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David R. Foster PI; Project Coordination; Paleoecology; Forest Ecology; Coastal Historical Ecology; Cross-site Studies: Puerto Rico, Yucatan, New England
Emery Boose Data Management; Hurricane Regional Modeling
Glenn Motzkin Coastal Vegetation Analysis; Historical Ecology; Conservation Applications
David Orwig Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Study; Dendrochronology
Julie Pallant Data Management; Web Site Management
Carol Barford Logging and Carbon Dynamics; Dendrometry
William Munger Eddy Flux Towers; Nitrogen Fluxes
Steve Wofsy EMS Coordination; Regional and Global Comparisons
Fakhri Bazzaz Invasive Plants; Carbon and Nitrogen Interactions; Plant Reproduction and Resource Use
Peter Del Tredici Morphology of Vegetative Reproduction
University of New Hampshire
John Aber N Saturation Experiment; Regional Cross-site Studies of Nitrogen Dynamics; Regional Modeling
Glenn Berntson N Dynamics; N Saturation
Alison Magill N Saturation Experiment; Regional Sampling of N
Scott Ollinger Regional Modeling
Ecosystems Center - Marine Biological Laboratory
Jerry Melillo Soil Warming Experiment; Global Modeling; Regional, Swedish and Amazonian Cross-site Studies
Knute Nadelhoffer DIRT Experiment; 15N Studies; Cross-site DIRT studies
Paul Steudler Soil Warming Experiment; Trace Gas Fluxes; Amazonian Comparisons
University of Massachusetts
Rebecca Field Wildlife Dynamics; Suburban Wildlife Issues
David Kittredge Regional Logging and Forest Conversion; Public Policy
Mitch Mulholland Archaeology; Coastal Regional Study; Paleoecology
Holy Cross
Cathy Langtimm Wildlife Dynamics; Statistical Analysis

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JOHN D. ABER

Professor, Complex Systems Research Center and
Department of Natural Resources
Chair, Natural Resources Ph.D. program

Complex Systems Research Center     (603) 862-1792
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space    jda@shooter.unh.edu
Morse Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03842

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Yale University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1973-1976)
M.F.S. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1971-1973)
B.S. Yale College, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences (1967-1971)

FIVE RECENT AND RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS (FROM A TOTAL OF 145)

Magill, A. H., J. D. Aber, J. J. Hendricks, R. D. Bowden, J. M. Melillo and P. A. Steudler. 1997. Biogeochemical response of forest ecosystems to simulated chronic nitrogen deposition. Ecological Applications 7: 402-415

Aber, J. D. and C. T. Driscoll. 1997. Effects of land use, climate variation and N deposition on N cycling and C storage in northern hardwood forests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11: 639-648

Aber, J. D., W. H. McDowell, K .J. Nadelhoffer, A. Magill, G. Berntson, M. Kamakea, S. G. McNulty, W. Currie, L. Rustad and I. Fernandez. 1998. Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems: hypotheses revisited. BioScience 48: 921-934

Magill, A .H. and J. D. Aber. 1998. Long-term effects of chronic nitrogen additions on foliar litter decay and humus formation in forest ecosystems. Plant and Soil 203: 301-311

Berntson, G. M. and J. D. Aber. 2000. The importance of fast nitrate immobilization in N-saturated temperate forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (In Press)


CAROL BARFORD

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences     (617) 495-5361
Harvard University     email: ccb@io.harvard.edu
20 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

EDUCATION

1991-1997 Harvard University, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering
1989-91 Boston University, M.A.., Ecology
1987-89 Boston University, B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), Biology

EMPLOYMENT

1997-present Department Of Earth And Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Post-Doctoral Fellow - Atmospheric Chemistry
1993-1996 Head Teaching Fellow - Environmental Microbiology
1989-90 Department Of Biology, Boston University
Head Teaching Fellow - Introductory Biology I

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

1990-1993 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in Biology
1989 Shields Warren Prize (Boston University, for outstanding biology student)
1988-89 Case Merit Scholar (Boston University)
1987 Avery Brundage Scholar (University of Illinois, for independent athletes)
1985-87 Rogers Merit Scholar (University of Illinois)

PUBLICATIONS

Barford, C. C., J. P. Montoya, M.A. Altabet and R. Mitchell. 1999. Steady state nitrogen isotope effects of N2 and N2O production in Paracoccus denitrificans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65: 989-994.
Barford, C.C. 1997. Stable isotope dynamics of denitrification. Dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Brower, J.B. and C.C. Barford. 1997. Biological fixed-film systems. Water Environment Research. 69: 487-500.
Barford, C. and K. Lajtha. 1992. Nitrification and nitrate reductase activity along a secondary successional gradient. Plant and Soil 145: 1-10.
Barford, C. 1991. Plant litter chemistry and nitrogen cycling along a secondary successional gradient. Master's thesis, Boston University, Boston, MA.


