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Michael C. Stambaugh
PhD Candidate and Research Associate
Department of Forestry
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Ph: (573) 882-8841, FAX: (573) 882-1977
Education
2008Ph.D. candidate- Forest ecology: emphasis fire ecology, University of Missouri - Columbia
Dissertation title: Fire regime and risk assessment of the western portion of the Central Hardwoods
2001M.S. Forest ecology: forest disturbance ecology, University of Missouri - Columbia
Thesis title: Forest canopy gap dynamics in shortleaf pine forests of the Ozark Highlands
1996B.S. Forest Resource Management, University of Missouri - Columbia
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2006Graduate GIS certificate, University of Missouri - Columbia,
2002-6Post-graduate study; dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, wood anatomy, University of Arizona
1997-8Post-Baccaluareate study; environmental law, Southern Oregon University
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PROFESSIONal and research experience
Ph.D. Candidate:Department of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia(08/15/03 – Present).
I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Forestry (Advisor: Dr. Richard Guyette) while working full-time as a faculty Research Associate. My Ph.D. research involves assessing the fire environment of a large Midwest region and understanding the conditions of increased fire risk. I have overseen one of the most spatially extensive fuels data collections in the eastern U.S., collated and analyzed fire records from multiple states and government agencies, and conducted experiments towards understanding and modeling spatio-temporal changes in fuel loading, fuel moisture contents, and ignition patterns. Completed coursework December 2007, projected graduation, December 2008.
Research Associate:Department of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia (08/07 – Present)
Responsible for operations of the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory withwide breadth of tree-ring research projects including: fire ecology, paleoclimatology, forest growth, and archeology. Conducted fieldwork and established research sites in 17 statesincluding Charles Russell Wildlife Refuge and Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT. Supervised senior lab personnel, technicians, graduate and undergraduate students, volunteers, and summer interns.Presented multiple papers and seminars both nationally and internationally. Co-authored or drafted numerous scientific and popular publications and grants totaling over $1 million dollars awarded in 2005, 2006.
Senior Research Specialist: Department of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia (06/01-08/07)
Assisted in initiating several new research projects and expanding the research program of the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory. Presented multiple papers and projects at conferences and meetings both nationally and internationally. Received dendrochronology training from Dr. Richard Guyette (U of Mo), coursework at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research-Univ. of Arizona, and professional experience.
Dendrochronology consultant(2002-present)
Private professional consulting on projects involving dendrochronology research such as tree-ring dating historicbuildings, wooden artifacts, structures and artwork.
Graduate Research Assistant-Department of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia (1999-2001)
M.S. research investigating natural shortleaf pine regeneration following small-scale disturbances.
Wilderness Ranger, U.S. Forest Service, Rogue River N.F., OR (1998)
Monitored and reported on wilderness conditions and use; trail maintenance.
Forester – U.S. Bureau Land Management, Coos Bay District, OR (1997)
Forest inventory, boundary surveying of southern coastal range
University of Missouri, Courses taught/ WORKSHOP
Fall 2002-2008
- Lecturer, Forest Ecology (FOR4302) One lecture, one lab per year
Fall 2007
- Eastern U.S. Fire History Workshop organizer- “Lessons from fire history: past and future”, Univ. of Missouri, October 22-26
Fall 2006
- Lecturer, Advanced Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation (ATM SC 4500)
- Lecturer, Landscape Ecology (FOR4395)
- Lecturer, Wood Technology (FOR3240)
Summer 2002
- Instructor, Forest Surveying (FOR2540)
AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS
2008Fire history of Huron Mountain Club, Upper Peninsula Michigan (continuation)$4,000.00
