Forest ecology
Forest ecology is the scientific study of interrelated patterns and processes of flora, fauna, and ecosystem functions in forests. This includes the study of tree physiology, silvics, genetics & genomics, forest soils, climate, insects, fire, and disease disturbances.
Researchers:
- Loic D’Orangeville
- Expertise: Forest vulnerability and adaptation to climate change;Phenology of wood formation
- Om Rajora
- Expertise: Local Adaptation and Evolutionary and Adaptive Genetic Potential of Marginal Populations under Climate Change;Genetic Impacts of Forest Management Practices, Fragmentation, Natural Disturbances, Climate Change and Air Pollution
- Paul Arp
- Expertise: Forest Soils, Watersheds, and Productivity; Hydrology, Hydro-Topographic Modelling and Mapping; Forest Planning Applications: Trafficability Forecasting, Road and Trail Routing; Digital Soil Mapping.
- Charles Bourque
- Expertise: Hydrological processes in landscapes;Vegetation and land interaction with the atmosphere; Biospheric fluxes in deserts, shrub land, and forests
- Dave MacLean (Emeritus),
- Jon Sweeney (Adjunct)
- Expertise: Applied ecology and management of invasive forest insects; Insect chemical ecology, Plant-insect interactions; Species diversity of ground beetles
- Anthony Taylor (Adjunct)
- Expertise: Forest ecosystem dynamics; Plant community assembly and succession; Climate change impacts on forest plant community structure and function
- Kara Costanza (Adjunct),
- Eldon Eveleigh (Adjunct),
- Dan Quiring (HRP)
- Expertise: Insect ecology, Insect Pest Management
