William Keeton is a forest ecosystem scientist with broad interdisciplinary interests. These involve developing and applying the best available science to questions of local, regional, and global forest ecosystem sustainability.
Gund Fellow, Professor, Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources
Research and/or Creative Works
Forest carbon management, climate change impacts on forest ecosystems, ecologically-based silvicultural systems, structure and function of old-growth and riparian forests, natural disturbance ecology, restoration ecology, forest biodiversity, and sustainable forest management policy and practice in the U.S. and internationally.
Publications
Selected
- Egan, A., W.S. Keeton, C. Danks, and I. Soloviy. Exploring community impacts and benefits in forest carbon projects in the Carpathian Mountain region of Europe. Society and Natural Resources. (in review)
- Keeton, W.S. 2015. Forests and forestry in a changing world (Book Review). Ecology 96: 2570-2571. 7b
- Mika, A. and W.S. Keeton. 2015. Net carbon fluxes at stand and landscape scales from wood bioenergy harvests in the U.S. Northeast. Global Change Biology: Bioenergy. 7: 438–454. 1
- Dove, N.C and W.S. Keeton. 2015. Structural complexity enhancement increases fungi diversity in northern hardwood forests. Fungal Ecology 13: 181-192.1
- Kerchner, C. and W.S. Keeton. 2015. California’s regulatory forest carbon market: panacea or Pandora’s box for northeastern landowners? Forest Policy and Economics 50:70–81.1
Associations and Affiliations
- Chair of the UVM Forestry Program
- Director, UVM Carbon Dynamics Lab
- Co-Director, Forest and Wildlife Science Graduate Program
- Director, VMC Forest Ecosystem Management Demonstration Project
- Fulbright Senior Specialist, U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program
- Governance Committee, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security
- Member, IUCN (World Conservation Union) Commission on Ecosystem Management
- Landscape Ecology Working Group member, International Union of Forest Research Organizations
- Science Advisory Board member, The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Chapter
- Chair, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Working Group on Old-growth Forests and Reserves
- Professional member, The Forest Guild
- Member, Ecological Society of America
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
The role of forests in climate change mitigation; sustainable forest management, restoration, and conservation; forest carbon management; climate change impacts on forest ecosystems; sustainable forest management policy and practice
Education
- PhD, Forest Ecology, University of Washington
- MES, Conservation Biology and Policy, Yale University
- BS, Natural Resources, Cornell University
Contact
Email:
Phone:
- 802-656-2518