Adirondack Ecological Center
Example Research Projects
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Affiliation |
Project Title |
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Syracuse University |
Atmospheric deposition, transport, transformations and bioavailability of mercury across a Northern Forest landscape |
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US EPA |
National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) |
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US EPA |
Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) |
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SUNY ESF |
Carbon Dynamics and Pond Age in Beaver-impacted Wetlands |
2026 |
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NADP |
NADP comparison of passive and active mercury samplers: pilot |
2026 |
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Unaffiliated |
Rare Plant Survey - Rich Lake uplands (Early blue cohosh) |
2026 |
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SUNY ESF |
Nano-cellulose concrete demonstration to NBRC's timber for transit program |
2026 |
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Trinity College Dublin |
Black bears and impact of Beech Leaf Disease on beech mast production |
2026 |
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US Forest Service |
Chestnut disease genomic assessment |
2026 |
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SUNY ESF |
Short- and Long- Term Tradeoffs in Forest Carbon Across Variation in Management Options |
2026 |
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SUNY ESF |
Genetic analysis of Vallisneria americana from Herbarium Collection |
2026 |
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SUNY ESF |
Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Sediment (NYSERDA) |
2026 |
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
NSF CAREER proposal: Arbutus Lake Watershed water and soil sampling |
2026 |
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NYSDEC |
GPS tracking of American marten at HWF and Elk Lake - study of pulsed resources and trophic dynamics |
2025 |
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Laval University, QC |
Mast production and barred owls reproduction and behavior in Mont-St-Bruno National Park, Quebec |
2025 |
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NYNHP |
Rare Plant Survey - Rich Lake and adjacent wetlands |
2025 |
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Cornell University |
Unionid mussel study |
2025 |
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Syracuse University |
Effects of access to mycorrhizal fungi on oak seedling success in a managed forest (ACTS) - soil temperature, moisture and light measurements |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
proposed: NASA on forest biomass and carbon flux in the US NE forests |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Power in the Patchwork? Enhancing Biodiversity and Resilience by Using Summertime Patch Cutting to Create Uneven-Aged Northern Forests' |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Soil carbon in old growth and working forests |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Soil moisture, groundwater and temperature differences in ACTS treatments. |
2025 |
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University of Laval |
Effect of recreotouristic activity on barred owls’ reproduction and behavior in Mont-St-Bruno National Park, Montreal, QC. |
2025 |
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Paul Smiths College |
Black bear hibernation and nutrition - mast data request |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effects of Variation in Harvest Intensity Within Climate-Adaptive Silvicultural Prescriptions on Forest Hydrology |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Parasitic genomics of native Adirondack crayfish |
2025 |
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Northern Arizona U |
American Goshawk survey of Northeast US |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Salamander demographics and weather relationships |
2025 |
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SUNY ESF |
Recovery of nutrient systems with different beaver dam ages |
2024 |
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NY Natural Heritage Program |
Bog Lemming bucket camera trapping |
2024 |
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Durham University, UK |
Can Fear Generalizability Maintain Risk-Sensitive Behaviours Towards Extirpated Predators? |
2024 |
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Juniata College |
Bat occupancy of the ACTS treatment site on Goodnow Mountain |
2024 |
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NY Natural Heritage Program |
NYS Mammal Atlas |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Abundance, Occupancy, and Phenology of Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) |
2024 |
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Syracuse University |
Soil carbon pools and ectomycorrhizal assemblages in Heiberg Forest and Huntington Wildlife Forest |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Trends in terrestrial salamanders at HWF |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Mast and mammal cycles - updating the JWM 2012 analysis with ALTEMP data. |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Wwinter tracking of marten using telemetry, backtracking and ALTEMP #17 |
2024 |
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Fordham University |
Bat diet and occupancy at day roosts across New York State |
2024 |
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NYS Department of Health |
Tick-borne diseases on public lands - Ecological Scorecard and ESF Newcomb Campus |
2024 |
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NYS Museum |
Patterns and predictors of lichen rarity - expanding to New York State |
2024 |
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University of Cincinnati |
Diatom chemicals stored in lake sediment - Wolf Lake |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Winter mammal behavior and weather - AIM Camera Honors Project |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Canopy Usnea sp. lichen chemical and biological analysis: Electric Fence blowdown site sampling |
