Anthony W. D'Amato
University of Massachusetts
Holdsworth Natural Resource Center
160 Holdsworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9285
Phone: 413-577-1562
Email: adamato@forwild.umass.edu
Education
| Currently | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Ph.D. program in Forestry Dissertation topic: Characterizing the structural attributes, disturbance dynamics, and ecosystem properties of old-growth forests in western Massachusetts. Advisor: David A. Orwig |
| 2002 | Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Master's Degree in Forest Science Thesis title: Interference dynamics in mixed red alder/Douglas-fir forests Advisor: Klaus J. Puettmann |
| 2000 | University of Maine, Orono, ME B.S. in Forest Ecosystem Science |
Professional Activities
Xi Sigma Pi (Forestry)
Ecological Society of America-Member
Journal of Ecology-Invited Reviewer
Publications
Foster, D.R., D.B. Kittredge, B. Donahue, G. Motzkin, D. Orwig, A. Ellison, B. Hall, B. Colburn, and A. D'Amato. Wildlands and woodlands: a vision for the forests of Massachusetts. Harvard Forest Paper # 26. In press.
D'Amato, A.W., and K.J. Puettmann. 2004. The relative dominance hypothesis explains interaction dynamics in mixed species Alnus rubra/Pseudotsuga menziesii forests. Journal of Ecology 92: 450-463.
Puettmann, K.J., and A.W. D'Amato. 2002. Selecting plot sizes when quantifying growing conditions in understories. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 19: 137-140.
Presentations
2005 Insights into stand development from old-growth forest ecosystems in western Massachusetts. Invited talk at Yankee Division of the Society of American Foresters Stand Development Workshop, Enfield, CT.
2004 Old-growth forest composition and structure within the Cold River Gorge, Massachusetts. Presented poster at 6h Annual Eastern Old-Growth Forest Conference, Moultonborough, NH.
2004 Old-growth forest composition and structure within the Cold River Gorge, Massachusetts. Presented poster at 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
2003 Interaction dynamics in mixed Alnus rubra/Pseudotsuga menziesii forests: the relative dominance hypothesis. Presented poster at 4th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, OR.
2001 Interference dynamics in mixed red alder and Douglas-fir forests. Presented abstract at annual H.J. Andrews Symposium, Corvallis, OR.
2000 The Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation on nitrogen cycling and microenvironment in eastern hemlock forests. Presented seminar at the 8th annual Harvard Forest Summer Student Symposium, Petersham, MA.
2000 Relationships between stand development and spruce mortality on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Presented seminar at Meeting for Island Forest Health, Great Cranberry Island, ME.