Graduate Degree Programs
M.S., M.P.S. or Ph.D. in Forest Resources Management with Research Area in Monitoring,
Analysis and Modeling
The Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling area of study focuses on the application of statistical and operations research methods and techniques used to sample, describe and predict how individual trees, forest stands and terrestrial ecosystems change over both temporal and spatial scales.
Because trees and forests respond in varying ways to an array of human and natural disturbances, research opportunities in this area of study address a diversity of topics that help us to better understand and evaluate the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems in a rapidly changing world.
Participating Faculty
- Colin M. Beier; [email protected]
forest ecosystem and landscape ecology, social-ecological systems, climate change, ecosystem services, landscape change modeling, resilience, adaptive management, resource governance, applied geoinformatics - Eddie Bevilacqua; [email protected]
sampling/inventory, biometrics, forest mensuration, growth and yield modeling, applied statistics, GIS/spatial analysis, forest ecology, landscape ecology, ecological modeling, tree-ring science, quantitative silviculture - Stephen V. Stehman; [email protected]
environmental sampling, map accuracy assessment, land-cover monitoring; applied statistics - John C. Stella; [email protected]
riparian and stream ecology, restoration ecology, watershed management, ecological modeling, tree-ring science, river restoration, arid-land and Mediterranean ecosystems - John E. Wagner; [email protected]
forest resource and environmental economics, ecosystem services, policy, quantitative silviculture, forest management and operations, operations research, simulation - Lianjun Zhang; [email protected]
forest biometrics, growth and yield modeling, spatial statistics and modeling, quantitative silviculture