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Research Studies
Research studies are based on our Research Work Unit Description (RWUD) and relate to one of these specific problem areas:
- Regeneration and Reproductive Biology
- Stand Management & Forest Health
- Ecology of Aquatic and Terrestrial Fauna
- Ecological Processes and Restoration
- Oak Wilt (Mission Problem)
| Current Studies | Regeneration and Reproductive Biology | |
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| Title | Lead Scientists | Brief |
| Determining Growth Patterns of Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia (Walt) Blume) Seedlings | Brian Lockhart Emile Gardiner TedLeininger |
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| Influence of Hydroperiod, Light Availability, and Gender on the Morphology, Ecophysiology, and Growth of Pondberry (lindera melissifolia (Walter) Blume) Stecklings | Brian Lockhart Emile Gardiner TedLeininger |
Stand Management and Forest Health |
| Title | Lead Scientists | Brief |
| Biology of the Hardwood Stump Borer, Mallodon dasystomus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and other prey of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Nathan Schiff Paul Hamel |
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| Biology of Woodwasps and their Symbiotic Fungi | Nathan Schiff | |
| Bluff Hardwood Cutting Level Study for Uneven-Aged Management | Jeff Goelz Steve Meadows John Toliver |
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| Description of 32-Year-Old-Hardwood Planatations on Macon Ridge Soils | Jeff Goelz Steve Meadows |
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| Development and Testing of Electronic Aroma Recognition and Analysis for the Detection and Diagnosis of Microbes Causing Defect Losses in Standing Timber | Dan Wilson | |
| Development of Mixed-species Hardwood Plantations on Two Mississippi Delta Soil Types | Jeff Goelz | |
| Discovering the Main Factors Contributing to the Decline of Willow Oaks on Certain Sites in the D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana | Ted Leininger | |
| Growth and Quality Development of Residual Trees Following Deferment Cutting in Red Oak-Sweetgum | Steve Meadows | |
| Growth and Quality Response of Residual Hardwood Poletimber Following Thinning in Sawtimber Stands | Danny Skojac Steve Meadows Andrew Ezell |
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| Investigations and Control of Microbes Causing Sycamore Dieback and Decline in Commercial Plantations | Ted Leininger Dan Wilson Nathan Schiff |
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| Regeneration, Species Composition, and Stand Development Twenty-One Years After Clearcutting in a Bottomland Hardwood Stand | Steve Meadows | |
| Release of Suppressed Cherrybark Oak and Green Ash | Steve Meadows | |
| Seed Tree vs. Selection in Bottomland Hardwoods | Steve Meadows | |
| Stand Quality Measurement of Southern Hardwood Forests | Steve Meadows Danny Skojac |
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| The Effects of Stand Modification on Insect and Disease Communities in the Lower Mississippi River Ecosystem | Ted Leininger Steve Meadows |
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| The Role of Stem Canker and Dieback in Pondberry Health and Survival | Dan Wilson | |
| Thinning Red Oak-Sweetgum Stands on Minor Streambottom Sites | Steve Meadows | |
| Treatments to Favor Oak in Mixed Stands of Hardwood Regeneration | Steve Meadows | |
| Understanding Bottomland Hardwood Responses to an Operational Thinning | Steve Meadows | |
| Water Oak Plantation Thinning | Steve Meadows | |
| Woody Perennial Energy Crop Production in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley under Several Planting Densities and Harvest Regimens for Varietal Cottonwood and Black Willow | Ray A. Souter Emile S. Gardiner Theodor Leininger Dana Mitchell Robert B Rummer Randall J. Rousseau Michael C. Tyree |
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| Ecology of Aquatic and Terrestrial Fauna | ||
| Title | Lead Scientists | Brief |
| Stream temperature relationships to fish and crayfish distributions in north Mississippi | Susan B. Adams Mel Warren Ken Sterling |
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| (Proposal for Collection Agreement 11-CO-11330127-010) Effects of biofuels treatments on the crayfish Procambarus lylei(Proposal for Collection Agreement 11-CO-11330127-010) Effects of biofuels treatments on the crayfish Procambarus lylei | Susan Adams | |
| Cerulean Warblers Populations in Bottomlaned Hardwood Forests: Distribution, Abundance, and Productivity | Paul Hamel | |
| CHARACTERIZATION OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING PROTOCOLS FOR FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, ALABAMA | Wendell Haag Mel Warren |
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| Dynamics of Rusty Blackbird winter range as estimated by the Christmas Bird Count Land-Use History in Relation to Decline and Projected Recovery of the Rusty Blackbird: Project 2] | Paul Hamel | |
| Ecological Interactions Between Potential Seed Dispersers and FORESTIERA ACUMINATA (MICHAUX) POIRET, swamp privet | Susan B. Adams Paul B. Hamel Kristina Connor Bryce Burke Emile S. Gardiner David Wise |
