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 David R. Foster

 Senior Lecturer on Biology
 Director, Harvard Forest

 Office: Grays Herbarium 223
 Assistant: Laurie Chiasson Jr. (978) 724-3302
 Email: drfoster@fas.harvard.edu
 Web:  http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/profiles/foster.html/
Research Interests

Plant ecology, landscape dynamics, conservation, and long-term studies of forest ecosystems.

Environmental Courses

OEB 122: Field Research in Ecology and Conservation
OEB 160: Forest Ecology
OEB 193: Advanced Research in Ecology and Conservation
OEB 299r: Forest Practice and Research

Related Publications

A late-glacial transition from Picea glauca to Picea mariana in southern New England. (2007)
Post-glacial changes in spatial patterns of vegetation across southern New England. (2007)
New estimates of Massachusetts old-growth forests: Useful data for regional conservation and forest reserve planning. (2006)
A climatic driver for abrupt mid-Holocene vegetation dynamics and the hemlock decline in New England. (2006)
The importance of land-use and its legacies to ecology and environmental management. (2003)