Research Interests
Forest Ecology

My first professional position was as a Wildlife Technician with the US Forest Service in the Cascade Mountians of Oregon. This experience helped me develop an interest in forest ecosystems and the role trees play in creating their environments. My dissertation focused on the impact of hurricanes on forests in the Caribbean, specifically the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Part of that study involved quantifying, and modeling, changes in the vertical structure which led to an interest in tree climbing and research in forest canopies. In Florida, my interst in forest has focused on the role of invasive exotic plants. My study sites typically include a large gridded plot to quantify spatial patterns of change.

Possible student projects
Previous student projects
Current projects
Past projects and manuscripts

Brokaw, N., S. Fraver, J.S. Grear, J. Thompson, J.K. Zimmerman, E.M. Everham III, R. Waide, S.P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. Disturbance and canopy structure in two Tropical forests. In E. Losos and E. Leigh Jr. (eds.) Forest Diversity and Dynamism. The University of Chicago Press. In Press.

Brokaw, N., J. Thompson, J.K. Zimmerman, E.M. Everham III, R. Waide, and D. Schafer. Luquillo forest dynamics plot, Puerto Rico, United States. In E. Losos and E. Leigh Jr. (eds.)Forest Diversity and Dynamism. The University of Chicago Press. In Press.

Thompson, J., N. Brokaw, J.K. Zimmerman, R.B. Waide, E.M. Everham III, D.J. Lodge, C.M. Taylor, D. Garcia-Montiel, and M. Fluet. 2002. Land Use History, Environment, and Tree Composition in a Tropical Forest. Ecological Applications: 12(5): 1344-1363. Click here to view the abstract

Myster, R.W. and E.M. Everham III. 1999. Germination cues across the disturbance regime in the Puerto Rican rainforest. Tropical Ecology. 40(1):89-98.

Everham, E.M. III, R.W. Myster, and E. VanDeGenachte. 1996. Effects of light, moisture and temperature on germination of five tree species in the tropical montane forest of Puerto Rico. American Journal of Botany . 83(8): 1063-1068.

Everham, E.M., III., and N.V.L. Brokaw. 1996. Forest damage and recovery from catastrophic wind. Botanical Review. 62(2): 113-185. Click here to view the abstract

Everham, E.M., III. 1996. Spatial patterns of hurricane disturbance to a 16 hectare plot in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Inside CTFS. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Everham, E.M., III. 1996. Hurricane Disturbance and Recovery: an Empirical and Simulation Study of Vegetation Dynamics in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Thesis. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Syracuse.

Zimmerman, J.K. E.M. Everham III, R.B. Waide, D.J. Lodge, C.M. Taylor, and N.V.L. Brokaw. 1994. Responses of tree species to hurricane winds in a 16 ha plot of low montane forest in Puerto Rico: implications for tropical tree life histories. Journal of Ecology 82: 911-922.

Web Links

FGCU Campus Ecosystem Model Website - www.fgcu.edu/cas/cem/index.html

Plot Studies:
    HabitatNet - About HabitatNet - www.sprise.com/shs/habitatnet/About.htm
    SI/Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity - www.si.edu/simab/simabmain.htm
    SI/MAB's MEthodlogy for plots - www.si.edu/simab/establishingbioplots.htm

Related Research:
    TAME Melaleuca - grove.ufl.edu/~pinerosm/tame/
    Save Florida's Native Bromeliads - savebromeliads.ifas.ufl.edu

Tropical Research Sites:
    Luquillo LTER Home Page - sunceer.upr.clu.edu
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - www.stri.org

Professional Organizations:
    ESA Homepage - www.esa.org
    Association for Tropical Biology - atb.botany.ufl.edu
    Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) - www.ser.org
    The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) - conbio.net/scb/
    International Society of Arboriculture - www.isa-arbor.com

Other Sites: 
    TERRA: The Earth Restoration and Reforestation Alliance - www.championtrees.org/indexx.htm
    American Forests: THE NATIONAL REGISTER of BIG TREES 2000-01.
    Forestry Suppliers, Inc. 800-647-5368 - www.forestry-suppliers.com/
    The National Arbor Day Foundation - www.arborday.org.
    Tree Climbing USA -   www.treeclimbingusa.com
    Treeclimbing.COM / Everything in the World about Tree Climbing - www.treeclimbing.com

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