2024 |
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SUNY ESF |
Beaver impact in riparian areas |
2024 |
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Wilkes University |
Cotton grass (E. vaginatum) genetic structure in East Coast populations |
2023 |
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University of Cincinnati |
Isotope analysis of lake bottom surface sediment along a depth transect in Wolf Pond. |
2023 |
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SUNY ESF |
Low-elevation LiDAR sensor testing and data collection post-flooding |
2023 |
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SUNY ESF |
Population size of Chelydra serpentina, snapping turtle, at HWF |
2023 |
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SUNY ESF |
Carbon Cycling - Adjidaumo Flow Research Platform |
2023 |
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SUNY ESF |
Ruffed Grouse Drumming Survey |
2023 |
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Penn State University |
Ecological drivers of evolutionary variation in spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass coloration |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Biogeochemistry of streams impounded by beavers with and without "beaver deceivers" |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Common Loon eggs and mercury |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Fisher demography in northern NY |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Monitoring Disturbance in the Northern Forest: Development of a Regional Change Detection and Attribution Tool. |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Partnering with Foresters to Rehabilitate Passerine Habitat in |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Regeneration in northern hardwoods managed for American beech |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Cattail study |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Habitat use of imperiled Myotis bats in managed forests in the Adirondacks |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Arthropods in mature sugar maple trees and implications of forest harvest |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Common Loon (Gavia immer) nest success on natural and nest raft sites in Adirondack Park, NY |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Climate and long-term demographics of snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) on HWF |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
High Peaks recreational behavior and ecological indicators - Ecological Scorecard pilot project |
2022 |
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Syracuse University |
Quantifying the Effect of Canopy Interception by Forest Type for Snow Water Equivalent Estimates of Arbutus Lake |
2022 |
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Unaffiliated |
Moth survey in Adirondack region - Nighttime insect collection using UV bucket traps |
2022 |
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SUNY ESF |
Some Don’t Like It Hot: Analyzing the Effects of Climate Change and Biogeochemistry on Native Adirondack Fish Communities Over Time. |
2022 |
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Syracuse University |
Using Lakes as Weather Stations: Snowfall Monitoring from Lake Water Pressure |
2022 |
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US Forest Service |
American beech growth and survival greenhouse experiment |
2022 |
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Adirondack Research |
APIPP aquatic invasive plant survey of Rich and Arbutus Lakes |
2021 |
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Cornell University |
Wolf Lake fishery survey |
2021 |
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Cornell University |
Wolf Lake bioacoustic survey |
2021 |
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LTER |
Identifying environmental drivers of plant reproduction across LTER sites (EDI + AEC) |
2021 |
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SUNY ESF |
Use of Novel eDNA Techniques to Assess the Distribution of the Invasive Aquatic Plant, Variable-Leaf Milfoil (Myriophylllum heterophyllum) |
2021 |
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Syracuse University |
Beaver hydrology study |
2021 |
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SUNY ESF |
Gaps in Adirondack History and Culture |
2021 |
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SUNY ESF |
n/a |
2021 |
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Mississippi State University/Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
Influence of natural vs anthropogenic foods on black bear demographic rates in Maine |
2021 |
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Clarkson University |
Vernal Pool Mercury Study |
2020 |
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SUNY ESF |
Articulating Two- Aged Silviculture in Northern Hardwood Stands |
2020 |
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Irland Group |
Lake ice survey |
2020 |
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SUNY ESF |
Comparison of DEC Designated Campsites and Illegal Stealth Sites in the Pharaoh Lakes Wilderness and southern High Peaks Wilderness of the Adirondack Park, New York. |
2020 |
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SUNY ESF |
Silvicultural treatment effect on carbon captured by Adirondack trees. |
2020 |
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SUNY ESF |
Physiological response of sugar maple (acer saccharum) to a natural soil base saturation gradient in the Adirondack Mountains, New York USA |
2020 |
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SUNY ESF |
Forest above ground biomass estimation using remote sensing data |
2020 |
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York University |
Lake ice survey |
2020 |
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US Army |
Airborne Radar Testing |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
The corticolous lichen assemblages on American beech (Fagus grandifolia ehrh.) And
their relationships with beech scale insect |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