R. Muzika (PI), M. Stambaugh (Co-PI), R. Guyette (Co-PI), Huron Mt. Wildlife Foundation
2007 Interactions between management disturbances and forest fuels. $291,000
R. Guyette (PI), M. Stambaugh (Co-PI), U.S. Forest Service, Northern Experiment Station.
2007Fire history of Huron Mountain Club, Upper Peninsula Michigan $3,400
R. Muzika (PI), M. Stambaugh (Co-PI), R. Guyette (Co-PI), Huron Mt. Wildlife Foundation
2006Using Tree Ring Analysis to Determine Fire History in the Oklahoma Ozarks. $37,820
R. Guyette (PI), R. Muzika (Co-PI), M. Stambaugh (Co-PI), The Nature Conservancyand Oklahoma State Fish and Wildlife.
2005MU Staff Development Award $1180
2002Visiting scholar, Univ. of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-ring Research $500
2001MU Conservation Biology Graduate Fellowship $3000
Professional Affiliations
Association for Fire Ecology (2008)
American Geophysical Union (2007-present)
International Association of Wildland Fire(2006-2007)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (2003-present)
PAGES (Past Global Changes) Group (2003-present)
Tree-Ring Society (2002-2003)
Natural Areas Association (2001-2002)
Americorps (1997-1998)
Professional activities and volunteer work
Dendrochronology consultant: Missouri Botanical Garden (2008), Columbia College (2007), Missouri
Historical Society (2004, 2006), National Park Service (2004), SCI Engineering (2004), Missouri State Highway Patrol (2003), Nelson-Atkins Art Museum (2002)
Reviewer: Ecology, Great Plains Research, Forest Ecology and Management, Shortleaf Pine Restoration
and Ecology Symposium Proceedings
Selection committee: Natural Areas AssociationInternational Scholarship Program(2006)
Participant: North American Dendroecological Fieldweek, Missoula, MT (2003)
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Costa Rica - undergraduate semester abroad; tropical forest ecology, E.A.R.T.H. University- 1995
Venezuela - month long tour national parks of Venezuela with Natural Areas Association- 2001
China - presented at 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology and International Association of
Landscape Ecology (IALE) meeting- 2006
Poland, Hungary - collaboration with tree-ring scientists, attended meetings, and TRACE conference- 2008
MENTORING ACTIVITIES
20 undergraduate students involved in fire and forest ecology research projects at Missouri Tree-Ring Lab
Adam Bale, M.S. Forest ecology
Steve Voelker, M.S. Forest ecology
Thomas Faust, Ph.D. Forest ecology
Refereed Publications
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, E.R. McMurry, and J.M. Marschall. In press. Six centuries of fire history
at Devils Tower National Monument with comments on region-wide temperature influence. Great Plains Research.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. In press. Pioneer Forest: in the heart of roughness. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report, North Central Research Station.
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Guyette R.P., D.C. Dey, and M.C. Stambaugh. 2008. The temporal distribution and carbon storage of large oak wood in streams and floodplain deposits. Ecosystems 11:643-653.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2008. Predicting spatio-temporal variability in fire return intervals with a topographic roughness index. Forest Ecology and Management 254: 463-473.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R. Muzika 2007. Successional trends of six mature shortleaf pine forests in Missouri. In: Kabrick, John M.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David, eds. Shortleaf pine restoration and ecology in the Ozarks: proceedings of a symposium; 2006 November 7-9; Springfield, MO. GTR NRS-P-15. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 59-67.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, and D.C. Dey. 2007. What fire frequency is appropriate for shortleaf pine regeneration and survival? In: Kabrick, John M.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David, eds. Shortleaf pine restoration and ecology in the Ozarks: proceedings of a symposium; 2006 November 7-9; Springfield, MO. GTR NRS-P-15. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 121-128.
