Thomas D. lee
Research
- Effects of sheep grazing on vegetation under power lines. Merck Foundation. Co-P.I. with J. Taylor.
- Effects of sheep grazing on vegetation under power lines. Prospect Hill Foundation. Co-P.I. with J. Taylor.
- Effects of mowing on vegetation under power lines. Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Hooksett, N.H., Co-P.I. with J. Taylor.
- Disturbance regimes and succession in pitch pine and transition hardwoods forests: implications for management of biodiversity. NH Agricultural Experiment Station. McIntire-Stennis Project #40. Co-P.I. with R. T. Eckert.
- Population structure and community dynamics of Atlantic white cedar in New Hampshire. Privately funded by C. Brown. 1998-2002.
Teaching Responsibilities
- NR 400: Professional Perspectives in Natural Resources
- NR 401: Introduction to Natural Resources
- NR 527: Forest Ecology
- NR 765/865: Community Ecology
Selected Publications
- Lee, T.D. and F.A. Bazzaz. 1980. Effects of defoliation and competition on growth and reproduction in an annual plant Abutilon theophrasti. Journal of Ecology 68:813-821.
- Lee, T.D. and F.A. Bazzaz. 1982. Regulation of fruit and seed production in an annual legume, Cassia fasciculata. Ecology 63:1363-1373.
- Lee, T.D. and F.A. Bazzaz. 1986. Maternal regulation of fecundity: non-random ovule abortion in Cassia fasciculata. Oecologia 68:459-465.
- Lee, T.D. 1988. Patterns of fruit and seed production. Chapter 9 in J. Lovett Doust and L. Lovett Doust (eds.) Plant reproductive ecology: patterns and strategies. Oxford University Press, New York.
- Martin, M.E. and T.D. Lee. 1993. Self-pollination and resource availability affect ovule abortion in Cassia fasciculata. Oecologia 94:503-509.
- McClure, J. W. and T. D. Lee. 1993. Small scale disturbance in a northern hardwoods forest: effects on tree species abundance and distribution. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:1347-1360.
- Eckert, R. T., R. J. Kohut, J. A. Laurence, T. D. Lee, and P. S. King. 1995. An approach to detecting ozone injury in remote areas using controlled exposure studies and indicator species. In: Herman, T. B., S. Bondrup-Nielsen, J. H. Martin Willison, N. W. P. Munro (eds.) Ecosystem monitoring and protected areas: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. Science and Management of Protected Areas Association, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Demers, J. D., T. D. Lee and J. P. Barrett. 1998. Substrate type and the distribution of sugar maple at its elevational limit in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:494-498.
- McClure, J. W., T. D. Lee, and W. B. Leak. 2000. Gap capture in northern hardwoods. Forest Ecology and Management 127:181-189.
- Lord, L. and T. D. Lee. 2001. Interactions of local and regional processes: species richness in tussock sedge communities. Ecology 82(2):313-318.
- Howard, L. F. and T. D. Lee. 2002. Upland old-field succession in southeastern New Hampshire. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 129(1):60-76.
- Howard, L. F. and T. D. Lee. 2003. Temporal patterns of vascular plant species diversity in southeastern New Hampshire forests. Forest Ecology and Management 185:5-20.
- Frappier, B., R. T. Eckert, and T. D. Lee. 2003. Potential impacts of the invasive exotic shrub Rhamnus frangula L. (glossy buckthorn) on forests of southern New Hampshire. Northeastern Naturalist 10:277-296.
- Frappier, B., T. D. Lee, K. F. Olson, and R. T. Eckert. 2003. Small-scale invasion pattern, spread rate, and lag-phase behavior of Rhamnus frangula L. Forest Ecology and Management 186:1-6.
Education
- 1980 Ph.D. University of Illinois
- 1976 M.S. University of Alberta
- 1973 B.S. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Selected Service Activities
- Graduate Council, 1997-2003
- UNH Advisory Committee on Land and Property Use, 2001-present (chair)
- UNH Committee on Real Property Acquisition and Disposal, 2001-present
- New Hampshire Living Legacy Project, 1996-present
- Reviewer of manuscripts: American Journal of Botany, American Naturalist, Ecology, Rhodora, American Midland Naturalist, Vegetatio, Northwest Science, Wetlands, Northeast Naturalist
- Associate Editor: Rhodora, 1999-present
- Oyster River Watershed Association (vice president, 2002-present)
