Dovciak lab

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

Publications

Opportunities


		Papers in refereed journals Sprugel D.G., Rauscher K.G., Gersonde R. , Dovciak M. , Lutz J.A., and HalpernC. B. In press. Spatially explicit modeling of overstory manipulations in young forests: Effects on stand structure and light. Ecological Modelling. PDF. Dovciak M., Hrivnák R., Ujházy K., Gömöry D. 2008. Seed rain and environmental controls on invasion of Picea abies into grassland. Plant Ecology 194:135-148. PDF Wiezik M., Svitok M., Dovciak M. 2007. Conifer introductions decrease richness and alter composition of litter-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera) in Carpathian oak forests. Forest Ecology & Management 247, 61-71. PDF Dovciak M., Halpern C.B., Saracco J.F., Evans S.A., Liguori D.A. 2006. Persistence of ground-layer bryophytes in a structural-retention experiment: initial effects of level and pattern of overstory retention. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:3039-3052. PDF Dovciak M., Frelich L.E. Reich P.B. 2005. Pathways in old-field succession to white pine: seed rain, shade, and climate effects. Ecological Monographs 75, 363–378. PDF Dovciak M., Carlson D., Janecka P., Paule L. 2003. Natural regeneration of common yew (Taxus baccata) in the western Carpathians. Ecological Studies 5, 185-191. (In Slovak). Dovciak M., Reich P.B., Frelich L.E. 2003. Seed rain, safe sites, competing vegetation, and soil resources spatially structure white pine (Pinus strobus L.) regeneration and recruitment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33, 1892–1904. PDF Dovciak M., Frelich L.E., Reich P.B. 2001. Discordance in spatial patterns of white pine (Pinus strobus) size-classes in a patchy near-boreal forest. Journal of Ecology 89, 280-291. PDF Books and monographs Gömöry D., Dovciak M., Gömöryová E., Hrivnák R., Janišová M., Ujházy K. 2006. Demecological, synecological and genetic aspects of the colonization of abandoned pastures and meadows by forest trees. Vedecké Štúdie, Zvolen Technical University, Zvolen, Slovakia, 93 pages. (In Slovak). Perry J., Tichý J., Imbert J.B., Sudmeier-Rieux K., Dovciak M., Maloveský M., Baranyi A. 2001. Ecosystem management in Central and Eastern Europe: Decision-taking for the future. E. Vanderklein (ed.), Bang Printing, Brainerd, MN, 293 pages. LINK Selected technical publications Gömöry D., Ujházy K., Hrivnák R., Janišová M., Dovciak M., Gömöryová E., Strelcová K., Chudý F., Tunák D., Paule L., 2006. Ecology and genetics of tree invasions into non-forest areas of Príslopy mountain pass. In: D. Sláviková (ed.), Polana Biosphere Reserve: Status 15 years after its establishment. Zvolen Tech. Univ., Zvolen, Slovakia. (In Slovak). Dovciak M., 2003. Population dynamics of the endangered common yew (Taxus baccata L.) and its management implications for biosphere reserves of the western Carpathians. Final Report for UNESCO MAB Program, Paris, France.PDF Dovciak M. 2002. Dynamics of forest communities and sustainability principles. In R. Midriak (ed.), 4th National Conference on Biosphere Reserves of Slovakia. Rožnava, Slovakia, Oct. 28-29, Zvolen Tech. University, Slovak Karst Biosphere Reserve, & Slovak National MAB Committee. p.55-61 (In Slovak).



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