 Purdue Agriculture > Forestry and Natural Resources > Forest Biology
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 Advance basic knowledge of forest ecosystems, as well as the physiology, genetics, and growth of hardwood trees, to provide for the health and sustained productivity of the forests of the Central Hardwood Region, both in rural and urban settings.
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| Jeffrey Dukes |
Community, ecosystem, and global ecology; biodiversity and biological invasions; ecosystem impacts of global environmental change |
| Matt Ginzel |
Chemically mediated host location and colonization behavior of wood-boring insects |
| Harvey Holt |
Forest and right-or-way vegetation management; tree growth regulators, impace of tree pruning on tree reliability |
| Douglass Jacobs |
Forest tree regeneration including nursery culture, outplanting and early stand management |
| Michael Jenkins |
Effects of invasive species on ecosystem structure and function, forest ecosystem response to disturbances |
| Charles Michler |
Plant physiology and biochemistry |
| Richard Meilan |
Plant genes affecting lignin composition, phytoremediation, heartwood and figured wood formation, root initiation, and water-use efficiency |
| George Parker |
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| Phillip Pope |
Nutrient recycling in hardwood forests, soil-site management of natural and planted hardwood forests |
| Helen Rowe |
Restoration ecology: Tallgrass prairie restoration “success”, ecological function of plant diversity |
| Michael Saunders |
Disturbance-based silviculture/ecological foresty, restoration ecology in forested systems |
| Patrick Zollner |
Behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes, forest management in changing landscapes, animal movements |
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Undergraduate
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Graduate Areas of Specialization |
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Downloadable Plan of Study for Forestry |
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Undergraduate students work with faculty and staff in the Office of Student Services to select courses that fulfill their interests and requirements of their major. |
- Forest Ecology
- Forest Soils
- Silviculture
- Tree Physiology
- Urban Forestry
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Lab Links
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Forest Ecology, Soils, and Silviculture Lab
John S. Wright Center
Molecular Tree Physiology Lab |
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To the Graduate Student page |
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