David W. Huffman, Ph.D.
53 Chof Tr.
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Home: (928) 699-9897; Office (928) 523-7528
Email: David.Huffman@nau.edu
EDUCATION
· Ph.D. Forest Science. 2003. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Dissertation: Population ecology of Fendler ceanothus: responses to herbivory and forest restoration treatments. Advisor: Dr. Margaret M. Moore
· M.S. Forest Science. 1992. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Thesis: Regeneration of salal (Gaultheria shallon): seedling establishment and the effects of overstory stand density on clonal morphology and expansion. Co-advisors: Dr. John C. Tappeiner II, Dr. John C. Zasada. (Mary McDonald Fellowship 1990-1991)
· B.S. Forestry. 1989. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. (Magna Cum Laude, Vorhee’s Scholarship 1988, Dean’s List 1987-1989)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
· Research Associate. 2004-present. Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff.
· Adjunct Faculty. 2004-present. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
· Senior Research Specialist. 2001-2004. Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff.
· Research Specialist. 1998-2001. Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff.
· Research Specialist. 1996-2001. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff.
· Faculty Research Assistant. 1992-1996. College of Forestry, Oregon State University; Corvallis.
· Graduate Research Assistant. 1990-1992. College of Forestry, Oregon State University; Corvallis.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed
1. D.W. Huffman, D.C. Laughlin, Pearson, K.M., and S. Pandey. 2009. Effects of vertebrate herbivores and shrub characteristics on arthropod assemblages in a northern Arizona forest ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 258:616-625.
2. Romme, W., C. Allen, J. Bailey, W. Baker, B. Bestelmeyer, P. Brown, K. Eisenhart, L. Floyd-Hanna, D. Huffman, B. Jacobs, R. Miller, E. Muldavin, T. Swetnam, R. Tausch, and P. Weisberg. 2009. Historical and modern disturbance regimes, stand structures, and landscape dynamics in piñon-juniper vegetation of the western U.S. Rangeland Ecology and Management 62:203-222.
3. Huffman, D.W., P.Z. Fulé, J.E. Crouse, and K.M Pearson. 2009. A comparison of fire hazard mitigation alternatives in pinyon-juniper woodlands of Arizona. Forest Ecology and Management 257:628-635.
4. Stoddard, M.T., D.W. Huffman, T.M. Alcoze, and P.Z. Fulé. 2008. Effects of slash on herbaceous communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:485-495.
5. Huffman, D.W., P.Z. Fulé, K.M. Pearson, and J.E. Crouse. 2008. Fire history of pinyon-juniper woodlands at upper ecotones with ponderosa forests in Arizona and New Mexico. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:2097-2108.
6. Huffman, D.W., Zasada, J.C., and Stein, W.I. 2008. Gaultheria L. Wintergreen. Pp. 550-556 in Bonner, F.T., and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.), Seeds of Woody Plants in the United States. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook No. 727.
7. Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. 2008. Population dynamics of buckbrush under simulated forest restoration alternatives. Pp. 257-263 in Olberding, Susan D., and Moore, Margaret M., (tech coords.) 2008. Fort Valley Experimental Forest–A Century of Research 1908-2008. Conference Proceedings; August 7-9, 2008; Flagstaff, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-53CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 408 p.
8. Chancellor, W.W., D.W. Huffman, and M.M. Moore. 2008. Characteristics of buckbrush shrubs exposed to herbivores after seven years of protection. Pp. 171-175 in Olberding, Susan D., and Moore, Margaret M., (tech coords.) 2008. Fort Valley Experimental Forest–A Century of Research 1908-2008. Conference Proceedings; August 7-9, 2008; Flagstaff, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-53CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 408 p.
9. Bakker, J.D., A.J. Sanchez Meador, PZ Fulé, D.W. Huffman, and MM Moore. 2008. "Growing trees backwards": description of a stand reconstruction model. Pp. 136-147 in Olberding, Susan D., and Moore, Margaret M., (tech coords.) 2008. Fort Valley Experimental Forest–A Century of Research 1908-2008. Conference Proceedings; August 7-9, 2008; Flagstaff, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-53CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 408 p.
