Richard Pouyat
Team Leader and Research Forester, US Forest Service
Email: rpouyat@fs.fed.us
Phone:410.455.8014

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Forest ecology and restoration; nutrient dynamics; influences of urbanization on ecosystem structure and function; classification, mapping, and interpretation of anthropogenic soils; integration of ecological, soil, and social sciences; and integration of science and public policy.

MEMBERSHIPS, COMMITTEES, CHAIRMANSHIPS:

Member, American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America, 1983-present.

Member, Ecological Society of America, 1988-present.

Member, Soil Ecology Society, 1991-present.

Steering committee member, New York City Urban Resources Partnership, New York, NY, February, 1994-1996, 1998-2000 (Committee Chair, 1996).

Ex officio Member of Board of Directors, Metropolitan New York Forest Ecosystem Council, Inc. New York, NY, October, 1996-present.

Member of Public Affairs Committee, Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, 1998-2000.

Chair of Gender and Minorities Committee, Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, 1998.

Member of Education and Human Resources Committee, Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, 1998-1999.

Elected Chair Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Ecological Society of America, October, 2002-present

EDUCATION:

1988-1992: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Department of Ecology. Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology.

1981-1983: State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York. Master of Science in Forest Soils.

1978-1980: State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York. Bachelor of Science in Forest Biology, cum laude.

1976-1978: State University of New York, Morrisville Agricultural and Technological College, Morrisville, New York. Associate of Science in Biology.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS:

Refereed:

Pouyat, R.V., P.J. Bohlen, V. Eviner, and P.M. Groffman. (in prep.) Short and long-term effects of non-native earthworms on N dynamics in forest soils. Applied Soil Ecology.

Pouyat, R.V., M.M. Carreiro, P.M. Groffman, and M. Zuckerman. (in prep.) Approaches to comparative studies of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in urban ecosystems. In McDonnell, M.J., Hahs, A. and J. Breuste (eds.) Comparative Ecology of Cities and Towns. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Carreiro, M.M., R.V. Pouyat, and C. Tripler (in prep.) Nitrogen and carbon cycling in forests along urban-rural gradients in two cities. In McDonnell, M.J., Hahs, A. and J. Breuste (eds.) Comparative Ecology of Cities and Towns. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Yesilonis, I.D., R.V. Pouyat, and J. Russell-Anelli. (in prep.) The distribution of heavy metals in an urban landscape. Journal of Environmental Quality.

Szlavecz, K., S. Placella, R.V. Pouyat, P.M. Groffman, C. Csuzdi, and I.D. Yesilonis. (submitted) Invasive earthworms and N-cycling in remnant forest patches. Applied Soil Ecology.

Pouyat, R.V., I. Yesilonis, and J. Russell-Anelli. (in review) Soil chemical and physical properties in an urban landscape. Journal of Environmental Quality.

Yesilonis, I.D., B.R. James, R.V. Pouyat, and B. Momen (in review) Lead forms in forest and turf grass soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal.

Cadenasso, M.L., S.T. A. Pickett, M.J. McDonnell, and R.V. Pouyat. (in review). Forest vegetation along an urban-rural gradient in the New York City metropolitan area: patterns and relationships to ecosystem processes. Journal Transactions of the Linnean Society of New York.

Groffman, P.M., D.J. Bain, L.E. Band, K.T. Belt, G.S. Brush, J. M. Grove, R.V. Pouyat, I.C. Yesilonis, and W.C. Zipperer. (2003). Down by the riverside: urban riparian ecology. Frontiers of Ecology and Environment 1:315-321.

Pouyat, R.V. and M.M. Carreiro. (2003). Contrasting controls on decomposition of oak leaf litter along an urban-rural land use gradient. Oecologia 135:288-298.

Pouyat, R.V., P.M. Groffman, I. Yesilonis, and L. Hernandez. 2002. Soil carbon pools and fluxes in urban ecosystems. Environmental Pollution 116:107-118.

Groffman, P.M., M.K. Crawford, W.C. Zipperer, R.V. Pouyat, L.E. Band, M.F. Colosimo. 2002. Soil nitrogen cycle processes in urban riparian zones. Environmental Science and Technology 36:4547-4552.

Pickett, S.T.A., M.L. Cadenasso, J.M. Grove, C.H. Nilon, R.V. Pouyat, W.C. Zipperer, and R. Costanza. 2001. Urban ecological systems: linking terrestrial ecology, physical, and socio-economic components of metropolitan areas. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32:127-157.

Pouyat, R.V. and W.W. Turechek. (2001). Short and long-term effects of site environment on net N mineralization and nitrification rates along an urban-rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems 5: 159-178.

