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Telephone: 706.542.1801; Fax: 706.542.4819
Email: mdhunter@uga.edu
Institute of Ecology
University of
Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Position at Coweeta LTER:
Principle Investigator
Specialty: Population Ecology
and Ecosystem Processes
Habitat: Forests
Organism: Plants, Herbivores, Enemies
Core Area(s): Primary
Education:
B.A., (Honors) University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Zoology, 1981-1984
Ph.D., University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Ecology, 1984-1988
Appointments:
Associate Professor, Institute
of Ecology, University of Georgia, 2000-present
Assistant Professor, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia,
1995-2000
International Research Fellow, NSERC, Laval University, 1992-1994
Temporary Faculty, Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, 1991-1992
NATO Research Fellow, Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, 1989-1991
Research Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, 1987-1989
Publications
(Five as examples of research foci):
Hunter, M.D. 2001. Multiple approaches to estimating the relative
importance of top-down and bottom-up forces on insect populations:
experiments, life tables, and time-series analysis. Basic and Applied
Ecology 4:293-310.
Klaper, R., K. Ritland, T.A. Mousseau, &
M.D. Hunter. 2001. Heritability of phenolics in Quercus laevis inferred
using molecular markers. Journal of Heredity 92:421-426.
Reynolds, B.C. & M.D. Hunter. 2001.
Responses of soil respiration, soil nutrients, and litter decomposition to
inputs from canopy herbivores. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 33:1641-1652.
Hunter, M.D. 2001. Effects of elevated
atmospheric carbon dioxide on insect-plant interactions. Agricultural and
Forest Entomology 3:153-159.
Hunter, M.D. 2001. Insect population dynamics meets ecosystem
ecology: effects of herbivory on soil nutrient
dynamics. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3:77-84.
Synergistic Activities
2002: Founding Director of the
Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes at the University of
Georgia. The Center’s mission is to promote research and public education
in areas of biodiversity and its role in healthy ecosystems.
1999: University of Georgia Creative Research Medal. For the development
of a synthetic program of research that brings recognition to the
University of Georgia.
1996-1998: University of Georgia Lilly Teaching Fellowship. For the
development of innovative teaching methods and curricula at the University
of Georgia.
1996:CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. To integrate
research and teaching activities.
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