Biological Diversity

“The Northwest Forest Plan as a Driver of Change in Forest Structure and Bird Populations” presented by Matthew Betts, Professor of Landscape Ecology, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University

"LTER7 Mid-Term Review: Debriefing, Directions for the Future, and Discussion"  presented by Michael Paul Nelson, Lead-PI, Andrews Forest LTER Program, Professor of Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University

Immediately following the talks, the general meeting will include updates on proposals, graduate students, Willamette National Forest partnership, site use proposals.

Monthly meetings are used to share science, news, and opportunities related to the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research program. We start with a science hour and then move into program news and announcements. Anyone is welcome to attend.  Monthly meetings are on the first Friday of the month during the academic year, from 9 AM - 11 AM.

Forestry Sciences Lab, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Room 20.  9 - 11 AM.

Wildlife in the Treetops: Movement ecology and biodiversity monitoring in tropical forest canopies

Dr. Kevin McLean is an ecologist studying arboreal mammals in tropical forests, with a particular focus on movement behavior and forest structure. He has also established conducted canopy mammal surveys using camera traps in Panama, Ecuador, and Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and recently completed a Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship, during which he created scientific media for the public from his research. Kevin is currently an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis and a Scholar-in-Residence at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.

Wednesday, Dec. 6 @4 pm, Richardson Hall Rm 107

Thesis defense presentation by Elise Heffernan:  "Canopy Microclimates and Epiphytes: Examining Dynamic Patterns and Influences."  Monday, September 18, 1 PM, Richardson Hall 115.

We invite you to join us for the 2017 EcoInformatics Summer Institute Symposium for research seminars on pollinator and river networks!

When: Aug. 17th, 2-4pm
Where: LINC 268
What: The EISI is an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program that supports students from computer science, mathematics, ecology, earth science, engineering, and statistics. Students work in interdisciplinary teams to conduct field work at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. The students then analyze the “big data” developed at the Andrews to apply cutting-edge methods and models for investigating the dynamics of plant-pollinator networks and of river networks. Titles of individual student projects are provided below.
 
Author    Project team    Presentation Title
Peter Duin    river networks    Impact of forest harvests, road networks, debris flows, and channel morphology on volume of large woody debris in Western Cascade streams
Brent Davis    river networks    The spatial influence of LWD and tributary confluence on the local grain size distribution
Malia Gonzales    river networks    Analyzing the effect of flood events and debris flows on the temporal change of stream grain size distribution in the Western Cascade Mountains, Oregon
Sashka Warner    river networks    Network Structure as a Modulator of Disturbance Impacts in Streams
Adam Zhang    river networks    An analysis of fractal geometry in Western Cascade stream networks
Josh Griffin    pollinator networks    Simulating pollinator foraging - contrasting social bees vs. solitary bees
Jane Huestis    pollinator networks    Examining phylogenetic relatedness as a driver of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadows
Lydia Miller    pollinator networks    Drivers of modularity in plant-pollinator networks of montane meadows
Elaina Thomas    pollinator networks    Separating nestedness from species replacement in measures of beta diversity in montane meadows of the Western Cascades
Andrew Guide    pollinator networks    Influence of plant and pollinator characteristics on the interactions of pollinators in montane meadow.

You can find more information about the program on the EISI website