A least cost dynamic optimization approach for obtaining a desired balanced unevenaged structure |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Assessment of dissolved organic carbon dynamics and quality for an intensively monitored northern forest watershed |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Lake Bathymetry with side-scanning sonar |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Spatial Patterns of Beech and Ground Vegetation |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Understory beech response to silvicultural partial cutting in the central Adirondacks. |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Assessing the Economic Viability of a Mechanized Beech Bark Disease Remediation Harvest and a Life Cycle Assessment of a Mechanized Shelterwood Harvest. |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Adaptive Capacity through Silviculture (ACTS) |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Ecological Scorecard and Monitoring Framework for the Adirondack Region |
2019 |
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SUNY ESF |
Beech Leaf Disease - Initial survey |
2019 |
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Cornell University |
Proactive risk assessment of the next amphibian threat: Understanding species and population-level susceptibility, environmental suitability, and development of disease mitigation tactics to combat the salamander-eating fungus (Bsal) |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Avian community and beech regeneration management |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Role of Comammox Bacteria in Northeast Forest Nitrogen Cycling |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Small mammals near beaver impoundments and vegetation structure impacts |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Survival and growth of underplanted white pine seedlings in white pine shelterwoods of varying site quality and density |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Soil carbon dioxide fluxes in a northern hardwood forest: fine-scale |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Huntington Wildlife Forest and Lake Hadlock Fish Community Survey |
2018 |
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SUNY ESF |
Community planning in Biosphere Reserves |
2018 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University |
Changes in water clarity and DOC of Adirondack lakes over a 30-year span. |
2018 |
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Biodiversity Research Institute |
Developing an exposure profile for mercury and calcium in New York songbirds and bats, and understanding methylmercury availability in herpetofauna of New York |
2017 |
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Paul Smiths College |
Investigating the presence of the Columbia silk moth (Hyalophora columbia) at ESF Newcomb campus |
2017 |
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Skidmore College |
Tree mycorrhizal associations control a broad suite of important ecosystem processes: a collaborative study of Adirondack forest types |
2017 |
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SUNY Albany |
Diversity of malaria parasites (Haemosporidia) in Catharus thrushes in the Adirondack Mountains |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Regeneration in northern hardwoods |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Imperiled Bats in Northeastern Forests: balancing bat conservation with forest management |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
From "take back the town" to "lock up the lake": Investigating shifting perspectives towards environmental protection in Lake George |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
A Reexamination of the Macroinvertebrate Community of Central Adirondack Streams |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Determining the importance of vernal pools across geophysical and urbanization gradients to inform regulation, conservation, and management - field pool assessment. |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Gladiator Salamanders as Biological Indicators of Environmental Quality in Central Adirondack Forests |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Beavers as ecosystem engineers: influence on vegetation structure |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
A Reexamination of the Macroinvertebrate Community of Central Adirondack Streams |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Parasitism of Giant Silk Moth By A Rogue Biological Control Agent in the Adirondacks |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Evaluation of water quality and biological changes in three Upper Hudson River watershed lakes - a forecast of what is to come? |
2017 |
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University of Georgia |
Use of LiDAR to develop a young forest model for Adirondack moose |
2017 |
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SUNY ESF |
Impacts of land-use history, climate and biotic factors on the ecology of myrmecochorous seed dispersal through uncoupling of plant-ant interactions |
2017 |
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NY Natural Heritage Program |
Determining the importance of vernal pools across geophysical and urbanization gradients to inform regulation, conservation, and management. |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
The effects of Riparian Management Zone delineation on timber value and ecosystem services in diverse forest biomes across the United States |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
River Otter Occupancy |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Wilderness and community well-being in the Central Adirondacks |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Estimation of a nutritionally based carrying capacity of moose in Adirondack Park |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Evaluating virulence of beech bark disease pathogens |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Revegetation of Iron Mines |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
The Price of Wilderness? Exploring the Relationship Between Wilderness and Community Well-Being in the Central Adirondacks |
2016 |
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Biodiversity Research Institute |
