CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

Matt O'Driscoll

Exotic plant species invasions in an urban historic park

Nell Allen

Restoration of Piedmont Prairies

Yari Johnson

Hydrology of Restored Wetland Forests

Joelle Laing

Started Fall 2007
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PAST GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

Dave O'Loughlin



Success criteria for restored wetlands

Sonia Weeks

Factors limiting growth of Astragalus michauxii (Sandhills
milk-vetch)

Rebecca Vidra

Implications of Exotic Species Invasion for Restoration of Urban Riparian Forests
Duncan Quinn

Evaluation of the restoration of a montane stream and bog complex in western North Carolina
Tracy Morris

Tree composition along edaphic and hydrologic gradients in nonriverine wet hardwood forests in Eastern North Carolina
Melissa Ruiz

A Characterization of Vegetation and Soils along Restored Streams in the North Carolina Piedmont
Julie Gibson

Effectiveness of Bioretention Cells in Improving Piedmont Water Quality
Jamie Halperin

Forest restoration planning in the West Usambara mountains of Tanzania

Amy Frame

Analysis of a Piedmont Longleaf Pine Community in Wake County, North Carolina

Panteleo Munishi

Characterizations of montane rainforests of northern Tanzania
Elizabeth Scherrer

Using microtopography to restore wetlands in eastern North Carolina
Clay Ware

Restoration of Atlantic white-cedar forests by silvicultural manipulation

Julie Fontaine

Development of Redoximorphic Features in the Soil of a Created Coastal Plain Small Stream Swamp

John Rapp

Soil, groundwater, and floristics of a southeastern U.S. blackwater swamp eight years after clearcutting with helicopter and skidder forwarding
Casey Bianco

Generation of optimal transportation corridor paths using GIS weighted distance functions and a cost model based on NC-CREWS
(under the direction of Dr. Joseph Roise)

Jane Almon

Plant Community Distribution Across Soil, Water, and Nutrient Gradients in a Southern Appalachian Bog: A Pre-Restoration Study

Jens Geratz

Forested Wetland Creation: Guidelines for Success Following a Natural Systems Approach

Kevin Gainey


Determination of possible wetland mitigation sites using NC-CREWS and an integer linear programming formulation
(under the direction of Dr. Joseph Roise)

Kevyn Wightman

Improved Nursery Production and Seedling Establishment Techniques for Five Native Tree Species in the Atlantic Lowlands of Costa Rica

Dwight McKinney

Effects of Created Microtopography and Hydrologic Regime on Plant Community Development in Forested Wetlands Restored on Agricultural Fields

Kelly Beissel

Comparison of Vegetational, Edaphic, and Hydrologic Characteristics of Riverine Forested Wetlands of the North Carolina Coastal Plain

 

Ellen Stone (Civil Engineering)
Quantification of Surface Hydrology Effects for Eastern North Carolina Forested Wetlands
(under the direction of H. Rooney Malcom, Civil Engineering)

 

Miguel Cifuentes
A comparison of light regimes under human-made multi-species tropical ecosystems, and their effects on plant growth

Mary Margaret McKinney


Effects of Clearcutting and Selective Harvesting on Hardwood Forest Understories

James Mitchell

Analysis of the Urban Forest Dynamics of Cary, North Carolina

Brian Bledsoe

Vegetation Along Hydrologic and Edaphic Gradients in a North Carolina Coastal Plain Creek Bottom

Mike Rodriguez

Effects of Inoculation of Degraded Soils with Undisturbed Soil on Tree Seedling Growth and Soil Microbial Properties

Tom Lent

An Evaluation of Two Regeneration Methods in Restoring the Structure, Composition, and Wildlife Value of a Mature Bottomland Hardwood Forest
Kevin Nunnery

Assessment of Sediment Accumulation in Restored Bottomland Hardwood Forest Stands Using Cesium-137 as a Tracer
Shawn Fraver

Edge Effects in the Mixed Hardwood Forests of the Roanoke River Basin, North Carolina