Spies, Tom
Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Professor (Courtesy)
Department:
Forest Ecosystems & Society
Office Location:
350 FSL
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Education
B.S., 1974, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S., 1978, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., 1983, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Areas
Forest, Wildlife and Landscape Ecology
Research Interests
- Forest Ecology
- Landscape Ecology
Forest ecology, forest succession, stand and landscape structure and dynamics, old growth forest ecology and conservation; overstory-understory relationships; coupled natural and human systems.
Selected Publications:
- Spies, T. A., M. A. Hemstrom, A. Youngblood, and S. Hummel. 2006. Conserving old-growth forest diversity in disturbance-prone landscapes. Conservation Biology 20(2): 351-362.
- Spies, T. A., K. N. Johnson , K. M. Burnett, J. L. Ohmann, B. C. McComb, G. H. Reeves, P. Bettinger, J. D. Kline, and B. Garber-Yonts. 2007. Cumulative ecological and socio-economic effects of forest policies in coastal Oregon. Ecological applications 17(1); 5-17.
- Thompson, J.R., T. A. Spies, and L. M. Ganio. Reburn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire. 2007. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 104 (25) 10743-10748.
- Nonaka, E., T. A. Spies, M.C. Wimberly, and J.L. Ohmann. 2007. Historical range of variability (HRV) in live and dead wood biomass: a regional-scale simulation study. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37 (11): 2349-2364.