Common Loons - a Sentinel of Mercury Pollution in New York's Aquatic Ecosystems |
2016 |
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University of Cincinnati |
Collaborative Research: Identifying basin-specific controls on isotopic and chronological offsets of lake sediment leaf wax hydrogen isotope records |
2016 |
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University of Washington |
Using eDNA sampling to detect ranavirus in vernal pool amphibians |
2016 |
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Denison University |
The Role of Beaver in Sediment and Carbon Budgets of the Adirondack Mountains, NY |
2016 |
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Wildlife Conservation Society |
Moose habitat assessment using scat detecting dogs |
2016 |
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Cornell University |
Assessment of epidemiology of native Brassica in the Adirondack region |
2016 |
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University of Vermont |
Long-term Regeneration Dynamics in Northern Hardwood Forests of the Northeast |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Epiphytic and plant community dynamics pre- and post-harvest |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Blue Lining: Organizational governance in Adirondack Park |
2016 |
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SUNY ESF |
Beech management and wildlife interactions |
2016 |
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Cornell University |
Nitrous oxide consumption in acid forest soils |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
It Starts With Ecesis: A Comparison of Planted White Pine Establishment, Growth, and Survival Between Low and High Quality Growing Sites in the Adirondack Park |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Local and landscape environmental factors influence beaver colony distribution and activity. |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Assessment of the Role of Recreation in the Distribution and Prevalence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Adirondack Park and northern New York. |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Beavers as ecosystem engineers: Influence of wetland class and vegetation structure on avian species richness. |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Trout in Adirondack Lakes |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Protecting an Upper Hudson Heritage Lake: Assessing the need for fish barrier installation at Wolf Lake, Newcomb, New York |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Perceptions of bioblitz participants' event-related outcomes, interactions, perceptions of event organization, and motivations |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Resampling Tierson Stem Injection Treatments |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Quantifying Mercury in Tree Tissues at Huntington Wildlife Forest |
2015 |
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Biodiversity Research Institute |
Determining Sources of Mercury Contamination within Terrestrial Habitats in the Adirondack Park of New York State |
2015 |
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Syracuse University |
In-Situ Analysis of DOM as a proxy for Total Hg using UV absorbance |
2015 |
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SUNY Albany |
Snow Sensor Evaluation - SWE and Snow Depth |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effects of Acidic Deposition and Soil Acidification on Forest Understory Plant Biodiversity in the Adirondack Mountains |
2015 |
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SUNY ESF |
The influence of climate on the composition, diversity and abundance of the epiphytic bryophyte community on sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in Northern and Central New York. |
2014 |
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University of Göttingen |
Tracing the spread of European earthworms into North America using molecular markers and field experiments |
2014 |
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Adirondack Park Agency |
Monitoring Climate Change in Adirondack Wetlands |
2014 |
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Colgate University |
Origin of Metamorphic Coronas in Adirondack Rocks |
2014 |
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NYS DEC |
Bear Cub Productivity Study |
2014 |
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Biodiversity Research Institute |
Monitoring spatial gradients and temporal trends of mercury in songbirds of New York State |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Impacts of Beavers on Avian Diversity at Local and Landscape Scales |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Learning From The Land |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effects of propagule pressure on the presence and abundance of non-native macrophytes and aquatic invertebrates in Adirondack lakes |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Diversity of polypores and corticioid fungi in Adirondacks |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Sustaining White pine on high quality sites |
2013 |
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Scotia-Glenville High School / ESF |
White-tailed Deer Population Demographics |
2013 |
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Bat Conservation and Management, Inc. |
Northern Flying Squirrel Acoustic Study |
2013 |
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Sam Houston State University |
Stress in small mammals |
2013 |
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Clark University |
Diversity of polypores and corticioid fungi in Adirondacks |
2013 |
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University of Oxford |
Meta-analysis on the ecosystem effects of pests and pathogens on dominant trees |
2013 |
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SUNY Stony Brook |
What is the role of abiotic factors in the organization of riparian plant communities? |
2013 |
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Cornell University |
Interactions between whitetail deer and earthworms in NY, PA, and NJ forests |
2013 |
