Martin Arford

Teaching Fields, Geography

  • Introduction to Physical Geography, World Cultural/Regional Geography, Advanced Physical Geography

Research Interests

  • Holocene Paleoecology, Plant Biogeography, Environmental History

Current Research Projects

  • Landscape History of the Saginaw Valley Area
  • Climate Change and Land-Use History in Northwestern Costa Rica
  • Reconstruction of Prehistoric Hurricane Records from Coastal Lakes in the Dominican Republic

Publications

  • Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P., 2004.  Pollen Evidence of the Earliest Maize Agriculture in Costa Rica.  Journal of Latin American Geography 3(1): 109-116.
  • Arford, M.R., 1998.  Perspectives on Palo Verde National Park from Puerto Humo Residents: Economics, Eco-Tourism, and Conservation.  In Thornhill, A.D. and Sherman, P (eds.), Tropical Biodiversity, Organization for Tropical Studies, OTS 98-10 (Report), pp. 17-21.

Presentations

  • Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P.  Species Richness Inferred from Pollen Diversity in Lake-sediment Profiles from Northwestern Costa Rica.  Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, April 2005.
  • Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P.  Pollen in a Pinch: Surface Pollen Assemblages from Disturbed Mid-Elevation Forests in Northwestern Costa Rica.  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 2005.
  • Arford M.R. and Horn, S.P.  The Maize Debate and Evidence for the Earliest Maize Agricul;ture in Costa Rica.  Annual meeting of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers, Biloxi, Mississippi, November 2004.
  • Arford, M.R. and Horn, S.P.  A Multi-Site Investigation of Holocene Paleoenvironments in Northwestern Costa Rica.  Centennial meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2004.