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Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principle Investigator
Specialty:  Landscape Ecology
Habitat:  Terrestrial Forest
Organism:  Plants
Core Area(s): 

Education:
B.A., Fordham University, Biology, 1980
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Ecology, 1985
Post Doctoral, University of Georgia,  Ecology, 1985-1987

Appointments:
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994-Present
Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1987-1994

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Turner, M.G., D.N. Wear and R.O. Flamm. 1996. Land ownership and land-cover change in the Southern Appalachian Highlands and the Olympic Peninsula.  Ecological Applications 6:1150-1172.

Pearson, S.M., A.B. Smith, and M.G. Turner. 1998. Forest fragmentation, land use, and cove-forest herbs in the French Broad River Basin. Castanea 63:382-395.

Turner, M.G., W.L. Baker, C. Peterson, and R.K. Peet. 1998. Factors influencing succession: lessons from large, infrequent natural disturbances. Ecosystems 1:511-523.

Turner, M.G., R.H. Gardner and R.V. O’Neill. 2001. Landscape ecology in theory and practice. Springer-Verlag, New York. 

Mitchell, C.E., M.G. Turner and S.M. Pearson. Effects of historical land use and forest patch size on myrmechocores and ant communities in the Southern Appalachian Highlands (USA). Ecological Applications. In press.

Synergistic Activities:
1. NRC Committee on Ungulate Management in Yellowstone National Park, 1998-
2. Co-Editor in Chief, Ecosystems, 1997-
3. Editorial Boards:  Ecological Applications 1992-; Landscape Ecology 1992-; BioScience, 1996-
4. NRC Ecosystems Advisory Panel, 1998-2000
5. Science Advisory Board, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara 1995 - 1997.