FAKHRI A. BAZZAZ

Mallinckrodt Professor of Biology Phone 617/ 495-0916
Harvard University
The Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

DEGREES

Honorary A.M. 1984 Harvard University
Ph.D. 1963 University of Illinois

POSITIONS HELD

Mallinckrodt Professor of Biology Harvard University 1997-
H.H. Timken Professor of Science Harvard University 1988-1997
Professor of Biology Harvard University 1984-1988
Professor of Plant Biology and of Forestry University of Illinois 1977-1984

ADMINISTRATIVE

Acting Director School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois 1983-1984
Head Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois 1981-1984
Acting Head Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois 1980-1981
Associate Head Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois 1978-1980

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Clare Hall, Cambridge University Fellow; Life Member Elected 1981
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow 1987
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow 1988
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow 1989
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow 1993
Humboldt Research Prize, Germany 1996

5 RELATED REFERENCES

Carlton, G. C. and F. A. Bazzaz. 1998. Regeneration of three sympatric birch species on experimental hurricane blowdown microsites. Ecological Monographs 68: 99-120.
Bassow, S.L. and F. A. Bazzaz. 1998. How environmental conditions affect canopy leaf-level photosynthesis in four deciduous tree species. Ecology 79: 2660-2675.
Carlton, G.C. and F. A. Bazzaz. 1998. Resource congruence and forest regeneration following an experimental hurricane blowdown. Ecology 79: 1305-1319.
Cavender-Bares, J.M., Voss, P.B. and F. A. Bazzaz. 1998. Consequences of incongruency in diurnally varying resources for seedlings of Rumex crispus (Polygonaceae). American Journal of Botany 85: 1216-1223.
Catovsky, S. and F. A. Bazzaz. 1999. Elevated CO2 influences the responses of two birch species to soil moisture: implications for forest community structure. Global Change Biology 5: 507-518.


GLENN M. BERNTSON

Complex Systems Research Center     Phone: 603/862-2264
University of New Hampshire     Fax: 603/862-0188
Durham, NH 03824     Email: glenn.berntson@unh.edu

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Harvard University, 1996
M. Phil., Cambridge University (U.K.), 1990
B. A., Swarthmore College, 1989

POSITIONS

1998 - present - Assistant Professor (Research), University of New Hampshire
1996-1998 - NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New Hampshire & Harvard University
1991-96 - Graduate Fellow in Global Change, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Harvard University
1990-1991 - Research Assistant, Harvard University

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

1996-1998 - NOAA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Change
1991-1996 - DOE Graduate Fellowship in Global Change
1989-1990 - Churchill Scholarship, Cambridge University, U.K.
1988-1989 - Edward Martin Biology Scholar
1988 - Merck Foundation Undergraduate Science Research Grant
1988 - Joel Dean Research Fellowship
1987 - Explorers Club Exploration Fund Research Grant
1987 - NSF Undergraduate Research Grant

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Berntson, G. M. and P. M. Wayne. 2000. Characterizing the size-symmetry of resource acquisition in crowded plant populations. Ecology (In Press).
Berntson, G. M. and J. D. Aber. 2000. The kinetics of nitrate immobilization in temperate forest soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (In Press).
Magill, A., J. D. Aber, G. M. Berntson, W. H. McDowell, K. Nadelhoffer, J. Melillo and P. Steudler. 2000. Long-term nitrogen additions and nitrogen saturation in two temperate forests. Ecosystems (In Press).
Aber, J. D., J. McDowell, K. Nadelhoffer, A. Magill, G. M. Berntson, M. Kamakea, and S. McNulty. (1998) Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems: Hypotheses revisited. Bioscience 48: 921-934
Li, A., D. L. Godbold, G. M. Berntson and F. A. Bazzaz. 1998. The dynamics of root production and loss in Betula papyrifera seedlings in response to eoevated CO2 and pulses of alluminum. Z. Pflanzenern@hr. Bodenk 161: 17-21.


EMERY R. BOOSE

Harvard Forest     Phone: (978) 724-3302
Harvard University     Fax: (978) 724-3595
Petersham, MA 01366     email: boose@fas.harvard.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1988 Harvard University (Sanskrit & Indian Studies)
A.B. 1974 Harvard College, cum laude (Mathematics)

POSITIONS

since 1998 Information and Computer System Manager, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
1989 - 1998 Computer Scientist, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
1988 - 1989 Lecturer, Dept. of Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University
1987 - 1988 Instructor, Dept. of Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University
1982 - 1988 Computer consultant, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
1977 - 1980 Teaching Fellow, Early and Oral Literature, Harvard University
1977 - 1980 Co-director of natural history travel camp, Massachusetts Audubon Society

PUBLICATIONS

Boose, E. R., K. E. Chamberlin and D. R. Foster. 2000. Landscape and regional impacts of hurricanes in New England. Ecology (In Press).

Foster, D. R., M. Fluet and E. R. Boose. 1999. Human or natural disturbance: landscape-scale dynamics of the tropical forests of Puerto Rico. Ecological Applications 9: 555-572.

Boose, E. R., E. F. Boose and A. L. Lezberg. 1998. A practical method for mapping trees using distance measurements. Ecology 79: 819-827.

Boose, E. R., D. R. Foster, and M. Fluet. 1994. Hurricanes impacts to tropical and temperate forest landscapes. Ecological Monographs 64: 369-400.

Foster, D. R. and E. R. Boose. 1992. Patterns of forest damage resulting from catastrophic wind in central New England, U.S.A. Journal of Ecology 80: 79-98.


