Expertise
My research interests are based in northeastern temperate ecosystems and include forest ecology, landscape ecology, and the study of social-ecological systems. I am fascinated by the complex relationship between public and private land management in the Adirondack Park and the crossroads between science and policy.
Research and Applied Projects
- Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program (ALTEMP). Responsibilities include surveys of:
- Terrestrial salamanders
- Vernal pool amphibian reproduction, hydroperiod and phenology
- Boreal bird ecology, distribution, management and habitat conservation
- Breeding songbirds
- Beaver activity
- White-tailed deer demographics, movement, migration, and social behavior
- Habitat inventory (floristics, structure and composition, and habitat components) and forest change
- Phenology (event timing)
- Masting in plants (periodic seed production)
- Population dynamics, forest ecology and predator-prey interactions of mammals, from rodents and bats to black bears and moose
- Recreation in public wildlands: the Ecological Scorecard project
- Ecological Land Unit and Ecosystem Mapping for the Adirondack Region
- Impact to the forest from disturbance and nonnative invasives such as Beech Bark Disease, Beech Leaf Disease and other threats
- Biodiversity: cofounder of the Adirondack All-Taxa Biological Inventory: Inventory and Monitoring of the Natural Resources of the Adirondack Park