It has been an exciting and productive summer and fall season for ERI’s Ecology group, marked by fieldwork, conference participation, and the completion of several major projects before year’s end. From studying forest resilience [...]
This field season, ERI’s ecology group will continue to focus on applied research addressing modern technologies that improve data accuracy and efficiency, recent changes in structure of lesser-studied forest types, drought-related shifts in fire [...]
In the summer of 2024, ERI staff and students collected field data at various sites across the Southwest. This effort investigated the impacts of drought and wildfire on ecosystems, evaluated the effects of ecological [...]
In 2024, the ERI’s Ecology Team will conduct field projects to address current and emerging questions related to climate and fire impacts on forests, forest restoration treatment effectiveness, and understory plant responses. The ecology [...]
Over the summer season, ERI staff, students, and field technicians visited sites across the state of Arizona to collect data for studies focused on fire behavior prediction, climate impacts on forests, responses to restoration [...]
In summer 2022, the ERI’s Ecology team initiated new field projects and remeasured permanent study plots to address questions focused on climate-related changes and management strategies in southwestern forests. For example, field crews spent [...]
In summer 2022, the ERI’s Ecology team initiated new field projects and remeasured permanent study plots to address questions focused on climate-related changes and management strategies in southwestern forests. For example, field crews spent [...]
In 2022, the ERI’s Ecology team will conduct field projects to address current and emerging questions related to forest restoration treatment effectiveness, climate and fire impacts on forests, and understudied forest ecosystems. During the [...]
ERI field crews notched another successful year in 2021 and collected data for several projects that will provide forest managers with highly needed information related to ecological restoration treatments, climate effects on ecosystems, and [...]
Understory plant communities account for a high proportion of total biodiversity in western forests, and they are important to monitor due to the role they play in affecting ecological function. In summer 2021, the [...]