McMurry, E.R., M.C. Stambaugh, R.P. Guyette, and D.C. Dey. 2007. Fire scars reveal source of New England's 1780 Dark Day. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 16(3): 266-270.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, and D.C. Dey. 2007. Forest fuels and landscape-level fire risk assessment of the Ozark Highlands, Missouri. In: (Buckley, D.S. and Clatterbuck, W.K., Eds.) Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference 2006, Feb. 27 - March 1; Knoxville, TN. GTR-SRS-101. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 258-266.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, R.M. Muzika and E.R. McMurry. 2006. Fire history at the southwestern Great Plains margin, Capulin Volcano National Monument. Great Plains Research 16: 161-172.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, K.W. Grabner, and J. Kolaks. 2006. Understanding Ozark forest litter variability through a synthesis of accumulation rates and fire events. In: Andrews, Patricia L.; Butler, Bret W., comps. 2006. Fuels Management—How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 2006 28-30 March; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station:321-332.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, E.R. McMurry, and D.C. Dey. 2006. Fire history at the eastern Great Plains margin, Missouri River loess hills. Great Plains Research 16: 149-159.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2006. Fire regime of an Ozark Wilderness Area, Arkansas. American Midland Naturalist 156: 237-251.
Voelker, S.L., R.M. Muzika, R.P. Guyette, and M.C. Stambaugh, 2006. Historic CO2 Enhancement declines with age in Quercus and Pinus. Ecological Monographs 76(4): 549-564.
Guyette, R.P., M.A. Spetich, and M.C. Stambaugh. 2006.Historic fire regime dynamics and forcing factors in theBoston Mountains, Arkansas, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 234:293-304.
Guyette R.P., D.C. Dey, M.C. Stambaughand R.M. Muzika. 2006. Fire scars reveal dynamics of eastern fire regimes. In: Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers. USDA GTR NRS-P-1. pp. 20-39.
Guyette R.P., M.C. Stambaugh and D.C. Dey. 2004. Ancient oak climate proxies from the agricultural heartland. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 85(46):483.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2004. Post oak fire scars as a function of diameter, growth, and tree age. Forest Ecology and Management 198:183-192.
Stambaugh M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2004. Long-term growth and climate response of shortleaf pine at the Missouri Ozark Ecosystem Project (MOFEP). Pages 448-458 in Proceedings of the 14th Central Hardwoods Forest Conference. USDA GTR-NE-316.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2003. The age and density of ancient and modern oak in streams and sediments. International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Journal 24(4):345-353.
Guyette R.P., D.C. Dey and M.C. Stambaugh. 2003. Fire and human history of a barren-forest mosaic in southern Indiana. American Midlands Naturalist 149: 21-34.
Stambaugh M.C., R.M.Muzika and R.P. Guyette. 2002. Disturbance characteristics and overstory composition of an old-growth shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) forest within the Ozark Highlands, Missouri, USA. Natural Areas Journal 22:108-119.
Publications in Review or preparation
Stambaugh, M.C., E.R. McMurry, R.P. Guyette, and J.M. Marschall. In review. Use and calibration of the Resistograph for analysis of oak (Quercus sp.) fire scarring and tree decay. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry.
Stambaugh, M.C.and R.P.Guyette. In review. American Long Oak Chronology (ALOC): constructing a
Holocene-length tree-ring chronology from Midwestern U.S.A. Targeted journal: Tree-Ring Research
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, D.C. Dey, and R. Muzika. In prep. Calibrating and estimating historic
fire intervals with temperature and human population.Targeted journal: Ecological Applications
COMMISSIONED & OCCUPATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, E.R. McMurry, and D.C. Dey. 2008. Lessons from fire history, past and
future: a regional workshop on eastern U.S. fire history. Missouri Wildlife 69(2):6.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, A. Lupo, R.M. Muzika, and D.C. Dey. 2006. Oak growth in Midwestern North American linked with post-glacial climate epochs in the North Atlantic. PAGES (Past Global Changes) News 14(2):21-22.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2005. Historic barrens forest structure and fire regimes assessment-Interim report 2. Prepared for CH2MHill. 121 p.
