Biodiversity Studies
Detailed inventories of species diversity at the Harvard Forest provide core data to guide studies of physiological ecology, population dynamics, and community ecology. In short, if we don't know what species we have here, we have no way to assess their role in ecosystem dynamics. Species inventories also provide benchmarks for determining the impacts of climate change on distributions of and interactions among species. Experimental manipulations complement observational studies to allow rapid assessment of environmental change on plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria in our forests
Examples of species inventories and experimental investigations of biodiversity studies include
- The Harvard Forest Flora
- Phenology of Woody Species and The Science behind Autumn Foliage Color Description
- Vegetation Patterns of a New England Sand Plain
- Hemlock Removal Experiment
Abstracts for 2009 Current Research - These abstracts describe the many on-going projects currently happening at the Forest
Abstracts from 2009 Ecological Research Symposium - These abstracts describe the latest results and conclusions from on-going research at Harvard Forest
Publications - Published papers from Harvard Forest related to biodiversity studies.
Datasets - Data and metadata for biodiversity studies.
