Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Vogel Lab
Led by Jason Vogel · Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
What we study
The Vogel Lab studies forest growth, nutrient cycling, and resilience to climate change, disturbance, and management. They use fieldwork and experiments to explore how silviculture can restore forest health.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Plants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Soil Carbon Dioxide Flux and Wood Decomposition in Southeastern Pine Stands: Effects of Forest Management Practice
The lab measured how forest thinning and full‑canopy treatments affect CO2 release from soil and wood decay. The student placed pine wood blocks, weighed them every six months, recorded weekly CO2 using an LI‑8100A system, and found 3.86% mass loss in the open‑canopy plots versus 2.32% in the full‑canopy plots, with higher CO2 flux in the latter.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 367
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Recent papers, explained
- Sublethal tree health conditions suppress tree growth across eastern US forests
2026 · Forest Ecology and Management
- Stand dynamics and biomass distribution in clonal and mixed genotype Pinus taeda stands with contrasting crown attributes
2026 · Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Compares how tree crown traits and genetic diversity shape forest growth in pine stands.
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- Cyclones reduce growth and mortality differences between liana‐laden and liana‐free trees in Belize
2025 · Journal of Ecology
Finds cyclones reduce liana growth on trees, affecting forest structure in Belize.
- A retrospective on the performance and viability of planted Southeastern-Mediterranean conifer forests as determined by abiotic factors controlling water availability
2025 · Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
Checks how elevation, slope, and soil type affect water use in Mediterranean pine forests.
- Comparing Terrestrial and Mobile Laser Scanning Approaches for Multi-Layer Fuel Load Prediction in the Western United States
2025 · Remote Sensing
Tests whether mobile or ground laser scans better measure wildfire fuel loads in forests.
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