Assistant Research Professor in Forest Landscape Modeling 116 Nutting Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5755 email:  erin.simons@maine.edu Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine (2009) M.S. in Biological Sciences, Idaho State University (2001) B.S. in Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University (1997) An overarching focus of my research has been to understand the cumulative