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Research Interests

My main research interests are in forest ecology and vegetation dynamics in relation to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, especially as related to climate variability. I use tree rings to date past disturbance events such as fire and insect outbreaks. For more than 25 years I have been investigating how disturbances such as fire, blow down and bark beetle outbreaks interact in the forested landscapes of the Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Rocky Mountains. Since the mid-1970s in the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina I have been investigating the effects of disturbances such as mass movements, blow down, fires, and introduced animals on forest dynamics, and increasingly under the effects of climate warming. Both my Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô and southern Andean work are supported mainly by the National ScienceÌýFoundation.

Taught at the Geography Department from 1981 to 2020.

Recent Courses Include

• Spring 2020ÌýÌýGEOGÌý5161-001ÌýResearch Design in Physical Geography
• Spring 2019ÌýÌýGEOGÌý5161-001ÌýResearch Design in Physical Geography
• Spring 2018ÌýÌýGEOGÌý5161-001ÌýResearch Design in Physical Geography
• Fall 2017ÌýÌýGEOGÌý5241Ìý Topics/Physical GeographyÌý

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Professor University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô, 2017
• Distinguished Research Lectureship, University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, 2016
• Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
• Faculty Fellowship, University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, 2007
• Appointed Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, 2006
• Henry C. Cowles Award for the Best Publication in Biogeography, Association of American Geographers, 2005ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
• James J. Parsons Distinguished Career Award, Association of American Geographers, 2005
• Henry C. Cowles Award for the Best Publication in Biogeography, Association of American Geographers, 2000
• Edward J. Taafe Distinguished Lectureship, Ohio State University, 2000
• Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholarship Award, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 2000
• Visiting Distinguished Ecologist, Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô State University. 1998
• Award for Excellence in Research, Boulder Faculty Assembly, University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, 1997
• Faculty Fellowship, University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, 1993
• Honors in Research Awarded by the Association of American Geographers, 1992
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Western Michigan University, 1991
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1991
• Wallace W. Atwood Lecturer, Clark University, 1990ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
• Faculty Fellowship, University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, 1985
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1985
• New Zealand National Research Advisory Council Post‑Doctoral Fellowship, 1979

Recent Publications

• Stevens-Rumann, CS, KB Kemp, PE Higuera, BJ Harvey, MR Rother, DC Donato, P Morgan, TT Veblen. 2018. Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change. Ecology Letters 21: 243–252, doi: 10.1111/ele.12889.
• Andrus, RA, BJ Harvey, KC Rodman, SJ Hart, TT Veblen. 2018. Moisture availability limits subalpine tree establishment. Ecology 99: 567–575, doi:10.1002/ecy.2134.
• Kelly, JJ, QS Latif, VA Saab, TT Veblen. 2018. Spruce Beetle outbreaks guide American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis occupancy patterns in subalpine forests.Ìý IBIS, The International Journal of Avian Science. Published online March 17, 2018, doi:10.1111/ibi.12596.
• Tepley, AJ, E. Thomann, TT Veblen, GLW Perry, A Holz, J Paritsis, T Kitzberger, KJ Anderson-Teixeira.Ìý 2018. Influences of fire–vegetation feedbacks and post-fire recovery rates on the extent and stability of forest cover across landscapes subject to changing fire regimes. Journal of Ecology. Published online March 27, 2018, doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12950.
• Treml, V, TT Veblen. 2018. Does tree growth sensitivity to warming trends vary according to treeline form?Ìý Journal of Biogeography 44: 1469-1480. doi:10.1111/jbi.12996.
• Holz, A, J Paritsis , I Mundo, TT Veblen, T Kitzberger, G Williamson, E Aráoz, C Bustos-Schindler, M González, H Grau, J Quezada.Ìý 2017. Southern Annular Mode drives multi-century wildfire activity in southern South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114:9552-9557, .
• Hart, SJ, TT Veblen, D Schneider, NP Molotch. 2017. Summer and winter drought drive the initiation and spread of spruce beetle infestation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Ecology 98:2698-2707, doi: 10.1002/ecy.1963.

Last update March 2018