Jim Lutz has had a career spanning engineering, finance, and forest ecology. Since 2003 he's been dedicated to Big Trees of the west coast of North America.
Álvaro started as a student of economics, then earned a PhD in forest ecology, and now is training the next generation of forest researchers at Amacayacu FDP.
ForestGEO is pleased to welcome the Ailaoshan Forest Dynamics Plot to the network! Ailaoshan is a 20-ha, mid-mountain, moist, evergreen, broad-leaved forest plot in the Yunnan Province of China.
In this latest installment of ForestGEO’s Spotlight Series, we learn about Iveren’s career path, her commitment to community-inclusive forest ecology, the unique composition of the Ngel Nyaki research plot.
During his time here, Duncan Kimuyu has refined ideas and analysis into a manuscript draft on browsing patterns of elephants and giraffes and the subsequent impacts on Acacia mellifera.
Fifty-three forest ecologists from 23 countries and 19 plots convened for ForestGEO’s 2019 annual analytical workshop at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore this summer.
Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira has recently been named a recipient of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest recognition that the U.S. government bestows upon early-career researchers.
Original Paper:
LaManna, J. A., S. A. Mangan, A. Alonso, N. A. Bourg, W. Y. Brockelman, S. Bunyavejchewin, L.-W. Chang, J.-M. Chiang, G. B. Chuyong, K. Clay, R. Condit, S. Cordell, S. J. Davies, T. J. Furniss, C. P. Giardina, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, F.