“Teaching and research in ecology satisfy my desire to explore and share emerging ecological concepts.”
The video below shows simulated monthly net photosynthesis in New England using LANDIS-II and PnET-Succession under current climate and climate change (RCP 8.5) assuming a high emissions future and the Hadley GEM2-ES Global Circulation Model at year 2100. Note that under climate change there is less simulated growth mid-summer but is offset by more growth earlier in the spring. Contact Matthew for more information.
Applied Research
During my PhD research, I developed adaptive management scenarios with land managers from the Nature Conservancy. I simulated these scenarios under climate change projections in Northern Great Lake landscapes. As an application of the work, they launched a landscape wide planting campaign in northern Minnesota to include climate adaptive species based in part on our research.
During my MS research, I characterized canopy fuels in pitch pine forests. The empirical model I developed continues to be used by land managers to evaluate and reduce the risk of crown fire in northeast US pine barrens.
At Harvard Forest, I am simulating forest change in New England within alternative future land management scenarios. These scenarios and simulations will inform policy makers on the effects of alternative actions.
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