Biological and Environmental Influences on Forest Health and Productivity
Research Work Unit NRS-10
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Our Research Mission
To develop strategies and tools to assess, protect, and improve forest health and productivity based on an improved understanding of tree and forest function.
Our Research Areas
Invasive Species - Forests are threatened by the introduction, establishment, spread, and impact of invasive species, particularly in the northern U.S.
Forest Fungi - Forest management for productivity and carbon sequestration is limited by an inadequate understanding of the critical roles of forest fungi in pathology, biodiversity, tree nutrition, and biogeochemistry.
Physiological Responses of Trees to Environmental Stress. - Forest health and productivity are threatened by an inadequate understanding of key physiological responses of trees to environmental stress.
Our Latest Products
- Haight, John-Erich ; Nakasone, Karen K.; Laursen, Gary A.; Redhead, Scott A.; Taylor, D. Lee; Glaeser, Jessie A. 2019. Fomitopsis mounceae and F. schrenkii ?two new species from North America in the F. pinicola complex. Mycologia
- Riebesehl, Janett ; Yurchenko, Eugene ; Nakasone, Karen K.; Langer, Ewald 2019. Phylogenetic and morphological studies in Xylodon (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) with the addition of four new species. MycoKeys
- Maynard, Daniel S.; Bradford, Mark A.; Covey, Kristofer R.; Lindner, Daniel ; Glaeser, Jessie ; Talbert, Douglas A.; Tinker, Paul Joshua; Walker, Donald M.; Crowther, Thomas W. 2019. Consistent trade-offs in fungal trait expression across broad spatial scales. Nature Microbiology
- Morey, Amy C.; Venette, Robert C.; Hutchison, William D. 2019. Sublethal effects of subzero temperatures on the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana: fitness costs in response to partial freezing. Insect Science
- Smith, Kevin T. 2019. A few winter fungi. Mainely Mushrooms. 35(1): 9-12.
Last Modified: 01/25/2011
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