Susan Edinger Marshall Professor Wildland Soils
» RRWS Report to the HSU Academic Senate
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Rangeland Resources and Wildland Soils report to the HSU Academic Senate, November 10, 2009
Personal and Research Interests:
- Small-scale surface processes in soils; infiltration, crusts, and seed banks
- Competition between different plant species in their roots zones and implications for weed control – yellow starthistle and blue wildrye interactions.
- Soil physical properties and implications for plant production and survival
- Western history and culture, photography, quilting, cooking
Education and Degrees:
Ph.D. (1990) University of California, Riverside, Soil Science
M.S. (1983) University of Arizona, Range Management
B.S. (1980) University of California, Riverside, Environmental Science
Courses Taught:
SOIL 260 Introduction to Soil Science
SOIL 360 Origin and Classification of Soils
SOIL 465 Soil Microbiology
SOIL 467 Soil Physics
RRS 306 Range Management Principles
RRS 430 Range Improvements
RRS/SOIL 485 Senior Seminar
NRPI 210 Public Land Policy and Management
Selected Publications:
Tokunaga, Allison and Susan Edinger-Marshall. 2006. Blue wildrye growth as a function of bulk density and water potential. Poster presented at Society for Range Management Annual Meetings, Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .
Edinger-Marshall, S.B. 2005. Status and demand for soil science undergraduate programs. Invited oral presentation, Nov. 9, 2005 , Soil Science Society of America Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City , Utah .
Lindsay, B.A., Susan Edinger-Marshall and K. Bennett. 2004. The characterization and management of soils with humic features for carbon sequestration. Poster presented at Soil Science Society of America Annual Meetings, Seattle , WA .
Edinger-Marshall, S.B. and A.M Craig. 2004. Yellow starthistle ( Centaurea solstitialis ) production decreases with competition from blue wildrye ( Elymus glaucus ) plugs, Six Rivers National Forest (NW California). Poster presented at Society for Range Management meetings, Salt Lake City , Utah .
Barry, S., A.M. Craig, S.B. Edinger-Marshall, A. Tokunaga and D. Macon (eds.) 2003. Environmental Values and Economic Sustainability in the Eastern Sierra. , Proceedings of the Society for Range Management California-Pacific Section of the Society for Range Management, Annual Fall Meeting, October 16-18, 2003 Hunewill Guest Ranch, Bridgeport, CA
Edinger-Marshall, S.B. (ed.) 2002. Residual Dry Matter and Resource Management on Annual-type Rangeland. California Rangeland Trust and Residual Dry Matter Workshops. Proceedings of Annual Fall Meetings, November 5-8, 2002 . California-Pacific Section of the Society for Range Management. Harris Ranch Inn, Coalinga , CA .
Edinger-Marshall, S., A.M. Craig, L.D. Hoover, and John McRae. 2002. Baseline phenological data for perennial grassland restoration of a yellow starthistle-infested site. Poster Presentation at Ecological Society of America/Society for Ecological Restoration Joint Annual meetings, Tucson , Arizona , August, 2002.
Edinger-Marshall, S. 2001. Applications of molecular microbiology to rangeland ecology. Oral presentation, Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Edinger-Marshall, S. and L.J. Lund. 1999. Gravel dispersion on a granitic pediment (East Mojave Desert, California): A short term look at erosional processes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 24:349-359.
Contact Information:
Office: 219 Natural Resources Building
Email: sem11@humboldt.edu
Ph. 707.826.4064
Fax: 707.826.5634
Mailing Address:
Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources
1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521-8299