Landscape Ecology

Research emphasis in the Landscape Ecology AOS includes the use of mathematical, numerical and statistical methods to establish the fundamental principles governing natural and human-altered ecosystems.

Current studies include the analysis of groundwater extraction and resulting effects on overlying vegetation, the interaction of dispersal and disturbance on patterns of community diversity, and the consequence of land-use change on extinction risks of endangered fish and mammalian species.

Examples of recent and ongoing research in Landscape Ecology:

• Plant Community Response to Changes in Water
• Extinction Risk of the Delmarva Fox Squirrel
• Potomac Initiative
• Quantifying Feedbacks Between Groundwater Decline, Wind Erosion, and Ecological Change in Desert Vegetation
• Remote Sensing and Forest Disturbance