Stambaugh M.C., R.P. Guyette and C. Putnam. 2005. Fire in the pines: a 341-year history of wildland fire at Big Spring Pines Natural Area, Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Park Science 23(2):43-47.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.M. Muzika. 2004. Promoting shortleaf pine: canopy openness and pine regeneration in closed canopy forests. Notes for Forest Managers, Report #7, Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City MO.
Raeker G. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2004. Too much sugar! Missouri Conservationist 65(3):15-18.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2004. Historic barrens forest structure and fire regimes assessment-Interim report 1. Prepared for CH2MHill. 133 p.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, and D.C. Dey. 2003. Fire history in the riparian corridor of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Report to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Nat’l Park Service, Van Buren, MO. 18 pp.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2003. Fire History of Granite Mountain, Lower Buffalo Wilderness Area, Arkansas. A report for the National Park Service, Buffalo National River. 16 pp.
Dey D.C., R.P. Guyette and M.C. Stambaugh. 2003. Ancient woods uncovered. Missouri Conservationist, 64(1):5-8.
Guyette R.P. and M.C. Stambaugh. 2002. Dendrochronology of ceiling timbers from a 12th century cathedral of Tarragona, Spain. A report to the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO. 5 pp.
Stambaugh M.C. and R. M. Muzika. 2001. Pining for the dwindling shortleaf. Missouri Conservationist, 62(12): 20-24.
Bekker, M.F., C.D. Craig, J. Harris, P. Hartshough, J. Kincaid, I. Larin, D. B. Lewis, S. McCloskey, J.
Rauchfuss, D.L. Rubino, D.W. Stahle, M.C. Stambaugh, M.D. Therrell, P.B.A. Vera, and F.F.
Willingham. 2003. Reconstruction of July Precipitation for West-Central Montana. 13th Annual North
American Dendroecological Fieldweek. Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT
INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS
New fire histories from the eastern U.S. and Great Plains regions. Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette.
2008.The Nature Conservancy Fire Learning Network, St. Francis National Forest, Marianna, AR.
Development and importance of a long oak tree-ring chronology in the Midwestern USA.Stambaugh,
M.C., R.P. Guyette, E.R. McMurry, D.C. Dey. 2008. Polish Institute of Botany, Krakow, Poland.
Multiple uses of fire history information.Stambaugh, M.C. 2007. Lessons from fire history: past and future workshop. University of Missouri, Columbia MO.
Illuminating the past: fire history of the Missouri River loess hills (curtain call presentation Iowa prairie conference). 2007. M.C. Stambaugh and R.P. Guyette. Iowa State Univ., Dept. Natural Resource Ecology and Management Seminar, Ames IA.
High resolution mapping of historic fire regimes. Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2007. U.S. Forest Service Mark Twain National Forest fire planning meeting, Rolla MO.
Ancient trees and paleoclimate in Missouri.Stambaugh, M.C. 2006. University of Missouri, Department of Forestry winter seminar. Columbia MO.
Oak old-growth: lessons from the Holocene.Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette and D.C. Dey. 2006. 7th Eastern Old-growth conference. Little Rock AR.
Sub-fossil oak: a new paleoclimate resource in the Midwestern U.S. Stambaugh M.C., R.P. Guyette and D.C. Dey. 2003. North American Dendroecological Fieldweek, Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT.
Forest science using tree rings. 2007. M.C. Stambaugh.Missouri Forest Products Association summer meeting. Osage Beach MO.
Illuminating the past: fire history of the Missouri River loess hills. 2007.Stambaugh M.C., R.P. Guyette Stambaugh M.C., R.P. Guyette Iowa Prairie Conference, Briar Cliff Univ., Sioux City IA.
Defining historic fire regimes using tree-ring science. 2006. M.C. Stambaugh.U.S. Forest Service, Shawnee National Forest fire planning meeting, Anna IL.
Fire history of the loess hills. Stambaugh M.C., R.P. Guyette 2006. Hill Prairie Conference, Principia College IL.
