Tim Schowalter Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Tim Schowalter
Interviewer: Max Geier
Interview Date: November 11, 1997
Location: Cordley Hall, Oregon State University
Duration: 1:38:24
 

Before coming to OSU in 1981, entomologist Tim Schowalter had been involved with Jornada Experimental Range in New Mexico and Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Georgia, two US Department of Agriculture sites with deep university affiliations, IBP, and ultimately LTER involvement, so he knew about large, long-term ecosystem research efforts. Once he joined the faculty of OSU in 1981, he pursued NSF-funded projects concerning log decomposition, herbivory of Douglas-fir seedlings, and spider communities in canopies of old and young forests. Several of these projects connected with Andrews Forest and others did not. As with many entomologists at land-grant universities, his work spread across applied and basic subject matter and from single species to ecosystem-scale questions. He expanded his interest in inter-site studies to other LTER sites as his career progressed.

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Title

Tim Schowalter Oral History Interview

Description

Before coming to OSU in 1981, entomologist Tim Schowalter had been involved with Jornada Experimental Range in New Mexico and Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Georgia, two US Department of Agriculture sites with deep university affiliations, IBP, and ultimately LTER involvement, so he knew about large, long-term ecosystem research efforts. Once he joined the faculty of OSU in 1981, he pursued NSF-funded projects concerning log decomposition, herbivory of Douglas-fir seedlings, and spider communities in canopies of old and young forests. Several of these projects connected with Andrews Forest and others did not. As with many entomologists at land-grant universities, his work spread across applied and basic subject matter and from single species to ecosystem-scale questions. He expanded his interest in inter-site studies to other LTER sites as his career progressed.

Creator

Tim Schowalter

Source

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Oral History Collection (OH 28)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

November 11, 1997

Contributor

Max Geier

Format

Digitized Microcassette

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh28-schowalter-tim-19971111

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Max Geier

Interviewee

Tim Schowalter

Location

Cordley Hall, Oregon State University

Original Format

Microcassette

Duration

1:38:24

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio