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Predicting subalpine forest pine mortality from drones... and space!, Brian Smithers

Speaker: Brian Smithers, Montana State University Title: Predicting subalpine forest pine mortality from drones... and space! Date & Time: Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 12:00 PM Mountain Time Abstract: Dr. Smithers will be talking about two other 5-needle pines that we may want to start worrying about: limber pine and Great Basin bristlecone pine. His talk will explore some breaking news (anytime in the last 100 years or so, when talking about species that live for 1000s of years) concerning these species and some new methods of monitoring these stands using drones. Should be a rollicking good time with pretty pictures! Bio: Dr. Brian Smithers is currently an Assistant Research and Teaching Professor at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT where he studies montane plant community ecology, focusing on Great Basin bristlecone pine, limber pine, and whitebark pine communities as well as mountaintop plant community ecology. He conducts research in partnership with the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring network and the US Forest Service. Dr. Smithers received his PhD in Ecology from the University of California, Davis where he studied Great Basin treeline tree population dynamics and his M.S. in Tropical Biology from James Cook University in Cairns, Australia where he studied chick-rearing behavior in tropical seabirds. He received his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Theological Studies from Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Smithers serves as the Executive Director for the non-profit organization GLORIA Great Basin, which supports research in mountaintop communities throughout the intermountain west. This research is a part of the international GLORIA effort that examines the long-term alpine plant community response to climate change. GLORIA Great Basin brings together teams of academics, agency scientists, students, and citizen scientists to conduct surveys all over the intermountain west and is actively working to promote diversity in field ecology. He is also a new Board Member of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation.