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, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2001 (Brief CV is here)
Web, E-mail: mdovciak@esf.edu
Phone: (315) 470-6749
Office: 459 Illick
Research: Click here
Sample publication: Dovciak M., Halpern C.B. 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, Ph.D. Candidate
M.S. Technical Institute of Sonora, Mexico, 2006
Web, E-mail: jualvare@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 470-6742
Office: 423 Illick
Research: Mechanisms of coexistence in the ancient cycad Dioon sonorense, Mexico. More
Sample publication: Alvarez-Yepiz J.C., 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, Ph.D. Student
B.A. University of Pittsburgh, 2011
Web, E-mail: jwwasoni@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 470-6742
Office: 423 Illick
Research:
Climatic controls of vegetation distribution in the Northern Forest (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York).
Portia Osborne, M.S. Student
B.S. SUNY-ESF, 2009
Web, E-mail: poosborn@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 470-4866
Office: 512 Illick
Research:
Response of vegetation and eastern massasauga rattlesnake to prescribed fire in old fields. More
Julie Quant, M.S. Student (Co-advised w/ Don Leopold)
B.A. Ithaca College, 2009
Web, E-mail: jmquant@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 727-5134
Office: 401 Illick
Research:
Forest communities along soil, acid deposition, and climate gradients of the Appalachian trail. More
María Elena Gutiérrez, M.S. Student
B.S. Antioquia School of Engineering, Colombia, 2007
E-mail: megutier@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 470-6742
Office: 423 Illick
Research:
Effects of changing climate on paramos, tropical high mountain ecosystems of Colombia. More
Sample publication: Ruiz D., Moreno H.A., Gutiérrez M.E., Zapata P.A. 2008. Changing climate and endangered high mountain ecosystems in Colombia. Science of the Total Environment 398, 122-132.
Stephen Langdon, M.S. Student
B.S. SUNY Plattsburgh, 2009
E-mail: sflangdon@gmail.com
Phone: (315) 470-6802
Office: 452 Illick
Research: Natural and anthropogenic drivers of plant diversity in the Adirondacks
 
Keith Cardinali, M.P.S. Student
B.S Oswego State University, 2010
E-mail: kwcardin@syr.edu
Phone: (661) 361-2383
Academic interests: Wetlands Ecology
 
Gennaro Falco, Undergraduate, NSF UMEB Program
E-mail: gafalco@syr.edu
Research: Tree regeneration and environmental gradients across the northern hardwood-boreal montane ecotone in the Adirondack Mts., New York, NCUR poster
Martin Holdrege, Undergraduate, NSF UMEB Program
E-mail: mcholdre@syr.edu
Research: Successional changes of forest communities in the Adirondacks.
Briana Boaz, Undergraduate, Plant Ecology Intern
E-mail: beboaz@syr.edu
Research: Assisting with the Appalachian Trail Mega-transect study. More

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