Dr. W. Keith Moser

Warren "Keith" Moser is a Research Forester at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. He obtained his Doctor of Forestry in Forest Stand Dynamics and Ecophysiology from Yale University in 1994 and a Master of Forestry (1986) and an MBA (1982) from Duke University. He plans and conducts research on long-term forest productivity and landscape processes in aspen, pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, and mixed conifer forests, with an emphasis on knowledge of the adaptive capacity of these ecosystems to novel climatic and disturbance conditions. He is also the Scientist in Charge (SIC) of the Fort Valley Experimental Forest. Currently, Keith is investigating relationships between species and structural diversity vs. productivity, patterns of forest response to abiotic and biotic (including non-native invasive plants) disturbance cascades, and different metrics of long-term sustainability. He is working on landscape changes resulting from the afforestation of pastoral landscapes after de facto abandonment. He is also interested in managing for multiple benefits of agroforestry landscapes. Keith is also the President of the International Society of Tropical Foresters.