Matthew F. Bekker is an environmental geographer and
dendrochronologist. He is a professor of geography at
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...
(BYU).
Bekker has a bachelor's degree from BYU, a master's degree from
Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in geography from the
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...
. Much of his study has been on the effects of forest fires in California (Bekker and Taylor 2001). In 2014 and 2015 he was co-publisher on papers related to the flow of rivers in northern Utah over the last several hundred years. He is most known through his frequently cited publication on the positive feedback between tree establishment and forest advancement (Bekker 2005). He has also demonstrated the use of dendrochronology to reconstruct earthquake events (Bekker 2004).
Sources
BYU faculty bioBekker article on forest patterns
Who's Who in Social Science Academia listingBekker 2005
Bekker and Taylor 2001
Bekker 2004
American geographers
Brigham Young University alumni
Brigham Young University faculty
Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni
University of Iowa alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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