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Associate Professor 301 Bray Hall One Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210-2788 (315) 470-6697 ebevilacqua@esf.edu Vitae

Highest Education:

• Ph.D., University of Toronto (Forest Biometrics), 1999.
  

Research Interests:

• Tree and forest measurements Tree growth and competition Stem taper and growth plasticity Tree-ring analysis Application of GIS technology in natural resource management Applied Statistics

Research Projects:

• In Progress

2004-07	Northeastern States Research Cooperative: Theme 1. "Modeling Effects Uneven-aged Silvicutlure on the Wildlife Habitat and Sawtimber Production Potential of Northern Hardwood Stands". Investigators: Nyland, R. (PI), Bevilacqua, E., and Porter, W. (3 years, $140,000)
2004-07	USDA, Forest Service, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program. "Evaluating the Impact of Parcelization on Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in the New York City Watershed." Investigators: Germain, R. (PI), and Bevilacqua, E. (3 years, $66,661)
2004-05	USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, "Urban tree cover and associated influences on air and soil micro-climate". Investigator: Bevilacqua, E. (2 year, $25,000)
2004	USDA, National Resources Conservation Service, "Watershed Boundary Delineation (WBD) for 26 NHD Sub-Basins of New York State". Investigators: Herrington, L. (PI), and Bevilacqua, E. (1 year, $27,824)
2003-04	USDA Forest Service, Northeast Research StationForest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. "NE-FIA Stem Taper Data Collection and Analysis". Investigators: E. Bevilacqua, L. Zhang and J. Savage. Duration: 1 year. Funding level: $93,173.

• Recently Completed

2002-04	USDA Forest Service, Northeast Area State & Private Forestry, Focus of Federal Assistance. "Forest Stewardship Planning and Reporting Technology - GIS". Investigators: E. Bevilacqua and L. Herrington. Duration: 1.5 years. Funding level: $56,493.
2000-03	USDA McIntire-Stennis Co-operative State Research Service Program. "The influence of competitive interference on the vertical distribution of secondary growth in trees". Co-Principal Investigators: E. Bevilacqua, L. Zhang, and C. Davis. Duration: 3 years. Funding level: $61,028
2001-02	USDA Forest Service. "Urban Forest Hydrologic Measurements". Principal Investigator: E. Bevilacqua. Duration: 1 year. Funding level: $7,800
2000-01	USDA Forest Service. "Urban Forest Health Monitoring". Principal Investigator: E. Bevilacqua. Duration: 1 year. Funding level: $21,000
1998-2000	New York Center for Forestry Research and Development: "Economic analysis of silviculture applied to diameter-limit cut." Co-Principal Investigators: J. Wagner, C. Nowak, H. Canham, and E. Bevilacqua. Duration: 2 years. Funding level: $48,000
1997-98	Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada: "A forest management planning strategy for bioenergy in remote communities." Co-Principal Investigators: G.D. Puttock, D. McGregor and E. Bevilacqua. Duration: 2 years. Funding level: $10,000
1995-98	Algonquin Forest Authority: "Growth responses in individual eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) trees following partial cutting treatments". Principal Investigator: E. Bevilacqua. Duration: 3 years. Funding level $6,000
1993-94	Ontario Forestry Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: "Development of a stand-level growth model for pine stands managed under the uniform shelterwood silvicultural system." Co-Principal Investigators: E. Bevilacqua and G.D. Puttock. Duration: 2 years. Funding level: $24,000

Graduate Students:

• Current students

  • Diane Kiernan (Ph.D.)
    • Research Project: Modeling long-term growth responses in sugar maple (Acer saccarhum) under even-aged silviculture.
  • Susan Tumbarza (Ph.D.)
    • Research Project: Quantifying below-ground biomass and soil carbon dynamics of short rotation woody crops (SWRC)
  • Santiago Bueno (Ph.D.)
    • Research Project: Understanding growth and form of Pinus occidentalis Sq. in the Plan Sierra Regioin, Dominican Republic
  • Joshua Schneider (M.S.)
    • Research Project: TBD

• Students who have complete their degrees

• Kana Kamuira (2001 Degree: MPS)
• Diane Kiernan (2002 Degree: MS)
  • Thesis title: A Study Of Inter- And Intra-Specific Competition Between Three Conifer Species
    
• Bruce Hersforth (2002 Degree: MPS)
• Ram Pandit (2003 Degree: MS)
  • Thesis title: An assessment of community forestry processes and impacts with reference to forest user groups' perceptions from Dhading district, Nepal
• Nan Hu (2003 Degree: MS)
  • Thesis title: Development of a new variable-form taper equation to investigate differences in stem form following release in eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.)

Courses Taught:

Other courses taught in the past

• Analysis of Variance (APM 620)

Selected Publications:

(Click here for a complete list of publications)

Munsell, J., R. Germain, and E. Bevilacqua. 2005. Measuring the diffusion of BMP's among Catskill/Delaware Watershed NIPF owners using the innovation-decision process model. Northern Journal of Applied Forest. (In press).

Arevalo, C.B.M., T.A. Volk and E. Bevilacqua. 2005. Development and validation of aboveground biomass estimations for four Salix clones in central New York. Biomass and Bioenergy. (In press).

Bevilacqua, E., Puttock, G.D., Blake, T.J., and Burgess, D. 2005. Long-term differential stem growth and form responses in mature eastern white pine following release from competition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35:511-520.

Hu, N. and Bevilacqua, E. 2003. Development of a new variable-form taper equation for eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.). Conference Proceedings, 2003 Joint Conference of the Southern Mensurationists and Northeastern Mensurationist Organization in Roanoke, VA, October 5-7.

Kiernan, D. and Bevilacqua, E. 2003. Defining neighborhood size using the relationship between stem volume growth and competition indices. Presentation given at the 2003 Joint Conference of the Southern Mensurationists and Northeastern Mensurationist Organization in Roanoke, VA, October 5-7.

Bevilacqua, E. 2003. Using specific volume increment (SVI) for quantifying growth responses in trees - theoretical and practical considerations. In Proceedings of the third annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2001 October 17-19; Traverse City, Michigan. McRoberts, R.E.; Reams, G.A.; Van Deusen, P.C.; and Moser, J.W. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 208 p.

Bevilacqua, E. 2002. Differential growth responses in mature eastern white pine following partial cutting treatments. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Oct. 19-20 (Presentation)

Kiernan, D. and Bevilacqua, E. 2002. The influence of inter- and intra-specific competition on growth of white pine, red pine, and Norway spruce. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Oct. 19-20 (Presentation)

Puttock, G.D., D. McGregor, and E. Bevilacqua. 2000. Forest management planning strategy for Bioenergy in remote aboriginal communities in Canada. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 30(1/2): 54-66.

Bevilacqua, E., T.J. Blake and W. Suiter Filho. 1997. Modelling growth and ecophysiological responses of Eucalyptus grandis clones in Minas Gerais, Brazil. J. of Tropical For. Sci. 9(4): 505-513.

Puttock, G.D. and E. Bevilacqua. 1995. White pine and red pine volume growth under uniform shelterwood management in Algonquin Provincial Park. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forestry Service-Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. NODA/NFP Technical Report, TR-14. 74 pp.

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