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The following are a few of the 20 research projects currently initiated:
  • Resolving "Uncertainty" in Ponderosa Pine Fire History Methods.  NAU ERI
  • Effects of Restoration on Ponderosa Pine Water Use.  NAU Forestry
  • Post Fire Seed Removal by Rodents and Birds in Ponderosa Habitat.  NAU Biosciences
  • Bark Beetle Population Dynamics.  NAU Forestry
  • Seasonal Dynamics of Bark Beetle Flight, Tree Growth, and Physiology.  NAU Forestry
  • Tree Resistance to Bark Beetle Attacks.  NAU Forestry
  • Effects of Global Climate Change.  Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
  • Stand Treatment Impacts on Forest Health.  NAU Forestry
  • STIFH and ERI Mogollon Rim Joint Project.  NAU Forestry and ERI
Field Research

Future Research Endeavors

  • More Outside Researchers
  • More Long-Term Research (STIFH, Merriam Gradient)
  • Establish NAU Field Research Station

Coordinated Field Station Efforts

  • Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
  • Center for Sustainable Environments
  • Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program
  • Institute for Tribal and Environmental Professionals
For more information on our current research projects, download and view the following PowerPoint presentation:

NAU Centennial Forest Research (13.1 MB)

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 October 2005 )
 


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