Dr. Mark Vanderwel, Associate professor
My research investigates how forest structure and composition emerge from variation in tree-level vital rates. I use both plot-based and aerial data on tree demography to parameterize dynamic models that can project how tree populations and communities may change over time. The resulting models help us better understand how the geographic distribution and carbon storage potential of forests may be affected by future environmental change.
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Stephanie Flaman, MSc student
Stephanie's research focuses on carbon stocks contained within perennial woody biomass in croplands. She will use remote sensing and other data to improve inventories of woody biomass in agricultural lands across the Canadian Prairies. Stephanie is co-supervised by Dr. Fardausi Akhter at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
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Lab Alumni
Adam Sprott, MSc
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Using unmanned aerial vehicles to examine how aboveground forest biomass and bat activity are related to three-dimensional canopy structure
Rebecca Dunkleberger, MSc
Using thermal imagery and changes in stem radius to assess water stress in two coniferous tree species
Larissa Robinov, MSc
Dynamics of forest-grassland boundaries in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
Tanvir Ahmed Shovon, PhD
Understory composition, seedling growth, and snag frequency across a water-limited forest landscape
Eva Lopez, MSc
Variation in tree growth and vascular formation across a water-limited forest landscape from 1951 to 2016
Danaë Rozendaal, Postdoc
Influences of competition on tree growth and mortality across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa
Rebecca Spriggs, PhD
Robust methods for estimating forest stand characteristics across landscapes using airborne LiDAR. (University of Cambridge, co-supervised with Dr. David Coomes)