. Bennett, M., D.C. Shaw, L. Lowrey. 2023. Recent Douglas-fir mortality in the Klamath Mountains ecoregion of Oregon: Evidence for a decline spiral. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad007

  3. Shaw, D.C., P.A. Beedlow, E.H. Lee, D.R. Woodruff, G.W. Meigs, S.J. Calkins, M.J. Reilly, A.G. Merschel, S.P. Cline, R.L. Comeleo. 2022. Tamm Review: The complexity of biological disturbance agents, fuels heterogeneity, and fire in coniferous forests of the western United States. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol. 525.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120572

  4. Merschel, A.G., P.A. Beedlow, D.C.Shaw, D.R. Woodruff, E. H. Lee, S.P. Cline, R. L. Comeleo, R.K. Hagmann, M.J. Reilly. 2021. An ecological perspective on living with fire in ponderosa pine forests of Oregon and Washington: Resistance, gone but not forgotten. Trees, Forests, and People.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100074

  5. Shaw, D.C., G. Ritóková, Y.-H. Lan, D.B. Mainwaring, A. Russo, R. Comeleo, S. Navarro, D. Norlander, and B. Smith. 2021. Persistence of the Swiss Needle Cast Outbreak in Oregon Coastal Douglas-fir, and New Insights from Research and Monitoring. Journal of Forestry. doi:10.1093/jofore/fvab011

  6. Calkins, S.J., D.C. Shaw, and Y-H Lan. 2021. Transformation of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) tree crowns by dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium tsugense, Viscaceae). Forest Pathology DOI: 10.1111/efp.12664.

Extension Title:
Forest Health Specialist (retired)