CURRICULUM VITAE -- Chris J. Peterson, Professor

Areas of expertise: forestry, wind damage to , arboriculture, severe weather, treefall

Address: Dept. of Biology, 2502 Plant Sci. Bldg., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 Telephone: Office: (706) 542-3754; cell: (706) 347-2336 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION B.A. 1985, Biology and Environmental Science, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana. Ph.D. 1992, Graduate Program in Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

POSITIONS HELD Postdoctoral Researcher. 1992-1994, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Assistant Professor. 1994-2000, Department of Botany, University of Georgia.

Associate Professor. 2000-2013, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia.

Professor, 2013-present, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia.

Fulbright Fellow. 2004, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki.

EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE 2018-2019 Burnham Brown, Los Angeles, California

2019 Adler, Pollock and Sheehan, Providence, Rhode Island.

2019 Cozen O’Conner, Atlanta, Georgia

2019 Apperson Crump, Memphis, Tennessee

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 2010-2018 California Department of Water Resources: stability and risk of treefall for trees in river levees; guidance for “Levee Vegetation Management” standards.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (SCHOLARLY ARTICLES): In review: Peterson, C.J. In review. First-decade biomass and carbon accumulation, and woody community change after severe wind damage in a hemlock-white pine forest remnant. Forests, submitted Jan. 2021.

Oldfield, C.A., and C.J. Peterson. In review. Tree wind resistance tested with static winching: an investigation of two common eastern U.S. hardwoods and meta-analysis. Trees, Forests and People, submitted Sept. 2020.

San-Jose, M., L. Werden, C.J. Peterson, F. Oviedo-Brenes, and R. Zahawi. In review. Large tree Mortality leads to major aboveground biomass decline in a tropical forest reserve. J. Vegetation Science, submitted Dec. 2020.

Published or in press: Oldfield, C.A., and C.J. Peterson. 2021. Biomass and carbon accumulation 19 years post windthrow and salvage logging. Forests, 12: 173. Doi: 10.3390/f12020173.

Mansour, M.A., D.M. Rhee, T. Newson, C.J. Peterson, and F.T. Lombardo. 2021. Estimating wind damage in forested areas due to tornadoes. Forests, 12:17. Doi: 10.3390/ f12010017.

Peterson, C.J. 2020. Change in tree spatial pattern after severe wind disturbance in four North American northern hardwood and sub-boreal forests. Frontiers of Forests & Global Change, 3:57. Doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00057.

Peterson, C.J. 2019. Twenty-five years of aboveground biomass and carbon accumulation following extreme wind damage in an old-growth forest. Forests, 10(2), art289. Doi: 10.3390/fl0030289.

Peterson, C.J., G.H.P.M. Ribeiro, R. Negron-Juarez, D. Marra, J.Q. Chambers, N. Higuchi, A. Lima, and J.B. Cannon. 2019. Critical wind speeds suggest wind could be an important disturbance agent in Amazonian forests. Forestry, 94(2): 444-459. Doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpz025.

Oldfield, C., and C.J. Peterson. 2019. Woody species composition, diversity, and recovery 6 years after wind disturbance and salvage logging of a southern Appalachian forest. Forests, 10(2), 29. Doi: 10.3390/f10020129.

Peterson, C.J. 2019. Damage diversity as a metric of structural complexity after forest wind disturbance. Forests, 10(2), 85 doi: 10.3390/f10020085.

Cannon, J.B., S.K. Henderson, M.H. Bailey, and C.J. Peterson. 2019. Interactions between wind and fire disturbance in forests: competing amplifying and buffering effects. Forest Ecology & Management, 436: 117-128. Doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.015.

Morimoto, J., K. Nakagawa, K.T. Takano, M. Aiba, M. Oguro, Y. Furukawa, Y. Mishima, K. Ogawa, R. Ito, T. Takemi, F. Nakamura, and C.J. Peterson. 2019. Comparison of vulnerability to storm wind between Abies plantation forests and natural mixed forests in northern Japan. Forestry, 94(4): 436-443. Doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpy045.

Zahawi, R.A., F. Oviedo-Brenes, and C.J. Peterson. 2017. A degradation debt? Large scale shifts in community composition and loss of biomass in a tropical forest fragment after 40 years of isolation. PLOS One, 12: e0183133.

Cannon, J.B., C.J. Peterson, J.J. O’Brien, and S.J. Brewer. 2017/2018. A review and classification of interactions between forest disturbance from wind and fire. Forest Ecology & Management, 406: 381-390.

Zenoble, M., and C.J. Peterson. 2017. Remotely visible width and discontinuity of 50 tornado damage paths through forested landscapes. Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology, 12: 1-21.

Godfrey, C.M., and C.J. Peterson. 2017. Estimating enhanced Fujita scale levels based on forest damage severity. Weather & Forecasting, 32: 243-252.

Ribeiro, GHPM, J.Q. Chambers, C.J. Peterson, S.E. Trumbore, D.M. Marra, C. Wirth, J.B. Cannon, R.I. Negron-Juarez, A.J.N. Lima, E.V.C.M. de Paula, J. Santos, and N. Higuchi. 2016. Mechanical vulnerability and resistance to snapping and uprooting for Central Amazon tree species. Forest Ecology & Management 380: 1-10.

Cannon, J.B., J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, C.M. Godfrey, and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Landscape-scale characteristics of forest tornado damage in mountainous terrain. Landscape Ecology 31: 2097-2114. Doi: 10.1007/s10980-016-0384-8.

Nagendra, U.J., and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Plant-soil feedbacks differ in intact and tornado- damaged areas of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Plant and Soil, 402(1-2): 103-116.

Royo, A. A., C. J. Peterson, J. Stanovick, and W. P. Carson. 2016. Evaluating the ecological impacts of salvage logging: can natural and anthropogenic disturbances promote coexist- ence. Ecology, 97: 1566-1582.

