{"id":377,"date":"2026-06-23T00:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/?p=377"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:30:16","slug":"mark-fulton","status":"publish","type":"facstaff","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/mark-fulton\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Fulton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty member in the Biology Department since 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Wisconsin Madison<br>\nBS in Botany and Geology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Wisconsin Madison<br>\nMS in Botany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uppsala University (Sweden)<br>\nPhD in Plant Ecology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas A &amp; M University, TVA, and Rice University<br>\nPostdoctoral work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Classes regularly taught: Cellular Principles, General Ecology, Plant Form and Function, Forest Ecology, Plant Diversity, Advanced Projects, Computer Applications in Statistics (Graduate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Mark Fulton is a quantitative ecologist with a particular interest in the structure and dynamics of forest communities. Particular areas of activity have included: simulation modeling of forest dynamics, statistical modeling of demographic processes in forests from long-term data using information statistics, and applications of an operational definition of multivariate &ldquo;predictability&rdquo; of community change. Developing interests include: linkages between canopy tree and understory dynamics, light environments in tree canopies, and constraints on maximum tree height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Olson, B., Windels, S.K., Fulton, M., and R. Moen. 2014. Fine-scale temperature patterns in the southern Boreal forest: Implications for the cold-adapted moose. Alces 50:105&ndash;120.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fulton, M., J. Kamman, and M. Coyle. 2014. Hydraulic limitation on maximum height of <i>Pinus strobus<\/i> trees in northern Minnesota, USA. Trees 28(3): 841-848.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew M. Bischof, M.A. Hanson, M.R. Fulton, R.K. Kolka, S.D. Sebestyen, M.G. Butler. 2013. Invertebrate Community Patterns in Seasonal Ponds in Minnesota, USA: Response to Hydrologic and Environmental Variability. Wetlands (published online 15-January-2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amatangelo, K., M.R. Fulton, D.A. Rogers, &amp; D.M. Waller. 2011. Convergence in forest community composition along an edaphic gradient threatens landscape-level diversity. Diversity and Distributions 17: 201-213.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fulton, M. 2010. Why don&rsquo;t trees grow taller? Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Jan\/Feb. (Popular article)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lin, Jie, P.A. Harcombe, M.R. Fulton, and R.W. Hall. 2004. Comparative analysis of growth and mortality among saplings in a dry Oak-Pine forest in southeast Texas. Texas Journal of Science 56(4): 299-318.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lin, Jie, P.A. Harcombe, M. Fulton, and R.B.W. Hall. 2004. Sapling growth and survivorship as affected by light and flooding in a river floodplain forest. Oecologia 139(3): 399-407.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harcombe, P.A., C.J. Bill, J.S. Glitzenstein, M. Fulton, P.L. Marks, and I.S. Elsik. 2002. Stand dynamics over 18 years in a southern mixed hardwood forest, Texas, USA. Journal of Ecology 90(6): 947-957.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lin, Jie, P.A. Harcombe, M. Fulton, and R.B.W. Hall. 2002. Sapling growth and survivorship as a function of light in a mesic forest of southeast Texas, USA. Oecologia 132: 428-435.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fulton, M.R. and P.A. Harcombe. 2002. Fine-scale predictability in forest stand dynamics. 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