Ralph D. Nyland
Distinguished Service Professor
312 Bray Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6574
rnyland@syr.edu

• Vita

Highest Education:

Ph.D., Michigan State University (Silviculture and Forest Management), 1966.

Areas of Study:

Silviculture, Forest practice.

Courses Taught:

FOR 334 Silviculture 4 credits
FOR 433 Advanced Silviculture 3 credits
FOR 534 Silvicultural Practices 4 credits
FOR 620 Silviculture Concepts and Applications 3 credits

Most Recent Publications:

Kenefic, L.S. and R.D. Nyland. 2000. Habitat diversity in uneven-aged northern hardwood stands: A case study. U.S. For. Serv. Res. Pap. NE-714.

Donoso, P.J., R.D. Nyland, and L. Zhang. 2000. Growth of saplings after selection cutting in northern hardwoods. N. J. Appl. For. 17(4):149-152

Nyland, R.D. 2000. Forestry and silviculture in the Northeast – Past, present, and the probable future. Pp. 319-325, in A Monumental Event. Proc SAF Natl Conv., Wash., DC. November 2000. Soc. Am. For., Wash., DC.

Goerlich, D.L. and R.D. Nyland. 2001. Reserve strip method as an alternative for regenerating eastern hemlock. N. J. Appl. For. 18(2):1-5.

Nyland, R.D. 2002. Silviculture: Concepts and Applications. McGraw-Hill Co., NY. 2ed.

Nyland, R.D. 2003. Even- to uneven-aged: The challenges of conversion. For. Ecol. And Manage.: 172 (2003) 291-300.

Bohn, K.K. and R.D. Nyland. 2003. Forecasting development of understory American beech after partial cutting in uneven-aged northern hardwood stands. For. Ecol. And Manage. :180(2003):453-461.

Nyland, R.D. 2003. Rehabilitating stands after diameter-limit cutting. In: Tolerant Hardwood Management Conference Proceedings. 8 May 2003, Univ. de Moncton-Campus d’Edmundston, NB. CD Rom. Univ. de Moncton – Edmundston. Edmundston, NB.

R.D. Nyland, Ray, D.G., and R.D. Yanai. 2003. Height development of upper-canopy trees within even-aged Adirondack northern hardwood stands. N.J. Appl. For. 21(3):117-122.

Nyland, R.D.. 2004. Diameter-limit cutting and silviculture: A comparison of long-term yields and values for uneven-aged sugar maple stands. North. J. Appl. For.: 22(2):111-116.

Nyland, R.D. 2004. Simple girdle kills small American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.). North. J. Appl. For.:21(4):220-221.

Nyland, R.D. 2003. The serious task of conversion – Changing conifer plantations to natural stands. In: p8-9. Abstracts. The Question of Conversion of Coniferous Forests. Intl. Conf., 27 Sept. – 02 Oct 2003. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. J. Hansen, H.Spiecker, and K.vTeufel, Ed. Forstwissenschaftliche Fakultat, der Univ. Freiburg. Forstliche Versuchs- and Foreschumgstanstalt Baden-Wurttemberg Heft 47.

Lockhart, B.R. and R.D. Nyland 2004. Teaching professional codes of ethics to forestry and wildlife students: A case study using diameter-limit harvesting in a bottomland hardwood stands. In Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources. Flagstaf, AZ. March 14-17, 2004. Nat. Resourc. And Environ. Issues XII:75-91.

Donoso, P.J. and R.D. Nyland. 2005. Seedling density according to forest structure, dominance and understory cover in old-growth forest stands of the evergreen forest type in the coastal range of Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78(1):51-63.

Nyland, R.D. and S.A. McNulty. 2004. Interpretation of silvicultural terminology for forest and wildlife management: The example from Webb et al. 1977. J. Wild. Manage. 68(4):1159-1160.

