R. Scott Anderson
Title: Professor, Environmental & Quaternary Sciences
Degrees: PhD, University of Arizona, Paleoecology &
Environmental Science; MS University of Maine, Paleoecology; BA University of
Colorado, Environmental Biology.
Research interests
- Disturbance ecology, primarily the effect of
fire and insect infestation on former plant communities
- Paleoecology and climate history of plant
communities
- Global change issues, especially as they relate
to human activities in forested ecosystems
Research projects
- Biogeography and disturbance history of mixed
conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, California
- Vegetation, climate and disturbance histories of
the Southern Rockies and Colorado Plateau, southern and coastal California,
southeast Alaska, the Southwestern Deserts, Argentina, and Spain
- Inter-annual variation in climate and vegetation
as recorded in annually laminated sediments in California and Colorado
Visit my home page at the Laboratory of Paleoecology for more information.