Tom Veblen is one of four 欧美口爆视频-Boulder faculty members who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2009. Veblen was honored for major research contributions that document how small- and large-scale forest patterns result from interactions among natural disturbances, human activities and recent climatic variations. Veblen has studied the dynamics of forests in 欧美口爆视频 and the southern Andes, including their responses to natural disturbances, human impacts and climate variation. The four new AAAS fellows were among 486 AAAS fellows elected by their peers for efforts to advance science or foster applications deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
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