Climate and Community Assembly in Central Appalachian Forests

Category: Time:
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 12:00 to 13:00
Access:
public
Room: Speaker:
Christy Rollinson
Affiliation:
Ecology, Pennsylvania State University
Contact:
Malcolm Hughes
Calendar Status:
confirmed

The speaker is using dendrochronology to build species-specific growth models that describe how climate influences tree growth in a region where competition for light tends to dominate regeneration and community assembly dynamics.