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Bullard Spotlight: Hannah Buckley and Bradley Case on Forest Spatial Patterns
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Our Charles Bullard Fellowship Program draws scholars from around the globe. This year, Hannah Buckley and Bradley Case from New Zealand's Lincoln University are at the Forest working toward a better understanding of the links between forest spatial patterns and processes.
In collaboration with HF senior ecologist Aaron Ellison, they are using new methods in spatial pattern analysis to explore a global range of large, fully-censused forest plots within the ForestGEO network (including an 85-acre plot right here at the Forest). Their particular interest is in understanding what drives spatial patterns of species co-occurrence and population structure, and how environmental variation modifies these relationships. They are also exploring how these pattern-process relationships change across the temperate-tropical gradient.
Meticulous forest datasets and opportunities for collaboration are what brought Buckley and Case to the Forest this year. They note: "Harvard Forest has provided a great environment for exploring our research interests because we have access to high-quality forest plot datasets as well as the opportunity to establish productive collaborations with experts in the field."
- Learn more about the Harvard ForestGEO plot.
- Read more on the Charles Bullard Fellowship program.
(Photo of our ForestGEO plot by David Foster.)