Education & Curriculum Vitae
B.S., University of Maine, College of Forest Resources
M.F., Ph.D., Yale University
About
Dr. Mark Ashton is the Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, and the Director of the Yale Forests. He has conducted over thirty-five years of research on the biological and physical processes governing the dynamics of natural forests and on the creation of their agroforestry analogs. His long-term research concentrates on tropical and temperate forests of the Asian and American realms. His field sites within these regions were selected specifically to allow comparison of growth, adaptation, and plasticity within and among close assemblages of species that have evolved within forest climates with differing degrees of seasonality. The results of his research have been applied to the development and testing of silvicultural techniques for restoration of degraded lands. He is the author of over 160 peer reviewed journal papers; an author of two field guides to tropical forest trees; an author of the primary silviculture textbook used throughout North America; and an editor or author to twelve other monographs and books concerning the management of forests for a variety of social values concerning agroforestry, watershed management and climate mitigation. Ashton has been recognized by fourteen university awards for his teaching and advising, the David M. Smith Award for Silvicultural Research by the Society of American Foresters, and the UNESCO Sultan Quaboos Award for tropical forest conservation.
Courses
Course | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 |
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659 The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips) |
Ashton TBA - TBA |
Ashton Tentative |
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668 Field Trips in Forest Resource Management and Silviculture |
Ashton Tentative |
Ashton Tentative |
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674 Seminar in Forest Ecosystem Health and Stability in a Changing Climate |
Ashton Tentative |
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683 Seminar in Tropical Forest Restoration |
Ashton Tentative |
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695 Yale Forest Forum Series: (Re)Considering Planted Forests for the 21st Century |
Ashton Tu - 11:30-12:50 |
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954 Management Plans for Protected Areas (includes Friday and Saturday Field trips) |
Ashton M,W - 1:00-2:20 |
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955 Seminar in Research Analysis, Writing and Communication in Forest Ecology |
Ashton Tentative |
Ashton Tentative |
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957 Field Skills in Land Stewardship |
Ashton M,W - 1:00-2:20 |
Ashton TBA - TBA |