Meet the Forestry Faculty

Rose-Marie Muzika, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Forestry
Director of Graduate Studies
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Conservation Biology

Phone: 573-882-8835
E-mail: Muzika@missouri.edu
Address: 203 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building

Education

Ph.D. 1989, Michigan State University

Research

Disturbance ecology of oak dominated forests.

Research Summary

Muzika's research emphasizes disturbance ecology; particularly long-term changes in forest composition and processes as influenced by both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Current research efforts within the broad topic of disturbance ecology include the effects of non-indigenous organisms on forest succession and the role of silviculture in moderating such effects. In an attempt to predict the resilience of specific forest types to disturbance, other ongoing research includes studies of the variability of recovery from disturbance and the influence of ecosystem type on the success of establishment of exotic organisms. Understanding plant species distribution and abundance, pre-settlement vegetation, interactions of climate and disturbance, and assessing site-related tree growth and stand development represent other fundamental questions of interest.

Teaching

Forest Ecology
Forest Health and Protection
Forest Ecology Field Studies

Selected Publications

Yates, M.D. and R.M. Muzika. 2006, Effect of forest structure and fragmentation on site occupancy of bat species in Missouri Ozark forests. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1238-1248.
Voelker, S.L., R.M. Muzika, R.P. Guyette, and M.C. Stambaugh, 2006.
Historic CO2 Enhancement declines with age in Quercus and Pinus . Ecological Monographs 76(4): 549-564.
Guyette, R.P., M. C. Stambaugh, R.M. Muzika and E.R. McMurry. 2006.
Fire history at the southwestern great plains margin, Capulin Volcano National Monument. Great Plains Research 16:161-172.
Guyette, R.P., M. C. Stambaugh, A. Lupo, R.M. Muzika and D.C. Dey. 2006.
Oak growth in Midwestern North America linked with post glacial climate epochs in the North Atlantic. PAGES news 14:21-22.
Duchamp, J.E., M.D. Yates, R.M. Muzika and R.K. Swihart. 2006.
Estimating probabilities of detection for bat echolocation calls: an application of the double observer method. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:408-412.
Muzika, R.M., S.T. Grushecky, A.M. Liebhold, and R.L. Smith. 2004.
Using thinning as a management tool for gypsy moth: the influence on small mammal abundance. Forest Ecology and Management 192:349-359.
Muzika, R.M., R.P. Guyette, T. Zielonka, and A. M. Liebhold. 2004.
The influence of O₃, NO₂ and SO₂ on growth of Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica in the Carpathian Mountains. Environmental Pollution 130: 65-71.
Muzika, R.M., R.P. Guyette, T. Zielonka, and A.M. Liebhold. 2002.
The influence of air pollution on tree growth in the Carpathian Mountains. pages 185-193 from: Effects of Air Pollution on Forest Health and Biodiversity in Forest of the Carpathian Mountains. NATO Scientific Affairs Division; IOS Press, Amsterdam.
Guyette, R.P., R.M.Muzika and D.C. Dey. 2002.
Dynamics of an anthropogenic fire regime. Ecosystems 5:472-486.
Stambaugh, M.C., R.M. Muzika and R.P. Guyette. 2002.
Disturbance and Vegetation Dynamics in old-growth shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) forest within the Ozark Highlands, Missouri. Natural Areas Journal 28:108-119.
Guyette, R.P., W.G. Cole, D.C. Dey, and R.M. Muzika. 2002.
Age distributions of large woody debris in riparian carbon pools. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59(3):578-585.
Muzika, R.M., A.M. Liebhold, and M.J. Twery. 2000.
Dynamics of twolined chestnut borer as influenced by gypsy moth defoliation and selection thinning. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2:283-289.
Muzika, R.M. and A. M. Liebhold. 2000.
A critique of silvicultural approaches to managing defoliating insects in North America. Agriculture and Forest Entomology 2 (2): 97-105.
Liebhold, A.M., J. S. Elkinton, D.W. Williams, R.M. Muzika. 2000.
What causes outbreaks of gypsy moth in North America? Researches in Population Ecology 42:257-266.