ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Saint Louis
Year Joined RCNJ: 2002
Courses Offered:
First Year Seminar
Introduction to Environmental Science
Theoretical and Field Ecology
General Ecology
Biological Conservation
Ecological Research - Design and Statistics
Ecosystems
Teaching Interest:
Ecology
Field research methods
Conservation biology
environmental science
statistics
Research Interest:
Temperate and tropical forest ecology
Tropical restoration ecology
Conservation ecology
Community ecology
Avian ecology
Plant-herbivore interactions
Recent Publications:
Wiener, E. M. Ecological research and the management of young successional forests: a case study on the reintroduction of native tree species on a terra firme site in Northeastern Peru. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, in press.
Wiener, E. M. in prep. for Siamazonía. La Regeneración Arborea en un Bosque Lluvioso Tropical Secundario Experimental (Spanish translation of Ph. D. dissertation).
The following is a list of student research presented at conferences (reverse chronological order):
Farrell, Meghan and Eric Wiener. 2007. Oral presentation: Impacts of tree seedling browsing by white-tailed deer on forest dynamics in the New Jersey and New York Highlands; *won the 2007 Eastern Colleges Science Conference Award for the Most Outstanding Platform Presentation in Ecology or Environmental Biology.
Workman, Ilana, Farrell, Meghan and Eric Wiener. 2007. Poster presentation: Deer browsing on seedlings of 16 tree species in a northeastern hardwood forest.
Ersalesi, Danielle, Manzella, Melissa, Allegro, Phil and Eric Wiener. 2007. Poster presentation: Tree ecology in rock outcrops of a mixed hardwood forest.
Clark, Michael and Eric Wiener. 2006. Oral presentation: The impacts of a gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) outbreak on tree species composition in a northern hardwood forest.
Osborne, Jared, Konarski, Kevin and Eric Wiener. 2006. Poster presentation: Response of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and pignut hickory (Carya glabra) saplings to canopy gaps in a hardwood forest.
Rusher, John, Mary Lazarides and Eric Wiener. 2006. Poster presentation. Comparative study of seed predation among three synchronously masting oak species.
Clark, Michael, Penn, Scott and Eric Wiener. 2005. Poster presentation: Projected forest dynamics following a gypsy moth outbreak; *won the 2005 Eastern Colleges Science Conference Award for the Most Outstanding Poster in Ecology or Environmental Science.
Rockermann, Peter, Chirico, Lisamarie, Bozzolasco, Alejandra and Eric Wiener. 2005. Poster presentation: Seed dispersal mechanisms and patterns of tree seedling colonization of canopy gaps in a temperate forest.
Heinrich, Michael, Myers, Veronica and Eric Wiener. 2004. Poster presentation: Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) anthracnose in three different habitats within a northern hardwood forest.
Stark, Jeanne, Behrens, Heather and Eric Wiener. 2004. Poster presentation: Trail effects on shrub density and tree seedling and sapling diversity and at the Ramapo Valley County Reservation.
Sitnik, Katie, Henderson, Brian, Kensicki, Korinne and Eric Wiener. 2003. Poster presentation: Twig growth of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) saplings in dry and moist habitats at the Ramapo Valley County Reservation.
