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Dr. Gary M. Lovett

Forest Ecologist | PhD, Dartmouth College

Expertise
forest ecology, invasive forest pests, air pollution, climate change, nutrient cycling

Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
July 6, 1953-December 17, 2022

Northeastern forests are threatened by air pollution, climate change, and invasive forest pests. Gary Lovett studies the impacts of these stressors on forest productivity and water quality.

Lovett uses computer simulation models and field research in the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and White Mountains of New Hampshire to predict the ability of a forest to maintain crucial ecosystem services in the face of environmental change.

Lovett advises government agencies and advocacy groups that are working to amend federal regulations to stop invasive forest pests. Through Congressional briefings and interactions with state and federal agency staff, Lovett is promoting Tree-SMART Trade – a series of federal policy actions that would reduce the introduction of new forest pests – in partnership with the Science Policy Exchange.

Lovett, Gary M. 1992. “Atmospheric Deposition and Canopy Interactions of Nitrogen”. In D. W. Johnson and S. E. Lindberg (eds.). Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems, 152-66. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
Lindberg, S.E., and Gary M. Lovett. 1992. “Deposition and Forest Canopy Interactions of Airborne Sulfur: Results from the Integrated Forest Study”. Atmospheric Environment 26A: 1477-92.
Ragsdale, L.H., S.E. Lindberg, Gary M. Lovett, and D.A. Schaefer. 1992. “Atmospheric Deposition and Throughfall Fluxes of Base Cations”. In D. W. Johnson and S. E. Lindberg (eds.). Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems, 235-53. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
Schaefer, D.A., S.E. Lindberg, and Gary M. Lovett. 1992. “Canopy Interactions”. In D. W. Johnson and S. E. Lindberg (eds.). Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems, 444-49. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
Lovett, Gary M., and D.A. Schaefer. 1992. “Canopy Interactions of Ca, Mg, and K”. In D. W. Johnson and S. E. Lindberg (eds.). Atmospheric Deposition and Nutrient Cycling in Forest Ecosystems, 253-75. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
Lovett, Gary M., Gene E. Likens, and S.S. Nolan. 1992. “Dry Deposition of Sulfur to the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: A Preliminary Comparison of Methods”. In S. E. Schwartz and W. G. N. Slinn (coordinators). Precipitation Scavenging and Atmosphere-Surface Exchange. Vol. 3-The Summers Volume: Applications and Appraisals.|Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1391-1401. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
Lovett, Gary M., and J.G. Hubbell. 1991. “Effects of Ozone and Acid Mist on Foliar Leaching from Eastern White Pine and Sugar Maple”. Can. J. For. Res. 21: 794-802.
Warner, J. S., Gary M. Lovett, and J. Cadwallader. 1991. “Scientists and Journalists: A Primer for Scientists Who Talk to Reporters”. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 72: 116-18.
Lovett, Gary M., and J.D. Kinsman. 1990. “Atmospheric Pollutant Deposition to High-Elevation Ecosystems”. Atmospheric Environment 24A: 2767-86.
Lindberg, S.E., R.C. Harriss, W.A. Hoffman Jr., Gary M. Lovett, and R.R. Turner. 1989. “Atmospheric Chemistry, Deposition, and Canopy Interactions”. In D. W. Johnson and R. I. Van Hook (eds.). Analysis of Biogeochemical Cycling Processes in Walker Branch Watershed, 96-163. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.