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NYS DEC |
Biological monitoring of Archer Creek |
2013 |
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University of New Hampshire |
Understanding the Physical and Biological Drivers of Observed Evapotranspiration Declines in the Northern Forest Region |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Adirondack soundscapes: Land use and noise effects on boreal wetland avian communities. |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Diet of the American marten (Martes americana) and relationship to small mammal population fluctuations in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. |
2013 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Nitrogen Acquisition by Sarracenia purpurea in the Adirondack Mountains |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Impacts of Acidic Deposition and Soil Calcium Depletion on Terrestrial Biodiversity and Food Webs in Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystems |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Mercury Production and Export in the Arbutus Watershed, Adirondack Park |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Determination of climatic and geomorphological drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in forested landscapes of the US |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Tree delineation with improved watershed method and random forest |
2012 |
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Queen's University |
Holocene climate change in the northeastern United States |
2012 |
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Clark University |
Polypore diversity and taxonomy of the Adirondack area-field trip of the PolyPEET project |
2012 |
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University of Georgia |
Functional, genetic, and taxonomic diversity of plant-fungal interactions along climatic gradients and their role in climate change driven species migrations |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Tracing snail calcium to bird eggs |
2012 |
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Johns Hopkins University |
Photographing Climate Change in The Adirondacks |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Streams Located within Forested Landscapes of the US Northeast |
2012 |
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Dartmouth College |
Assessing the Long-Term Influence of Tree Harvest on Mineral Soil Carbon Pools S |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effect of Invasive Earthworms on Soil Microbes and Nutrient Cycling |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Sustaining white pine on high quality sites |
2012 |
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Paul Smiths College |
A Heritage Lake: paleoecology of Wolf Lake, Essex County, NY |
2012 |
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US EPA |
Ammonia Monitoring Network (AMoN) |
2012 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effects of Snow on Movements of American Martens (Martes americana) and Fishers (Martes pennanti) in the Adirondack Mountains, New York |
2011 |
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Vassar College and Washington State University |
Landscape level stress assessment of wood frogs |
2011 |
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SUNY Stony Brook |
Demographic heterogeneity at landscape scales in an emergent invasive species, Centaurea stoebe, in New York State |
2011 |
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
Identifying the drivers of oak masting in eastern US deciduous forests |
2011 |
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SUNY ESF |
Modeling growth and mortality of even-aged northern hardwood stands in the Adirondack region of New York |
2011 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effects of acidic deposition on songbird abundance and diversity in the Adirondack Mountains, NY |
2011 |
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SUNY ESF |
Integrating effects of climate change and acidic deposition on sugar maple (Acer saccharum) growth and yield in the Northern Forest |
2011 |
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SUNY ESF |
The impact of beech thickets on biodiversity. |
2011 |
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NYS DEC |
American marten and fisher: ecology and management |
2009 |
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SUNY ESF |
Effect of Variable Mast Production on American Black Bear Reproduction and Bear-Human Conflict in the Central Adirondack Mountains |
2009 |
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SUNY Stony Brook |
Predictive modeling to establish risks of rapid invasion and develop adaptive management plans in eastern U.S. populations of spotted knapweed, a noxious weed. |
2009 |
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SUNY ESF |
Characterizing microclimate and plant community variation in wetlands. |
2008 |
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Syracuse University |
Land-Atmosphere Dynamics of Mercury and Ecological Implications for Adirondack Forest Ecosystems |
2008 |
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SUNY ESF |
Variation of stable sulfur and oxygen isotopes of sulfate during various discharge periods in the Arbutus Lake watershed |
2007 |
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SUNY Buffalo |
Long-term climate study of lake ice dates |
2007 |
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McGill University |
Ecology of American marten in New York State |
2007 |
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Paul Smiths College |
Adirondack Lake Assessment Program (ALAP) |
2001 |
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SUNY ESF |
Hydrological patterns of two related subcatchments in the Arbutus Lake Watershed in the Adirondacks |
2000 |
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Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation |
Adirondack Loon Project |
1998 |
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US EPA |
Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) |
1990 |
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NYS DEC |
Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation |
1988 |