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Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
312H Aiken Center
University of Vermont
81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405
USDA Forest Service
Northern Research Station
707 Spear Street, South Burlington, VT 05403
http://nrs.fs.fed.us
I conduct research in the areas of forest ecosystem health and forest entomology. Specifically, I link and synthesize insect host selection behaviors, and tree and insect genetics with landscape level population dynamics of forest insects. I developed and teach three undergraduate courses: 1) Forest Ecosystem Health, 2) Food, Land Use and Biodiversity and 3) an international field courses: Alternative Summer Break: Desert Biome Practicum in Environment, Arts, and Peace-Building in Israel. I initiated and lead the Terrestrial Ecosystem Health group at UVM. I mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students and undergraduate interns.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD Forest Entomology, minor Genetics 2002
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS Forest Entomology 1996
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
BS Urban Forestry, minor History of Science 1994
Forestry, tree resistance, insect behavior, biocontrol, climate change, biodiversity, non-native invasive species
Kohler, G.R., Stiefel, V.L., Wallin, K.F., and Ross, D.W. 2008. Parasitoids reared from predators of hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) and the hymenopterous parasitoid community on western hemlock in the Pacific Northwest. Environmental Entomology 37:1477-1488.
Kohler, G.R., Stiefel, V.L., Wallin, K.F., and Ross, D.W. 2008. Community structure and phenology of predators associated with the hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera:Adelgidae) in the Pacific Northwest. Environmental Entomology 37:494-504.
Wallin, K.F., Skov, K.R., Wagner, M.R, and Kolb, T.E. 2008. Forest management treatments, tree resistance, and bark beetle resource utilization in ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona. Forest Ecology and Management 255:3263-3269.
Wallin, K.F., and Latty, T.M. 2008. Novel intermediate-term marking technique of terrestrial slugs. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74:299-301.
