Dovciak Lab in Plant Ecology
State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology — SUNY ESF — 1 Forestry Drive — Syracuse — NY 13210
People

 

Martin Dovciak
459 Illick Hall, mdovciak@esf.edu, phone: (315) 470-6749
Assistant Professor, PhD University of Minnesota (2001), CV, web page

 

Research: Click here

Sample publication: Dovciak M, Halpern CB. 2010. Positive diversity-stability relationships in forest herb populations during four decades of community assembly. Ecology Letters 13, 1300-1309. PDF

 
Juan Carlos Alvarez-Yepiz
423 Illick Hall, jualvare@syr.edu, phone: (315) 470-6742
PhD Candidate, MS Technical Institute of Sonora-Mexico (2006), web page

 

Research: Mechanisms of coexistence in the ancient cycad Dioon sonorense, Mexico (more)

Sample publication: Alvarez-Yepiz JC, Dovciak M, Burquez A. 2011. Persistence of a rare ancient cycad: Effects of environment and demography. Biological Conservation 144: 122-130. PDF

 
Jay Ward Wason III
423 Illick Hall, jwwasoni@syr.edu, phone: (315) 470-6742
PhD Student, BA University of Pittsburgh (2011), web page

 

Research: Climatic controls of vegetation distribution in the Northern Forest (New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine).
Monica Bibiana Berdugo Moreno
423 Illick Hall, mbberdug@syr.edu, phone: (315) 470-6742
PhD Student (Co-advised with Dr. Kimmerer), MS University of the Basque Country-Spain (2008)  

 

Research: Role of non-vascular epiphytes on ecosystem water dynamics at the basin scale.

Sample publication: Juraske RC, Mosquera S, Erazo A, Garcia–Santos G, Berdugo MB, Diaz J, Binder CR, Hellweg S, Guerrero J. 2011. Pesticide uptake in potatoes: model and field experiments. Environmental Science & Technology 45: 651–657.

 
Juliana Quant
401 Illick Hall, jmquant@syr.edu, phone: (315) 727-5134
MS Student (Co-advised with Dr. Leopold), BA Ithaca College (2009), web page  

Research 1. Forest communities along soil, acid deposition, and climate gradients of the Appalachian trail (more)

Research 2: Propagule dispersal and germination ecology of invasive plants on electric transmission line rights of way in New York State.

 
Stephen Langdon
452 Illick Hall, sflangdon@gmail.com, phone: (315) 470-6802
MS Student, Shingle Shanty Preserve Manager, BS SUNY Plattsburgh (2009)  
Research: Vegetation structure of a wind disturbed black spruce peatland in the Adirondacks of New York State.  
Martin Holdrege
mcholdre@syr.edu
  Undergraduate Student, NSF UMEB Scholar  
  Research: Overstory-understory relationships and light environment in an Adirondack old growth forest, New York. (NENHC2012 poster)  
Ashley Campbell
amcamp01@syr.edu
Undergraduate Student, NSF Environmental Scholar
  Research: Distributional patterns of selected invasive plant species in Central New York State Parks.  
Adam Busman
asbusman@syr.edu
Undergraduate Student, Field Botany & Forestry Research Aide, NSF UMEB Scholar
  Research: Forest dynamics and growth-rates of red spruce along elevation gradients on Whiteface Mountain relative to regional climate change.  
Lindsay Rutte
ljrutte@syr.edu

 

Undergraduate Student, CSTEP Undergraduate Research Fellow  
  Research: Propagule dispersal and germination ecology of invasive plants on electric transmission line rights of way in New York State.  

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