Susan G Letcher

Susan G Letcher, B.A.

(Ph.D. in progress)
  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

    University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

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  • Advisor:

    Robin L. Chazdon

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D. (in progress), Ecology, University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
     
    B.A., Biology/Music, Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    David Miller (as Visiting Student)
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  • Research:
    I study the changes in floristics, physiognomy, and community phylogenetic structure of woody vegetation in wet tropical forests during secondary succession.
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  • Other Experience:

    2006-2008 REU Coordinator, Organization for Tropical Studies

    2005 Project Manager, Proyecto Bosques (La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica)

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  • Honors:

    2005-2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

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Susan Letcher's Publications (3)



Susan Letcher's Posters and Presentations (4)

  • La rapidez y eficacía de la regeneración natural del bosque en la Zona Norte de Costa Rica (poster)

    Susan G Letcher, Robin L. Chazdon

    Las Cruces Biological Station Conservation and Restoration Workshop, San Vito, Costa Rica; 07/2008
  • Phylogenetic diversity of woody plants during forest succession in northeastern Costa Rica (presentation)

    Susan G Letcher

    Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Paramaribo, Suriname; 06/2008
  • Patterns of forest succession in northeastern Costa Rica: aboveground biomass, species richness, and species composition in a chronosequence of 30 sites (presentation)

    Susan G Letcher

    Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Morelia, Mexico; 07/2007
  • Stand structure and species composition of secondary forests in northeastern Costa Rica (presentation)

    Susan G Letcher

    Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Kunming, China; 07/2006

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