Shugart, Herman H
Primary Appointment
Environmental Sciences
Contact Information
Department of Environmental Science
291 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Telephone: 434 924 7642
Fax: 434 982 2137
Email: hhs@virginia.edu
Website: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/shugart-hh/
Research Disciplines
Biology, Environmental Sciences
Research Interests
Global change; systems ecology; forest ecosystem analysis and dynamics; ornithology.
Research Description
Herman H. (Hank) Shugart, Jr. is a systems ecologist whose primary research interests focus on the simulation modeling of forest ecosystems. He has developed and tested models of biogeochemical cycles, energy flow and secondary succession. In his most recent work, he uses computer models to simulate the growth, birth and death of each tree on small forest plots. The simulations describe changes in forest structure and composition over time, in response to both internal and external sources of perturbation. The models are applied at spatial scales ranging in size from small forest gaps to entire landscapes and at temporal scales of years to millennia.