Zipperer, W.C., J. Wu, R.V. Pouyat, and S.T.A. Pickett. 2000. The application of ecological principles to urban and urbanizing landscapes. Ecological Applications 10:685-688.

Lovett, G., M. Tranor, R.V. Pouyat, M.M. Carreiro, W. Zhu, and J. Baxter. 2000. N deposition along an urban-rural gradient in the New York City metropolitan area. Environmental Science and Technology 34:4294-4300.

Carreiro, M.M., K. Howe, D.F. Parkhurst, and R.V. Pouyat. 1999. Variations in quality and decomposability of red oak litter along an urban-rural land use gradient. Biology and Fertility of Soils 30:258-268.

Pouyat, R.V. and W.R. Effland. 1999. The investigation and classification of humanly modified soils in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. Pages 141-154. In Kimble, J.M., R.J. Ahrens, and R.B. Bryant (eds.). Classification, Correlation, and Management of Anthropogenic Soils, Proceedings--Nevada and California, September 21-October 2, 1998. USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Pouyat, R.V. and M.A. McGlinch. 1998. A legislative solution to acid deposition. Environmental Science and Policy 1:249-259.

Flores, A., S.T.A Pickett, W.C. Zipperer, R.V. Pouyat and R. Pirani. 1998. Adopting a modern ecological view of the metropolitan landscape: The case of a greenspace system for the New York City region. Landscape and Urban Planning 39:295-308.

Pouyat, R.V., M.J. McDonnell, and S.T.A. Pickett. 1997. Litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization along an urban-rural land use gradient. Urban Ecosystems 1:117-131.

Effland, W.R. and R.V. Pouyat. 1997. The genesis, classification, and mapping of soils in urban areas. Urban Ecosystems 1:217-228.

McDonnell, M.J., R.V. Pouyat, S.T.A. Pickett, and W.C. Zipperer. 1997. Ecosystem processes along urban-to-rural gradients. Urban Ecosystems 1:21-36.

Steinberg, D.A., R.V. Pouyat, R.W. Parmelee, and P.M. Groffman. 1997. Earthworm abundance and nitrogen mineralization rates along an urban-rural land use gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:427-430.

Zipperer, W.C., T.W. Foresman, S.M. Sisinni, and R.V. Pouyat. 1997. Urban tree cover: an ecological perspective. Urban Ecosystems 1:229-246.

Pouyat, R.V., M.J. McDonnell, S.T.A. Pickett, P.M. Groffman, M.M. Carreiro, R.W. Parmelee, K.E. Medley, and W.C. Zipperer. 1995. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in oak stands along an urban-rural gradient. pages 569-587 In Kelly, J.M. and W.W. McFee (eds.). Carbon Forms and Functions in Forest Soils. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.

Pouyat, R.V., M.J. McDonnell, and S.T.A. Pickett. 1995. Soil characteristics of oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient. Journal Environmental Quality 24:516-526.

Goldman, M.B., P.M. Groffman, R.V. Pouyat, M.J. McDonnell and S.T.A. Pickett. 1995. Methane uptake and nitrogen availability in forest soils along an urban to rural gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27:281-286.

Groffman, P.M., R.V. Pouyat, M.J. McDonnell, S.T.A. Pickett, and W.C. Zipperer. 1995. Carbon pools and trace gas fluxes in urban forest soils. pages 147-158 In Lal, R., Kimble, J., Levine, E. and B.A. Stewart (eds.). Advances in Soil Science: Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Pouyat, R.V., R.W. Parmelee and M.M. Carreiro. 1994. Environmental effects on forest soil-invertebrate and fungal densities in oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient. Pedobiologia 38:385-399.

Pouyat, R.V. and M.J. McDonnell. 1991. Heavy metal accumulation in forest soils along an urban-rural gradient in southern New York, U.S.A. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 57-58:797-807.

Non-refereed and misc.:

Pouyat, R.V. 2003. The ecology-policy interface. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1:48-49. [INVITED FORUM ARTICLE]

Pouyat, R.V., P.M. Groffman, J. Russell-Anneli, and I. Yesilonis. 2003. Soil carbon in urban forest ecosystems. Pages 347-362 In Lal, R., Kimble, J., R.F. Follett, and R. Birdsey (eds). Potential of United States Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press, NJ. [INVITED BOOK CHAPTER]

Pouyat, R.V. 2002. Earthworm Effects on Forest Soils: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. State of the Forest Symposium: Ecological Issues Regarding Highlands Forest Degradation & Restoration. In Dumais, S., E. Stiles, and M. Dufort (editors), Proceedings of the State of the Forest Symposium, pages 6-7, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Morris County Cultural Center, NJ, October 3, 2002.

