Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling Area of Study for M.S., M.P.S. or Ph.D. in Forest Resources Management

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; cbeier@esf.edu
  forest ecosystem and landscape ecology, social-ecological systems, climate change, ecosystem services, landscape change modeling, resilience, adaptive management, resource governance, applied geoinformatics
• Eddie Bevilacqua; ebevilacqua@esf.edu
  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
• Julia I. Burton; jiburton@esf.edu
  Forestry, Silviculture, Forest Ecology, Ecosystem Management, Plant Community Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Climate Change, Forest Health
• Stephen V. Stehman; svstehma@esf.edu
  environmental sampling, map accuracy assessment, land-cover monitoring; applied statistics
• John C. Stella; stella@esf.edu
  riparian and stream ecology, restoration ecology, watershed management, ecological modeling, tree-ring science, river restoration, arid-land and Mediterranean ecosystems
• Philippe G. Vidon; pgvidon@esf.edu
  geography/environmental science, surface and subsurface hydrology, water quality, riparian zone/watershed biogeochemistry and hydrology, agriculture, best management practices, nitrogen, phosphorus, mercury, carbon cycling, greenhouse gases (N2O, CO2, CH4).
• John E. Wagner; jewagner@esf.edu
  forest resource and environmental economics, ecosystem services, policy, quantitative silviculture, forest management and operations, operations research, simulation
• Lianjun Zhang; lizhang@esf.edu
  forest biometrics, growth and yield modeling, spatial statistics and modeling, quantitative silviculture

Ry Patton

Robert Rutherford

Natasha Torres

Jin Yin

Jenna Zukswert