Forest Vegetation Dynamics

Dr. Linda Nagel, Assistant Professor
School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University

Education

B.S. Biology, South Dakota State University
M.S. Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University
Ph.D. Forestry, University of Montana

Research and Teaching Interests

Dr. Nagel’s research focuses on vegetation response to forest management practices and changes in the environment. Current research projects include distribution and impacts of several invasive plant species in forest and water-dominated ecosystems, effect of fire on forest health and regeneration, and assessment of forest management on plant diversity. She is also establishing a research project in Sonora, Mexico related to desert vegetation and water use. Dr. Nagel works collaboratively with several National Forests, the US Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Department of Natural Resources in Wisconsin and Michigan, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She currently advises six graduate students. Dr. Nagel teaches the practice of silviculture, survey of silviculture, and forest vegetation dynamics. She is active in outreach programs for international teachers, high school teachers, secondary schools, and continuing education programs within the forestry profession.

Related Activities

Director of the Regional Forest Service PASS programs (Program of Advanced Studies in Silviculture)
Panel Member for the Managed Ecosystems program in the USDA-CSREES National Research Initiative, 2004
Reviewer for several journals in ecology, forestry, and conservation

Selected Publications

O’Hara, K.L. and L.M. Nagel. 2004. A Multiaged stocking model for Black Hills ponderosa pine. In press, Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Nagel, L.M., J.A. Vucetich, D.D. Reed, G.D. Mroz and H. Parn. 2003. Woody biomass and annual production across a latitudinal gradient in northern Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests. Polish Journal of Ecology 51:471-479.

Reed, D. and L. Nagel. 2003. Carbon pools and storage along a temperate to boreal transect gradient in northern Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests. Polish Journal of Ecology 51:545-552.

O'Hara, K.L., N.I. Valappil and L.M. Nagel. 2003. Stocking control guidelines for multi-aged ponderosa pine stands in the Inland Northwest. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 18:5-14.

Risch, A.C., L.M. Nagel, M. Schutz, B.O. Krusi, F. Kienast and H. Bugmann. 2003. Structure and long-term development of subalpine Pinus montana Miller and Pinus cembra L. forests in the central European Alps. Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt 122:219-230.

Nagel, L.M. and K.L. O’Hara. 2002. Diurnal fluctuations of gas exchange and water potential in different stand structures of Pinus ponderosa. Trees 16:281-290.