Sugiyama, A. and C.J. Peterson. 2015. Transplant experiments reveal the importance of distance from forest edge and inconsistent maternal effects on seedling performance in a pioneer tree species Ficus tonduzii (Moraceae). Tropics, 24: 91-99.

Cannon, J.B., M.J. Barrett, and C.J. Peterson. 2015. The effect of species, size, failure mode, and fire-scarring on tree stability. Forest Ecology & Management, 356: 196-203.

Peterson, C.J., J.J. Dosch, and W.P. Carson. 2014. Pasture succession in the Neotropics: Extending the nucleation hypothesis into a matrix discontinuity hypothesis. Oecologia, 175(4): 1325-1335.

Cannon, J. B., J. J. O’Brien, E. L. Loudermilk, M. B. Dickinson, and C. J. Peterson. 2014. The influence of experimental wind disturbance on forest fuels and fire characteristics. Forest Ecology & Management, 330: 294-303.

Sobhani, V.M., M.J. Barrett, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Robust prediction of treefall pit and mound sizes from tree size across 10 forest blowdowns in eastern North America. Ecosystems, 17(5): 837-850.

Waldron, K., J.-C. Ruel, S. Gauthier, L. DeGrandpre and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Effects of post -windthrow salvage logging on microsites, plant composition and regeneration. Applied Vegetation Science, 17(2): 323-337.

Peterson, C.J., L. Krueger, S. Stark, A.A. Royo, and W.P. Carson. 2013. Disturbance size and severity covary in small and mid-size wind disturbances in Pennsylvania northern hardwoods forests. Forest Ecology & Management, 302: 273-279.

Peterson, C.J., and V. Claassen. 2013. An evaluation of the stability of Quercus lobata and Populus fremontii on river levees assessed using static winching tests. Forestry, 86: 201-209.

Cowden, C.C., and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Annual and seasonal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungi colonizing white pine (Pinus strobus) seedlings following catastrophic windthrow in northern Georgia, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 43: 215-223.

Sugiyama, A., and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Inter-annual higher seed germination from smaller than medium-sized premontane wet forest fragments for an animal-dispersed tree species in Costa Rica. Plant Ecology, 214: 115-125.

Sugiyama, A., and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Edge effects act differentially on multiple early regeneration stages of a shade-tolerant tree mexicana. Biotropica, 45: 37-44.

Hovick, S.M., C.J. Peterson, and W.P. Carson. 2012. Predicting invasiveness and range size in wetland using biological traits: a multivariate experimental approach. Journal of Ecology, 100: 1373-1382.

Hovick, S.M., D.E. Bunker, C.J. Peterson, and W.P. Carson. 2011. Purple loosestrife suppresses colonization far more than broad-leaved cattail: experimental evidence with plant community implications. Journal of Ecology, 99(1): 225-234.

Krueger, L.M., C.J. Peterson, A.A. Royo, and W.P. Carson. 2009. Evaluating relationships among tree growth rate, shade tolerance, and browse tolerance following disturbance in an eastern deciduous forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39(12): 2460-2469.

Krueger, L.M., and C.J. Peterson. 2009. Effects of woody debris and ferns on herb-layer vegetation and deer herbivory in a Pennsylvania forest blowdown. Ecoscience 16(4): 461-469.

Cowden, C.C., and C.J. Peterson. 2009. A multi-mutualist simulation: Applying biological market models to diverse mycorrhizal communities. Ecological Modelling 220: 1522- 1533. de Chantal, M., S. Lilja, C.J. Peterson, T. Kuuluvainen, I. Vanha-Majamaa, and P. Puttonen. 2009. Tree regeneration before and after restoration treatments in managed boreal Picea abies stands. Applied Vegetation Science 12 (2): 131-143.

Peterson, C.J. and W.P. Carson. 2008. Processes constraining woody species succession on abandoned pastures in the tropics: on the relevance of temperate models of succession. pp. 367-383 in Tropical Forest Community Ecology, eds W.P. Carson & S. Schnitzer. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Peterson, C.J., and A.D. Leach. 2008. Limited salvage logging effects on forest regeneration after moderate-severity windthrow. Ecological Applications 18 (2): 407-420.

Peterson, C.J., and A.D. Leach. 2008. Salvage logging after windthrow alters microsite abundance and environment, but not vegetation. Forestry 81 (3): 361-376.

Lilja-Rothsten, S., M. de Chantal, C. Peterson, T. Kuuluvainen, I. Vanha-Majamaa, and P. Puttonen. 2008. Microsites before and after restoration in managed Picea abies stands in southern Finland: effects of fires and partial cutting with dead wood creation. Silva Fennica 42 (2): 165-176.

Peterson, C.J. 2007. Consistent influence of tree diameter and species on damage in nine Eastern North America tornado blowdowns. Forest Ecology and Management, 250: 96-108.

Dosch, J.J., C.J. Peterson, and B.L. Haines. 2007. Seed rain during initial colonization of replicate abandoned pastures in the premontane wet forest zone of southern Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23:1-9.

Krueger, L., and C.J. Peterson. 2006. Effects of white-tailed deer on Tsuga canadensis regeneration: evidence of microsites as refugia from browsing. American Midland Naturalist, 156: 353-362.

Jones, F.A., J.A. Hamrick, C.J. Peterson, and E.R. Squiers. 2006. Inferring colonization history from analyses of spatial genetic structure within populations of Pinus strobus and Quercus rubra. Molecular Ecology, 15: 851-861.

Peterson, C. J. 2004. Within-stand variation in windthrow in southern-boreal forests of Minnesota: is it predictable? Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34: 365-375.

Jones, F. A., C. J. Peterson, and B. L. Haines. 2003. Seed predation in neotropical pre-montane pastures: site, distance, and species effects. Biotropica, 35: 219-225.

Franks, S. J., and C. J. Peterson. 2003. Burial disturbance leads to facilitation among coastal dune plants. Plant Ecology, 168: 13-21.

