Ducey

Mark Ducey

PROFESSOR
Phone: (603) 862-4429
Office: Natural Resources & the Environment, James Hall Rm 114A, Durham, NH 03824
Pronouns: He/him/his

I am a forest biometrician and quantitative silviculturist. Research in my lab focuses on the use of quantitative techniques to describe the structure, function, and dynamics of forests from the stand to regional scales. Although much of the research my team and I perform is centered on the mixed-species forests of New England, my group is engaged in projects elsewhere in the U.S. (such as the Blue Mountains ecoregion in northeastern Oregon), with colleagues in Europe (Norway, Spain), Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and Brazil.

Courses Taught

  • FORT 573: Management Operation&Analysis
  • NR 435: Contemporary Conservatn Issues
  • NR 600: Work Experience
  • NR 749/849: Forest Inventory and Modeling

Education

  • Ph.D., Forestry, Yale University
  • M.F.S., Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management, Yale University
  • B.A., Classical Civilization, Yale University

Selected Publications

  • Gunn, J. S., Ducey, M. J., & Belair, E. (2019). Evaluating degradation in a North American temperate forest. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 432, 415-426. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.046

  • Ducey, M. J., Johnson, K. M., Belair, E. P., & Cook, B. D. (2018). The Influence of Human Demography on Land Cover Change in the Great Lakes States, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 62(6), 1089-1107. doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1102-x

  • Bravo-Oviedo, A., Condes, S., del Rio, M., Pretzsch, H., & Ducey, M. J. (2018). Maximum stand density strongly depends on species-specific wood stability, shade and drought tolerance. FORESTRY, 91(4), 459-469. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpy006

  • Ducey, M. J., & Fraver, S. (2018). The conic-paraboloid formulae for coarse woody material volume and taper and their approximation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48(8), 966-975. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2018-0064

  • Ducey, M. J., & Fraver, S. (2018). The conic-paraboloid formulae for coarse woody material volume and taper and their approximation. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, 48(8), 966-975. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2018-0064

  • Ducey, M. J., & Astrup, R. (2018). Rapid, nondestructive estimation of forest understory biomass using a handheld laser rangefinder. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, 48(7), 803-808. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2017-0441

  • Ducey, M. J. (2018). Design-unbiased point-to-object sampling on lines, with applications to areal sampling. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, 137(3), 367-383. doi:10.1007/s10342-018-1109-0

  • Belair, E. P., & Ducey, M. J. (2018). Patterns in Forest Harvesting in New England and New York: Using FIA Data to Evaluate Silvicultural Outcomes. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY, 116(3), 273-282. doi:10.1093/jofore/fvx019

  • Hoover, C. M., Ducey, M. J., Colter, R. A., & Yamasaki, M. (2018). Evaluation of alternative approaches for landscape-scale biomass estimation in a mixed-species northern forest. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 409, 552-563. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2017.11.040

  • Boag, A. E., Hartter, J., Hamilton, L. C., Christoffersen, N. D., Stevens, F. R., Palace, M. W., & Ducey, M. J. (2018). Climate change beliefs and forest management in eastern Oregon: implications for individual adaptive capacity. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY, 23(4). doi:10.5751/ES-10355-230401

  • Kershaw, J. A., Ducey, M. J., Beers, T. W., & Husch, B. (2016). Forest Mensuration. doi:10.1002/9781118902028