Martin Dovciak

Dr. Martin Dovciak
Associate Professor and Roosevelt Forest Ecologist
Department of Environmental & Forest Biology
College of Environmental Science & Forestry
State University of New York
459 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
United States of America


E-mail: mdovciak(at)esf.edu
URL Institution: www.esf.edu/
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
Journal of Vegetation Science (Editorial Board member)
Applied Vegetation Science (Editorial Board member)


Key Publications of Martin Dovciak (up to ten) :
Berdugo MB, Quant JM, Wason JW, Dovciak M. 2018. Latitudinal patterns and environmental drivers of moss layer cover in extratropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 1213–1224.

Wason JW, Dovciak M. 2017. Tree demography suggests multiple directions and drivers for species range shifts in mountains of Northeastern United States. Global Change Biology 23: 3335–3347.

Alvarez-Yepiz JC, Burquez A, Martinez-Yrizar A, Teece M, Yepez EA, Dovciak M. 2017. Resource partitioning by evergreen and deciduous species in a tropical dry forest. Oecologia 183: 607-618.

Dovciak M, Hrivnak R, Ujhazy K, Gomory D. 2015. Patterns of grassland invasions by trees: insights from demographic and genetic spatial analyses. Journal of Plant Ecology 8: 468-479.

Dovciak M, Brown J. 2014. Secondary edge effects in regenerating forest landscapes: vegetation and microclimate patterns and their implications for management and conservation. New Forests 45: 733-744.

Frelich LE, Peterson RO, Dovciak M, Reich PB, Vucetich JA, Eisenhauer N. 2012. Trophic cascades, invasive species, and body-size hierarchies interactively modulate climate change responses of ecotonal temperate-boreal forest. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 367: 2955-2961.

Dovciak M, Halpern CB. 2010. Positive diversity-stability relationships in forest herb populations during four decades of community assembly. Ecology Letters 13: 1300-1309.

Dovciak M, Halpern CB, Saracco JF, Evans SA, Liguori DA. 2006. Persistence of ground-layer bryophytes in a structural-retention experiment: initial effects of level and pattern of overstory retention. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 3039-3052.

Dovciak M, Frelich LE, Reich PB. 2005. Pathways in old-field succession to white pine: seed rain, shade, and climate effects. Ecological Monographs 75, 363–378.

Dovciak M, Frelich LE., Reich PB. 2001. Discordance in spatial patterns of white pine (Pinus strobus) size-classes in a patchy near-boreal forest. Journal of Ecology 89: 280-291.


Expertise of Martin Dovciak:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Research Interface / Management
Topic BiospherePlants
Biodiversity
Topic EcosystemsTerrestrial Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseAgriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic SocietyOrganisations / Institutions
Education / Communication / Participation
Time FrameRecent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusExtreme Events
Mean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Mountain Research InitiativeLong-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions
Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins
Sustainable land use and natural resources management
Carpathians
Europe (including Eastern Europe)
North America

Specialties of Martin Dovciak:
Plant Ecology, Forest Ecosystems, Global Change, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Management & Restoration

Last update: 11/16/22
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