Research Associate
360 Prospect St, Yale University
New Haven CT 06511
http://www.yale.edu/silvics/
Research Interests
Research concerns tree seedling ecology, physiological and morphological adaptations of leaves to environment, forest microenvironments, disturbance and landscape level dynamics of forests and their applications to: regeneration silviculture of natural forests, restoration of degraded forestlands, plantation analogs of mixed-species stands, and silviculture of non-timber forest crops
Current Research Projects
Prorena and Program in Applied Ecology - Panama
Sri Lanka - reforestation trials of native species on agricultural lands - natural forest management - silviculture - ecosystem services valuation
Recent Publications
82. Frey, B., Ashton, M.S., McKenna, J., Ellum, D. & A.Finkral. 2007. Topographic-related patterns in seedling establishment, growth, and survival among masting species of Southern New England hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 244: 31-45.
81. Wishnie, M.H., Dent, D.H., Mariscal, E., Deago, J., Cedeño, N., Ibarra, D., Condit, R., Ashton, M.S. 2007. Performance of 24 tropical tree species in relation to reforestation strategies in Panama. Forest Ecology and Management. 243: 39-49.
80. Craven, D., Braden, D. Ashton, M.S., Berlyn, G.P., Wishnie, M., & D.Dent. 2007 . Between and within site comparisons of structural and physiological characteristics and foliar nutrient content of 14 tree species at a wet fertile site and a dry, infertile site in Panama. Forest Ecology and Management 238: 335-346.
79. Griscom, B.W., Daly, D., & P.M.S. Ashton. 2007. Comparative floristics of lowland terra firme forests with and without dominance by aborescent bamboo (Guadua spp.) in southwestern Amazonia. Bulletin of the Torrey Bot. Soc. 85: 101-115.
78. Griscom, H.P., Kalko, E., & M.S. Ashton. 2006 . Seed dispersers within a deforested, dry tropical region; Azuero Peninsula, Panama. Biotropica 38: 856-861.
77. Shibayama, T., Ashton, M.S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Gricom, H.P., Ediriweera, S. & B.W. Griscom.2006 . Effects of fire on the recruitment of rain forrest vegetation beneath Pinus caribaea plantations, Sri Lanka. Forest Ecology and Management 208: 233-238.
76. Griscom, B., & M.S. Ashton. 2006 . A self-perpetuating bamboo disturbance cycle in lowland terra firme forests of Madre de Dios, Peru. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 231-245.
75. Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Esufali, S., Harmes, K.E., Ashton, P.M.S., Burslem, D.F.R.P., & P.S. Ashton. 2006. Species-habitat associations in a Sri Lankan dipterocarp forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 343-356.
74. Ashton, M.S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., & H.G. Gamage. 2005. Interaction between light and drought affect performance of tropical tree species that have differing topographic affinities. Forest Ecology and Management 207:110-122.
73. Griscom, H.P., Ashton, M.S., & G.P. Berlyn. 2005. Seedling survival and growth of native tree species in pastures: implications for dry tropical forest rehabilitation in central Panama. Forest Ecology and Management 206:45-56.
72. Tennakoon, S., Giunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Hafeel, K.M., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., & M.S. Ashton. 2005. Ectomycorrhizal colonization and seedling growth of Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) species in simulated shade environments of a Sri Lankan rain forest. Forest Ecology and Management 205: 300-306.
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