Dale, V. H., L. A. Joyce, S. McNulty, R. P. Neilson, M. P. Ayres, M. D. Flannigan, P. J. Hanson, L. C. Irland, A. E. Lugo, C. J. Peterson, D. Simberloff, F. J. Swanson, B. J. Stocks, and B. M. Wotton. 2001. Climate change and forest disturbances. BioScience, 51: 723-734.

Peterson, C. J., and S. T. A. Pickett. 2000. Patch type influences on components of forest regeneration in a western Pennsylvania (USA) catastrophic windthrow. Oikos, 90: 489-500.

Peterson, C. J. 2000. Damage and recovery from two different tornadoes in the same old Growth forest: a comparison of infrequent events. Forest Ecology & Management, 135: 237-252.

Peterson, C. J. 2000. Catastrophic wind damage to North American forests and the Potential impact of climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 262: 287-312.

Peterson, C. J., and B. L. Haines. 2000. Potential facilitation of tree seedling colonization by rotting logs in southern Costa Rican pastures. Restoration Ecology, 8: 361 -369.

Jin, V. L., L. T. West, B. L. Haines, and C. J. Peterson. 2000. P retention in tropical pre- montane soils across forest-pasture interfaces. Soil Science, 165: 881-889.

Haines, B., and C. Peterson. 1999. Mountain sustainable development from an ecologist’s perspective, the case of the Proyecto Charral, Costa Rica. pp. 227-232 in F. O. Sarmiento and J. Hidalgo, editors. III Simposio Internacional de Desarollo Sustentable de Montanas Andinas, AMA. Corporacion Editora Nacional, Quito.

Turner, M. G., W. L. Baker, C. J. Peterson, and R. K. Peet. 1998. Factors influencing succession: lessons from large, infrequent natural disturbances. Ecosystems, 1: 511-523.

Haines, B., and C. J. Peterson. 1998. El desarrollo sustentable in montanas desde la Perspective de un ecologico: el case del “Proyecto Charral” en Costa Rica. Geografia Aplicada y Desarrollo 18(37): 33-42.

Long, Z.A., W.P. Carson, & C.J. Peterson. 1998. Can disturbances create refugia from herbivores: an example with hemlock regeneration on treefall mounds. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 125: 165-168.

Peterson, C.J. & A.J. Rebertus. 1997. Tornado damage and initial recovery in three adjacent, lowland temperate forests in Missouri. Journal of Vegetation Science, 8: 559-564.

Peterson, C.J. & W.P. Carson. 1996. Generalizing forest regeneration models: The dependence of propagule availability on disturbance history and stand size. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 26: 45-52.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1995. Forest reorganization: a case study in an old -growth forest catastrophic blowdown. Ecology, 76: 763-774.

Peterson, C.J. and E.R. Squiers. 1995a. Competition and succession in an aspen-white pine forest. Journal of Ecology, 83: 642-650.

Peterson, C.J. and E.R. Squiers. 1995b. An unexpected change in spatial pattern during 10 years of mortality in an aspen-white pine forest. Journal of Ecology, 83: 847-855.

Peterson, C.J. & J.E. Campbell. 1993. Microsite differences and temporal change in plant communities of treefall pits and mounds in an old-growth forest. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120: 451-460.

Peterson, C.J. & J.M. Facelli. 1992. Contrasting germination and seedling growth of Betula alleghaniensis Britton and Rhus typhina L. subjected to various amounts and types of plant litter. American Journal of Botany 79: 1209-1216.

Peterson, C.J. & S.T.A. Pickett. 1991. Stem damage and resprouting following catastrophic windthrow in an old-growth hemlock-hardwoods forest. Forest Ecology & Management 42: 205-217.

Peterson, C.J., W.P. Carson, B.C. McCarthy, & S.T.A. Pickett. 1990. Microsite variation and soil dynamics within newly created treefall pits and mounds. Oikos 58: 39-46.

Carson, W.P. & C.J. Peterson. 1990. The role of litter in an old-field community: Impact of litter quantity in different seasons on plant species richness and abundance. Oecologia 85: 8-13.

Peterson, C.J. & S.T.A. Pickett. 1990. Microsite and elevational influences on forest regeneration three years after catastrophic windthrow. Journal of Vegetation Science 1: 657-662.

EXTENDED ABSTRACTS: Godfrey, C.M., and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Estimating Enhanced Fujita Scale levels based on forest damage severity. Preprints, Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Peterson, C.P., and C.M. Godfrey. 2014. Side-by-side tree and house damage in the May 2013 Moore, OK EF-5 tornado: Lessons for the Enhanced Fujita scale. Preprints, Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (BOOK CHAPTERS): Peterson, C. J., J. B. Cannon, and C. M. Godfrey. 2015. First steps toward defining the wind disturbance regime in Central Hardwoods forests. Pp. 89-122 in C. H. Greenberg and B. Collins, editors, Natural Disturbances and Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests. Springer, Zurich.

Carson, W.P., A.A. Royo, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. A pox on our land: a case study of chronic deer overbrowsing throughout the Allegheny National Forest region of Pennsylvania. Pp. 400-411 in The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America, Second Edition. Edited by F.A. Gilliam and M.A. Roberts. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Peterson, C.J. and W.P. Carson. 2008. Constraints on forest regeneration in abandoned Tropical pastures: do temperate paradigms of succession apply to the tropics? in Tropical Forest Ecology, edited by W.P. Carson & S. Schnitzer. Blackwell Publishing, London, UK.

Peterson, C.J. and R. H. Jones. 1997. Clonality in woody plants: a review and comparison with clonal herbs. pp. 263-290 in H. deKroon & J. van Groenendael, editors, The ecology and evolution of clonal plants. Backhuys, Leyden, The Netherlands.

HONORS 2019 University of Georgia Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2020 University of Western Ontario, subcontract, for $ 33,473 over 12 months. Title: “Ontario Tornado Project – pilot Phase II; supplement”. Sole PI.

2019 University of Western Ontario, subcontract, for $ 33,473 over 12 months. Title: “Ontario Tornado Project – pilot Phase II; supplement”. Sole PI.

