LEMMA Team Detail

Janet Ohmann Former position: Courtesy Faculty Forest Landscape Ecologist Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society Oregon State University Emeritus Scientist Pacific Northwest Research Station USDA Forest Service

Educational Background

B.A., 1979 (botany), Duke University, Durham, NC
M.F., 1980 (forest ecology), Duke University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Durham, NC
Ph.D., 1996 (forest ecology), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Research Interests

Understanding broad-scale patterns and dynamics of forest vegetation, and relations with environment and disturbance; ecological basis for inventory and monitoring; regional gradients in plant community composition and structure; regional distribution of large dead wood and implications for wildlife; tree-level processes of mortality, decay, and fall; predictive mapping of vegetation and fuels using field plots, satellite imagery, and GIS; application of computer gaming technology to visualize and query regional spatial data.

Biography

Janet has been with PNW Research Station since 1981. From 1981-1991 she was a research forester with the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program in Portland, Oregon. From 1991 to 2009, Janet was a research forest ecologist in the Ecosystem Processes Program in Corvallis, Oregon. She is now a member of the Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing Team in the Resource Monitoring and Assessment Program. She has held an affiliate faculty position in the Department of Forest Science (now Forest Ecosystems and Society), Oregon State University, since 1996. Outside of work, Janet enjoys backcountry and international travel, time with friends and family, chasing varmints from her garden, and restoring native habitats on a small patch of ground.