PETER DEL TREDICI

Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University     (617) 524-1418
125 Arborway     peter_deltredici@harvard.edu
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

EDUCATION

B.A. 1968 University of California, Berkeley (Zoology)
M.A. 1969 University of Oregon (Biology)
Ph.D. 1991 Boston University (Biology)

POSITIONS

1999-2000 Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Research, Harvard University
1992 - present Director Living Collections of the Arnold Arboretum
1989-1992 Editor of Arnoldia

HONORS AND AWARDS

Jackson Dawson medal, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1986
Institute Henri Beaufour grant,1989
Highstead Foundation grant, 1993
Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust grant, 1995
Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal and Award, Swarthmore College, 1999

PUBLICATIONS

Del Tredici, P. 2000. The evolution, ecology, and cultivation of Ginkgo biloba. In: Ginkgo biloba -- Industrial Profile; T. van Beek (ed.), in press.
Del Tredici, P. 2000. Lingotuber formation of Sequoia sempervirens: developmental morphology and ecological significance. Naturalia Monspeliansia nº h.s., in press.
Del Tredici, P. 1998. Aging, rejuvenation, and propagation in trees. Comb. Proc. Internatl. Plant Prop. Soc. 48: 637-642.
Del Tredici, P. 1998. Lignotubers in Sequoia sempervirens: development and ecological significance. Madroño 45: 255-260.
Del Tredici, P. 1995. Shoots from roots: a horticultural review. Arnoldia 55: 11-19.


REBECCA FIELD

Department of Natural Resources Conservation
University of Massachusetts     Telephone: 413/545-4888
160 Holdsworth Way     Email: rfield@forwild.umass.edu
Amherst, MA 01003-4210

EDUCATION

1978 - Sc.D., School of Hygiene and Public Health (Comparative Animal Behavior, joint program with the Smithsonian Institution), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1970 - M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Ecology and Behavioral Biology (minor in Anthropology)
1968 - B.S., cum laude, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Zoology

POSITIONS

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1988-present
Visiting Faculty, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, spring semester 2000
Director, International Exchange Program for Fish and Wildlife Managers, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 1990-1999
Assistant Unit Leader for Wildlife, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Biological Resources Division, US Geological Survey, Amherst, MA, 1995-1999

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Deblinger, R. D., R. Field, J. T. Finn, and D. K. Loomis. 2000. A conceptual model of suburban wildlife management: a case study of beaver in MA. In Proceedings of the 4th Interntaional Symposium on Urban Wildlife (In Press).
Kessler, W. B., S. Csányi, and R. Field. 1998. International trends in university education for wildlife conservation and management. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26:927-936.
Jonker, S. A., J. A. Parkhurst, R. Field, and T. K. Fuller. 1998. Survey of black bear depredation in agriculture in Massachusetts. J. Wildl. Manage. 26:318-32.
Wilson, K. A., M. H. Wilson, and R. Field. 1997. Behavior of Puerto Rican Parrots during failed nesting attempts. Wilson Bull. 109:490-503.
Wilson, K. A., R. Field, and M. H. Wilson. 1995. Successful nesting behavior of Puerto Rican Parrots. Wilson Bulletin 107(3):518-529.


DAVID R. FOSTER

Harvard Forest     (978) 724-3302
Harvard University     (978) 724-3595 (Fax)
Petersham, MA 01366     drfoster@fas.harvard.edu

EDUCATION

B.A. 1977 Connecticut College, Magna cum Laude (Botany)
Ph.D. 1983 University of Minnesota (Ecology)

POSITIONS
1983 - 1991 Assistant and Associate Professor of Biology, Harvard University
1990 - present Director of the Harvard Forest, Harvard University

HONORS AND AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa
Thomson Award for Excellence in Botany, Connecticut College
Thord-Gray Memorial Fellowship, American Scandinavian Foundation
Fulbright-Hays Award, Fulbright Commission, 1982
Swedish National Research Council Fellowship, 1983, 1987
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Fellowship, 1983
Connecticut College Medal, 1993

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Ecosystems - Editorial Board (1997-)
Journal of Ecology - Editorial Board (1991-94)
Ecology and Ecological Monographs - Editorial Board (1992-95)
Northeastern Naturalist - Editorial Board (1997-)
Progress in Physical Geography - Editorial Advisor (1997-)
National Science Foundation LTER Program - Executive Committee (1995-9)
DOE National Institute for Global Environmental Change - Exec. Committee (1992-)
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere - Temperate Ecosystem Directorate (1991-8)
Massachusetts Audubon Society - Science Advisory Committee (1990-94)
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust - Board of Directors (1993-6)

PUBLICATIONS (5 of 75 since 1984)
Foster, D. R. 1999. Thoreau's Country. Journey Through a Transformed Landscape. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
Foster, D. R. and T. M. Zebryk. 1993. Long-term vegetation dynamics and disturbance history of a Tsuga-dominated forest in New England. Ecology 74(4): 982-998.
Foster, D. R., D. A. Orwig and J. McLachlan. 1996. Ecological and conservation insights from retrospective studies of old-growth forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11:419-424.
Foster, D. R., J. Aber, R. Bowden, J. Melillo, and F. Bazzaz. 1997. Forest response to disturbance and anthropogenic stress. BioScience 47:437-445.
Foster, D. R., G. Motzkin and B. Slater. 1998. Land-use history as long-term broad-scale disturbance: regional forest dynamics in central New England. Ecosystems 1:96-119.


