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Kevin M. Potter

Forest Conservation Biologist and Landscape Ecologist, North Carolina State University

Effects of Forest Fragmentation and Restoration on Invasive Species

Posted onJuly 12, 2019July 12, 2019

  Managing invasive species is one of the largest challenges that land managers face. They threaten the health of natural ecosystems, prevent the growth of native species, and leave landowners with significant amounts of damage. “More than 4,300 exotic plant Read More …

Tree Range Shift Paper Wins Award from the Ecological Society of America

Posted onApril 17, 2019April 17, 2019

The paper “Divergence of species responses to climate change,” coauthored by Kevin Potter, a faculty member in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, has been awarded the 2019 W.S. Cooper Award by the Ecological Read More …

Tree Diversity Regulates Invading Forest Pests

Posted onMarch 25, 2019March 25, 2019

  A national-scale study of U.S. forests found strong relationships between the diversity of native tree species and the number of nonnative pests that pose economic and ecological threats to the nation’s forests. “Every few years we get a new Read More …

Trees in Protected Areas: Rarity and Evolutionary Distinctiveness

Posted onJuly 30, 2018July 30, 2018

    Conservation goals range anywhere from aesthetics to survival. Among the most important of those is ensuring that an ecosystem is resilient to disturbances and provides as many different functions as possible. According to an assessment by a USDA Read More …

The State of the Nation’s Forests: Annual Report Summarizes Forest Health across the U.S.

Posted onJuly 17, 2018December 8, 2019

Forests are constantly changing with weather, disturbance, and conversion to other land uses, but how do we know if year-to-year changes are just a one-off or part of a larger shift? Annual summaries of forest health are key to our Read More …

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Hello, I’m Kevin Potter. I work to conserve natural ecosystems, and the services they provide, in a rapidly changing world.  

I aim to advance knowledge about the integrity of forests and tree species, and to inform management and decision-making for these important resources.

To do this, I apply tools provided by the disciplines of landscape ecology, conservation biology, and statistics.

I am currently a research professor of forestry at North Carolina State University.  I work closely with the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center of the U.S. Forest Service.

Please see my Research page for more details about what I do.

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