Tony Cummings, MS
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Tony has a BS in environmental studies and biology from St. Lawrence University and a master’s degree in environmental science from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Early in his career, he taught ecological study abroad programs in Costa Rica and then moved to North Queensland, where he taught at the Center for Rainforest Studies on the Atherton Tableland for eight years. Tony has also taught university-level ecological field studies programs in New Zealand. His main research interests involve rainforest succession, especially reforestation plantings. He is a member of the Trees for the Tablelands (TREAT) and the Tree Kangaroo and Mammal Group (TKMG). Tony has worked with this program since 2002.
Courses Taught
Rainforest, Reef and Cultural Ecology Seminar
Environmental Field Studies Seminar
Independent Study Project Seminar
Select Publications
Cummings, J.A. (1989). Assessment of the distribution and successional status of recently acquired lands in the Penas Blancas Valley, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica. TRI Working Paper. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, United States
Cummings, J.A. (1995). Biological assessment of rainforest habitat re-establishment (HR) plantings in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland. Report. Wet Tropics Management Authority, Cairns, QLD, Australia
Cummings, J.A. (2010). Observations of Forest Health along the Western Access Track of Mt Bartle Frere. Unpublished research report. Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service, Atherton, Queensland
Select Presentations
Cummings, J.A. (1994). Rainforest restoration in tropical Australia. Poster. Presented at the Society for Ecological Restoration annual meeting, Lansing,MI, United States
Robertson, P. and J.A. Cummings. (1995). The potential of habitat restoration plantings to provide habitat for the cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland, Australia. Poster. Presented at the Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Cummings, Tony. (2010). Knowing your community: fostering biodiversity awareness in our students’ daily existence. Presentation. Fostering Multi- Cultural Competence and Global Justice: An SIT Symposium. August 9-11, 2010. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=faculty_symposium
Research Interests
Rainforest succession in habitat restoration plantings
Faunal use of rainforest restoration plantings in north Queensland
Education
- MS, Tropical Resources, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
- BS, Environmental Biology, St. Lawrence University
