Spies, Tom

Position Type: 
Faculty
Job Title: 
Professor (Courtesy)
Department: 
Forest Ecosystems & Society
Office Location: 

350 FSL

Phone Number: 
(541) 750-7354
Fax Number: 
(541) 750-7316
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: 
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.