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November 1, 2005

New Harvard Forest Publication: Spatial Variation Essential In Predicting Landscape Change

Postdoctoral Fellow Robert McDonald examined deforestation patterns in the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan region over the last decade, building a set of models that enable prediction of patterns of deforestation into the near-term future. Different functional forms of the land-use change model are tested, and it is shown that having a model that allows for spatial variation in the rules of landscape

November 1, 2005

Wildlands and Woodlands: An Update

Since the release of the scientific report "Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the Wildlands and Woodlands CoverForests of Massachusetts" calling for a bold new land protection effort to stave-off accelerating forest fragmentation in Massachusetts, many organizations and persons from the private forester to the public servant have expressed interest and/or endorsement of

November 1, 2005

Harvard Forest Bullard Fellow Revises Peterson's Field Guide

Revised by Elizabeth Farnsworth (Bullard Fellow) and Cheryl Lowe for the first time in 50 Peterson Field Guide To Ferns Coveryears, the new Peterson's Field Guide to the Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America introduces both amateur and professional plant enthusiasts to the ferns and related families of the northeastern United States.

October 1, 2005

New Harvard Forest Publication: Canopy Impacts Of The Hemlock Wooly Adelgid

Recent Bullard Fellow Bernhard Stadler, from the University of Bayreuth in Germany along with collaborators including Harvard Forest Ecologist David Orwig, examined the impacts of the introduced insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid on spatial and temporal canopy processes in New England hemlock forests. Results suggest that adelgid-induced changes in tree physiology, forest microbiology, and stand-level nutrient cycling occurred well in

October 1, 2005

New Harvard Forest Publication: Old-growth Forests on Wachusett Mountain

Forest Ecologist David Orwig documented approximately 100 acres of old-growth forest on the western slopes of Wachusett Mountain State Reservation in Princeton and Westminster, Massachusetts. This report contains information on tree ages and forest composition, as well as recommendations for protecting both the newly discovered forests and nearby existing old-growth forests on the Reservation.

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October 1, 2005

Harvard Forest Web Site Highlights Science Behind Autumn Leaf Color Change

Harvard Forest website created by John O'Keefe and 2004 Bullard Fellow, David Lee, Sugar MapleFlorida International University, focuses on leaf color change. The site will provide a central repository for images, references and scientific explanations and theories relating to leaf pigment changes. Though this site focuses on the New England area, the

October 1, 2005

US Postal Service Northeast Deciduous Forest Stamps Issued

The Postal Service has issued the Nature of America: Northeast Deciduous Forest Northeast Stampcommemorative souvenir stamp sheet. The sheet's reverse side provides the common and scientific names of the 27 animals and plants pictured on the front. The artist's rendition was modelled after Harvard Pond and was created with some input from Harvard

September 1, 2005

New Harvard Forest Publications: Postdoctoral Fellows Publish On Species Turnover and Tree Migration

Harvard Forest Postdoctoral Fellow Robert McDonald, along with collaborators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, tested the effectiveness of ecoregions, a common conservation tool that divides the world into discrete regions by their ecology, in representing variation in species composition for mammals, trees, and birds. Their results show that, for any particular taxonomic group, most ecoregion boundaries

September 1, 2005

Harvard Forest Research Develops New Estimate of Old-Growth Forest Acreage Remaining in Massachusetts

A new estimate of the amount of old-growth forest remaining in Massachusetts has been Cold Riverrecently determined based on research currently being conducted by Tony D'Amato, doctoral candidate in Forestry at UMass, and Dr. David Orwig, forest ecologist at the Harvard Forest. This extensive, field-based research builds on the work of previous studies

August 1, 2005

New Harvard Forest Publication: Nutrient Limitation and Stoichiometry In Carnivorous Plants

Harvard Forest Senior Ecologist Aaron Ellison, along with University of Vermont Professor Nick Gotelli and his graduate students Amy Wakefield and Sarah Wittman examined Ecology August 2005 Covernutrient stoichiometry of northern pitcher plants fed supplemental prey. Their results suggest that under current conditions of high nitrogen deposition in the northeast that pitcher plants are

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