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Overview

Charles D. Canham is affiliated with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a total of 19 publications in this area. Key subfields of study within their work include nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, plant science, ecology, and ecological modeling.

Themes featured prominently in Canham's work include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest management and policy, species distribution and climate change, seedling growth and survival studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Frequent co-authors in Canham's research include Debra P. C. Peters, David D. Breshears, Laurel Hartley, Lucas Joppa, and Shannon L. LaDeau, each appearing in nine collaborative publications.

Canham has contributed to multiple publication venues, with the majority of their work appearing in Ecosphere, where they have twelve papers. Other journals featuring their research include Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Oikos, Plant Ecology, and Ecosystems.

Notable recent papers by Canham include:

  • "Does fine scale spatiotemporal variation in seed rain translate into plant population structure?" (2021) published in Oikos
  • "The effects of tree-mycorrhizal type on soil organic matter properties from neighborhood to watershed scales" (2021) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Peaks in frequency, but not relative abundance, occur in the center of tree species distributions on climate gradients" (2020) published in Ecosphere
  • "Net carbon sequestration implications of intensified timber harvest in Northeastern U.S. forests" (2024) published in Ecosphere
  • "Belowground exploration by trees and shrubs" (2024) published in Plant Ecology

In addition to journal articles, Charles D. Canham has published books with Yale University Press, including two editions of Forests Adrift in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Forest models defined by field measurements : Estimation, error analysis and dynamics

    Stephen W. Pacala;Charles D. Canham;John Saponara;John A. Silander

  • Light regimes beneath closed canopies and tree-fall gaps in temperate and tropical forests

    Charles D. Canham;Julie S. Denslow;William J. Platt;James R. Runkle

  • Juvenile Tree Survivorship as a Component of Shade Tolerance

    Richard K. Kobe;Stephen W. Pacala;John A. Silander;Charles D. Canham

  • Causes and consequences of resource heterogeneity in forests : interspecific variation in light transmission by canopy trees

    Charles D. Canham;Adrien C. Finzi;Stephen W. Pacala;Diane H. Burbank

  • Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis

    Dominique Gravel;Charles D. Canham;Marilou Beaudet;Christian Messier

  • Growth and Canopy Architecture of Shade‐Tolerant Trees: Response to Canopy Gaps

    Charles D. Canham

  • Increased tree carbon storage in response to nitrogen deposition in the US

    R. Quinn Thomas;Charles D. Canham;Kathleen C. Weathers;Christine L. Goodale

  • CANOPY TREE–SOIL INTERACTIONS WITHIN TEMPERATE FORESTS: SPECIES EFFECTS ON SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN

    Adrien C. Finzi;Nico Van Breemen;Charles D. Canham

  • A neighborhood analysis of canopy tree competition : effects of shading versus crowding

    Charles D Canham;Philip T LePage;K Dave Coates

  • Forest Ecosystem Responses to Exotic Pests and Pathogens in Eastern North America

    Gary M. Lovett;Charles D. Canham;Mary A. Arthur;Kathleen C. Weathers

  • Different Respones to Gaps Among Shade‐Tollerant Tree Species

    Charles D. Canham

  • Climate, Deer, Rodents, and Acorns as Determinants of Variation in Lyme-Disease Risk

    Richard S Ostfeld;Charles D Canham;Kelly Oggenfuss;Raymond J Winchcombe

  • CANOPY TREE–SOIL INTERACTIONS WITHIN TEMPERATE FORESTS: SPECIES EFFECTS ON pH AND CATIONS

    Adrien C. Finzi;Charles D. Canham;Nico Van Breemen

  • Forest models defined by field measurements: I. The design of a northeastern forest simulator

    Stephen W. Pacala;Charles D. Canham;J. A. Silander

  • Why forests appear resistant to exotic plant invasions: intentional introductions, stand dynamics, and the role of shade tolerance

    Patrick H Martin;Charles D Canham;Peter L Marks

  • Catastrophic windthrow in the presettlement forests of Wisconsin

    Charles D. Canham;Orie L. Loucks

  • An Index For Understory Light Levels in and Around Canopy Gaps

    Charles D. Canham

  • Sapling growth as a function of resources in a north temperate forest

    Stephen W. Pacala;Charles D. Canham;John A. Silander;Richard K. Kobe

  • Interspecific variation in susceptibility to windthrow as a function of tree size and storm severity for northern temperate tree species

    Charles D Canham;Michael J Papaik;Erika F Latty

  • Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options.

    Gary M. Lovett;Marissa S. Weiss;Andrew M. Liebhold;Thomas P. Holmes

  • Effects of rodents on survival of tree seeds and seedlings invading old fields

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Robert H. Manson;Charles D. Canham

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard S. Ostfeld
Richard S. Ostfeld Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
María Uriarte
María Uriarte Columbia University
Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
David A. Coomes
David A. Coomes University of Cambridge
Gary M. Lovett
Gary M. Lovett New York Botanical Garden
Adrien C. Finzi
Adrien C. Finzi Boston University
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
John A. Silander
John A. Silander University of Connecticut
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

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