JACOB ROYSE
Research Assistant
Address:
Dept. of Forestry
218 T.P. Cooper
University of Kentucky
Office (859) 257-8289
Email: Jacob.Royse@uky.edu
Education:
B.S. Natural Resource Conservation and Management (May 2003)
Academic Interests:
The use of prescribed fire as a tool to accomplish landscape-level ecological and silvicultural objectives in oak dominated forests. In particular, how prescribed fire effects seedling establishment, survival and growth.
Personal Interests:
Walking in the woods, mountain biking, climbing, fishing/canoeing…just about anything outdoors. Also helping conduct prescribed fire in hardwood and grassland fuel types.
Professional Affiliation:
Student Association for Fire Ecology (member)
Forestry Graduate Student Association (member)
Supervisor / Major Advisor:
Dr. Mary Arthur
Recent Projects:
(Current Masters project) The effects of prescribed fire on fuels and seedling dynamics in east Kentucky.