A. Center/Institute/Program

The School of Natural Resources/University of Missouri

Department of Forestry/Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Anheuser Busch Natural Resources Building

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

Phone: 573-882-6446

Fax: 573-884-2636

Web Page: www.snr.missouri.edu

Director, School of Natural Resources: Dr. Gene Garrett, GarrettH@missouri.edu

Department of Forestry: Dr. Stephen Pallardy, PallardyS@missouri.edu

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences: Dr. Mark R. Ryan, RyanMR@missouri.edu

Representative to AERC: Dr. James S. Coleman, colemanjs@missouri.edu

B. Major objectives of the Center/Institute/Program

1. Understand the responses of ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic regimes and to climate change.

2. Evaluate conservation, management, and restoration strategies for ecosystems.

3. Understand natural ecosystem processes, attributes, and distributions.

4. Understand the economic and environmental benefits and costs of anthropogenically-established ecosystems (e.g., agroforestry, agricultural ecosystems [croplands, grasslands], urban ecosystems, reservoirs).

C. Major ecosystem research emphases

1. Response of forest ecosystems to silvicultural treatments.

2. Wetland ecosystem processes and management.

3. Ecosystem-scale energy and material exchange of temperate deciduous forest ecosystems at the grassland-forest ecotone.

4. Management and conservation of prairie and agricultural grassland ecosystems.

5. Stream ecology and management.

6. Lake and reservoir limnology and water quality management.

7. Urban ecosystems structures and functions.

8. Large river ecosystem processes, management, restoration.

9. Eco-toxicology of aquatic ecosystems.

D. Staff

Department of Forestry

Permanent scientific staff: PhD: 14

Scientific support staff: Postdocs: 5, Research Technicians: 10

Other support staff: 2

Graduate students: PhD: 15, MS: 21

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Permanent scientific staff: PhD: 13

Scientific support staff: Postdocs: 5, Research Technicians: 20

Other support staff: Administrative: 4

Graduate students: PhD: 22, MS: 35

E. Approximate annual funding (recent year)

Core funding: ~$20,000,000 (faculty salaries)/yr, Source: University budget (State of Missouri); U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey

Grants: ~$3-5 million/yr, Major sources:

Department of Forestry: U.S. Forest Service, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Missouri Department of Conservation

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

F. Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies

1. Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center, Howard County (~540 acres).

2. Prairie Fork Conservation Area, Calloway County (~700 acres).

3. Schnabel Arboretum Tract, Boone County (~80 acres).

4. Thomas S. Baskett Research and Education Area, Boone County (~2,300 acres).

5. Tucker Prairie (tall grass prairie), Calloway County (~140 acres).

6. University Forest, Wayne County (7,000 acres).

G. Research staff directly involved in ecosystem research (names and specialty areas)

Department of Forestry

Cutter, Bruce – tree growth-wood quality interactions

Dwyer, John – forest resource management, fire management

Garrett, H. Gene – agroforestry, silviculture

George, Milon – tree physiology and microclimatology

Gold, Michael A. – agroforestry

Guyette, Richard – dendrochronology

He, Hong S. – GIS, landscape ecology

Kurtz, William B. – forest economics

Larsen, David R. – quantitative silviculture and measurements

Lewis, Bernie – forest policy and economics

Muzika, Rose-Marie – forest ecology

Pallardy, Stephen G. – plant-water relations

Settergren, Carl – forest Hydrology

Stelzer, Hank – forestry extension, forest genetics

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Drobney, Ronald D. – wetland ecosystems, avian ecology

Faaborg, John R. – forest and prairie ecosystems, avian ecology, conservation biology

Galat, David L. – large river ecosystems, fisheries ecology

Gompper, Matthew E. – carnivore ecology, conservation biology

Hayward, Robert S. – fisheries ecology, aquaculture

Jones, John R. – limnology, water quality

Millspaugh, Joshua J. – large mammal ecology, quantitative ecology

Nilon, Charles N. – urban ecology, human dimensions

Noltie, Douglas B. – cave ecosystems, endangered fishes

Rabeni, Charles F. – stream ecology, fisheries and aquatic invertebrate ecology

Ryan, Mark R. – prairie and wetland ecosystems, avian ecology, conservation biology

Thompson, III, Frank R. – forest ecosystems, avian ecology

H. Long-term data sets (code name, number of years of data, computer accessibility)

Tropical Forest Bird Populations and Survival – Dry Tropical Forests, Puerto Rico (2 years), John Faaborg (FaaborgJ@missouri.edu).

Missouri Lakes Limnological Data Set (28 years), Jack Jones (JonesJ@missouri.edu).

Piping Plover Population Biology Data Set in the Northern Great Plains (23 years – joint research with The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and University), Mark Ryan (RyanMR@missouri.edu).

Missouri Forest Ecosystem Program (11 years – joint research endeavor between University and Missouri Department of Conservation) (FaaborgJ@missouri.edu).

Successional Dynamics in Oak-Hickory Forests, Baskett Research and Education Area (35 years), Steve Pallardy (PallardyS@missouri.edu), not computer accessible.

Long-term Annual and Periodic Burning Effects on Ozark Forests, University Forest (50 years), Dave Larsen (LarsenD@missouri.edu), not computer accessible.

Continuous Forest Inventory Measurements at University Forest, University Forest (50 years), Dave Larsen (LarsenD@missouri.edu), not computer accessible.