2019 University of Georgia Office of Vice President for Research. $4250 over 12 months. Title: “Catastrophic Wind Disturbance in Natural and Urban Forests”. Co-PI; lead PI: Kamal Gandhi.

2018 University of Western Ontario, subcontract, for $ 38,473 over 12 months. Title: “Ontario Tornado Project – pilot Phase II”. Sole PI.

2016 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, VORTEX-SE program Phase two. For $50,968 over 12 months. Title: “Addressing interconnections between the built and natural environments through post-event damage surveys.” Co-PIs: Chris Godfrey, Franklin Lombardo

2015 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, VORTEX-SE program, for $49,425 Over 12 months. Title: “Addressing interconnections between the built and natural Environments through post-event damage surveys.” Co-PIs: Chris Godfrey, Franklin Lombardo.

2013 University of Georgia Faculty Bridge Grant, for $15,000, over 12 months. Sole PI.

2011 National Science Foundation, Population and Community Ecology program, for $150,000 over 12 months. Title: “Topographic variation in tornado blowdown severity and consequences for forest reorganization.” Sole PI.

2011 National Science Foundation, Physical and Dynamic Meteorology program, for $100,000 over 12 months. Title: “Reconstruction of near-surface tornado wind fields from forest damage patterns in complex terrain”. Co-PIs: Chris Godfrey.

2010 Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, for $30,260 over 12 months. Title: "Windthrow workplan, First Amendment". Sole PI.

2009 Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, for $144,472 over 24 months. Title: “Windthrow workplan, Levee Vegetation Science team”. Sole PI.

2009 U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Cooperative Agreement, for $11,000 over 9 months. Title “Predicting the Effects of Sudden Oak Death on Mesic Oak Forests in the Southern Appalachians.” Co-PIs: Dr. Ron Hendrick, and Dr. James Vose.

2008 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement grant, for $11,662, over 12 months. Title "Enemy release and nutrient enrichment: Population- and community-level effects in experimental wetland plant communities." Co-PIs: Dr. Walt Carson and Mr. Steve Hovick.

2007 Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species grant, for $9500, over 24 months. Title "Biological control and nutrient enrichment: investigating the effectiveness of purple loosestrife control using Galerucella calmariensis." Co-PIs: Dr. Walt Carson and Mr. Steve Hovick.

2004 Piedmont/South Atlantic Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Grant, for $73,002, over 24 months. Title “Inventory, monitoring and management planning in rare biotic communities of Cherokee National Forest.” Sole PI.

2001 U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Cooperative Agreement, for $ 52,460, over 24 months. Title “Influences of disturbance severity and salvaging On patterns of forest regeneration after catastrophic windthrow.” Sole PI.

MEETING PRESENTATIONS (authors affiliated with Peterson lab are underlined)

Godfrey, C.M., C.D. Karstens, D. Rhee, C.J. Peterson, and F.T. Lombardo. 2020. A comparison Of three wind speed estimation techniques based on tornado-induced treefall patterns. Preprints, Severe Local Storms Symposium, American Meteorological Society general Meeting, Boston, MA.

LaDue, J.J., M. Levitan, T. Marshall, T. Brown-Giammanco, A. Womble, J. Wurman, F.T. Lombardo, C.D. Karstens, C.J. Peterson, B. Coulbourne, and K. James. 2020. Demonstrating a future application of the wind speed estimation standard to tornadoes. Preprints, Severe Local Storms Symposium, American Meteorological Society general Meeting, Boston, MA.

LaDue, J.J., M. Levitan, C. Standohar-Alfano, D. Roueche, P. Scott, T. Brown-Giammanco, A. Womble, J. Wurman, F.T. Lombardo, C.D. Karstens, C.J. Peterson, and B. Coulbourne. 2020. Using the jointly-branded ANSI compliant standard as a form of R2O to improve post-storm assessments of damaging wind. Preprints, 10th Conference on the Transition from Research to Operations, American Meteorological Society general Meeting, Boston, MA.

H. Figueroa, C.A. Oldfield, and C.J. Peterson. 2019. The effects of an experimental wind dis- turbance on soil respiration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY.

F.S. Wen, R. Parr, C.A. Oldfield, and C.J. Peterson. 2019. Tree stability of Quercus alba and Liquidambar styraciflua. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY.

C.A. Oldfield, and C.J. Peterson. 2019. Soil CO2 efflux elevated 6 years post-windthrow. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY.

Peterson, C.J., C.M. Godfrey, and J.B. Cannon. 2019. Estimates of tree critical wind speeds Based on static winching. THWARTS II, Urbana, IL.

Peterson, C.J., C.M. Godfrey, and F.T. Lombardo. 2018. Quantification of wind speeds in the 19 March 2018 Jacksonville, AL tornado through analyses of very high-resolution tree damage. 29th Conference on Severe Local Storms. Stowe, VT.

Peterson, C.J. 2018. 25 years of carbon and biomass accumulation following catastrophic wind in a Pennsylvania northern hardwoods forest. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Oldfield, C.A., and C.J. Peterson. 2018. Impacts of tornado and salvage logging on carbon cycle components and forest recovery in the Piedmont. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Zenoble, M.D., and C.J. Peterson. 2018. Intraspecific and interspecific segregation characterize Canopy tree spatial patterns in a large southern Piedmont hardwood forest mapped plot. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Peterson, C.J., C.M. Godfrey, and F.T. Lombardo. 2017. Computer simulation of tornado damage using a coupled Rankine vortex and tree stability model. Abstracts of the 8th international conference Wind & Trees, Boulder, CO.

Godfrey, C.M., F.T. Lombardo, and C.J. Peterson. 2017. Tornado damage assessment: reconstructing the wind through debris tracking and treefall pattern analysis. American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA.

Peterson, C.J., and U.J. Nagendra. 2016. Video lectures and guest experts to convey content In an online non-majors natural history course. 3rd Annual Innovations in Teaching Conference, Athens, GA.