10. Huffman, D.W. 2006. Production, losses, and germination of Ceanothus fendleri seeds in an Arizona ponderosa pine forest. Western North American Naturalist 66:365-373.
11. Moore, M.M., and D.W. Huffman. 2004. Tree encroachment on meadows in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 36:474-483.
12. Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. 2004. Responses of Fendler ceanothus to forest thinning, prescribed fire, and drought in an Arizona ponderosa pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management 198:105-115.
13. Moore, M.M., D.W. Huffman, P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and J.E. Crouse. 2004. Comparison of historical and contemporary forest structure and composition on permanent plots in southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Forest Science 50:162-176.
14. Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. 2003. Ungulate herbivory on buckbrush in an Arizona ponderosa pine forest. Journal of Range Management 56:358-363.
15. Huffman, D.W. 2002. A seed chalcid (Eurytoma squamosa Bugbee) parasitizes seeds of buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri Gray) in a ponderosa pine forest of Arizona. Western North American Naturalist 62:474-478.
16. Huffman, D.W., M.M. Moore, W.W. Covington, J.E. Crouse, and P.Z. Fulé. 2001. Ponderosa pine forest reconstruction: comparisons with historical data. Pp 3-8 in Vance, R.K, C.B. Edminster, W.W. Covington, and J.A. Blake (comps.), Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation: Steps Toward Stewardship. US Forest Service RMRS-P-22.
17. Fulé, P.Z., J.D. Springer, D.W. Huffman, and W.W. Covington. 2001. Response of a rare endemic, Penstemon clutei, to burning and reduced belowground competition. Pp 139-152 in Maschinski. J., and L. Holter (tech. coords.), Proceedings: Third Rare and Endangered Plant Conference. Proceedings RMRS-P-23.
18. Tappeiner, J.C. II, J.C. Zasada, and D.W. Huffman. 2001. Salmonberry and salal annual aerial stem production: the maintenance of shrub cover in forest stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31:1629-1638.
19. Huffman, D.W., and Tappeiner, J.C. II. 1997. Clonal expansion and seedling recruitment of Oregon grape (Berberis nervosa) in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests: comparisons with salal (Gaultheria shallon). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:1788-1793.
20. Tappeiner, J.C., Huffman, D., Marshall, D., Spies, T.A., and Bailey, J.D. 1997. Density, ages, and growth rates in old-growth and young-growth forests in coastal Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:638-648.
21. Tappeiner, J.C. II., Zasada, J.C., Huffman, D.W., and Maxwell, B.D. 1996. Effects of cutting time, stump height, parent tree characteristics, and harvest variables on development of bigleaf maple sprout clumps. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 11:120-124.
22. Huffman, D.W., Tappeiner, J. C., II., Zasada, J.C. 1994. Regeneration of salal (Gaultheria shallon) in the central Coast Range forests of Oregon. Canadian Journal of Botany 72:39-51.
23. Huffman, D.W., Zasada, J.C., and Tappeiner, J.C., II. 1994. Growth and morphology of rhizome cuttings and seedlings of salal (Gaultheria shallon): effects of four light intensities. Canadian Journal of Botany 72:1702-1708.
Manuscripts in Review/Preparation
1. Huffman, D.W., A.J. Sanchez Meador, J.D. Bakker, D.M. Bell, and M.M. Moore. In Revision. Long-term influences of site and land-use history on functional attributes of ponderosa pine forests in northern Arizona. To be submitted to Forest Ecology and Management
2. Stoddard, M.T., and D.W. Huffman. In Review. Plant community responses to restoration treatments in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona. Western Journal of Applied Forestry.
3. Huffman, D.W., A.J. Sanchez Meador, J.E. Crouse. In Prep. Importance of coarse woody debris in recovery of a southwestern pinyon-juniper woodland after severe fire. To be submitted to Rangeland Ecology and Management.
1. Huffman, D.W. 2009. Ecology and natural history of Fendler's Ceanothus. The Plant Press (Publication of the Arizona Native Plant Society) 33:11-13,15.
2. Huffman, D.W., M.T. Stoddard, P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and H.B. Smith. 2008. A demonstration project to test ecological restoration of a pinyon-juniper ecosystem. Pp. 121-133 in Gottfried, G.J., J.D. Shaw, and P.L. Ford (comps.), Ecology, management, and restoration of piñon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St George, Utah and Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-51.
