Dr. Suzanne Boyden

DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Using spatially explicit tree-based models to understand the effects of neighbor interactions on tree growth, forest community structure, and successional dynamics.
Understanding how plant competition changes along gradients of soil fertility and climate as a tool for studying climate change.
Understanding the role of invasive species, deer, and disturbance in the regeneration dynamics of northern hardwood forests.

Boyden, S., and D. Binkley. 2016. The effect of soil fertility and scale on competition in ponderosa pine. European Journal of Forest Research. In Press.
Palik, B., R.A. Montgomery, P.B. Reich, S. Boyden. 2014. Biomass growth response to spatial pattern of variable-retention harvesting in a northern Minnesota pine ecosystem. Ecological Applications. 24(8): 2078-2088.
Montgomery, R.A., B. Palik, S. Boyden, P.B. Reich. 2013. New cohort growth and survival in variable retention harvests of a pine ecosystem in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 310: 327-335.
Boyden, S., R.A. Montgomery, P.B. Reich, B. Palik. 2012. Seeing the forest for the heterogeneous trees: stand-scale resource distributions emerge from tree-scale structure. Ecological Applications. Vol. 22 (5): 1578-1588
Boyden, S., P.B. Reich, K.J. Puettmann, and T.R. Baker. 2009. Effects of density and ontogeny on size and growth of three competing tree species. Journal of Ecology 97:277-278.

Distinguished Ecologist Alumni Award, 2012, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University