Peterson, C.J., C.M. Godfrey, F.T. Lombardo, and J.B. Cannon. 2016. Energy dissipation by tornadoes in heavily-forested landscapes. 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Portland, OR.

Lombardo, F.T., C.M. Godfrey, and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Addressing interconnections between The built and natural environments through post-event damage surveys. 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Portland, OR.

Wright, A., M.D. Zenoble, and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Recovery of diversity, basal area, and biomass in a Southeastern United States forest. UGA Plant Biology Department Student Symposium, Athens, GA.

Rowe, S., U.J. Nagendra, and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Leaf litter decomposition rates in North Georgia mountains: does disturbance severity matter? UGA Plant Biology Department Student Symposium, Athens, GA.

Zenoble, M.D, and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Using forest wind disturbance patches to characterize Tornado widths. 13th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Tallahassee, FL.

Rowe, S., U.J. Nagendra, and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Leaf litter decomposition rates in North Georgia mountains: does disturbance severity matter? 13th Annual Southeastern Ecology & Evolution Conference, Tallahassee, FL.

Cannon, J.B., M.A. Barrett, and C.J. Peterson. 2015. Wind and fire interactions: does prescribed fire reduce tree stability in windstorms? 12th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Athens, GA.

Ribeiro, G.H.P.M., J.Q. Chambers, C.J. Peterson, J.B. Cannon, D.M. Marra, R.I. Negron-Juarez, A.J.N. Lima, E.V.C.M. de Paula, J. Santos, and N. Higuchi. 2015. Vulnerability of Scleronema micranthum (Ducke) a resistant tree species to wind disturbance in Central Amazon. Association of Tropical Biology & Conservation, Honolulu, HI.

Cannon, J.B., C.J. Peterson, and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2014. Wind disturbance in a changing world: Wind damage patterns in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Climate Change in America’s National Parks Webinar Series. Internet webinar.

Bailey, M.H, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Litterfall retains imprint of forest wind disturbance severity after 2.5 years. 11th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Statesboro, GA.

Cannon, J.B., J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, E.L. Loudermilk, J.J. O'Brien, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Crash and Burn: Patterns of forest tornado damage and its interaction with fire. UGA Plant Biology Department Student Symposium, Athens, GA.

Henderson, S., J.B. Cannon, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Assessing the effects of simulated wind disturbance on sapling structure and composition at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge. UGA Plant Biology Department Student Symposium, Athens, GA.

Cannon, J.B., J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, E.L. Loudermilk, J.J. O’Brien, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Crash and burn: the influence of wind damage and landscape pattern on forest fuels and fire behavior. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Sacramento, CA.

White, B., C.J. Peterson, U.J. Nagendra, and J.B. Cannon. 2014. Effects of wind damage on soil respiration in northeast and central Georgia forests. UGA Plant Biology Department Student Symposium, Athens, GA.

Harper, J., M. Bailey, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. The first 2 hectares of a UGA/State Botanical Garden of Georgia Forest Dynamics Plot. UGA Plant Biology Department Student Symposium, Athens, GA.

Cannon, J.B., C.J. Peterson, and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2014. Oh the damage done: Assessing patterns of wind damage in the Great Smoky Mountains. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Science Colloquium, Gatlinburg, TN.

Cannon, J.B., J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, L.E. Loudermilk, J.J. O’Brien, and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Crash and burn: patterns of forest wind damage and its interaction with fire. 11th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Statesboro, GA.

Nagendra, U.J., and C.J. Peterson. 2014. Resilient earth: Rapid soil recovery following tornado disturbance. 11th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Statesboro, GA.

Nagendra, U.J., and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Not so hot: rapid recovery of soil temperature and respiration following tornado disturbance, regardless of disturbance severity. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Peterson, C.J., J.B. Cannon, and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2013. Carbon transferred from living to decomposing in the late April 2011 tornado outbreak. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Barrett, M.E., J.B. Cannon, L.J. Snyder, and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Experimentally evaluating tree stability on the central Georgia Piedmont. 10th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Orlando, FL.

Cannon, J.B., L.J. Snyder, C.J. Peterson, and J. Heppinstall-Cymerman. 2013. Landscape-scale patterns of tornado damage in mountainous terrain. 10th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Orlando, FL.

Kim, S.I., C.J. Peterson, and L.J. Snyder. 2013. Structural complexity peaks at intermediate severity in a recent tornado blowdown of a north Georgia forest. 10th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Orlando, FL.

Nagendra, U.J., and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Shifts in plant-soil feedbacks after severe wind Disturbance for two southern Appalachian tree species. 10th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Orlando, FL.

Kim, S., A. Stenescu, and C.J. Peterson. 2013. Variation in fine root biomass after catastrophic wind disturbance, and a framework for understanding disturbance impacts on carbon cycling. North American Carbon Program, Albuquerque, NM.

Peterson, C. J., J. A. Cannon, and L. J. Snyder. 2013. Estimated biomass and carbon committed to decomposition in a north Georgia 2011 tornado swath. North American Carbon Program, Albuquerque, NM.

Snyder, L.J., and C.J. Peterson. 2012. Assessing disturbance severities: wind and cumulative disturbance data from Eastern Deciduous forests. Abstracts of the 97th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

Nagendra, U.J. and C.J. Peterson. 2012. Potential alterations to plant-soil feedbacks following wind disturbance. Abstracts of the 97th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

Peterson, C. J., L. J. Snyder, and J. A. Cannon. 2012. Estimated biomass and carbon committed to decomposition in a north Georgia 2011 tornado swath. Abstracts of the 97th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

Barrett, M.E., J. C. Cannon, S. Khan, and C.J. Peterson. 2012. Windfirmness of loblolly pine trees, tested by static winching. Abstracts of the 97th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

Cannon,J.B, L. J. Snyder, J. Hepinstall, and C. J. Peterson. 2012. Patterns of forest tornado damage in rugged terrain. Abstracts of the 97th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America Portland, OR.

