Trevor Carter

Ph.D. Degree Candidate

Dr. Brian Buma's Lab

CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology

When: Friday, April 19th, 2024, 12:00pm
Where: Science Building, Room 2001

Carbon Dynamics in the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest: An Ecosystem Science Approach

Quantifying forest carbon stocks is crucial for policy decisions and the management of forests in the face of global climate change. Investigation of forest carbon stocks at the regional scale provides insight into the fine-scale variability that is not captured by global models. In my dissertation, I investigated the spatial relationships of forest carbon stocks and plant biodiversity across the perhumid region of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest of North America – the largest temperate rainforest on the globe. Join me for my dissertation defense to learn about the spatial patterns of forest carbon in this region, its relative contribution to the global carbon budget, and how other management objectives such as managing for biodiversity may interact with forest carbon.