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Eric Burkhart

Teaching Professor,
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Expertise:
  • Agroforestry (Temperate and Tropical)
  • Appalachian Forest Plant Biology, Ecology, and Ethnobotany
  • Ethnobotany, Ethnoecology, Ethnomycology
  • Field Botany, Plant Taxonomy and Systematics, Herbarium Methods
  • Forest Biology, Ecology and Stewardship
  • Invasive Plant Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Management
  • Non-timber Forest Products (e.g., Maple Syrup, Medicinal/Culinary Plants and Fungi)
  • Plant Conservation, Management, and Policy
Contact:
2011
PhD. Forest Resources. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
2002
M.S. Horticulture. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
1999
B.A. Ethnobotany (Dual degree curriculum in Botany and Anthropology). Idaho State University,
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