NSF Biographical Sketch - Ford, Chelcy
 

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

Position at Coweeta LTER:Principal Investigator
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-present
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., and Vose, J.M. 2007. Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. mortality will impact hydrologic processes in southern Appalachian forest ecosystems. Ecological Applications 17: 1156-1167.

Ford, C.R., Wurzburger, N., Hendrick, R. and Teskey, R.O..
2007. Soil DIC uptake and fixation in Pinus taeda seedlings and its C contribution to plant tissues and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Tree Physiology 27:325-383.

Ford, C.R., Hubbard, R.M., Kloeppel, B.D., and Vose, J.M., 2007. A comparison of sap flux based evapotranspiration estimates with catchment-scale water balance.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 145:176-185.

Ellison, A.E., Bank, M.S., Clinton, B.D., Colburn, E.A., Elliott, K.J., Ford, C.R., Foster, D.R., Kloeppel, B.D., Knoepp, J.D., Lovett, G.M., Mohan, J., Orwig, D.A., Rodenhouse, N.L., Sobczak, W.V., Stinson, K.A., Snow, P., Stone, J.K., Swan, C.M., Thonpson, J., VonHolle, B., and Webster, J.R. 2005. Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9:479-486.


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.

Synergistic Activities
1. Current editorial board member for Tree Physiology

2. Member American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America

3. Adjunct Faculty Appointments at Clemson University, Western Carolina University, and University of Georgia