Project Leader:
Dr. William Schuster
Locations: United States of America
Description:
The 1500 hectare Black Rock Forest is representative of much of the eastern North American deciduous forest that has been aggrading in recovery from prior agricultural use and repeated clearcutting during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Forest inventory, botanical surveys, and long-term plot data are available from 1930 to date that enable study of many past and current changes in our native forests. These data are being analyzed to examine biomass development, controls on carbon storage, and long-term changes in biological diversity.
EI Unit:
Black Rock Forest
Cross Cutting Themes:
Climate and Society
Core Disciplines:
Earth Sciences
Collaborating Institutions:
NIGEC, Pew Fellowships
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