REVIEWER:

Journals: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution; Soil Biology and Biochemistry; Environmental Science and Policy; Advances in Soil Science; BioScience; Urban Ecosystems, and Journal Environmental Quality

The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems, The Heinz Center Indicator Report

Book Reviews:

Pouyat, R.V. 1995. Urban Nature. J. Environ. Qual. 24:794-795.

Pouyat, R.V. 1996. Urban Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives, G.A. Bradley (editor). Northwest Science 70:187-188.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

Invited Conferences and Symposia

Pouyat, R.V. 2004. Ecology and public policy: what you can do to make it work. Ecological Society of America Mid Atlantic Chapter first annual meeting, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, March 27.

Pouyat, R.V. 2003. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in urban ecosystems. Melbourne Urban Ecology Workshop: Comparative Ecology of Cities and Towns. Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Royal Botanical Gardens, University of Melbourne, Australia, 19-22 July 2003.

Pouyat, R.V. 2003. Urban Ecology and public policy: are they compatible? Public Forum on Maintaining Biodiversity in Cities and Towns: an International Perspective. Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Royal Botanical Gardens, University of Melbourne, 24 July 2003.

Pouyat, R.V. 2003. More than protecting trees: Urban woodland management in the 21st Century. Urban Woodland Ecology Workshop, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, May 5, 2003.

Pouyat, R.V. 2002. Earthworm Effects on Forest Soils: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. State of the Forest Symposium: Ecological Issues Regarding Highlands Forest Degradation & Restoration. New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Morris County Cultural Center, NJ, October 3, 2002.

Pouyat, R.V. 2002. Preserving Forests in Urbanizing Landscapes: Is it Possible? Pennsylvania Extension Service, Wilkes Barre, PA, September 25, 2002

Pouyat, R.V. 2002. Ecology and public policy: Making them compatible. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 4-9, 2002, Tucson, AZ.

Pouyat, R.V. 2001. Urban ecology. Symposium on The Ecological Enhancement of Urban/Suburban Green Space. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, November 29, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pouyat, R.V. 2001. Anthropogenic soils. Keynote speaker for symposium on anthropogenic soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings, October, 21-24, 2001, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pouyat, R.V., P.M. Groffman, and I. Yesilonis. 2001. Soil carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes in urban ecosystems. Session on Physical Geography of the City: Urban Ecosystem Processes. The Association of American Geographers 97th Annual Meeting, New York City, NY, February 27-March 3, 2001.

TEACHING:

2001: INSTRUCTOR, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Education, Soil Ecology. Co-coordinated graduate level course for teachers in soil ecology.

1999: INSTRUCTOR, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Geography, Urban Ecosystems. Co-coordinated undergraduate level course in urban ecosystem science.

1998-2002: TEACHER/STUDENT WORKSHOPS, School Research Partnership Program (SCRPP), Baltimore Ecosystem Study, designed and conducted workshops on soil science and ecology for junior and senior high school teachers and students.

1998-present: STUDENT WORKSHOPS, The Neighborhood Science Program, Baltimore Ecosystem Study, conducted workshops on soil science for two community centers in Baltimore City, for children.

1996-2000: STUDENT WORKSHOPS, Green Horizons, New York, New York. Designed and conducted annual workshop on soil science for junior high minority students, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Central Park Conservancy, and Queens Botanical Garden.

1994-1995: INSTRUCTOR, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Fundamentals Ecosystem Ecology. Co-coordinated graduate level course in ecosystem science.

1993: WORKSHOP LECTURER, USDA Forest Service, An Ecosystem Approach to Community Forestry, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. New York ReLeaf Conference, Urban Woodlands, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

1993-1999: TEACHER WORKSHOPS, Central Park Conservancy and Urban Forest and Education Program, New York, New York. Designed and conducted the workshops, Forest Ecosystem Encounters and Soil Ecological Studies for New York City public school teachers.

1989: TEACHING ASSISTANT, Rutgers University, Biology

1987-1988: INSTRUCTOR, New York University, Ecology

1985-2004: GUEST LECTURER, Pratt Institute of Technology, St. Johns University, Hunter College, City College of New York, University of Connecticut's Bartlett Arboretum, Bard College, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Franklin and Marshall College, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Baltimore County: Topics included soil science, urban soils, natural resources inventory and management, forest ecology (graduate), plant succession (graduate), and science policy.

1984: WORKSHOP LECTURER, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Urban wildlife and forestry workshop held for regional staff, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.

1984-1986: NATURE GUIDE, Central Park Conservancy Volunteer Program and The New York Botanical Garden Forest Project: Topics were soil and ecology.
 

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