DAVID B. KITTREDGE, JR.

Associate Professor/ Extension Forester
Dept. of Natural Resources Conservation
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
413 545-2943
413 545-4358 fax

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Yale University, School of Forestry & Env. Studies, 1986
MFS Yale University, School of Forestry & Env. Studies, 1980
BS, forestry, University of Vermont, 1978

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1999 to present: Forest Policy Analyst, Harvard Forest (part-time Visiting Scientist appointment)

1987 to present: faculty member, Dept. of Natural Resources Conservation, UMass. Serve as state's extension Forester. Appointment: 50% outreach, 30% teaching, 20% research.

PUBLICATIONS:

Kittredge, D. B. 1996. Protection of habitat for rare wetland fauna during timber harvesting in Massachusetts (USA). Natural Areas Journal 16 (4): 310-317.

Rickenbach, M. G., D. B. Kittredge, D. Dennis, and T. Stevens. 1998. Ecosystem management: capturing the concept for woodland owners. Journal of Forestry 96(4): 18-24.

Stevens, T., D. Dennis, D. B. Kittredge, and M. G. Rickenbach. 1999. Attitudes and preferences toward cooperative agreements for management of private forestlands in the northeastern United States. Journal of Environmental Management 55: 81-90.

Kittredge, D. B., M.G. Rickenbach, and S. H. Broderick. 1999. Regulation and stumpage prices: a tale of two states. Journal of Forestry. 97(10):12-16.

Stevens, T. H., R. Belkner, D. Dennis, D. Kittredge, and C. Willis. (In press). Comparison of CV and conjoint analysis: a case study of WTP for ecosystem management of forestland in the northeast. Ecological Economics.


CATHERINE ANN LANGTIMM

Biology Department     clangtim@holycross.edu
Holy Cross College
Worcester, MA 01610

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1992
M.S. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1984
B.S. St. Ambrose College, Davenport, IA, 1974

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-present Research Associate, Biology Department, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

1998-present Wildlife Biologist, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL

1996-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

FIVE RECENT AND RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Langtimm, C. A., T. J. O'Shea, R. Pradel, and C. A. Beck. 1998. Estimates of annual survival probabilities for adult Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus atirostris). Ecology 79:981-997.

Langtimm, C. A. In press. Arboreal mammals. In The Ecology and Natural History of Monteverde: A Background to Conservation. N. Nadkarni and N. T. Wheelwright (eds.). Oxford University Press.

Langtimm, C. A., and R. Unnasch. In press. Mice, birds, and pollination of Blakea chlorantha. In The Ecology and Natural History of Monteverde: A Background to Conservation. N. Nadkarni and N. T. Wheelwright (eds.). Oxford Univ.Press.

Langtimm, C. A., C. K. Dodd, Jr., and R. Franz. 1996. Estimates of abundance of box turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri) on a Florida Island. Herpetologica 52:496-504.

Reid, F. A. and C. A. Langtimm. 1993. Distribution and natural history notes for selected mammals from Costa Rica. Southwestern Naturalist 38:299-302.


ALISON H. MAGILL

Complex Systems Research Center     phone: (603) 862-4098
Morse Hall, Room 481     fax: (603) 862-0188
University of New Hampshire     e-mail: alison.magill@unh.edu
Durham, NH 03824

EDUCATION

M.S. in Forestry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. May 1996.
B.S. in Soil Science, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. December 1987.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supervisor of Laboratory Research. 1991 - present. Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Research Technician III. 1989-1991. Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

RECENT AND RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Magill A. H., J. D. Aber, G. M Berntson., W. H. McDowell, K. J. Nadelhoffer, J. M. Melillo and P. Steudler. 2000. Long-term nitrogen additions and nitrogen saturation in two temperate forests. Ecosystems. (In Press)

Magill, A.H. and J.D. Aber. 2000. Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen relationships in forest litter as affected by nitrogen deposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (In Press)

Magill, A. H. and J. D. Aber. (2000). Variation in soil net mineralization rates with dissolved organic carbon additions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. (In Press)

Magill, A. H. and J. D. Aber. 1998. Long-term effects of experimental nitrogen additions on foliar litter decay and humus formation in forest ecosystems. Plant and Soil 203: 301-311

Magill, A. H. J. D. Aber, J. J. Hendricks, R. D. Bowden, J. M. Melillo and P. Steudler. 1997. Biogeochemical response of forest ecosystems to simulated chronic nitrogen deposition. Ecological Applications, 7(2): 402-415.


