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Biography

McGill University (B Sc. In Biology)
University of Virginia (MS. In Environmental Sciences)
University of Georgia (Ph. D. in Ecology)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (postdoctoral fellow)

Geoffrey (‘Jess’) Parker has been the forest ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Md., since 1987.   His research interests concern the structure and function of forest ecosystems at long temporal and large spatial scales, in the canopies of forests, the spatial relationships of forest trees, and in comparative forest ecology.   An organizing theme of the majority of studies has been the interaction between the structure of the forest canopy and:  1.) exchanges of material and energy with the atmospheric boundary layer, 2.) forest microclimates, and 3.) biotic habitats.  He is currently involved in a variety of LIDAR-based studies of forest structure, eddy covariance-based measures of forest functions, and biometrically-based studies of forest carbon budgets.  

 

Publications

  • Parker, Geoffrey G. (1989). Are currently available statistical methods adequate for long-term studies?. Long-Term Studies in Ecology (199-200) Springer-Verlag .
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; O'Neill, John P. ; Higman, Daniel. (1989). [node:title] . Vegetatio, 85 (1) , 1-11.
  • (1987). Uptake and release of inorganic and organic ions by foliage: Evaluation of dry deposition, pollutant damage, and forest health with throughfall studies.
  • (1986). Analysis and recommendations concerning the natural forest management system used in the Central Selva project, Peru. Institute of Ecosystem Studies .
  • Ulh, C. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (1986). Is one-quarter pound hamburger worth a half-ton of rainforest?. Interciencia, 11 , 213-215.
  • Ulh, C. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (1986). [node:title] . Bioscience, 36 , 642.
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Luvall, J. C. ; Jordan, C. J. (1985). Hydrologic budgets for undisturbed and regenerating tropical rain-forests on hillslopes in northeastern Costa Rica. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Hydrology and 2nd Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress American Water Resources Association .
  • Putz, F. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Archibald, R. (1984). [node:title] . American Midland Naturalist, 112 , 24-28.
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. (1983). Throughfall and stemflow in the forest nutrient cycle. Advances in Ecological Research, 13 , 57-133.
  • (1981). Quality, variability and sources of summertime throughfall in two Virginia Piedmont forests. MS Thesis, University of Virginia .
  • Galloway, J. N. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (1980). Difficulties in measuring wet and dry deposition on forest canopies and soil surfaces. Effects of acid precipitation on terrestrial ecosystems (57-68) Plenum Publishing .
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Lindberg, S. ; Kelly, J. M. (1980). Atmosphere-canopy interactions of sulfur in the Southeastern U.S. Atmospheric sulfur deposition, environmental impact and health efects Ann Arbor Science .
  • Galloway, J. N. ; Parker, Geoffrey G. (1979). Sulfur deposition in the eastern U.S. The multistate atmospheric power production pollutant study - MAP3S. Progress Report for FY 1977 and FY 1978 NTIS .
  • Parker, Geoffrey G. ; Adams, T. ; Galloway, J. (1978). Rainwater acidity and summer drought. Virginia Climate Advisory, 2 , 3-6.

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