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
Projects
 
Understory plant community dynamics in Pacific Northwest forests
  • Diversity and stability of plant communities at Andrews Experimental Forest (more...)
  • Forest understory responses to variable retention harvest: the DEMO study (more...)
  • Ecological restoration in the Cedar River Watershed of the city of Seattle (more...)
Collaborating lab:
Charlie Halpern, College of Forest Resources University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Research sites:
Andrews Experimental Forest
DEMO study sites
Cedar River Watershed

Causes & consequences of tree population dynamics in the Carpathians

  • Ecology and genetics of Norway spruce invasion into mountain meadows (more...)
  • Effects of introduced conifers on litter-dwelling beetle communities (more...)
  • Population dynamics of the common yew and its management implications (more...)
Collaborating lab:
Dušan Gömöry, Ladislav Paule, and others
Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
Research sites:
Western Carpathian Mountains

Stability of simulated tree communities: effects of climate & composition
  • Theoretical exploration of stability in model plant communities (more soon...)
Collaborating lab:
Harald Bugmann, Forest Ecology Lab
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, Switzerland
Virtual research sites:
Forest communities simulated using existing sites in the Switzerland

White pine regeneration and recruitment in western Great Lakes region
  • Successional pathways of an oak savanna old-field toward white pine forest (more...)
  • White pine regeneration and recruitment in near-boreal mixed forests (more...)
Collaborating lab:
Peter Reich & Lee Frelich, Forest Ecology Lab University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota
 Research sites:
Superior National Forest
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
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