Kelley Gundale

I am a doctoral student utilizing the Swedish National Forest Inventory (NFI) tree core archive as a tool to assess environmental change. I also serve as Assistant Head of Department for issues of Diversity and Equal Opportunities.

My project aims to use the NFI tree core archive to assess whether long-term changes in nutrients (nitrogen) and water availability to Swedish forests are occurring. I am also investigating whether functional traits, wood density and C content are changing over time and across the latitudinal gradient of Swedish forests.

By studying these relationships, we have the potential to better estimate shifts in boreal carbon (C) stocks. This knowledge will help a wide range of stakeholders—scientists, forest managers, policymakers, and the public—track how forest growth and health evolve, and what that means for carbon uptake and long-term storage.

Co-course leader, Forest History: Human utilisation and vegetation dynamics

BSc. Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, USA, 1995

MSc. Forestry, Michigan Technological University, USA, 2001

Bassett, K.R., Östlund, L., Gundale, M.J., Fridman, J. & Jämtgård, S. Forest inventory tree core archive reveals changes in boreal wood traits over seven decades. Science of the Total Environment 900:165795 (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165795

Treydte, K., ... Bassett, K.R., et al. European Dendroecological Fieldweek (EDF) 2021 in Val Müstair, Switzerland: International education and research during the pandemic. Dendrochronologia 78:126047 (2023). doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.126047

Unikt arkiv ger nya möjligheter för skogsforskare (Swedish only; Unique archive provides new opportunities for forest researchers)