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Texas State Department of Biology
Supple Building
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512) 245-2129
hustonma@txstate.edu

Current Projects

Major Research Projects

Predicting the distribution and dominance of exotic species across the landscapes of the Southern Appalachians.  Quantitative field surveys and experiments across landscape gradients on the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Big South Fork National Recreation Area.  (M. Huston, P.I.,  $150,000/yr, 2001-2004, grant to Interdisciplinary Solutions for Environmental Sustainability, Inc. (ISESI), funded by EPA National Center for Environmental Research, Office of Research and Development STAR Grant Program)" -
Right: Michael Huston measures light availability in a shade experiment on invasive exotic plants near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Note the sapling of the exotic Ailanthus altissima just behind him. This project was funded by the EPA STAR program.