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Dr. David J. Mladenoff
Department of Forest Ecology and Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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J o d i F o r r e s t e r

Research Associate

Research Interests

I am interested in the influence of natural and human disturbances on vegetation dynamics. Past research has focused on disturbance dynamics and successional patterns in several eastern forest types. Currently, I am the project manager for the Flambeau Experiment - a study designed to examine the development of old-growth forest processes following the addition of large woody debris and canopy openings in a second-growth northern hardwood forest.

Current Projects

Experimental manipulation of northern hardwoods forest structure

Background

2004  PhD  Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1998  MS  Biological Sciences, Wright State University
1994  BPhil  Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University

Contact

120 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
phone: 608-265-6321
fax: 608-262-9922
email: jforrester_AT_wisc_DOT_edu

P u b l i c a t i o n s

Burton, J.I., D.J. Mladenoff and J.A. Forrester. 200X. Hierarchical spatial patterning of forest understory plant diversity. In prep.

Forrester, J.A., D.J. Leopold, and H.W. Art. 2007. Disturbance history and mortality patterns in a rare Atlantic barrier island community: dynamics of an old-growth and mature maritime holly forest. Natural Areas Journal 27: 169-182.

Forrester, J.A., and K.K. Bohn. 2007. Effects of mechanical site preparation on the abundance and diversity of ground-layer vegetation in Adirondack northern hardwood forests. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 24 (1): 14-21.

Forrester, J.A., D.J. Leopold, and H.B. Underwood. 2006. Isolating the effects of white-tailed deer on the vegetation dynamics of a rare maritime Ilex opaca forest. American Midland Naturalist 156(1):135-150.

Forrester, J.A., and D.J. Leopold. 2006. Extant and potential vegetation of a late-successional maritime Ilex opaca forest. Plant Ecology 183: 349-359.

Forrester, J.A., D.J. Leopold, and S.D. Hafner. 2005. Maintaining critical habitat in a heavily managed landscape: effects of power line corridor management on Karner blue butterfly habitat. Restoration Ecology 13: 488-498.

Forrester, J.A., T.E. Yorks, and D.J. Leopold. 2005. Arboreal vegetation, coarse woody debris and disturbance history of mature and old-growth stands in a coniferous forested wetland. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 252-261.

Forrester, J.A., G.G. McGee, and M.J. Mitchell. 2003. Effects of beech bark disease on aboveground biomass and species composition in a mature northern hardwood forest, 1985 to 2000. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130: 70-78.

Forrester, J.A. and J.R. Runkle. 2000. Mortality and replacement patterns of an old-growth Acer-Fagus woods in the Holden Arboretum, Northeastern Ohio. American Midland Naturalist 144: 227-242.

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