Harvard Forest Research Projects 2026

Large Experiments and Permanent Plot Studies

Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Hemlock Removal Experiment: light and temperature environment.
Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Hurricane Manipulation Experiment.
Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Lymantria dispar & Oak Dynamics at Harvard Forest and Central Massachusetts.
Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Mapped Overstory Plots at TSI.
Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Nonstructural carbohydrates in oaks in the CLIFF experiment.
Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Prospect Hill Forest Plots.
Barker Plotkin, Audrey. Vegetation Dynamics in the Hemlock Removal Experiment.
Boose, Emery. Field Wireless Network.
Boynton, Primrose. Saccharomyces in Harvard Forest soil warming and nitrogen plots.
Clark, James. Collaborative proposal: Combining NEON and remotely sensed habitats to determine climate impacts on community dynamics.
Clark, James. The Long-term Forest Demographic Analysis, MACRO system.
Contosta, Alix. Trends in soil carbon stocks at the Harvard Forest EMS tower.
Contosta, Alix. Trends in soil carbon stocks with hemlock removal due to logging or woolly adelgid.
D'Amato, Anthony. Long-term impacts of hurricane and salvage logging disturbance on the Pisgah Forest.
DeAngelis, Kristen. Cultivation of dominant soil microbes.
Dunn, Allison. Sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide in regenerating New England forests: quantifying pools and constraining fluxes.
Kuhlman, Michael. NEON Program Field Operations - 2026.
McRose, Darcy. Physiological effects of nitrous oxide and plant inhibitors on soil microorganisms.
Naughton, Hannah. Assessing the Generation of Anoxic Microsites and Anaerobic Microbial Processes in Hurricane-Impacted Forests.
Orwig, David. Harvard Forest Mega-plot: survey and initial census.
Orwig, David. Long-term vegetation dynamics in hemlock forests of southern New England.
Reinmann, Andrew. Interactive Effects of Forest Fragmentation and Climate Change.
Spicer, Michelle. Implementing a new standardized survey protocol for understanding herbaceous plant diversity and dynamics in Harvard Forest.
Taylor, Benton. FORWARD: FOrest Responses to Warming, AtmospheRic CO2, and Drought.