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Forest Ecology
&
Silviculture

Welcome to the Bisbing Lab at the University of Nevada - Reno

Our research builds on foundational ecological theory and evolving issues in forest management and conservation. Researchers in the lab utilize permanent plot networks, field sampling, and field/greenhouse experiments to investigate the influence of local adaptation, climate, and disturbance on forest resilience and long-term persistence potential. We are particularly interested in identifying species-specific traits that may confer resilience and in quantifying adaptive capacity at both the species and population levels. Baby trees are our jam -  we plant them widely, assist them in migration, and track their success under natural and experimental conditions. Baby tree love!

We work across a gradient of landscape scales - from a local study of prolonged drought effects on coastal conifer demography to a Sierra Nevada-wide silvicultural experiment testing the resilience, resistance, and adaptive capacity of the mixed-conifer forest. Most projects include a permanent plot network to facilitate long-term monitoring of forest ecosystem change over time. Our science is very applied, and we work closely with local land managers and researchers to promote forest persistence potential.

Head on over to the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Experiment (AMEX) website for more details on our large-scale, collaborative silvicultural experiment (and embedded provenance trials): www.adaptive-forest-management-experiment.com/

Recent News

UNR Logging Team featured in Reno Gazette Journal

Nevada Today: Forest Management in an Age of Megafires - Summer 2021

Dr. Bisbing Presents to the California Native Plant Society - April 2020

Natural Reserve System Seminar Series - Fall 2020

Nevada Today: A New Vision for Whittell Forest - August, 2020

Former Lab Members Ali Urza & Kellen Nelson Join USFS as Permanent Research Scientists - Summer, 2020

PI Bisbing Featured as Top UNR Researcher - December, 2019
PI Bisbing on KNPR - October 24, 2019
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Sarah Bisbing
Office: FA 218A | 775-784-4034 | sbisbing@unr.edu
University of Nevada, Reno | 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno 89557

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