JERRY MICHAEL MELILLO

The Ecosystems Center     Phone: 508/289-7494
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1972-1977
M.F.S., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1970-1972
M.A.T., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1967-1968
B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1961-1965

EXPERIENCE

The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 1976-Present
Co-Director, 1989-Present; Acting Director, 1988-1989; Senior Scientist, 1987-Present (on leave to National Science Foundation, Washington, DC 1986-1988); Associate Scientist, 1982-1987; Assistant Scientist, 1976-1982
Associate Director for Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Office of the President of the United States, Washington, DC, 1996-1997
Director, Ecosystems Studies Program, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, 1986-1988
Associate in Research, The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1975-1976

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Melillo, J. M., A .D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, B. Moore III, C. J. Vörösmarty, and A. L. Schloss. 1993. Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production. Nature 363: 234-240.
Melillo, J. M., D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, W.T . Peterjohn and K. M. Newkirk. 1995. Global change and its effects on soil organic carbon stocks, pp. 175-189. In: R.G. Zepp and Ch. Sonntag (eds.), Role of Nonliving Organic Matter in the Earth's Carbon Cycle. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
Melillo, J. M., R. A. Houghton, D. W. Kicklighter, and A. D. McGuire. 1996. Tropical deforestation and the global carbon budget. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 21:293-310.
Melillo, J. M., I. C. Prentice, G. D. Farquhar, E..-D. Schulze and O. Sala. 1996. Terrestrial biotic responses to environmental change and feedbacks to climate, pp. 445-482. In: J.T. Houghton and others (eds.), Climate Change 1996 - The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Tian, H., J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, A.D. McGuire, J.V.K. Helfrich III, B. Moore III and C.J. Vörösmarty. 1998. Effect of interannual climate variability on carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems. Nature 396:664-667.


GLENN MOTZKIN

Harvard Forest     Phone: 978-724-3302
Harvard University     Fax: (978) 724-3595
Petersham, MA 01366     email: gmotzkin@fas.harvard.edu

EDUCATION

M.S. 1990 University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Forest Ecology)
B.A. 1982 Brown University (American Civilization)

AWARDS

Donald L. Mader Scholarship Award, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990.

RESEARCH POSITIONS

1995-present Plant Ecologist, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
1991-1995 Research Assistant in Historical Ecology, Harvard Forest, Harvard University.
1987-present Community Ecologist - Private consultant with Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, MA Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement, and The Nature Conservancy.
1986-1990 Research Assistant, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1985 Research Assistant, Tonto National Forest, Carefree, Arizona.

PUBLICATIONS

Motzkin, G., P. Wilson, D. R. Foster, and A. Allen. 1999. Vegetation patterns in heterogeneous landscapes: the importance of history and environment. J. Vegetation Science 10: 903-920.

Motzkin, G., W. A. Patterson III, and D. R. Foster. 1999. An historical perspective on pitch pine-scrub oak communities in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts. Ecosystems 2: 255-273.

Motzkin, G., D. Foster, A. Allen, J. Harrod, and R. Boone. 1996. Controlling site to evaluate history: vegetation patterns of a New England sand plain. Ecological Monographs 66: 345-365.

Motzkin, G. 1994. Calcareous fens of western New England and adjacent New York state. Rhodora 96: 44-68.

Motzkin, G., Patterson, W. A. III, and N. E. Drake. 1993. Fire history and vegetation dynamics of a Chamaecyparis thyoides wetland on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Journal of Ecology 81: 391-402.


MITCHELL TYLER MULHOLLAND

UMASS Archaeological Services
The Environmental Institute     mulholland@tei.umass.edu
University of Massachusetts     (413) 545-1626
Amherst, MA 01003

EDUCATION
1984 Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Anthropology
1980 M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Anthropology
1972 B.A. Connecticut College, Anthropology

POSITIONS
1984 - pres Archaeological Director of Archaeological Services and Adjunct Assistant Professor (Anthropology), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1985 - 1986 Visiting Assistant Professor of Archaeology (half-time), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1977 - 1980 Project Archeologist, Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Member - Archaeological Education Program, UMASS Archaeological Services - 1988 -
Editor - Newsletter of the Conference on New England Archaeology - 1985 - 1988
Steering Committee - Conference on New England Archaeology - 1985 - 1988
Reviewer - Society for American Archaeology, Program Committee - 1989
Long Range Planning Committee - Massachusetts Archaeological Society - 1984 - 1986

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for American Archaeology; North Eastern Anthropological Association;
Conference on New England Archaeology; Massachusetts Archaeological Society

RELEVANT AND RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Mulholland, M. 1998. Prehistoric human activity and forest dynamics. In: D. Foster and J. Aber (Eds.), Forest Landscape Dynamics in Southern New England. Ecosystem Structure and Function as a Consequence of 5000 Years of Change. Oxford University Press.
Mulholland, M. 1993. Forest Change and Prehistoric Site Frequencies in Southern New England. Ela Qua, (D. Krass, Ed.), in Honor of Richard F. Woodbury. Department of Anthropology, UMASS, Amherst.
Mulholland, M. 1990. Marginal Environments: Structuring Archaeological Research. Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter 10(1).
Mulholland, M. 1988. Territoriality and Horticulture: A Perspective for Prehistoric Southern New England. In: G. Nicholas (Ed.), Holocene Human Ecology in Northeastern North America. Plenum Press, New York.
Mulholland, M. 1987. Regional Research Topics and the Role of the Conference on New England Archaeology. Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter 7(1).


