Forest Ecosystems

Research related to forest ecosystems is conducted from a variety of perspectives and disciplines by faculty in SES. Our forest-related research spans the globe from tropical to boreal regions. Current research topics include the impacts of forest management practices on ecosystem structure and function; forest restoration on industrially polluted land; agroforestry; climate change impacts on forest dynamics and biodiversity; the role of arthropods in forest litter decomposition; biology of tree diseases; and forest entomology. 

• Madhur Anand (biodiversity, computational ecology, ecological complexity and modeling, global ecological change, forest ecology)
• Andy Gordon (carbon dynamics, nutrient cycling, ecological modelling, agroforestry systems, forest ecosystem ecology,bioenergy systems)
• Tom Hsiang (forest health and disease, tree diseases, fungal genomics)
• Shelley Hunt (boreal forest ecology, forest biodiversity, carbon and nitrogen dynamics, forest restoration, ecosystem structure, and function)
• Jonathan Schmidt (vernal pool ecology; the role of arthropods in decomposition, litter decomposition and composting)