Project Leader
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Southwest Research Station
United States of America
Current Research Silviculture of naturally regenerated pine and pine-hardwood ecosystems in the southeastern U.S. Height measurement and modeling techniques Applied historical ecology and the history of forestry Ecology and management of old-growth forests in the Midsouth Ice storm impacts on the ecology and management of southern forests Composition, structure, biomass, and productivity of southern pine-dominated ecosystems Modeling forest dynamics using simulation models
Research Interests In addition to the current research programs listed above, I am also interested in disturbance ecology, the role of humans in the development of historic and current forests, the evolution of landscapes and their corresponding vegetative communities, and the role of natural resource technology transfer in education and professional development. Riparian large woody de Past Research The birdseye grain abnormality in sugar maple bris recruitment