Highstead, Inc.
PO Box 1097
Redding, CT 06875
203-938-8809
Education
B.A. 1995 Connecticut College (Zoology)
M.S. 2003 University of Vermont (Natural History)
M.F.S. 2006 Harvard University (Forest Ecology)
Appointments
2007- Forest Ecologist, Highstead Inc.
2007- Research Fellow, Harvard University
Professional Activity
2005-2006 Reviewer for Northeastern Naturalist
2007 Reviewer for Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
2008 Reviewer for Ecography
Awards
2006 Harvard University's Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Essays in the Natural Sciences.
Interests
My research focuses on the role of large herbivores in forested environments and on the historical ecology of southern New England and its relationship to modern forests. I take a holistic approach to the study of nature and am a strong proponent of communicating science and natural history to the general public.
Selected Publications
Faison E. 2002. Book Review: T. Wessels. The Granite Landscape. Wild Earth. Spring
Faison E.K. and D.R. Houston.2004. Black bear foraging in response to beech bark disease in Northern Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist 11(4): 387-394.
Faison, E.K., D.R. Foster, W.W. Oswald, B.C.S. Hansen, and E. Doughty. 2006. Early Holocene openlands in southern New England. Ecology 87: 2537-2547
Oswald, W.W., E.K. Faison, D.R. Foster, E.D. Doughty, B.R. Hall, and B.C.S. Hansen. 2007. Post-glacial changes in spatial patterns of vegetation across southern New England. Journal of Biogeography 34: 900-913.
Faison, E.K., G. Motzkin, D.R. Foster, and J.E. McDonald. 2009. Moose foraging in the temperate forests of southern New England. Northeastern Naturalist. In press
