Cooperative Extension Forest Management Specialist
Cooperative Extension Forest Management Specialist
- Ph.D. Agricultural Economics University of California, Davis, 1989
- M.S. Wildlife Resource Science University of California, Berkeley, 1978
- B.S. Forestry North Carolina State University, 1976
Forest Management
Cultural Research Areas
Resource economics; natural resource management and decision-making; silviculture; bioeconomic modeling; hardwood management
Extension Areas
Education of nonindustrial private forest landowners; education of hardwood range owners; monitoring hardwood rangelands; continuing education of professional foresters; growth and yield models
Standiford, R.B. and N.K. McDougald. 2015. Thinning interior live oak in California’s Southern Sierra. In: Proceedings of the Seventh California Oak Symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Dynamic World, November 3-6, 2014, Visalia, CA. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-251, pp. 137-143.
Standiford, R.B., R.L. Phillips, and N.K. McDougald. 2015. Thinning – a tool for restoration of California’s Southern Sierra Nevada blue oak woodlands. In: Proceedings of the Seventh California Oak Symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Dynamic World, November 3-6, 2014, Visalia, CA. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-251, pp. 165-173.
Standiford, R.B., P. Ovando, P. Campos, and G. Montero. 2012. Models of oak woodland silvopastoral management. Chapter 9, In: Mediterranean oak woodland working landscapes: Dehasas of Spain and ranchlands of California. Springer. pp. 245-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6707-2
Starrs, P.F., José L. Oviedo, Pablo Campos, Lynn Huntsinger, Mario Díaz, Richard B. Standiford and Gregorio Montero. 2012. Whither Working Oak Woodlands? Chapter 15. Frontispiece Chapter 15. In: Mediterranean oak woodland working landscapes: Dehasas of Spain and ranchlands of California. Springer. pp. 463-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6707-2
Lynn Huntsinger, Pablo Campos, Paul F. Starrs, José L. Oviedo, Mario Díaz, Richard B. Standiford and Gregorio Montero. 2012. Working Landscapes of the Spanish Dehesa and the California Oak Woodlands: An Introduction. Chapter 1 In: Mediterranean oak woodland working landscapes: Dehasas of Spain and ranchlands of California. Springer. pp. 463-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6707-2.
Standiford, R.B., R.L. Phillips, and N.K. McDougald. 2012. Fire history in California’s southern Sierra Nevada blue oak woodlands. Fire Ecology 8(2): 163-167. doi: 10.4996/fireecology.0802163
Standiford, R.B. D.D. McCreary, S. Barry, L.C. Forero. 2011. Blue oak stump sprouting evaluated after firewood harvest in Northern Sacramento Valley. California Agriculture 65(3):148-154.
McPherson, B.A., Sylvia R. Mori, David L. Wood, Maggi Kelly, Andrew J. Storer, Pavel Svihra, Richard B. Standiford. 2010. Responses of oaks and tanoaks to the sudden oak death pathogen after 8 years of monitoring in two coastal California forests. Forest Ecol. Management 259(12): 2248-2255 (doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.020).
Kelly, M., D. Liu, B. McPherson, D. Wood and R. Standiford. 2008. Spatial pattern dynamics of oak mortality and associated disease symptoms in a California hardwood forest affected by sudden oak death. Journal of Forest Research 13:312-319.McPherson, B.A., N. Erbilgin, D.L. Wood, P. Svihra, A.J. Storer, and R. B. Standiford. 2008. Attraction of ambrosia and bark beetles (Coleoptera:Scolytidae) to coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) infected by Phytophthora ramorum. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 10(4):315-321
Allen-Diaz, B., R.B. Standiford, and R.D. Jackson. 2007. Oak woodlands and forests. Chapter 12, In: Terrestrial Vegetation of California, UC Press, Berkeley, CA.
Brice A. McPherson, Sylvia R. Mori, David L. Wood, Andrew J. Storer, Pavel Svihra, N. Maggi Kelly, and Richard B. Standiford. 2005. Sudden oak death in California: disease progression in oaks and tanoaks. Forestry Ecology and Management 213(2005):71-89.
