FACULTY

Gregory Ettl

Gregory Ettl

Associate Professor/Director, Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest
Sustainable forestry; Forest ecology; Silviculture
http://faculty.washington.edu/ettl

Office: Pack Forest
Phone: 206-616-4120 
Email: ettl@u.washington.edu

Graduate Interest Group(s): SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

B.S, Science Education and Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 1987
M.A.T., Biology Teaching, University of Washington, 1989
Ph.D. Ecosystem Analysis, University of Washington, 1995
Courses Taught:Quarter offered:
SEFS 501 Forest Ecosystems-Community Ecology (5)Autumn
SEFS 526 Advanced Silviculture Seminar (3)Winter
Current Sponsored Research:
Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest and Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission project support
Establishing the Mount Rainier Institute at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest
Response of Western Mountain Ecosystems to Climate Variability and Change: The Western Mountain Initiative
REU: Terrestrial LiDAR Dynamic Monitoring of Leaf Area Index (LAI) Change in Intensely Managed Forest Types of the Pacific Northwest
Stand Management Cooperative
Terrestrial LiDAR dynamic monitoring of leaf area index change in intensely managed forest types of the Pacific Northwest
The Western Mountain Initiative: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Western mountain Ecosystems
Recent Publications:
Gou, X., F. Zhang, Y. Deng, G.J. Ettl, M. Yang, L. Gao, and K. Fang. 2012. Patterns and dynamics of tree-line response to climate change in the eastern Qilian Mountains, northwestern China. Dendrochronologia 30(2):121-126.
Knoth, J. L. Kim, S-H. Ettl, G.J., and Doty S. L. 2012. Effects of Cross Host Species Inoculation of Nitrogen Fixing Endophytes on Growth and Leaf Physiology of Maize.. GCB Bioenergy 4: 1-12
Ettl, G.J. 2010. The deniable truth of sustainable forestry. Northwest Science 84:307-309.
Tóth, S.F., G.J. Ettl and S.S. Rabotyagov. 2010. ECOSEL: An auction mechanism for forest ecosystem services. Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences 2(2):99-116.
SEFS Committee Membership:Chair?
External Relations and Communications Committee
School Lands and Educational Outreach Committee