Forest Ecosystem Ecology
   at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research

The Forest Ecosystem Ecology Lab at UW-Madison is currently conducting research in the following areas. Links to past research are available below.

Current Research

The Effects of Warming on the Structure and Function of a Black Spruce Stand

Are horses responsible for invasive plants in the eastern United States?

Application of MODIS to Resolve the Effects of Global Change on Boreal Forest C Dynamics

Measuring and Modeling the Effects of Wildfire on the Microclimate, Structure and Function of Boreal Forests in North America

Bigfoot: Characterizing Landcover, LAI and NPP at the Landscape Scale for EOS/MODIS Validation

Wisconsin Focus on Energy: Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets for Wisconsin Forests and its Forest Product Chains


Past Research

Estimating NPP of Black Spruce Forests Along a Resource Availability Gradient Using NDVI

Effects of Logging Activity on Biophysical and Carbon Cycling Within Canadian Boreal Forests During Succession

Forest Management Effects on Structure and Function of Northern Hardwoods

Carbon Budgets of BOREAS and Other Boreal Forests

Measurement and Scaling of Carbon Budgets for Contrasting Boreal Forest Sites

Effects of Fire on Boreal Larix gmelinii Forests in Far Northeast China

Validation of ASTER and MODIS Surface Temperature and Vegetation Products

Midwest Center for Natural Resource Management

Long-Term Water Flux Changes from Converting Old-Growth Pine Forests to Hardwood Forests in Northern Wisconsin

McIntire-Stennis Program, USDA: Coupling Forest Ecosystem Process-Based Models to Groundwater Models: Tools to Guide Natural Resource Management in Northern Wisconsin



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