Godfrey, C. M., and C. J. Peterson. 2012. Reconstruction of near-surface tornado wind fields from forest damage patterns in complex terrain. Preprints, 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (7 November 2012)

Sobhani, V.M., C.J. Peterson, T. Sprague, and M. Barrett. 2012. Treefall pits and mounds differ in size as a function of species. 9th Annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Clemson, SC.

Peterson, C.J., and C.M. Godfrey. 2012. Reconstruction of the near-surface wind field in two April 2011 tornadoes using forest damage patterns in complex terrain. 92nd American Meteorological Society meeting, New Orleans, January 25, 2012.

Boukili, V.K.S., R.L. Chazdon, and C.J. Peterson. 2011. Functional trait characterization of tropical premontane old-field succession. Abstracts of the 96th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.

Peterson, C.J. 2011. Tree wind resistance on levees: winching experiments with two California species. Abstracts of the 6th international conference Wind & Trees, Athens, GA.

Prevost, L.B., and C.J. Peterson. 2011. Island biogeography theory as a predictor of species diversity in tropical premontane forest fragments. Abstracts of the 96th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.

Snyder, L.J., and C.J. Peterson. 2011. Assessing disturbance severities: wind disturbance and cumulative disturbance data from deciduous forests. Abstracts of the 6th international conference Wind & Trees, Athens, GA.

Sugiyama, A., and C.J. Peterson. 2011. Spatiotemporal dynamics of tree species in tropical premontane wet forests. 58th Ecological Society of Japan Annual Meeting, Otsu, Japan.

Sugiyama, A., and C.J. Peterson. 2011. Forest fragmentation impacts on multiple early regeneration components of a tropical non-pioneer tree species Tapirira mexicana (). Abstracts of the 96th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.

Hovick, S.M., C.J. Peterson, and W.P. Carson. 2010. Biocontrol targeting purple loosestrife Is successful only in low-nutrient sites. Abstracts of the 95th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA.

Prevost, L.B., and C.J. Peterson. 2010. Island biogeography theory as a predictor of species Diversity in tropical premontane forest fragments. Sigma Xi Annual Research Conf- erence, Raleigh, NC.

Krueger, L.M., C.J. Peterson, A.A. Royo, and W.P. Carson. 2008. Evaluating relationships among tree relative growth rate, shade-tolerance, and browse-tolerance following disturbance in an eastern deciduous forest. Abstracts of the 93rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI.

Hovick, S.M., and C.J. Peterson. 2008. Quantifying and predicting invasiveness using plant Traits: a multivariate approach with wetland species. Abstracts of the 93rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI.

Hovick, S.M., D.E. Bunker, C.J. Peterson and W.P. Carson. 2007. Fortuitous invasions into experimental wetland mesocosms: The effects of nitrogen enrichment and canopy- species composition. Abstracts of the 92nd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, San Jose, CA.

Peterson, C.J. and A.D. Leach. 2007. Salvaging changes microsite abundances after deciduous forest windthrow. 5th IUFRO Conference, "Wind and Trees", Vancouver, British Columbia.

Cowden, C., and C.J. Peterson. 2006. EctoComm: A simulation of ectomycorrhizal community dynamics in forests. Abstracts of the 91st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Peterson, C.J. 2006. Stasis and invasion in our understanding of clonal woody plant ecology: the herbs are far ahead. Abstracts of the 91st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Haines, B.L., and C.J. Peterson. 2006. The nucleation model does not apply to early post- agricultural succession in five Costa Rican premontane pasture sites. Abstracts of the 91st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Griggs, L., C.J. Peterson, W. Zomlefer, and C. Moore. 2006. Assigning community types and predicting succession in Cherokee National Forest rare communities. Abstracts of the 91st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Peterson, C.J., and B.L. Haines. 2005. Woody colonists in Costa Rican premontane successional pastures are more common on microscale slopes than level ground. Abstracts of the 90th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, QE.

Peterson, C. J. 2004. A new scheme for classifying microhabitats, with application in five southern-boreal stands, after catastrophic windthrow. Abstracts, 5th International Workshop on Disturbance Dynamics in Boreal Forests. Moscow, Russia.

Peterson, C.J. 2003. Factors influencing treefall risk in tornadoes in natural forests. Proceedings American Meteorological Society, Symposium on F-scale. pp. 3.1-3.7.

Peterson, C. J., and B. L. Haines. 2002. Change in community structure and composition across 44 months of early succession in four premontane abandoned pastures in southern Costa Rica. Abstracts of the 87th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, AZ.

Leach, A. D., and C. J. Peterson. 2002. Post-windthrow salvaging does not alter seedling density or richness but does alter species composition. Abstracts of the 87th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, AZ.

Peterson, C. J., and A. D. Leach. 2002. Predicting treefall risk from tree size in a sub-boreal forest catastrophic windthrow. Abstracts, 4th International Workshop on Disturbance Dynamics in Boreal Forests. Prince George, British Columbia.

Franks, S. J., and C. J. Peterson. 2001. Competitive and facilitative interactions among Two species of coastal dune perennials. Abstracts of the 86th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Madison, WI.

Leach, A. D., and C. J. Peterson. 2001. Causes and correlates of tree damage in two old -growth sub-boreal forests subject to catastrophic wind. Abstracts of the 86th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Madison, WI.

Peterson, C. J. 2000. Wind damage and revegetation across 10 years in a hemlock-white pine forest remnant: the importance of severity and pre-disturbance vegetation characteristics. Abstracts of the 85th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 176. Snowbird, UT.

Franks, S. J., and C. J. Peterson. 2000. Coastal dune perennials facilitate seed accumulation: results of a seedbank study. Abstracts of the 85th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 100. Snowbird, UT.

Haines, B. L., and C. J. Peterson. 2000. Research towards sustainable land use and Biodiversity in a mosaic of agriculture and tropical forest in Costa Rica. Abstracts of the 85th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 111. Snowbird, UT.

