Ph.D. Forest Science (forest ecology) September 1980. Thesis
topic: understory biomass successional dynamics in the Sitka spruce-western
hemlock forests of southeastern Alaska. Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR.
B.S. Botany, B.S. Forest Science. University of Washington, Seattle,
WA 1976.
International Studies Program. Central Washington State College,
Ellensburg, WA. and University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
1974.
Professional societies
--American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1983
--Society for Conservation Biology since 1988
--Natural Areas Association since 1989
--Ecological Society of America since 1995
--Montana Native Plant Society since 1995
--Montana Academy of Sciences since 1997
My research centers on structure and function of forests and
their relation to biological diversity across a range of scales.
I am specifically interested in old growth ecology, biogeographic
and land-use effects on plant diversity, global distribution and
ecology of temperate rainforests, and understory vegetation ecology.
I am also interested in comparing parallel ecosystems in North
and South America to address the role of historic and societal
influences on contemporary ecological processes. Current projects
include ecological effects of salvage logging, effects of thinning
on understory plants, ecology of exotic species, demography of
long-lived forest understory plants, and developing better resources
for learning natural history.