J. WILLIAM MUNGER

Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences     Phone: 617/495-5361
Harvard University     Fax: 617/495-2768
Cambridge, MA 02138     email: jwm@io.harvard.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Associate, 1991 - present, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Research Fellow, 1988 - 1991, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Graduate Research Assistant, 1984 - 1988, Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology
Associate Research Engineer, 1981 - 1984, Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology
Graduate Research Assistant, 1980 - 1981, Environmental Engineering Program, Dept. of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Minnesota
Graduate Research Assistant, 1977 - 1979, Dept. of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota

EDUCATION

B. S. (Biology) summa cum laude University of Minnesota, 1976
M. S. (Ecology) University of Minnesota, 1981
Ph. D. (Environmental Engineering Science) Caltech, June 1989

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Munger, J.W., D. J. Jacob, B. C. Daube, L. W. Horowitz, W.C. Keene, and B. G. Heikes. 1995. Formaldehyde, Glyoxal, and Methylglyoxal in air and cloudwater at a rural mountain site in central Virginia, J. Geophys. Res. 100: 9325-9333.
Hirsch, A. I., J.W. Munger, D. J. Jacob, L.W. Horowitz and A.H Goldstein. 1996. Seasonal variation of the ozone production efficiency per unit NOx at Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, J. Geophys. Res. 101: 12,659-12,666.
Munger, J.W. S.C Wofsy, P. S Bakwin, S.-M. Fan, M. L. Goulden, B. C. Daube, A.H Goldstein, K.E. Moore and D. R. Fitzjarrald. 1996. Atmospheric Deposition of Reactive Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone in a Temperate Deciduous Forest and a Sub-arctic Taiga Woodland. 1.Measurements and Mechanisms, J. Geophys. Res. 101: 12,639,12657.
Munger, J.W., S.-M. Fan, P. S. Bakwin, M. L. Goulden, A. H. Goldstein, A. S. Colman and S. C. Wofsy. 1998. Regional budgets for Nitrogen Oxides from Continental Sources: Variations of rates for oxidation and deposition with season and distance from source regions, J. Geophys. Res. 103: 8355-8368.
Munger, J. W., D. J. Jacob, S.-M. Fan, A. S Colman and J. E. Dibb. 1999. Concentrations and Snow-Atmosphere Fluxes of Reactive Nitrogen at Summit, Greenland, J. Geophys. Res. 104: 13,721-13,734.


KNUTE JOHN NADELHOFFER

Senior Scientist
The Ecosystems Center     Phone: (508) 289-7493
Marine Biological Laboratory     Email: knute@mbl.edu
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1983
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1977

HONORS

1979-1980 Henry Vilas Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Graduate School
1996-1997 Fulbright Scholar, Norwegian Institute for Water Research

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Senior Scientist, November 1999 - present
Associate Scientist, August 1991 - November 1999
Assistant Scientist, June 1985 - July 1991
Jessie Smith Noyes Postdoctoral Fellow, September 1983 - June 1985
Department of Forestry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Assistant, 1979 - 1983

RECENT AND RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS (5 of 75 since 1983)

Nadelhoffer, K. J., M. R. Downs, and B. Fry. 1999. Sinks for N additions to an oak forest and a red pine plantation. Ecological Applications 9: 72-86.

Nadelhoffer, K. J., B. A. Emmett, P. Gundersen, O. J. Kjønaas, C. J. Koopmans, P. Schleppi, A. Tietema, and R. F. Wright. 1999. Nitrogen deposition makes a minor contribution to carbon sequestration in temperate forests. Nature 398: 145-148.

Nadelhoffer, K. J., M. R. Downs, B. Fry, A. Magill and J. D. Aber. 1999. Controls on N retention and exports in a fertilized watershed. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 55: 187-210.

Currie, W. S., and K. J. Nadelhoffer. 1999. Dynamic redistribution of isotopically labelled cohorts of nitrogen inputs in two temperate forests. Ecosystems 2: 4-18.

Currie, W. S., K. J. Nadelhoffer, and J. D. Aber. 1999. Soil detrital processes controlling the movement of 15N tracers to forest vegetation. Ecological Applications 9: 87-102.


JOHN F. O'KEEFE

Harvard Forest     Phone: (978) 724-3302
P.O. Box 68     Fax: (978) 724-3595
Petersham, MA 01366     Email: jokeefe@fas.harvard.edu
EDUCATION
B. A. 1967 Harvard University, Cum Laude (Social Relations)
Post-graduate study 1975-77 Harvard University Extension Program (Biology)
M.S. 1981 University of Massachusetts (Forestry - Ecology)
Ph.D. 1987 University of Massachusetts (Forestry - Ecology)

POSITIONS
1967-1968     Community Development Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps
1969-1975     Fighter Pilot, Massachusetts Air National Guard
1979-1986     Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, UMASS
1986-1987     Assistant to the Director, Cartographic Services, UMASS
1987-1988     Lecturer, Department of Forestry, UMASS
1988-present     Coordinator, Fisher Museum, Harvard Forest, Harvard University

HONORS AND AWARDS

University of Massachusetts Graduate Fellowship, 1979-1981
Arctic Institute of North America Award AINA-265. 1981.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Foster, D. R. and J. F. O'Keefe. 2000. New England forests through time: insights from the Harvard Forest dioramas. Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA.

