Los bosques varían en diversidad de árboles sobre dos órdenes de magnitud en todo el mundo. ¿Qué impulsa la dinámica de estos bosques a escala global? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre las causas "naturales" del cambio forestal y las de origen humano?
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996
B.Sc., University of Sydney, Australia, 1987
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