Bashant, A.L., R.D. Nyland, H.M. Engelman, K.K. Bohn, J.M. Verostek, P.J. Donoso, and R.L. Nissen, Jr. 2005. The role of interfering plants in regenerating hardwood stands in Northeastern North America: An annotated bibliography for American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), striped maple (Acer pennsylvanicum L.). hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium Marsh.), hayscented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula L.), New York fern (Thelypteris noveborecensis L.), bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum L.), rasberries (Rubus spp.), and pin cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica L.f.). Univ. Maine, Maine Agric. and For. Exp[. Stn. Misc. Publ. 753.

Kenefic, L.S., and R.D. Nyland. 2005. Diameter-limit cutting and silviculture in northeastern forests. US For. Serv. NA-TP-02-05.

Nyland, R.D. 2006. Diameter-limit cutting and silviculture in northern hardwoods. Pp. 16-23, in Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests. L.S. Kenefic and R.D. Nyland, eds. US For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. NE-324. Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests. L.S. Kenefic and R.D. Nyland, eds. US For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. NE-324.

Nyland, R.D. 2006 Rehabilitating cutover stands: Some ideas to ponder. Pp. 47-51, in Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests. L.S. Kenefic and R.D. Nyland, eds. US For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. NE-324. Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests. L.S. Kenefic and R.D. Nyland, eds. US For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. NE-324.

Nyland, R.D., A.L. Bashant, K.K. Bohn, and J.M. Verostek. 2006. Interference to hardwood regeneration in Northeastern North America: Ecologic characteristics of American beech, striped maple, and hobblebush. North. J. Appl. For.: 23(1):53-61.

Nyland, R.D., A.L. Bashant, K.K. Bohn, and J.M. Verostek. 2006. Interference to hardwood regeneration in Northeastern North America: Controlling effects of American beech, striped maple, and hobblebush. North. J. Appl. For.: 23(2):122-132.

Engelman, H.M. and R.D. Nyland. 2006. Interference to hardwood regeneration in Northeastern North America: Assessing and countering fern interference. North. J. Appl. For.: 23(3):166-175.

Donoso, P.J., and R.D. Nyland. 2006. Interference to hardwood regeneration in Northeastern North America: The effects of raspberries (Rubus spp.) following clearcutting and shelterwood methods. North. J. Appl. For.:23(4):288-296.

Bohn, K.K., and R.D. Nyland. 2006. Long-term monitoring of stand development after selection system in uneven-aged northern hardwoods of New York State. Pp. 53-61, in Long-term Silvicultural & Ecological Studies. L.C. Irland, A.E. Camp, J.C. Brissette, and Z.R. Donohew (eds.). Yale Sch. For. and Environ. Stud, Global Inst. Sustain. For., GISF Res. Pap. 005.

Nyland, R. D., A.L. Bashant, E.F. Heitzman, and J.M. Verostek. 2007. Interference to Hardwood Regeneration in Northeastern North America: Pin Cherry and Its Effects. North. J. Appl. For.: 24(1):52-60.

Kenefic, L.S. and R.D. Nyland 2007. Cavity trees, snags, and selection cutting: A northern hardwood case study. North. J. Appl. For.: 24(3):192-196

Root, H.T., G.G. McGee, and R.D. Nyland. 2007. Effects of two silvicultural regimes with large tree retention on epiphytic macrolichen communities in Adirondack northern hardwoods, New York, USA. Can. J. For. Res. 37:1854-1866.

Nyland, R.D. 2008. The decline in forestry education enrollment – Some observations and opinions. Bosque: 29(23):105-108.

Kiernan, D.H., E. Bevilacqua, and R.D. Nyland. 2008. Individual-tree diameter growth model for sugar maple trees in uneven-aged northern hardwood stands under selection system. For. Ecol. And Manage.: In press.

Nyland, R.D. 2008. Origin of small, understory beech in New York northern hardwoods. North. J. Appl. For.: 25(3):161-163.