O'Keefe, J. F. 1989. The Harvard Forest. Fifteen-minute multi-image slide/tape and video program on the history of the Harvard Forest.

O'Keefe, J. F. 1991. Long-Term Ecological Research at the Harvard Forest. Eighteen-minute, multi-image slide/tape and video program on research being conducted under the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program.

O'Keefe, J. F. and D. R. Foster. 1998. An ecological history of Massachusetts forests. Pp. 19-66 In: Charles H. W. Foster (Ed.), Stepping Back to Look Forward - a History of the Massachusetts Forest. Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA.

Wilson, B. F., W. A. Patterson III and J. F. O'Keefe. 1985. Longevity and persistence of alder west of treeline on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Can. J. Bot. 63: 1870-1875.


SCOTT V. OLLINGER

Complex Systems Research Center,     Phone: (603) 862-2926
Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire,     e-mail: scott.ollinger@unh.edu
Durham, NH 03824.

EDUCATION

B.S. Environmental Science - Purchase College, Purchase New York, 1989.
M.S. Forestry - University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources, 1992.
Ph.D. Candidate - Natural Resources Program, University of New Hampshire.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995-present Research Scientist, Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space. University of New Hampshire, Durham NH.
1992 - 1995 Research Technician, Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space. University of New Hampshire, Durham NH.
1990-1992 Graduate Research Associate and Teaching assistant, Department of Forest Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03820

PUBLICATIONS

Ollinger, S. V., J. D. Aber, and C. A. Federer. 1998. Estimating regional forest productivity and water balances using an ecosystem model linked to a GIS. Landscape Ecology. 13(5): 323-34.

Ollinger, S. V., J. D. Aber, and P. B. Reich. 1997. Simulating ozone effects on forest productivity: interactions among leaf-, canopy- and stand-level processes. Ecological Applications. 7(4): 1237-1251.

Aber, J. D., S. V. Ollinger, and C. T. Driscoll. 1997. Modeling nitrogen saturation in forest ecosystems in response to land use and atmospheric deposition. Ecological modeling. 101: 61-78.

Aber, J. D., S. V. Ollinger, C. A. Federer, P. B. Reich, M. L. Goulden, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, and R.G. Lathrop. 1995. Predicting the effects of climate change on water yield and forest production in the northeastern United States. Climate Research. 5: 207-222.

Ollinger, S. V., J. D. Aber, G .M. Lovett, S. E. Millham, R.G. Lathrop, and J. M. Ellis. 1993. A spatial model of atmospheric deposition for the northeastern U.S. Ecological Applications 3: 459-472.


DAVID A. ORWIG

Harvard Forest     (978) 724-3302 ext. 250
Harvard University     FAX: (978) 724-3595
Petersham, MA 01366     orwig@fas.harvard.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1995 The Pennsylvania State University Forest Resources
M.S. 1991 The Pennsylvania State University Ecology
B.S. 1989 Rochester Institute of Technology Biology

POSITIONS

1998 - present; Forest Ecologist. Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 01366.

1995 - 98: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 01366.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Ecological Society of America
Torrey Botanical Society

PUBLICATIONS

Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams 1995. Dendroecological and ecophysiological analysis of gap environments in mixed-oak understories of northern Virginia. Functional Ecology 9: 799-806.

Foster, D. R., D. A. Orwig, and J. S. McLachlan. 1996. Ecological and conservation insights from reconstructive studies of temperate old-growth forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 419-424.

Orwig, D. A. and D.R. Foster. 1998. Forest response to the introduced hemlock woolly adelgid in southern New England, USA. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 125: 59-72.

Orwig, D. A. and M. D. Abrams. 1999. Impacts of early selective logging on the dendroecology of an old-growth, bottomland hemlock-white pine-northern hardwood forest on the Allegheny Plateau. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 126: 234-244.

Orwig, D.A. and D.R. Foster. 1999. Stand, landscape, and ecosystem analyses of hemlock woolly adelgid outbreaks in southern New England: an overview. In Sustainable Management of Hemlock Ecosystems in Eastern North America. Symposium Proceedings.


JULIE PALLANT

Harvard Forest     Phone: (978) 724-3302
Harvard University     Fax: (978) 724-3595
Petersham, MA 01366     Email: pallant@fas.harvard.edu

EDUCATION

1988 Oberlin College, B. A. Biology Major with a minor in Environmental Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999 - Present Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA. Information and Computers Systems Assistant.
Support and maintain computer systems and networks. Provide user support for computers, information management and telecommunications systems. Maintain and design Harvard Forest web site. Assistant in purchasing and installing new computer equipment. Assistant in data management of on-line data archive, complete data archive, GIS archive and bibliographic and image archives.

1996 - 1999 The Home Store, Whately, MA. Information Systems Manager
Design, program, automate, implement and troubleshoot sales and Customer service department programs for largest Modular Home business in New England. Maintain Windows NT ethernet LAN and internet access. Relational database manager and programmer. Maintain and design company web site.

1992 - 1995 Information Systems Assistant
Collect and analyze ocean property data in North Atlantic Ocean and Arabian Sea. Write and design technical data reports with accompanying CD-ROM. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA System manager for Unix and PC workstations. Help write proposals and budgets.

