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Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU: Beech Reintroduction at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Yvette Dickinson | |
| Co-PI: Andrew Storer | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Climate Change Resource Center: Responding to Forest Threats and Climate Change
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kristen Schmitt | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Ottawa NF-wide Monitoring for Invasive Earthworms and Forest Soils to Inform Landscape-scale Management and Restoration
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Blair Orr | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Radiocarbon Collaborative and Graphite Lab Operation
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Paula Zermeno | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Support of the USDA Northern Forest Climate Hub
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kristen Schmitt | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Web Development for Climate Change Science Delivery
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kristen Schmitt | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Measurement and Simulation of Carbon Stocks in African Mangroves
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Andrew Burton | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) Analytical and Outreach Support
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Robert Froese | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Wood Stake Decomposition in Forest and Urban Soils
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Martin Jurgensen | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Utility of STERILE APETALA (SAP) for Development of a Sterility Transgenic Containment Technology in Poplar
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Victor Busov | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Life Science and Technology Institute (LSTI)
Developing a Restoration Management and Long-Term Monitoring Plan for the Former Huron Bay Hunt Club Baraga County Michigan
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Rodney Chimner | |
| Co-PI: James Bess | |
| Co-PI: Christopher Webster | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Waste to Wisdom: Evaluating Biochar Impacts on Forest Soils
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Martin Jurgensen | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Dissolved Organic Matter Movement Across a Terrestrial-River-Coastal Interface
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Evan Kane | |
| Co-PI: Karl Meingast | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Wood Decomposition: Understanding Processes Regulating Carbon Transfer to Soil Carbon Pools using FACE Wood at Multiple Scales
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Andrew Burton | |
| Co-PI: Martin Jurgensen | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Ensuring Salvaged Beetle-killed Trees are Utilized for the Highest and Best Use through the Application of New Technologies
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Yvette Dickinson | |
| Co-PI: John Forsman | |
| Co-PI: Mark Rudnicki | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Michigan Wood Innovation Action Team
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Mark Rudnicki | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: Renewable Resource Solutions LLC
Compiling a High Spatial-Resolution Database of Barriers to Aquatic Organism Passage in the North Branch of the Paint River Watershed
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Wagenbrenner | |
| Co-PI: Casey Huckins | |
| Co-PI: David Watkins | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
CNH-RCN: Andes Bofedales and Cattle: The Impacts of Changing Hydrology and Glacial Retreat on Community Livelihoods in Peru's Cordillera Blanca
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Rodney Chimner | |
| Co-PI: Sigrid Resh | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: Colorado State University
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Wolf-Moose Population Monitoring Isle Royale National Park
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: John Vucetich | |
| Co-PI: Rolf Peterson | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Graduate Research Fellowship
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ellen Beller | |
| Co-PI: Joseph Bump | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Literature Review of Nondestructive Testing Techniques for Use in Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Mark Rudnicki | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
EAGER: Vertebrate Food Web Structure and Complexity at Predator-Derived Versus Human-Derived Resource Hotspots
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Bump | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Forest Adaptation to Climate Change: Science Planning and Implementation
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Patricia Butler | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Isle Royale Institute Support
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kenneth Vrana | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Climate Change Science Assessment Synthesis and Science Delivery
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Patricia Butler | |
| Co-PI: Robert Froese | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Science Delivery for Climate Change and Ecosystem Management
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kristen Schmitt | |
| Co-PI: Kailey Marcinkowski | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Basin-Wide Decision Support for Connectivity Restoration: Expanding an Online Tool to Facilitate High-Resolution Species-Specific Analyses
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Casey Huckins | |
| Co-PI: David Watkins | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Using Thermal Modification Technology to Add Value to Small-Diameter Logs from Underutilized Species
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Peter Laks | |
| Co-PI: Glenn Larkin | |
| Co-PI: Dana Richter | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: University of Minnesota-Duluth
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Developing Baseline Metrics to Evaluate and Monitor American Woodcock Habitat Management on Private Lands
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Flaspohler | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Future of Black Ash Wetlands
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Wagenbrenner | |
| Co-PI: Andrew Storer | |
| Co-PI: Catherine Tarasoff | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Collaborative Research: ABI Innovation: "Plant Genotype-Phenotype (G2P) Association Discovery via Integrative Genome-scale Biological Network & Genome-wide Association Analysis
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Hairong Wei | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Life Science and Technology Institute (LSTI)
Effects of Erosion Mitigation Treatments and Post-fire Salvage Logging on Hillslope Erosion
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Wagenbrenner | |
| Co-PI: Casey Huckins | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
A Silvicultural System for Conserving Biodiversity and Enhancing Ecosystem Services in Xeric Jack Pine Forests of the Lake States Region
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Robert Froese | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: Michigan State University
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Cross-Site Study of Harvest Gaps-Tree Regeneration in Group Openings With and Without Seed-Trees
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Christopher Webster | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Predator Control of Carrion Resources and Associated Ecological Heterogeneity
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Bump | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Instability Contingency and Global Change in a Terrestrial Food Chain
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: John Vucetich | |
| Co-PI: Rolf Peterson | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Assessment of the Microbiome During Early Stages of Wood Decomposition
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Andrew Burton | |
| Co-PI: Martin Jurgensen | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Temperature Sensitivity of Photosynthesis in a Puerto Rican Wet Tropical Forest: Investigating Variation with Tree Age and Within-crown Environmental Gradients
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Molly Cavaleri | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Carbon Research and Management
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Patricia Butler | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Belowground Ecosystem Ecologist
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Evan Kane | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Survival Mortality and Dispersal of Wolves in Michigan
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Bump | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Natural Resources
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Long-term Changes in Peatland C Fluxes and the Interactive Roles of Soil Climate Vegetation and Redox Supply in Governing Anaerobic Microbial Activity
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Evan Kane | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Stable Isotope Analysis of Pine Samples
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Andrew Burton | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Collaborative LTREB Renewal: Long-Term Ecosystem Response to Chronic Atmospheric Nitrate Deposition
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Andrew Burton | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Yellowstone Wolves: Their Ecology and Community Consequences
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: John Vucetich | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)