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Name: Ford, Chelcy
Telephone: 828.524.2128 x 118; Fax: 828.369.6768
Email: crford@fs.fed.us
Organization:
USDA Forest Service
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
3160 Coweeta Lab Road
Otto, North Carolina 28763

Position at Coweeta LTER: Ecologist, USDA Forest Service
Specialty: Ecophysiology
Habitat: Forest, Watersheds
Organism: Water, Carbon, Atmosphere, Trees, Shrubs
Core Area(s): Transpiration, Primary Production, Modeling/Synthesis

Education:
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Applied Biology, 1997
M.S., University of South Florida, Botany, 1999
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Forest Resources, 2004

Appointments:
Ecologist, Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, 2006-present
Postdoctoral Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, 2004-2006
Graduate Research Assistant & EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow, University of Georgia, 2000-2004
Technician, University of South Florida, 2000
Grantee, USEPA NHEERL/Western Ecology Division, 1999-2000
Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Florida, 1997-1999
Technician, GA DNR/Environmental Protection Division, 1993-1994


Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Ford, C. R., N. Wurzburger, R. Hendrick, and R. O. Teskey. 2007. The contribution of a belowground inorganic carbon source to plant NPP: fixation of soil DIC by Pinus taeda seedlings. Tree Physiology 27:(in press).

Ford, C.R., Goranson, C.E., Mitchell, R.J., Will, R.E., and Teskey, R.O. 2005. Modeling canopy transpiration using time series analysis: a case study illustrating the effect of soil moisture deficit on Pinus taeda. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 130:163-175.

Ford, C.R., McGuire, M.A., Mitchell, R.J. and Teskey, R.O., 2004a. Assessing variation in the radial profile of sap flux density in Pinus species and its effect on daily water use. Tree Physiology. 24:241-249.

Ford, C.R., and Brooks, J.R., 2003. Ecological and climatic responses of old-growth Pinus elliottii var. densa in mesic pine flatwoods Florida, USA. Annals of Forest Science. 60:385-392.

Ford, C.R., and Brooks, J.R., 2002. Detecting ecosystem response to increasing river flow in southwest Florida, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 160:45-64.