Panfil, S. N., T. J. Killeen, and C. J. Peterson. 2000. Modern forest-savanna boundary Dynamics at the southern edge of the Amazon. Abstracts, 2000 Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biologists, Bloomington, IN.

Ward, G. C., and C. J. Peterson. 1999. Influences on insect herbivory in Costa Rican Passiflora: shade, ant, and parasitoid effects. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 80: 487. (Abstracts for 84th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA)

Peterson, C. J., and S. T. A. Pickett. 1999. Differential influence of patch types on growth and survival of Acer rubrum seedlings in an old-growth windthrow. Abstracts, 5th Ancient Eastern U.S. Old-Growth Forests conference, Duluth, MN.

Peterson, C. J., and B. L. Haines. 1999. Potential facilitation of tree seedling colonization by rotting logs in southern Costa Rican pastures. USDA Forest Service/Society for Restoration Ecology international conference, “Tropical Restoration for the New Millenium”. May, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Jin, V. L., B. L. Haines, L. T. West, and C. J. Peterson. 1999. Phosphorus adsorption in Costa Rican soils along a forest-pasture gradient. USDA Forest Service/Society for Restoration Ecology international conference, “Tropical Restoration for the New Millenium”. May, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Peterson, C. J., B. L. Haines, A. Kaplan, and R. de Gouvenain. 1998. Seed predation in tropical abandoned pastures, as influenced by distance, site, and species of seed. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79 (3): 106. (Abstracts for 83rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD)

Jin, V.L., B. L. Haines, and C. J. Peterson. 1998. Phosphorus adsorption in Costa Rican Soils along a forest-pasture gradient. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79 (3): 181. (Abstracts for 83rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD)

Peterson, C. J. 1998. Repeatability of rare disturbance events: tornado wind damage and initial recovery in old-growth forests in northwestern Pennsylvania, USA. Abstracts, IUFRO conference “Wind and Other Abiotic Risks to Forests”, p. 24. September, 1998, Joennsuu, Finland.

Peterson, C. J. 1997. Impacts of tornado blowdown and deer in old-growth. Abstracts, 4th Ancient Eastern U.S. Old-Growth Forests conference, pg. 17. Clarion, PA.

Long, Z. A., W. P. Carson, and C. J. Peterson. 1997. The influence of treefall mounds on the regeneration of hemlcok following a catastrophic blowdown in an old-growth hemlock-northern hardwoods forest. Abstracts, 4th Ancient Eastern U.S. Old -Growth Forests conference, pg. 15. Clarion, PA.

Peterson, C. J. 1997. Spatial pattern and 10-year survival and growth of seedling and sprout- origin Fagus grandifolia. Abstracts, 5th International Workshop on Clonal Plants, Bangor, Wales, pg. 46.

Peterson, C. J., B. Spitzer, and B. L. Haines. 1997. Change in density and species richness of seed rain into abandoned pastures bordering tropical forest fragments. Abstracts, 1997 Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biologists, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Haines, B. L., C. J. Peterson, J. P. Davis, and G. C. Ward. 1997. Research toward sustainable land use and biodiversity in a mosaic of agriculture and tropical forest. Abstracts, 1997 Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biologists, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Peterson, C. J. 1996. Experimental tests of equivalence of competitive effects among Acer pensylvanicum, Betula allegheniensis, and Fagus grandifolia. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77 (2): 147. (Abstracts for 81st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Providence, RI)

Peterson, C. J. 1995. Incorporating clonal integration and competitive asymmetry into plant competition models. Abstracts, 4th International Workshop on Clonal Plants, Visegrad, Hungary, pg. 41.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1993. Tornado damage and revegetation at the old-growth Cathedral Pines forest, with comparisons to the Tionesta windthrow. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74 (2): 390. (Abstracts for 78th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI)

Peterson, C.J. 1992. Landscape and historical effects on Prunus abundance in large forest disturbances in the northeast U.S. Abstracts, 19th Ann. Natural Areas Conf., p. 46.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1992. Establishment, growth and mortality of four species of tree seedlings in a catastrophic windthrow: A five-year study. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 73 (2): 303. (Abstracts for 76th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Honolulu, HI)

Peterson, C.J. 1992. Development of size distributions of clonal plants: A hypothesis. American Journal of Botany 79 (6): Supplement, 68.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1991. Plant community dynamics in a catastrophic forest windthrow: The first five years. Bull. of the Ecol. Soc. of America 72 (2): 218.

Squiers, E.R. and C.J. Peterson. 1990. Ten years of change in an aggrading aspen-white pine forest ecosystem. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 71 (2): 334.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1989. Influence of amount and type of litter on seed germination and seedling morphology of Betula alleghaniensis. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 70 (2): 226.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1988. Seedling vs. sprout growth patterns of Fagus grandifolia in a catastrophic blowdown. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69 (2): 259.

McCarthy, B.C., C.J. Peterson, W.P. Carson, and S.T.A. Pickett. 1988. Pit-and-mound dynamics of uprooted hemlock and beech trees following a tornado in an old-growth forest in Pennsylvania. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69 (2): 261.

Peterson, C.J. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1987. Initial vegetative recovery of a catastrophic windthrow in an old-growth hemlock-northern hardwoods forest, Pennsylvania. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 68 (3): 243.