3. Romme, W., C. Allen, J. Bailey, W. Baker, B. Bestelmeyer, P. Brown, K. Eisenhart, L. Floyd-Hanna, D. Huffman, B. Jacobs, R. Miller, E. Muldavin, T. Swetnam, R. Tausch, and P. Weisberg. 2008. Historical and modern disturbance regimes, stand structures, and landscape dynamics in piñon-juniper vegetation of the western U.S. Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Fort Collins, Colorado.
4. Romme, W., C. Allen, J. Bailey, W. Baker, B. Bestelmeyer, P. Brown, K. Eisenhart, L. Floyd-Hanna, D. Huffman, B. Jacobs, R. Miller, E. Muldavin, T. Swetnam, R. Tausch, and P. Weisberg. 2007. Historical and modern disturbance regimes of piñon-juniper vegetation in the western U.S. The Nature Conservancy and Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Fort Collins , Colorado.
5. Huffman, D.W., P.Z. Fulé, K.M. Pearson, J.E. Crouse, and W.W. Covington. 2006. Pinyon-juniper fire regime: natural range of variability. Final Report, USDA Forest Service, RMRS and Northern Arizona University Ecological Restoration Institute, Joint Venture 04-JV-11221615-271.
6. Huffman, D.W., M.T. Stoddard, C.M. McGlone, P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2006. Ecosystem restoration. Final Report, USDA BLM, Assistance Agreement No. PAA 017002, Task Order No. AAW040001.
7. Moore, M.M., D.W. Huffman, J.D. Bakker, A.J. Sánchez-Meador, D.M. Bell, P.Z. Fulé, P.F. Parysow, and W.W. Covington. 2004. Quantifying forest reference conditions for ecological restoration: the Woolsey plots. Final Report, Ecological Restoration Institute, Southwest Fire Initiative.
8. Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. 2003. Shrub response to forest restoration and fuels management treatments. Final Report, USDA Forest Service, RMRS and Northern Arizona University School of Forestry, Joint Venture RMRS-99167-RJVA.
9. Moore, M.M., D.W. Huffman, W.W. Covington, J.E. Crouse, P.Z. Fulé, and W.H. Moir. 2000. Southwestern ponderosa pine forest structure and fire regime disruption date: remeasurement of historical permanent plots. Final Report, USDA Forest Service RMRS and Northern Arizona University School of Forestry, Joint Venture 28-JV7-939.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
1.
Huffman, D.W. Fuels reduction
treatments in southwestern pinyon-juniper woodlands. Society of American
Foresters, National Convention. November 2008. Reno, Nevada. Oral presentation.
Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. Dynamics of buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri)
populations under simulated forest restoration alternatives. Fort Valley Experimental Forest – A Century of Research. August 2008. Flagstaff, Arizona. Poster presentation.
2. Chancellor, W.W., D.W. Huffman, and M.M. Moore. Characteristics of buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri) shrubs exposed to herbivores after seven years of protection. Fort Valley Experimental Forest – A Century of Research. August 2008. Flagstaff, Arizona. Poster presentation.
3. Bakker, J.D., A.J. Sanchez Meador, P.Z. Fulé, D.W. Huffman, and M.M. Moore. 2008. "Growing trees backwards": description of a stand reconstruction model. Fort Valley Experimental Forest – A Century of Research. August 2008. Flagstaff, Arizona. Poster presentation.
4. Huffman, D.W., P.Z. Fulé, K.M. Pearson, and J.E. Crouse. Fire regimes and restoration of southwestern pinyon-juniper ecosystems. Association for Fire Ecology, Regional Conference, January 2008. Tucson, Arizona. Oral presentation.
5. Huffman, D.W. Reference conditions for a pinyon-juniper woodland in northern Arizona. Southwest Chapter of the Society of American Foresters, April 2007. Tusayan, Arizona. Oral presentation.
6. Huffman, D.W., M.T. Stoddard, P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and H.B. “Doc” Smith. A demonstration project to test ecological restoration of a pinyon-juniper ecosystem. Meeting of the Southwest and Intermountain Chapters of the Society of American Foresters, April 2005, St. George, Utah. Oral presentation.
