Roland de Gouvenain

Fogarty Life Science 237 (401) 456-8908 (401) 456-8010 rdegouvenain@ric.edu Visit Roland de Gouvenain's personal website

Academic Background

Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Switzer Fellow

Courses Taught

Biology 109, Biology 261, Biology 353, Biology 440, Biology 560

Publications

de Gouvenain, R. C. 2009. ICDPs (Integrated Conservation and Development Projects). In: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Online Collection. Detroit: Gale. Online at http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/.

de Gouvenain, R. C. 2008. Forests. Pp. 436-441 in: J. Baird Callicott & R. Frodeman (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy. MacMillan Reference – Gale, Detroit.

de Gouvenain, R. C., Kobe, R. K. and J. A. Silander, Jr. 2007. Partitioning of understorey light and dry-season soil moisture gradients among seedlings of four rain-forest tree species in Madagascar. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 569-579.

de Gouvenain, R. C. and A. M. Ansary. 2006. Association between fire return interval and population dynamics in four California populations of Tecate cypress (Cupressus forbesii). The Southwestern Naturalist 51(4): 447–454.

de Gouvenain, R. C. and J. Ratsirarson. 2005. Suivi des forêts littorales de la côte est de Madagascar. Pp. 9-22 in: Suivi de la biodiversité de la forêt littorale de Tampolo. Recherches Pour le Développement No. 22. Antananarivo, Madagascar.

de Gouvenain, R. C. and J. A. Silander, Jr. 2004. Littoral Forests. Pp. 103-111 in: S. M. Goodman & J. Benstead (Eds.) The Natural History of Madagascar. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

de Gouvenain, R. C. and J. A. Silander, Jr. 2003. Do Tropical storm regimes influence the structure of tropical lowland rain forests? Biotropica 35(2): 166-180.

de Gouvenain, R. C. and J. A. Silander, Jr. 2000. Structure and composition of a forest fragment in Eastern Madagascar in relation to human disturbance. Pp. 45-62 In: W. R. Lourenço & S. M. Goodman (Eds.) Diversité et Endémisme à Madagascar. Mémoires de la Société de Biogéographie, Paris.

Lovich, J. E. and R. C. de Gouvenain. 1998. Saltcedar invasion in desert wetlands of the southwestern United States: Ecological and political implications. Pp. 447-467 In: S.K. Majumdar, E.W. Miller and F.J. Brenner (Eds). Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Systems. Pennsylvania Academy of Science.

de Gouvenain, R. C. 1996. Indirect impacts of soil trampling on tree growth and plant succession in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington. Biological Conservation 75: 279-287.

de Gouvenain, R.C. 1995. Use of GIS for sensitive plant species conservation in land use planning. Environmental Professional 17(1):27-33.

Agee, J. K., M. Finney, and R. de Gouvenain. 1990. Forest fire history of Desolation Peak, Washington. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20(3): 350-356.