Current Research Interests
Dr. Woodcock has a Ph.D from the University of Nebraska and has held faculty positions at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City, the University of Hawaii, and Clark University. She is a physical geographer
with interests in vegetation and climate, climate change over geological time, and the physical
geography of New England. A longstanding interest is the effect of climate on biological
characters and the use of these characters in reconstructing past environments and climates.
One current project funded by the National Science Foundation is study of a 39 million-year-old
fossil forest in northern Peru which is a record of continental conditions in the tropics at a
time early in the evolution of the tropical forests and the Andes Mountains. Also underway are studies of middle Quaternary fossil assemblages on the island of Oahu (Hawaiian
Islands) and landscape change/modification of the glacial landscapes in Massachusetts.
Selected Publications
Aragon-Carrasco, S., L. Rimarchin, J. Ayasta and D. Woodcock. Submitted. Inventario preliminar de la flora del Distrito de Sexi, Cajamarca (Preliminary inventory of the flora of the District of Sexi, Cajamarca.) Arnaldoa.
Woodcock, D. and S. Maekawa. 2006. Fossil leaf galls preserved in Honolulu volcanic series rocks. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers no. 88, 20-22.
Woodcock, D. and N. Kalodimos. 2005. Tree mold evidence of loulu palm (Pritchardia sp.) forest on the Kona Coast. Pacific Science 59: 491-498.
Woodcock, D. 2003. To restore the watersheds: Early 20th century tree planting in Hawaii. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 93: 624-635.
Woodcock, D. and N. Kalodimos. 2003. The tree molds at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau: A record of loulu palms on the Kona coast. Park Paleontology 7: 2-4 (a publication of the US National Park Service).
Woodcock, D. and A. Shier. 2003. Does canopy position affect wood specific gravity in temperate forest trees? Annals of Botany 91: 529-537.
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