1990 - 1991 The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER) - Data manager
Designed and managed LTER database. Collated major data sets into single user-friendly database. Data includes long-term monitoring projects and experimental whole ecosystem studies. Use of PASCAL, spreadsheets, database programs, graphics programs and word processing.

1989, 1990, 1991 Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research Program . Field Assistant
(summer months). Studied the long-term effects of nutrient cycling and disturbances on the Arctic tundra. Set up, monitored and broke down experiments in remote field camp on the North Slope of Alaska. Set-up and monitored climate stations.

1988 - 1990 General Ecosystem Modeling Project -Computer Programmer
Studied the effects of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. Reviewed literature for calibrating model. Data analysis and manipulation.


PAUL A. STEUDLER

Senior Research Specialist
The Ecosystems Center     Phone: 508-289-7491
Marine Biological Laboratory     Fax: 508-457-1548
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543     Email: steudler@mbl.edu

EDUCATION:

B.S. Chemistry, Ohio University, 1965
M.S. Organic Chemistry - Marine Natural Products, Minor: Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 1973

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1994 - present Environmental Chemist, Senior Research Specialist. The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
1985 - 1994 Environmental Chemist, Research Specialist. The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
1975 - 1984 Environmental Chemist, Research Associate in Ecology. The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
1973 - 1975 Separation-Isolation-Analytical Chemist. Smith, Kline and French Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA.
1968 - 1970 Marine Inorganic Chemist. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.
1966 - 1968 Organic Research Chemist. Olin Chemicals Corporation, Research Center, New Haven, CT.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Chemical Society
American Society for Testing Materials - Chromatographic Section
American Geophysical Union

RECENT AND RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

Steudler, P. A., R. D. Bowden, J. M. Melillo and J. D. Aber. 1989. Influence of nitrogen fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils. Nature 341:314-316.
Castro, M. S., P. A. Steudler, J. M. Melillo, J. D. Aber and R. D. Bowden. 1995. Factors controlling atmospheric methane consumption by temperate forest soils. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9:1-10.
Steudler, P. A., R. D. Jones, M. S. Castro, J. M. Melillo and D. Lewis. 1996. Microbial controls of methane oxidation in temperate forest and agricultural soils, pp. 69-84. In: J. C. Murrell and D. P. Kelly (eds.), The Microbiology of Atmospheric Trace Gases; Sources, Sinks and Global Change Process. NATO ASI Series Global Environmental Change. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Steudler, P. A., J. M. Melillo, B. J. Feigl, C. Neill, M. C. Piccolo and C. C. Cerri. 1996. Consequence of forest-to-pasture conversion on CH4 fluxes in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research 101(D13):18,547-18,554.
Neill, C., J. M. Melillo, P. A. Steudler, C. C. Cerri, J. L. Moraes, M. C. Piccolo and M. Brito. 1997. Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks following forest clearing for pasture in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Ecological Applications 7(4):1216-1225.


STEVEN C. WOFSY

Harvard University
Pierce Hall 100-A     (617) 495-4566
Cambridge, MA 02138

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January, 1997 - present. Abbot Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard University
February, 1995 - Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
July 1982 to February 1995 - Senior Research Fellow, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
July 1990 to present - Associate, Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA
July 1977 to June 1982 - Associate Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
September 1973 to June 1977 - Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lecturer on Atmospheric Chemistry and Research Fellow in the Center for Earth and Planetary Physics.

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. B.S. (with honors) in Chemistry, 1966.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ph.D. (Chemistry), 1971

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS (150 total since 1971)

Goulden, M. L., J. W. Munger, S.-M. Fan, B. C. Daube and S. C. Wofsy. 1996. Effects of interannual climate variability on the carbon dioxide exchange of a temperate deciduous forest. Science 271: 1576-1578.
Goulden, M. L., J. W. Munger, S.-M. Fan, B. C. Daube and S. C. Wofsy. 1996. Measurements of carbon storage by long-term eddy correlation: Methods and a critical evaluation of accuracy. Global Change Biology 2: 169-182.
Goldstein, A. H., S.M. Fan, M.L. Goulden, J.W. Munger S.C. Wofsy. 1996. Biogenic Olefin Emissions from a Midlatitude Forest. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 9149-9157.
Goulden, M. L., S. C. Wofsy, J. W. Harden, S. E. Trumbore, P. M. Crill, S. T. Gower, T. Fries, B. C. Daube, S.-M. Fan, D. J. Sutton, A. Bazzaz and J. W. Munger. 1998. Sensitivity of Boreal Forest Carbon Balance to Soil Thaw. Science 279: 214-217.
J. William Munger, S.-M. Fan, P. S. Bakwin, M. L. Goulden, A. H. Goldstein, A. S. Colman and S. C. Wofsy. 1998. Regional budgets for Nitrogen Oxides from Continental Sources: Rates for oxidation and deposition with distance from source regions. J. Geophys. Res. 103: (D7) 8355-8368.
Potosnak, M. J. S. C. Wofsy, A. S. Denning, T. J. Conway, J. W. Munger, and D. H. Barnes. 1999. Influence of biotic exchange and combustion sources on atmospheric CO2 concentrations in New England from observations at a forest flux tower. J. Geophys. Res. 104: 9561-9569.