Eric Turnblom

  • Associate Professor
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    • Eric Turnblom

    • Associate Professor

    Research areas

    B.S. (Honors), Forest Science, University of Illinois
    M.Sc., Forest Mensuration, University of British Columbia
    Ph.D., Forest Biometrics, University of Minnesota

    Research Interests:

    As an applied forest ecologist and forest biometrician, my primary field of interest is conducting research into ways and means of quantitatively describing, or modeling, forest stand dynamics outcomes resulting from silviculture—which refers to methods of promoting the establishment, health and growth of a forest to meet diverse needs and values.  I also  research how trees accumulate woody biomass and its distribution among the growing parts of the tree, wood quality, and natural resources inventory and measurement techniques. Much of this work plays into developing management tools to support sustainable forestry and to sustainably manage other natural resource dominated systems and economies.

    Autumn 2026-27 Admissions: Please reach out to Professor Turnblom to inquire about their ability to admit new students.

     

    Courses

    • ESRM 304 | Environmental Resource Assessment (5) - Spring
    • ESRM 323 | Silviculture (5) - Autumn
    • ESRM 368 | Natural Resource Management (4) - Autumn

    Current sponsored projects

    • Stand Management Cooperative

    Selected publications

    Bose, A., A. Weiskittel, C. Kuehne, R. Wagner, E. Turnblom, H. Burkhart. 2018. Does commercial thinning improve stand-level growth of the three most commercially important softwood forest types in North America? For Ecol & Mgt 409: 683-693.

    Gross, C., J. James, E. Turnblom, R. Harrison. 2018. Thinning treatments reduce deep soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in a coastal Pacific Northwest forest. Forests 9(5): 238-257.

    K., D. Zabowski, E. Turnblom, R. Harrison. 2018. Estimating Shallow Soil Available Water Supply for Douglas-fir Forests of the Coastal Pacific Northwest: Climate Change Impacts. Can Journal of For Res 48(4): 421-430.

    Hoibo, O., E. Turnblom. 2017. Models of Knot Characteristics in Young Coastal US Douglas-Fir: Are the Effects of Tree and Site Data Visibly Rendered in the Annual Ring Width Pattern at Breast Height? Forest Products Journal 67(1/2): 29-38.

    Gehringer, K.R., E.C. Turnblom. 2014. Constructing a virtual forest: Using hierarchical nearest neighbor imputation to generate simulated tree lists. Can. J. For. Res. 44(7): 711-719.