Contact Information

 

Dr. Robert Scheller

Dept of Environmental Science and Management

P.O. Box 751

Portland, OR 97207

Email: rmschell [at] pdx.edu

 

Lab Phone: 503-725-2364

 

The Dynamic Ecosystems and Landscapes (DEAL) lab is located in the Environmental Science and Management Department of Portland State University, Our lab includes faculty, research scientists, and graduate students organized around the theme of landscape and ecosystem change and its effects on human and natural systems. We are a part of the new School of the Environment and we are all active participants in the Forest Ecology and Management research group.

The DEAL lab synthesizes broad-scale data to understand the processes that drive ecosystem response and influence landscape-scale change. We use the concepts and theories from landscape ecology and forest ecology to develop the fundamental science required to understand how landscapes change. From this research, we develop tools for projecting landscape change into the future taking into consideration emerging threats to landscape sustainability. These threats include climate change, development and fragmentation, and novel disturbance regimes. Our research examines landscapes across the world, including Oregon, California, New Jersey, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Labrador, Siberia and others. Please visit the projects page or the publications page for further information.

Our research ultimately influences policy and management decisions at the landscape scale.  We address immediate concerns of society, providing insight for long-term adaptive management planning. Finally, we are committed to educating students and the public and support policies that encourage continuing education, research, and practices of sustainability in forested landscapes.