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One long-term project is the study of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/research\/peruvianflora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">39-million-year-old fossil site in northern Peru<\/a> &nbsp;in conjunction with researchers at the US Park Service, the Museo de Historia Natural in Lima, and INGEMMET (the Peru Institute for Geology, Mining, and Metallurgy). Another collaborative project involving Clark faculty and students is a study of human modifications to the glacial landforms of Central Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodcock, D. W., J. Rogan, and S. D. Blanchard. 2012. Accelerating Anthropogenic Land Surface Change and the status of Pleistocene drumlins in New England.&nbsp;<em>PLoS ONE<\/em>&nbsp;7 (10): 1-8.&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/s45055.pcdn.co\/centers\/george-perkins-marsh-institute\/www-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/sites\/47\/2020\/02\/PLos_ONE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf copy<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mart\u00ednez-Cabrera, H., E. Estrada-Ruiz, C. Casta\u00f1eda-Posadas, and D. Woodcock. 2012. Wood specific gravity estimation based on wood anatomical traits of key ecological characteristics in fossil assemblages.&nbsp;<em>Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology<\/em>187: 1-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodcock, D. W., H. W. Meyer, and I. Prado Velazco. in revision. Paleoenvironmental analysis of the Piedra Chamana fossil woods and leaves (late Middle Eocene, Peru).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blanchard, S. D., J. Rogan, and D. W. Woodcock. 2010. Geomorphic Change Analysis using ASTER and SRTM Digital Elevation Models in Central Massachusetts, USA.&nbsp;<em>GIScience &amp; Remote Sensing<\/em>&nbsp;47 (1): 1-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aragon-Carrasco, S. and D. W. Woodcock. 2010. Plant community structure and conservation of a northern Peru sclerophyllous forest.&nbsp;<em>Biotropica<\/em>&nbsp;42: 262-270.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodcock, D.W., H. Meyer, N. Dunbar, W. McIntosh, I. Prado and G. Morales. 2009.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.geoscienceworld.org\/gsabulletin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geologic and taphonomic context of El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana (Cajamarca, Peru)<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Geological Society of America Bulletin<\/em>&nbsp;121: 172-178.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aragon-Carrasco, S., L. Rimarchin, J. Ayasta and D. Woodcock. 2006. Inventario preliminar de la flora del Distrito de Sexi, Cajamarca (Preliminary inventory of the flora of the District of Sexi, Cajamarca.)&nbsp;<em>Arnaldoa<\/em>&nbsp;13: 358-367.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodcock, D. 2003. To restore the watersheds: Early 20th Century tree planting in Hawaii. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 93: 624-635.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodcock, D., and A. Shier. 2003. Does canopy position affect wood specific gravity in temperate forest trees?&nbsp;<em>Annals of Botany<\/em>&nbsp;91: 529-537.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodcock, D., and A. Shier. 2002. Wood specific gravity and its radial variations: The many ways to make a tree.&nbsp;<em>Trees: Structure and Function<\/em>&nbsp;16: 432-443.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Research Interests Dr. Woodcock\u2019s research deals with development of fossil wood as a climate proxy, the anatomical determinants of wood specific gravity, and topics in forest ecology &amp; environmental history. 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