7. Huffman, D.W., M.T. Stoddard, P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and H.B. “Doc” Smith. A demonstration project to test ecological restoration of a pinyon-juniper ecosystem. Society for Conservation Biology – Southwest Chapter Meeting, March 2005, Prescott, Arizona. Oral presentation.
8. Huffman, D.W. Population dynamics of Fendler ceanothus: simulation of forest management alternatives. Dissertation defense seminar, Dec. 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona. Oral presentation.
9. Sink, S.E., and D.W. Huffman. A photographic guide to pinyon and juniper tree maturity classes. Seventh Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Nov. 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona. Poster presentation.
10. Moore, M. M, W.W. Covington, P.Z. Fulé, P. Parysow, D.W. Huffman, J.D. Bakker, and A.J. Meador. Quantifying forest reference conditions for ecological restoration: the Woolsey plots. Southwest Fire Initiative Conference, April 29, 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona. Oral presentation.
11. Huffman, D.W., P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and H.B. Smith. Ecological restoration of pinyon-juniper woodlands: a demonstration project. Update on Research Activities, Bureau of Land Management, Jan. 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona. Oral presentation.
12. Huffman, D.W. and M.M. Moore. Effects of restoration treatments and herbivory on buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri Gray). Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Aug. 2002, Flagstaff, Arizona. Oral presentation.
13. Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. Response of buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri Gray) to overstory thinning and prescribed fire. Joint Meeting of the Ecological Society of America and Society for Ecological Restoration, Aug. 2002, Tucson, Arizona. Oral presentation.
14. Huffman, D.W., P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and H.B. Smith. Ecological restoration of pinyon-juniper woodlands: a demonstration project. Research Proposal presented to Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, and National Park Service, February, 2002, St. George, Utah. Oral presentation.
15. Huffman, D.W., P. Fulé, and A. Waltz. Ecological restoration of a pinyon/juniper—ponderosa pine ecotone. Sixth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Nov., 2001, Flagstaff, Arizona. Oral presentation.
16. Huffman, D.W., and M.M. Moore. Herbivory on Ceanothus fendleri: Implications for forest restoration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug. 2000, Snowbird, Utah. Poster presentation.
17. Moore, M.M., and D.W. Huffman. Aspen encroachment on meadows of the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park. Symposium on Sustaining Aspen in Western Landscapes, June 2000, Grand Junction, Colorado. Poster presentation.
18. Zasada, J.C., J.C. Tappeiner II., M. ODea, M., and D.W. Huffman. Reproductive ecology of shrubs and broad-leaved trees in the Oregon Coast Range. Paper presented to the COPE Symposium. March 1994, Glendon Beach, Oregon. Poster presentation.
RESEARCH FUNDING
· Huffman, D.W. (PI), and P.Z. Fulé. 2004-2006. Pinyon-juniper fire regimes. USDA Forest Service-Northern Arizona University Joint Venture Agreement, $250,000.
· Moore, M.M., P.F. Parysow, P.Z. Fulé, and D.W. Huffman (Co-PI). 2002-2006. Long-term and anticipated changes in southwestern forests: analysis and modeling of historical USDA permanent data. USDA CSREES NRI, $310,000.
· Moore, M.M., and D.W. Huffman (Co-PI). 1999-2000. Shrub response to forest restoration and fuels management treatments. USDA Forest Service-Northern Arizona University Joint Venture Agreement, $29,904.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
· Introduction to Forestry – Forest Ecology Module (FOR101), Northern Arizona University, Fall 2008
· Ecological Restoration Principles (FOR282), Northern Arizona University, Spring 2006, 2007
· Contemporary Developments (FOR499), Northern Arizona University, Spring 2006
· Undergraduate Research (FOR485), Northern Arizona University, Spring 2006, 2009
· Ecological Restoration Applications (FOR382/382H/582), Northern Arizona University, Fall 2005
· Ecological Restoration Principles (FOR580), Northern Arizona University, Spring 2005, 2007, 2009
· Forest Mapping and Measurements (FOR211)(Teaching Assistant), Northern Arizona University, Fall 1996, 1997
1. Ecological restoration principles. International Seminar on Forest Administration and Management. Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, October 2007.
