Fischer, Dylan |
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Work Phone: 360-867-6509
Email: fischerd@evergreen.edu
Homepage: http://academic.evergreen.edu/f/fischerd/
Affiliation: The Evergreen State College
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Research Interests: My research focuses on ecosystem function and the flux and cycling of energy, nutrients, and water through ecosystems. Much of my research is on forest trees because these tremendous organisms drive energy and nutrient status in forest ecosystems. My papers deal specifically with how trees work in nature, and how variation between trees affects ecosystems. I have worked extensively with measuring whole-tree water-use, and more recently fine-root production and turnover. Projects I'm interested in run the gamut from quantifying forest structure and function, to forest restoration, to biological conservation, and philosophical issues in ecological research. My lab's current work is divided between riparian cottonwood forests in Utah and Arizona, and temperate rain-forests in western Washington.
My lab also works extensively with an international working group that is trying to understand how forest tree genetics affect the rest of a forest ecosystem, from arthropods to beavers, large herbivores like elk, and ecosystem function. Please check out our other websites for more on this topic:
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2008
- Schweitzer, J. A.; J. K. Bailey; D. G. Fischer; C. J. LeRoy; E. V. Lonsdorf; T. G. Whitham and S. C. Hart 2008. Soil microorganism-plant interactions: A heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated soil microorganisms. Ecology 89(3):773-781.abstract.fulltext PDF.
2007
- Fischer, D. G.; S. C. Hart; C. J. LeRoy and T. G. Whitham 2007. Variation in belowground carbon fluxes along a Populus hybridization gradient. New Phytologist 176:415-425.abstract.fulltext PDF.
2006
- Whitham, T. G.; J. K. Bailey; J. A. Schweitzer; S. M. Shuster; R. K. Bangert; C. J. LeRoy; E. V. Lonsdorf; G. J. Allan; S. P. DiFazio; B. M. Potts; D. G. Fischer; C. A. Gehring; R. L. Lindroth; J. C. Marks; S. C. Hart; G. M. Wimp and S. C. Wooley 2006. A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems. Nature Reviews Genetics 7:510 - 523.abstract.fulltext PDF.
- Fischer, D.G., S.C. Hart, B.J. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, P. Keim and T.G. Whitham 2006. Do high-tannin leaves require more roots?. Oecologia 149:668-675.abstract.fulltext PDF.
2005
- Whitham, T. G.; E. Lonsdorf; J. A. Schweitzer; J. K. Bailey; D. G. Fischer; S. M. Shuster; R. L. Lindroth; S. C. Hart; G. J. Allan; C. A. Gehring; P. Keim; B. M. Potts; J. Marks; B. J. Rehill; S. P. DiFazio; C. J. LeRoy; G. M. Wimp; and S. Woolbright 2005. "All effects of a gene on the world": extended phenotypes, feedbacks, and multi-level selection. Ecoscience 12:5-7.abstract.fulltext PDF.
- Cox, G.; D.G. Fischer; S.C. Hart; and T.G. Whitham 2005. Nonresponse of native cottonwood trees to water additions during summer drought. Western North American Naturalist 65:175-185.abstract.fulltext PDF.
2004
- Fischer, D. G.; S. C. Hart; T. G. Whitham; G. D. Martinsen and P. Keim 2004. Ecosystem implications of genetic variation in water-use of a dominant riparian tree. Oecologia 139:288-297.abstract.fulltext PDF.
2003
- Whitham, T. G.; W. P. Young; G. D. Martinsen; C. A. Gehring; J. A. Schweitzer; S. M. Shuster; G. M. Wimp; D. G. Fischer; J. K. Bailey; R. L. Lindroth; S. Woolbright and C. R. Kuske 2003. Community and ecosystem genetics: A consequence of the extended phenotype. Ecology 84:559-573.abstract.fulltext PDF.
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