Research Description
My lab studies the ecology of terrestrial ecosystems and the influence of disturbances in shaping them. We try to understand how the combination of site factors, biotic interactions, natural disturbances, and humans affect landscape patterns and ecosystem processes in forests. In particular, we are interested in how disturbances impact plant community distribution, structure, function, and succession, particularly in forests. Nearly all of our research is field-based, supplemented by GIS, remote sensing, and simulation modeling.