2. Ecological restoration principles and applications for southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. Flagstaff, AZ. October 2007.
3. Reference conditions for Southwest ponderosa pine forests. U.S. Forest Service, Region 3, Regional Goshawk Workshops. Flagstaff, AZ. June 2007.
4. Reference conditions for Southwest ponderosa pine forests. U.S. Forest Service, Region 3, Regional Goshawk Workshops. Albuquerque, NM. June 2007.
5. Historical fire and restoration of pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Southwest. Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Kanab, UT. April, 2007.
6. Introduction to ecological restoration. Arizona Forests and Wildlife (FOR250). Spring 2007.
7. Fire history of pinyon-juniper woodlands. School of Forestry, February 2007, NAU, Flagstaff.
8. Introduction to ecological restoration: principles and applications. Continuing Education for Ecosystem Managers (CEEM). February 2007, NAU, Flagstaff.
9. Ecological restoration principles. International Seminar on Forest Administration and Management. Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, October 2006.
10. Introduction to ecological restoration and experiments at Mount Trumbull, Arizona. ASU, Environment Law Summer Course (NAU Campus). Summer 2006.
11. Introduction to ecological restoration. Arizona Forests and Wildlife (FOR250). Spring 2006.
12. Introduction to ecological restoration: Principles and Applications. Continuing Education for Ecosystem Managers (CEEM). February 2006, NAU, Flagstaff.
13. Ecology and restoration of pinyon-juniper ecosystems. U.S. Forest Service Practitioners’ Workshop, March 2005, Prescott, Arizona.
14. Ecosystem health. Forest Science (FOR313-316; Semester A), Fall 2004. NAU, Flagstaff.
15. Ecosystem function. Forest Science (FOR313-316; Semester A), Fall 2004. NAU, Flagstaff.
16. Natural fire regimes in pinyon-juniper ecosystems. Students’ Association for Fire Ecology (SAFE), Fall 2004. NAU, Flagstaff.
17. Ecosystem function and biodiversity. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Practitioners’ Workshop, Oct. 2003, NAU, Flagstaff.
18. Biodiversity and ecosystem function: implications for forest restoration. Ecological Restoration Principles: An Applied Workshop for Practitioners. April, 2003. Flagstaff, Arizona.
19. Defining ecological restoration. Arizona Forests and Wildlife (FOR250). Spring 2001. NAU, Flagstaff.
20. Ecological restoration: definition and applications for conservation of biodiversity. Introduction to Conservation Biology (FOR240). Spring 2001. NAU, Flagstaff.
21. Ecological restoration: importance of indigenous peoples. Introduction to Conservation Biology (FOR240). Spring 2001. NAU, Flagstaff.
22. Fire and plant responses. Fire Ecology and Management (FOR551). Spring 2001. NAU, Flagstaff.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Graduate Committees
· Corinne Diggins, M.S. Forestry (Current)
· Maria Irwin, M.S. Forestry, 2006
· Michael Stoddard, M.S. Forestry, 2006
· Frank Hassler, M.S. Forestry, 2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Panels/Boards/Committees
· US Forest Service, Collaborative Forest Restoration Program, Technical Advisory Panel (Independent Scientist), 2008, 2009
· Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership, Board of Directors, October 2007-September 2008
Journal Reviewer
· Forest Science
· Canadian Journal of Forest Research
· Forest Ecology and Management
· Journal of Ecology
· Madroño
· Western North American Naturalist
· Western Journal of Applied Forestry
Book Chapter/Report Reviews
· Pinyon-Juniper. Chapter 12. In: Historical Range of Variability for Natural Vegetation Types of the Southwest: Southwest Forest Assessment Project. The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Chapter, Tucson.
· Pinyon-Juniper – The Elfin Forest. Pp. 57-64 in Arno, S.F., and C.E. Fiedler. 2005. Mimicking nature’s fire: restoring fire prone forests in the West. Island Press.
MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
· Society for Ecological Restoration
· Society for Conservation Biology
· Ecological Society of America
· Society of American Foresters
· Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society