INVITED SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIA 2019 University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL. 2019 Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA. 2016 Western Carolina University, Cullowee, NC. 2014 Panelist, EF-scale roundtable, American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA. 2013 University of Georgia, Dept. of Crop & Soil Science, Griffin campus 2012 “Second Levee Vegetation Symposium”, Sacramento, CA. 2010 Concerns with tree-related damage indicators, symposium on the EF-scale, National Weather Center, Norman, OK. 2007 USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 2007 "The Vegetation Challenge", symposium on wind damage to trees on river levees, Sacramento, CA. Organized by Calif. Dept of Water Resources and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2006 Invited speaker in clonal woody plant symposium, 2006 meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN. 2005 Nordic Forest Research workshop, keynote speaker, Kaunas, Lithuania. 2004 University of Helsinki, Finland, Dept. of Biological Sciences. 2004 Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland. 2004 Swedish Agricultural University, Alnarp, Sweden 2004 Swiss Federal Research Institute, Dept of Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. 2003 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, symposium on revision of the Fujita scale of tornado rating. Long Beach, CA. 2002 Berry College, Rome, GA. 2001 International Society of Arboriculture invited speaker, Tree Structure and Mechanics Conference, Savannah, GA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & SERVICE Journal Editorial Boards: 2011-2012 Associate Editor, Forestry 2007-2008 Guest editor, Forestry special issue on "Wind and Trees". 2007-2013 Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1998-2004 Associate Editor, Journal of Ecology

Other 2017 External promotion reviewer, Dr. Valdimir Douhovnikoff, Bowdoin College. 2015-present Member, American Society of Civil Engineeers committee “Wind Speed Estimation”. Working group leader for tree damage indicators in EF-scale revision. 2014 Scientific committee. Int'l Union of Foresty Research Organizations (IUFRO) sixth conference "Wind and Trees", Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2011 Conference chair, IUFRO fifth conference, "Wind and Trees", Athens, GA. 2008-present Science committee, advising Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency on issues related to effects of trees & windthrow on river levees in central California. 2007 Scientific committee. Int'l Union of Foresty Research Organizations (IUFRO) fourth conference "Wind and Trees", Vancouver, British Columbia. 2007 Instructor, Organization for Tropical Studies summer program, "Native American and Pacific Islands Research Experience." Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica. 2007 External promotion reviewer, Dr. Steven Mitchell, University of British Columbia. 2007 External promotion reviewer, Dr. Peter Alpert, University of Massachusetts. 2006 Guest instructor, Swedish Agricultural University graduate course in forest disturbances (one of two invited Americans). 2006 Instructor, Organization for Tropical Studies summer program, "Native American and Pacific Islands Research Experience." Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica. 2005 External tenure reviewer, Dr. Scott Franklin, University of Memphis. 2004 External tenure reviewer, Dr. Jane Molofsky, University of Vermont. 2004 Steering committee, 4th International Conference on Disturbance in Boreal Forests.

STUDENTS SUPERVISED Completed: Brian vanEerden. M.S. 1997. Thesis title: "Studies on the Reproductive Biology of Wiregrass (Aristida stricta Michx.)". Randall Mejeur. M.S. 1998. Thesis title: "Effects of fire on the reproductive ecology of Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. in the Carolina sandhills”. Stephen N. Panfil. Ph.D. 2001. Dissertation title: "Patterns and causes of vegetation conversion on the Huanchaca Plateau, Bolivia". Steven J. Franks. Ph.D. 2002. Dissertation title: "Vegetation patterns and dynamics along a coastal dune stress/disturbance gradient". Gordon C. Ward. Ph.D. 2002. Dissertation title: "Effect of environment on levels of herbivory in a tropical vine, Passiflora biflora.” Andrea Leach. M.S. 2003. Thesis title: “Consequences of salvage logging for regeneration of wind-disturbed southeastern U.S. forests.” Jodi Cohen. M.S., 2004. Thesis title: “Persistence of effects of disturbance created microsites on vegetation in young forests.” Leigh Griggs. M.S., 2007. Thesis title: “Site inventory and threats to 26 rare communities in Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.” Lisa Krueger. Ph.D., 2008. Dissertation title: “Deer herbivory impact on forest regeneration and its interaction with post-windthrow salvage logging.” Charles Cowden. Ph.D., 2008. Dissertation title: “Mycorrhizal community dynamics following wind disturbance in three eastern North American forests”. Stephen Hovick. Ph.D., 2009. Dissertation title: “Enemy release and nutrient enrichment Interactive effects on insect herbivory of an invasive plant.” Luanna Prevost. Ph.D., 2011. Dissertation title: "Testing the classical equilibrium theory of island biogeography in premontane forest fragments in two regions of Costa Rica." Chris Graham. M.S., 2011. Thesis title: "Cascading effects of fragmentation on seed predation, seedling herbivory and sustainable tree regeneration in neotropical premontane forests." Anna Sugiyama. Ph.D. 2012. Dissertation title: "Loss of seed dispersers in tropical premontane forest fragments: effects on regeneration of large-seeded tree species." Jeff Cannon. Ph.D. 2015. Dissertation title: “Crash and Burn – Forest tornado damage, its landscape pattern, and its interaction with fire.” Uma Nagendra. Ph.D. 2017. “Plant-soil feedbacks after severe wind disturbance in north Georgia mixed pine-hardwood forests.”

Current Students: Callie Oldfield. Fall 2016 – present. Goal: Ph.D. Dissertation topic: Response of carbon cycle components to forest wind disturbances in Southeastern U.S. Mark Zenoble. Fall 2017 – present. Goal: M.S. Thesis topic: Forest dynamics of a suburban Georgia Piedmont forest. Rebecca Klee. Fall 2018 – present. Goal: M.S. Thesis topic: Carbon footprints of Southeast- ern tornadoes. Austin Menzmer. January 2020-present. Goal: Ph.D. Thesis topic: Response of the herb- Layer plant community to wind disturbance on the southeastern Coastal Plain. Hunter Sculley. Fall 2020-present. Goal: M.S. Thesis topic: Wind resistance of two Georgia Coastal Plain pines tested with static winching.

GRADUATE COMMITTEES Currently serving on 7 graduate committees: Hannah Morris, Peter Pietrzyk, Seth Spinner, Callie Oldfield, Mark Zenoble, Rebecca Klee, Austin Menzmer. Level: 5 PhD, 2 M.S.. Department: 5 in Plant Biology, 1 in Ecology, 1 in Forest Resources.

UNDERGRADUATE SUPERVISION Supervised 26 undergraduates in research & independent study in the period 2013-2018.