Campos, P., Alejandro Caparrós, Emilio Cerdá, Lynn Huntsinger, and Richard B. Standiford. 2007. Modeling multifunctional agroforestry systems with environmental values: dehesa in Spain and woodland ranches in California. In: Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources, (A. Weintraub, T. Bjorndal, R. Epstein and C. Romero, eds.), Springer Publishers, Dordrecht.
Huntsinger, L., Adriana Sulak, R.B. Standiford, and Pablo Campos-Palacin. 2005. Conservation “matching funds” from working woodlands in California. In: Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Management, CABI International, Wallingford, UK/Cambridge, MA.
Standiford, R.B., L. Huntsinger, Pablo Campos-Palacín, and Alejandro Caparrós. 2005. Economic considerations of silvopastoralism in California oak woodlands. In: Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Management, CABI International, Wallingford, UK/Cambridge, MA.
Sulak, A., L. Huntsinger, R.B. Standiford, A. Merenlender, and S. Fairfax. 2004. A strategy for oak woodland conservation: the case of the California conservation easement. Advances in GeoEcology, pp. 353-364.
McPherson, Brice A., David L. Wood, Andrew J. Storer, N. Maggi Kelly, and Richard B. Standiford. 2003. Sudden oak death, a new forest disease in California. Integrated Pest Management Reviews 6:243-246.
Standiford, R.B., L. Huntsinger, P. Campos, D. Martin, P. Mariscal. 2003. The bioeconomics of Mediterranean oak woodlands: issues in conservation policy. XII World Forestry Congress Proceedings, Quebec City Canada, September 21 to 28, 2003. Session A – Forests for People. pages 111 to 120.
McPherson, B.A., D.L. Wood., A.J. Storer, N.M. Kelly, R.B. Standiford. 2002. Sudden oak death: Disease trends in Marin County plots after one year. in: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodland: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. pp. 751-764.
Campos-Palacin, P., L. Huntsinger, R.B. Standiford, D. Martin-Barroso, P. Mariscal-Lorente, P.F. Starrs. 2002. Working woodlands: public demand, owner management, and government intervention in conserving Mediterranean ranches and dehesas. in: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodland: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. pp. 511-527.
Horney, M., R.B. Standiford, D.McCreary, J. Tecklin, R.Richards. 2002. Effects of wildfire on blue oak in the northern Sacramento valley. in: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodland: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. pp. 261-267.
Bartolome, J.W., M.P. McClaren, B.H. Allen-Diaz, J. Dunne, L.D. Ford, R.B. Standiford, N.K. McDougald, L.C. Forero. 2002. Effects of fire and browsing on regeneration of blue oak. in: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodland: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, CA. . USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. pp. 281-286.
Standiford, R.B., D. McCreary, W. Frost. 2002. Modeling the effectiveness of tree planting to mitigate habitat loss in blue oak woodlands. in: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodland: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-184. pp. 591-600.
Standiford, R.B. and T.A..Scott. 2001. Value of oak woodlands and open space on private property values in Southern California. Special issue - INVESTIGACIÓN AGRARIA: SISTEMAS Y RECURSOS FORESTALES -- TOWARDS THE NEW FORESTLANDS COMMERCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ACCOUNTING: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (P. Campos Palacin, ed.). 1(2001):137-152.
Standiford, R.B., J.W. Bartolome, W. Frost, N. McDougald. 1999. Using GIS in agricultural land assessment for property taxes. Geographic Information Sciences 5(1):47-51.
Gong, P., G.S. Biging, R.B. Standiford. 2000. Use of digital surface model for hardwood rangeland monitoring. Journal of Range Management 53(6):622-626.
- World Forestry Congress Outstanding Paper - World Forestry Congress - 2003
- Gaspar de Portola Catalonian Studies Program Fellowship - Gaspar de Portola Institute - 1994
- Dissertation of the Year Winner - American Association of Agricultural Economists - 1989
- University Salutatorian - North Carolina State University - 1976
- 101E - Forest Resource Management
- 201S - ESPM COLLOQUIUM
Contact details
Richard B. Standiford
UC Berkeley
130 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720