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| EFFECT OF A TORNADO ON BIRD USE OF FOREST UNDERSTORY IN TWO OLD-GROWTH RESEARCH NATURAL AREAS ON DELTA NATIONAL FOREST | Paul Hamel | |
| Evaluation of Ecological Limitations on the Dispersal of the Endangered Pondberry, Lindera melissifolia (Walt.) BlumeEvaluation of Ecological Limitations on the Dispersal of the Endangered Pondberry, Lindera melissifolia (Walt.) Blume | Paul Hamel | |
| Evaluation of Louisiana Black Bear, Ursus Americanus Luteolus, as a Potential Disperser of the Endangered Pondberry [Lindera Melissifolia (Walt.) Blume] | Paul Hamel | |
| Experimental Harvest Manipulation to Improve Cerulean Warbler Habitat on Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge | Paul Hamel | |
| Fate of Pondberry [Lindera Melissaefolia (Walt.) Blume] Fruits | Paul Hamel | |
| Intermediate Scale Distribution of Cerulean Warblars | Paul Hamel | |
| MICROHABITAT INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF STREAM FISHES INHABITING SEVERELY TO MODERATELY INCISED CHANNELS OF UPPER COASTAL PLAIN STREAMS IN MISSISSIPPI | Mel Warren Wendell Haag |
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| Movements of Louisiana Black Bear, Ursus Americanus Luteolus, on the Delta National Forest in Relation to Potential Dispersal of the Endangered Pondberry, Lindera Melissifolia (Walt.) Blume | Paul Hamel | |
| Recolonization of Streams in North Mississippi Following Severe Drought | Susan Adams Mel Warren |
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| Response of Cerulean Warbler to Forest Harvest Treatments, A. Alternative Treatments On An Anderson-Tully Co. Tract In Desha County, Arkansas | Paul Hamel | |
| SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS IN THE OVERCUP OAK, REDGUM AND GREEN ASH RESEARCH NATURAL AREAS, DELTA NATIONAL FOREST | Paul Hamel | |
| Spatial, temporal, and taxonomic variation in population dynamics and community structure of freshwater mussels: Application of stochastic population models and population viability analysis | Wendell Haag Mel Warren |
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| Status and viability of Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) in the Pascagoula River drainage, and rangewide population genetic structure | Susan Adams | |
| The Influence of Shelter on Catfish Predation Rates on Crayfish: an Experimental Approach | Susan Adams | |
| Wildlife Use of Bottomland Hardwoods 50 Years After Timber Stand Improvement or Clearcutting: I. Density and Species Composition of the Breeding and Wintering Avifauna | Winston Paul Smith | |
| Winter Bird Population on Sharkey Site | Paul Hamel | |
| Winter raptor populations and predation on small mammal populations in relation to restoration of forest to abandoned agricultural lands on the Sharkey Site, Sharkey County, Mississippi | Paul Hamel | Ecological Processes and Restoration |
| Title | Lead Scientists | Brief |
| A STELLA MODEL FOR ESTIMATING SHORT-ROTATION WOODY BIOMASS PRODUCTION IN A SOIL-TREE-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM | Ying Ouyang | |
| Assessing Wetland Restoration/Creation Practices on Southern Agricultural Lands | Diane DeSteven | |
| CEAP-Wetlands Literature Review: Agricultural conservation practices and wetland ecosystem services in the Southeastern Coastal Plain region | Diane DeSteven | |
| DENDROCHRONOLOGY AND HEAVY METALS IN TREE RINGS OF BALDCYPRESS | Margaret Devall | |
| ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF NATIVE PONDBERRY (LINDERA MELISSIFOLIA [WALT] BLUME) COLONIES IN MISSISSIPPI | Margaret Devall Nathan Schiff Paul Hamel TracyHawkins |
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| Ecosystem Management Research: Arkansas Highlands Watershed Component | Dan Marion | |
| ESTIMATION OF POLLUTANT AND SEDIMENT LOADS INTO SURFACE WATERS IN YAZOO RIVER BASIN, MISSISSIPPI | Ying Ouyang | |
| ESTIMATION OF SOIL CO2 FLUX IN SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROP LANDS WITH STELLA MODEL | Ying Ouyang | |
| Influence of climate variation on vegetation dynamics in Southeastern depressional wetlands | Diane DeSteven | |
| Large-scale comparison of restoration techniques: impact on herbaceous plant diversity | Diane DeSteven Emile Gardiner |
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| REAL-TIME MONITORING THE VARIATIONS AND LOADS OF NUTRIENTS, SEDIMENTS, AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN RIVERS USING DYNAMIC DATA DRIVEN APPLICATION SYSTEM | Ying Ouyang | |
| REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF PONDBERRY (LINDERA MELISSIFOLIA [WALT] BLUME) | Margaret Devall Nathan Schiff |
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| Response of Small Mammal Populations to Restoration of Forest to Abandoned Agricultural Lands on the Sharkey Site, Sharkey County, Mississippi | Paul Hamel | |
| Vegetation and hydrology patterns in Lower Coastal Plain depression wetlands | Diane DeSteven | |
| Vegetation dynamics in restored Carolina bay depressionwetlands on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina | Diane De Steven Rebecca Sharitz Julian Singer |
Oak Wilt (Mission Problem) |
| Title | Lead Scientists | Brief |
| Determine the Vector Relations Associated with Transmission and Spread of Oak Wilt in Texas Oaks | Dan Wilson | |