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Kevin M. Potter
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources


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Fraser fir Christmas tree plantation, Ashe County, N.C.


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Potter, K.M. and F.H. Koch. 2008. “From Genes to Ecosystems: Measuring Evolutionary Diversity and Community Structure with FIA Data.” 2008 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium, Park City, Utah, Oct. 23, 2008.

Potter, K.M. 2008. “Forest Community Phylogenetics: Exploring Evolutionary Ecology Across Multiple Spatial Scales.” Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources seminar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 14, 2008.

Potter, K.M. 2008. “At the Intersection of Landscape, Genetics and Ecology: Community Phylogenetics and Multiple Scales.” 23th Annual Symposium of the United States Regional Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Madison, Wisconsin, April 9, 2008.

Potter, K.M. 2008. “Population Genetics and Gene Conservation of Southern Appalachian Hemlocks and Firs.” Department of Biological Sciences seminar, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, Feb. 27, 2008.

Potter, K.M. 2008. “Forest Tree Genotypic Responses to Climate Change.” Panelist presentation, Climate Change and Forest Health Focus Group, USDA Forest Service Forest Health Monitoring 14th Annual Workgroup Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 13, 2008.

Potter, K.M. and F.H. Koch. 2008. “The Evolutionary History of Forest Tree Communities: A New Tool for Assessing Forest Health.” USDA Forest Service Forest Health Monitoring 14th Annual Workgroup Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 11-14, 2008 (poster).

Josserand, S.A., B.M. Shamblin, K.M. Potter, C.J. Nairn, C.S. Echt, and C.D. Nelson. 2008. “Genomic Markers for Carolina Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock, and Five Other Tsuga Species.” 4th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Hartford, Connecticut, Feb. 12-14, 2008 (poster).

Potter, K.M. 2007. “Population Genetics of Fraser Fir, Eastern Hemlock and Carolina Hemlock.” Conference of the Partnership for Saving Threatened Forests, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 29, 2007.

Potter, K.M. 2007. “Integrating Landscape Ecology, Genetics and Conservation Biology in the Exploration of Forest Health.” Joint meeting of the USDA Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center and Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, September 11, 2007.

Potter, K.M., W.S. Dvorak, J. Frampton, R.M. Jetton, W.A. Whittier, and M. Tighe. 2007. “Genetic diversity and conservation of Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana), a rare and threatened southern Appalachian conifer.” Botany 2007 conference, Chicago, Illinios, July 10, 2007 (paper presented by Potter).

Potter, K.M., J. Frampton, S. Josserand, and C.D. Nelson. 2006. “The recent evolutionary history of the eastern North American firs (Abies): A microsatellite study.” Botany 2006 conference, Chico, California, August 1, 2006 (paper presented by Potter).

Potter, K.M., S. Josserand, J. Frampton, and C.D. Nelson. 2005. “A microsatellite assessment of genetic diversity and gene flow in Fraser fir (Abies fraseri), a Southern Appalachian endemic.” Botany 2005 conference, Austin, Texas, August 15, 2005 (paper presented by Potter).

Potter, K.M., and J. Frampton. 2005. “An ex situ gene conservation plan for Fraser fir.” 28th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 22, 2005 (paper presented by Potter).

Potter, K.M., S. Josserand, J. Frampton, and C.D. Nelson. 2005. “A microsatellite assessment of population architecture and gene flow in Fraser fir.” 28th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 21, 2005 (poster presented by Potter).

Frampton, J., D.M. Benson, J. Li, A.M. Braham, E.E. Hudson, and K.M. Potter. 2005. “Seedling resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in the genus Abies.” 28th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 21, 2005 (talk presented by Frampton).

Potter, K.M., J. Frampton. L.K. Potter, and G.R. Hess. 2005. “Fraser Fir Population Size and Pollen Dispersal: A Landscape Genetics Model.” 20th Annual Symposium of the United States Regional Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Syracuse, New York, March 15, 2005 (talk given by Potter).

Frampton, J., K.M. Potter, and J.R. Sidebottom. 2005. “Impacts of Balsam Woolly Adelgid in the Southern Appalachians .” 3rd Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States, Asheville, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2005 (talk given by Frampton).

Josserand, S., J.A. Bowen, K.M. Potter, J. Frampton, and C.D. Nelson. 2005. “Evaluation of Microsatellite Markers in Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri).” 3rd Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States, Asheville, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2005 (poster presented by Nelson).

Potter, K.M., and J. Frampton. 2004. "Modeling Genetic Drift in a Threatened, Long-Lived Forest Tree Species." 2004 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 4, 2004 (poster presented by Potter).

Potter, K.M., and J. Frampton. 2003. "Phytophthora Root Rot Mortality in Fraser Fir: Genetic Variation in an Infested Progeny Test." Sixth International Christmas Tree Research and Extension Conference, Hendersonville, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2003 (talk given by Frampton).

Potter, K.M., and J. Frampton. 2003. "Genetic Conservation and Evolutionary History of Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri)." Sixth International Christmas Tree Research and Extension Conference, Hendersonville, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2003 (poster presented by Potter).

Potter, K.M., and J. Frampton. 2003. "Genetic Variation in Fraser Fir Mortality Due to Phytophthora Root Rot." 27th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 24, 2003 (talk given by Potter).

Potter, K.M. and F.W. Cubbage. 2003. "Landscape Characteristics and Nonpoint Source Pollution in North Carolina: An Ecological Risk Assessment." 2003 North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 1, 2003 (talk given by Potter).

Potter, K.M. 2002. "Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri): A Species Overview." Institute of Forest Biotechnology Heritage Tree Workshop, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Dec. 11, 2002.

Potter, K.M., E.O. Sills, K. Jones, and D.N. Wear. 2002. "Assessing Forest Sustainability with Questions and Criteria." 2002 Society of American Foresters national convention, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 2002 (talk given by Potter).

Potter, K.M., R.H. Schaberg, and F.W. Cubbage. 2002. "The Structure of North Carolina Stream Life: A Landscape-Level Ecological Risk Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution." 2002 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, Arizona, Aug. 5, 2002 (poster presented by Potter).

Hess, G.R., R. Bode, T. King, M. Rubino, A. Bailey, J. Norwalk, K.M. Potter, J. Scott, B. Shimps, M. Smith, and K. Summit, 2002. “Regional Planning for Wildlife Using a Focal Species Approach,” International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Regional Association annual meeting, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 25-28 (poster presented by Hess).




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