My research focuses on understanding the drivers affecting forest growth and disturbance at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and how these affect carbon sequestration, forest structure, and species' distributions. I pursue these questions through the application of regionally-comprehensive forest monitoring datasets combined with satellite trend detection and modeled climate and physiographic variables. I am reconstructing changes in carbon through time as it moves between pools in forest ecosystems. Other ongoing studies include improving our ability to predict tree canopy cover using tree measurements, estimating the extent of regional wildlife habitat, determining rates and patterns of land use change, and digitizing detailed county-level forest type maps from the 1930s.