A5039468794- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest ecology and management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Plant responses to water stress
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Helminth infection and control
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
2021-2025
University of Minnesota, Duluth
2010-2021
Foresters and natural resource managers are increasingly exploring opportunities for the early detection of emerging forest health concerns. One these concerns is eastern larch beetle (ELB, Dendroctonus simplex LeConte), a native insect tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K., Koch). Historically, ELB attacked only dead or dying trees, but with climate change, it now becoming damaging disturbance agent that affects healthy trees as well. This shift creates need to evaluate methods used detect...
Climate change represents an existential threat to many forest ecosystems because tree populations are often adapted local climate means and variability. If cannot migrate or adapt, they risk becoming increasingly maladapted with change. This emerging mismatch underscores the need for adaptive management techniques, such as assisted migration of species, help mitigate impacts on ecosystems. Although biotic abiotic factors known constrain establishment success, extent which may determine...
Within black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marshall) wetlands, acts as a foundational species, resulting in high vulnerability to the invasive emerald borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). One mitigation strategy being considered is planting of alternative tree species increase compositional diversity, however, there limited understanding how replacement tolerate flooding. A greenhouse experiment was used explore early survival and growth eighteen response five...
Introduction Global climate change and associated stressors threaten forest ecosystems due to the rapid pace of change, which could exceed natural migration rate some tree species. In response, there is growing interest research implement assisted (FAM). Here, we used a species-independent indicator based on analogy, according sigma (dis)similarity (σ d ) index, match planting sites across eastern US with (future) climatically-compatible seedlots (CCS). Methods We developed CCS for grid...
Abstract Anthropogenic habitat change and moderating climatic conditions have enabled the northward geographic expansion of white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, parasitic nematode (meningeal worm) it carries, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis. This can consequences in dead-end host species for other ungulates because meningeal worm reduces health, causes morbidity or direct mortality, has been attributed to population declines. In northeastern Minnesota, which marks southern extent...
Abstract In temperate and northern ecosystems where there are pronounced seasonal patterns in weather available energy, corresponding of body condition among white‐tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ). Body can affect survival reproduction, which has large repercussions for state‐level natural resource agencies that allocate hunting permits. this study, we investigated how variation winter weather, spring phenology, habitat composition, browse quantity affected across a spatial scale....
Despite the importance of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis infection for moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) management, only one peer-reviewed study has evaluated relationship between densities potential parasite-mediated competition species. Using polynomial-regression modeling, that identified a deer-density threshold above which populations declined; however, nature data apparent outliers suggests approach used to develop may not have been appropriate. We from...