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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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)
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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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