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Much of
Dr. Tinker’s research is conducted in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE)
in northwestern Wyoming, and involves ecosystem responses to large, natural
disturbances such as fire. Current projects in the GYE are focused on
understanding how the observed variation in post-fire plant communities
influences successional processes. Some of these projects include
developing a carbon budget for the forested landscape of Yellowstone
National park, an evaluation of the impacts of an invasive thistle on
forest understory composition and productivity following fire, and investigating
the reciprocal interactions of fire and bark beetles in subalpine
forests. New work is beginning in Glacier National Park that will
address how variations in climate affect tree establishment and stand
development, and other ongoing work continues to evaluate the potential of
different management approaches in Wyoming’s forested lands for
sequestering and storing atmospheric carbon.
Please
click on the links below to read about the various projects we are working
on.
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