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Timothy J. Fahey
Professor

12 Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-5470
Fx: 607-254-8328
e.mail: tjf5@cornell.edu
Timothy J. Fahey

Ph.D - University of Wyoming - 1979
M.S. - University of Wyoming - 1977
B.S. - Dartmouth College - 1974

Tim Fahey is a forest ecologist in the Department of Natural Resources. He has been a member of the Cornell faculty since 1982. His general scientific interest is in better understanding forest ecosystems, both tropical and temperate. Tim also serves as the Advising Coordinator for the undergraduate programs in Natural Resources and the Science of Natural and Environmental Systems.

Research

Tim is currently conducting research in temperate forests in New Hampshire and New York and tropical montane forests in the Dominican Republic. In New Hampshire he is examining the effects of soil calcium depletion on sugar maple. In New York he is studying how invasive earthworms alter the nutrient cycles of forests. And in Dominican Republic he is trying to understand the interactions of fire, topography and climatic factors in montane "cloud" forests.

Teaching

Selected Publications

  • Fahey, T.J., T.G. Siccama, C.T. Driscoll, G.E. Likens, J. Campbell, C.E. Johnson, J.D. Aber, J.J. Cole, M.C. Fisk, P.M. Groffman, S.P. Hamburg, R.T. Holmes, P.A. Schwarz and R.D. Yanai. 2005. The Biogeochemistry of Carbon at Hubbard Brook. Biogeochemistry 75:109-176.

  • Phillips, R.P. and T.J. Fahey. 2005. Patterns of rhizosphere carbon flux in sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and yellow birch (Betula allegheniensis) saplings. Global Change Biology 11:983-995.

  • Juice, S.M., T.J. Fahey, T.G. Siccama, C.T. Driscoll, E.G. Denny, C. Eagar, N.L. Cleavitt, R. Minocha and A.D. Richardson.  2006. Response of sugar maple to calcium addition to northern hardwood forest at Hubbard Brook, NH.  Ecology 87(5): 1267-1280.

  • Martin, P.H. and T.J. Fahey. 2006. Fire history along environmental gradients in subtropical pine forests of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:289-302.

  • Phillips, R.P. and T.J. Fahey. 2006. Tree species and mycorrhizal associations influence the magnitude of rhizosphere effects. Ecology 87(5):1302-1313.

  • Suarez, E.R., Fahey, T.J. Yavitt, J.B., Groffman, P.M. and Bohlen, P.J. 2006. Patterns of litter disappearance in a northern hardwood forest invaded by exotic earthworms. Ecol. Appl. 16:154-165.

  • Siccama, T.G. T.J. Fahey, C.E. Johnson, T.W. Sherry, E.G. Denny, B. Girdler, G.E. Likens and P.A. Schwarz. 2006. Population and Biomass Dynamics of Trees in a Northern Hardwood Forest at Hubbard Brook. Can. J. For. Res., accepted.