PRESENTATIONS (2005 to Present)
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, and E.R. McMurry. 2008. Towards a 14000 year oak chronology:
Preliminary results of Holocene climate variability. Tree Rings, Archeology, Climatology, and the Environment (TRACE) Conference, Zakopane, Poland.
E.R. McMurry, M.C. Stambaugh, and R.P. Guyette, and. 2008. Towards a 14000 year oak chronology:
Methods, progress, and challenges. Tree Rings, Archeology, Climatology, and the Environment (TRACE) Conference, Zakopane, Poland.
Muzika, R., J.A. Hubbart, R.P. Guyette, and M.C. Stambaugh. 2007. Long-term springflow
reconstructions based on instrumental and tree-ring climate records in the Missouri Ozarks. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Dec.10-15, San Francisco, CA.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2007. Oaks and ice: linking continental North American and North Atlantic climate proxies between 9.5 and 14 k yr BP. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Dec.10-15, San Francisco, CA.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, and D.C. Dey. 2007. A calibration of temperature and fire frequency. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Dec.10-15, San Francisco, CA.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, and D.C. Dey. 2007. Contemporary fuel inventory in the Central Hardwood region. Mark Twain National Forest fire planning meeting. Rolla, MO Invited presentation.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, and D.C. Dey. 2007. A fuel hazard model for forests of the Missouri Ozark and Illinois Interior Lowland Plateau Ecoregions. IAWF 2nd Fuels and Fire Behavior Conference, Destin, FL.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, and D.C. Dey. 2007. Continental and landscape-scale approaches to modeling historic spatio-temporal variability in fire frequency from fire scar data. IAWF 2nd Fuels and Fire Behavior Conference, Destin, FL.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette, D.C. Dey, and E.R. McMurry. 2007. A fire history of the Brickyard Hill Conservation Area: scientific results and management implications. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Lake of Ozarks MO.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, R.M. Muzika, and D.C. Dey. 2006. Mapping historic fire intervals in North America using fire scars, temperature, precipitation and human population. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Memphis, TN.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, and D.C. Dey. 2006. Mapping historic fire intervals in North America using fire scars, temperature and human population. International Association of Landscape Ecologists Workshop, Beijing, China.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette. 2006. 1000 years of tree-ring reconstructed drought from the Central United States. 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology, Beijing, China.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette. 2006. Continental- and landscape-scale approaches to modeling historic spatio-temporal variability in fire frequency from fire scar data. 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology, Beijing, China.
Guyette, R.P., M.C. Stambaugh, D.C. Dey, M. Spetich, and R. Muzika. Human-climate interactions in eastern fire regimes. Presentation to U.S. Forest Service, Land Between the Lakes, KY. Nov. 2-3, 2005.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2005. Potential and needs of fire scar history in Midwestern and Eastern U.S. Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers, November 15-17, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2005. Subfossil wood: paleo-potential in Midwestern streams. Wood Anatomy of Tree Rings Course, May 16-20, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.P. Guyette and D.C. Dey. 2005. Ancient wood in Midwestern streams. 32nd Natural Areas Conference, September 21-24, Lincoln, NE.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2005. Mapping historic fire regimes- human integration into a landscape model. 32nd Natural Areas Conference, September 21-24, Lincoln, NE.
Guyette R.P., M.C. Stambaugh and D.C. Dey. 2005. Post glacial climate change in the Midwestern USA from 13C in oak wood. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2005. Subfossil wood: paleo-potential in Midwestern streams. 25th Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, March 11-13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Stambaugh, M.C. and R.P. Guyette. 2005. Potential and needs of fire scar history in Midwestern and Eastern U.S. Fire History and Climate Synthesis in Western North America, May 1-3, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
Guyette R.P.,M.C. Stambaugh and D.C. Dey. 2005. Human-drought interactions in fire regimes. Fire History and Climate Synthesis in Western North America, May 1-3, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Invited presentation.