Scientists
in the Managing Disturbance Regimes Program study the role
of disturbance in ecosystems. Our scientists include entomologists,
wildlife biologists, fire ecologists, climatologists, plant
pathologists, foresters, and atmospheric scientists. Our research
is conducted out of offices in Anchorage and Juneau, AK; Wenatchee
and Seattle, WA; and La Grande, Portland, and Corvallis, OR.
RECENT PUBLICATION
GTR-
523 Forest health restoration in south-central Alaska:
a problem analysis (PDF: 579 Kb)
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Some
of our recent research involves
- Developing pheromones as management tools to regulate bark-beetle
effects in forest ecosystems.
- Determining the epidemiology of the decline of yellow-cedar
in Alaska.
- Studying regeneration of boreal forests
- Investigating the effects of nonnative invasive species
on the structure and function of ecosystems and their responses
to fire and management practices.
- Examining the effects of forest management on the distribution
of deer, elk, and cattle.
- Conducting landscape-scale analyses and assessments of
disturbance regimes and their interactions with ecosystem
conditions.
- Providing decision support for fuel and fire hazard management
as well as the management of smoke.
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