Audrey Barker Plotkin

Harvard Forest, Harvard University
P.O. Box 68, Petersham, Massachusetts 01366
Phone: 978-724-3302 x268; FAX: 978-724-3595
aabarker@fas.harvard.edu

Education

University of Maine, Orono, Maine
MS in Forestry, May 1998. Thesis title: "Influences of age and canopy position on the growth efficiency of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.)"

The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas
Agricultural Intern 1993. Interdisciplinary, post-graduate curriculum in natural systems agriculture

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
BA in Biology, magna cum laude, distinction in major, Natural History Concentration, June 1992.

Professional and Research Experience

Site Coordinator, Harvard Forest, Harvard University (2002 - present)
Manage field work, database development, analysis and presentation of several long-term vegetation ecology studies; manage field site use at Harvard Forest; coordinate seminar series and symposia

Research Assistant, Harvard Forest, Harvard University (1998 - 2001)

Legislative Intern, University of Maine, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture (January - May 1998)

Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Maine, Departments of Forest Ecosystem Science and Forest Management (1995 - 1997)

Research Fellow/Intern Coordinator, The Land Institute (1994)

Fellowships and Awards

Ralph H. Griffin Memorial Scholarship 1997
George F. Dow and Fred Griffee Scholarship 1996
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine E. Parker Johnson Graduate Scholarship 1996
New England-Atlantic Provinces Quebec Fellowship 1995-1996
National Merit Scholar 1988-1992

Publications

Barker, A.A. 1998. A review of the current forestry audit programs in the Northeast. Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, Augusta, Maine.

Foster, D., S. Cooper-Ellis, A. Barker Plotkin, G. Carlton, R. Bowden, A. Magill, and J. Aber. 2004. Simulating a catastropic hurricane. Pp. 235-258 In D. Foster and J. Aber (Eds.), Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Chowdhury, R. R., L. Schneider, with Y. Ogneva-Himmelberger P. Marcario Mendoza, S. C. Villar, and A. Barker-Plotkin. 2004. Land Cover and Land Use: Classification and Change Analysis. In B. L. Turner, J. Geoghegan, and D. R. Foster (Eds.), Integrated Land Change Science and Tropical Deforestation in Southern Yucatán: Final Frontiers. Oxford University Press, New York.

Boose, E. R., D. R. Foster, A. Barker Plotkin, and B. Hall. 2003. Geographical and historical variation in hurricanes across the Yucatan Peninsula. Pp. 495-516 In A. Gómez-Pompa, M. F. Allen, S. L. Fedick, and J. J. Jiménez (Eds.), Lowland Maya Area: Three Millennia at the Human-Wildland Interface. Haworth Press, New York.

Turner, B.L. II., S. Cortina Villar, D. Foster, J. Geoghegan, E. Keys, P. Klepeis, D. Lawrence, P. Macario Mendoza, S. Manson, Y. Ogneva-Himmelberger, A. Barker Plotkin, D. Perez Salicrup, R. Roy Chowdhury, B. Savitsky, L. Schneider, B. Schmook, C. Vance. 2001. Deforestation in the southern Yucatan peninsular region: an integrative approach. Forest Ecology and Management 154:353-370.

Presentations

Barker Plotkin, A., S. Cooper-Ellis, D. Foster, G. Carlton and A. Lezberg. 2001. Forest response to simulated hurricane damage. Invited seminar at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Barker Plotkin, A. and D. Foster. 2000. Regeneration trends in the experimental hurricane at Harvard Forest. Poster presentation at the LTER All-Scientists Meeting, Snowbird, Utah.

Barker Plotkin, A., D. Foster, E. Boose and S. Cooper-Ellis. 1999. Application of hurricane disturbance ecology to silvicultural systems in New England. Oral presentation at the 2nd North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Orono, Maine.

Barker, A.A. and R.S. Seymour. 1997. Influences of age and canopy position on the growth efficiency of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.). Poster presentation at the 1997 Society of American Foresters National Convention, Memphis, TN.

Barker, A.A. and J.K. Piper. 1994. Growth and seed yield of three grassland perennials in monocultures and mixtures. Oral presentation at the 1994 North American Prairie Conference, Manhattan, KS.

Wilson,K., A. Barker Plotkin and D. Foster. Lasting effects of hurricane damage on long-term forest development at the Harvard Forest LTER. Poster presentation at the 2003 LTER All-Scientists Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Professional Memberships

Forest Stewards Guild
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa