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Harvard Forest Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Ecology

Symposium Abstracts 2025

• Abdur-Rahman, Adam . Effects of a Hurricane Disturbance on the Relationship Between Leaf Litter and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics.
• Agarano, Angelo . Tracking Redox Responses in Treefall Pits Following a Hurricane Disturbance in a Temperate Forest Ecosystem.
• Cadena, Emma . Red-Backed Salamanders in Climate Interactions and Fragmented Landscapes: Reflecting the Environment.
• Charbonneau, Stella . Organic Nitrogen Levels in a Warming Climate and Their Impact on Mycorrhizal Fungi.
• Collins, Maura . Evaluation of Modeled and Cored Tree-age Cohorts with LANDIS Simulations.
• Elramahi, Dana . Forest Edges Accelerate and Destabilize Tree Growth Under Climate Stressors.
• Fiol, Rinah . The Below-ground Theater of HWA Infestation: Soil Metrics, Neighbor Species, and the Mycorrhizal Life of T. Canadensis.
• Gonzalez-Alvarez, Adriana . Digging for more: Exploring dominant temperate forest tree species root traits along a forest structural gradient.
• Joy, Liam . Differences in specific biomass distribution between standing stock and ingrowth soil cores across a temperate forest edge.
• Kim, Brian . Capturing Salamander Behavior in a Warming World through a Thermal Lens: Thermal and Behavioral Responses of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) to Long-Term Soil Warming.
• LeRoy, Laila . From Name to Nourishment: Stewarding Reynoutria japonica through Nipmuc Ecological Knowledge.
• Lesperance Solomonson, Lillian . Assessing soil invertebrate community biodiversity and leaf litter decomposition rates in fragmented forests.
• Mrenna, Brigid . Drought stress alters tree water use dynamics in fragmented forests.
• Norton, Julia . Late Successional-Old Growth Forest Conservation in Maine.
• Sauls, Sydney . A Healthy Path: Factors Determining Presence or Absence of Medicinal Wild Grape, Blueberry, Sweet Fern, and Raspberry Along a Trail Through Reclaimed Nipmuc Land.
• Schultzer, Joshua . Microsites and Plant Communities: Investigating the Long-Term Influences of a Simulated Hurricane Disturbance on Understory Species Richness and Diversity.
• Sommerfeld, Ella . Detecting Beech Leaf Disease Using Hyperspectral Data.
• Soukup, Maria . Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Population Dynamic Responses to Partial Disturbance Events.
• Stotts, Ansley . Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Red-backed Salamanders Using Experimental Warming.
• Wiley, Timothy B. Exhaling Edges: Moisture–Temperature Dynamics and Their Impact on Soil CO? Respiration Across Temperate Forests.