William H. Moir

CP-LUHNA Author: Ponderosa Pine Fire Ecology

USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Flagstaff Forestry Sciences Lab
Southwest Forest Sciences Complex
2500 S. Pine Knoll
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Telephone: 928/556-2077
Fax: 928/556-2130

E-mail: whmoir@fs.fed.us

Education:

PhD 1965 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Botany and Soils
M.S. 1962 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, Biology
B.S. 1957 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Physics with honors.

Experience:

1996-present. Research Ecologist, Sustainability of Southwestern Woodland and Forest Ecosystems, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Station, Flagstaff, AZ;

1988-1996. Research Ecologist. Atmospheric Effects on Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Station, Fort Collins, CO;

1981-1988. Regional Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM;

1971-1981. Wildlife rancher, New Age farmer, and Down-to-Earth ecologist, Tierra del Cielo Grande, Box 31, Rodeo, NM.

Research interests:

Chaotic dynamics in ecosystems, plant synecology, climate-vegetation-soil relationships, fractals.

Awards and Honors:

1996. Outstanding Service as Trustee for the Colorado Chapter of The Nature Conservancy;
1993. Certificate of Appreciation, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM;
1993. Service Award, Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC.
1992. Service Award, Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC.

Selected Publications:

Moir, W.H., S. Rochelle, and A.W. Schoettle, 1999. Micro-scale patterns of tree establishment near upper treeline, Snowy Range, Wyoming, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Res. 31(4): 276- 286.

Moir, W.H., Geils, B., Benoit, M.A. and Scurlock, D. 1997. Ecology of Southwestern ponderosa pine forests. In: W.M. Block and D.M. Finch (technical editors), Songbird ecology in Southwestern ponderosa pine: a literature review, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GTR-292: 3-27.

Moir, W.H. and Fletcher, R. 1996. Forest diversity in New Mexico. New Mexico Journal of Science 36: 232-254.

Moir, W.H. and Mowrer, H.T. 1995. Unsustainability. Forest Ecology and Management 73: 239-248.

Moir, W. H. 1989. Forests of Mount Rainier. Seattle, Pacific Northwest National Parks and Forests Association, Seattle, WA, 111 p.

Moir, W.H. and Dieterich, J.H. 1988. Old-growth ponderosa pine from succession on pine-bunchgrass habitat types in Arizona and New Mexico. Natural Areas Journal 8: 17-24,

Moir, W.H. 1966. Influence of ponderosa pine on herbaceous vegetation. Ecology 47: 1045-48.