BIOGRAPHY
B.Sc., Ecology, U. Manitoba (1991)
M.Sc., Forest Sciences, UBC (1994)
Ph.D., Biogeography, C.U. Boulder (2000)
I am an “outdoor” biogeographer – I am happiest when working in the forest! My research applies dendroecological methods to investigate population and vegetation dynamics of temperate forests, particularly in the context of disturbance and climate variation. My interests in conservation and natural resource management complement my expertise in forest ecology and biogeography. As a result much of my work is applied research and collaborative with NGOs, government agencies and private companies. In addition to my long-term research program investigating disturbance regimes in the forests of coastal British Columbia, I have research projects studying woody debris dynamics in the foothills of Alberta and in the sub-boreal forests near Prince George BC, disturbance history of whitebark pine forests of Montana, and fire history in the Cariboo region of BC. I am looking forward to my next field trip to continue research of the dynamics of altitudinal treelines in the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina.
CONTACT
daniels@geog.ubc.ca
PUBLICATIONS
2009
Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States.
2008
Climate drivers of historical fire regimes in the Pacific Northwest.
2008
Preservation of Old-Growth Forests: A Case Study of Big Timber Park, Whistler, BC.
2007
Alpine treeline of western North America: linking organism-to landscape dynamics.
2007
Use of thin-sections to determine the age of Nothofagus pumilio seedlings
2006
Whitebark pine stand dynamics at Morrell Mountain, Montana
2006
Disturbance regimes in coastal British Columbia
2004
Biogeography in Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century
2004
Spatio-temporal influences of climate on altitudinal treeline in northern Patagonia.
2004
Disturbance regimes in coastal British Columbia
2004
Tree-ring presentations at the 2003 Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
2003
Altitudinal treelines of the southern Andes near 40°S.
2003
Climate-fire-vegetation interactions in Cariboo Forests: a dendroclimatic analysis.
2003
Coastal forest succession in 3D: Development, Disturbance and Dynamics.
2000
The dynamics of altitudinal treelines in northern Patagonia: spatio-temporal influences of climate.
1996
The dynamics of old-growth Thuja-Tsuga forests near Vancouver, British Columbia.
RELATED PROJECT(S)
COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA - Climatic Drivers of Yellow-Cedar Decline
COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA - Long-term Research of Old-Growth Forests
COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA - Old-Growth Forest Dynamics - Applications to Ecosystem-Based Management and Conservation
COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA - Old-Growth Western Redcedar Forests in Coastal British Columbia
MOUNTAIN FORESTS - Fire History of Montane Forests of the East Kootenays
MOUNTAIN FORESTS - Historic Climate-Fire-Vegetation Interactions of the West versus East Kootenays: Implications ofClimate Change and Fire Suppression
MOUNTAIN FORESTS - Large Woody Debris in Small Streams of the Alberta Foothills
MOUNTAIN FORESTS - Stand and Coarse Wood Dynamics in Sub-Boreal Forests
MOUNTAIN FORESTS - Whitebark Pine Stand Dynamics at Morrell Mountain, Montana
NORTHERN PATAGONIA - Altitudinal Treelines in Northern Patagonia
RELATED PHOTO GALLERY(IES) | |
 | A. Old Growth Forests of Coastal British Columbia >> View Gallery I established my permanent research plots in 1992 and have been monitoring them since then. In a recent collaboration with scientists from the US, we have made an alarming discovery… Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States Tree death rates have more than doubled over the last few decades in old-growth forests of the western United States and southwestern British Columbia, and the most probable cause of the worrisome trend is regional warming, according our research published in Science on January 23, 2009. These photographs are of the forests in and around my permanent research plots. |
