Chabot, Brian F
Professor
I am involved with research and extension education supporting maple sugar production. Acer saccharum is an important species ecologically and economically in northeastern North America. Sustaining this resource requires improving understanding of conditions that affect the success of this species under natural and managed conditions. Ecological research is addressing the habitat conditions affecting establishment, regeneration, and growth rates under environmental change. Management-oriented research deals with genetic improvement for increased sap sugar content, managing vertebrate populations for reduced pest pressure, and improvements in sap collection and processing technologies.
research
research and scholarship focus
Current research focus invoves forest managment, tree growth in relation to environment, environmental control of sap production, improving sap collection technology, and understanding maple flavors
primary investigator of
- IMPROVED MAPLE SUGAR PRODUCTION FACILITIES | Research Grant
- IMPROVING GROWTH OF SUGAR MAPLES | Research Grant
research areas
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- agroforestry | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- environmental sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- forest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- natural resources | collaborative research area (CALS)
- sustainable development | collaborative research area (CALS)
domestic geographic focus
- northeastern U.S. | sub-national region
submitted impact statement
- Improving color grading of maple syrup | 2006 Impact statement
- Reducing tree damage in maple sugar production | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | graduate field
- Natural Resources | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
Introductory ecology and envioronmental issues
teaches
- ALS 4000 - Community Service Learning Project (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ALS 4990 - Undergraduate Research in ALS (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOEE 1640 - FWS: Topics in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
service
outreach focus
Sap collection practices and technologies, role of environment in tree growth and sap production, syrup production, understanding and selling flavor.
current professional activities
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1972-1994
- Member, Ecological Society of America, 1963-present
event host
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Botany, Duke University, 1971
- B.S., Biology, College of William and Mary, 1965
awards and distinctions
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984
- Recipient, Chancellor?s Award for Excellence, State University of New York, 2004
featured in
- Maple expert campaigns to boost state's lagging syrup production | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Maple weekends could be two months earlier by 2080, say Cornell researchers undertaking new study | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Sweet smell of success: Cornell aid could bring new line of maple products throughout New York state | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: environmental science, environmental sciences, forestry, plant ecology, sugar maple, sustainability