Katherine Jean Elliott
Education
1991 Ph.D. Forest Ecology
University of Maine – Orono, ME
Dissertation: Competitive effects of northern hardwoods on red pine seedling growth, nutrient use efficience, and leaf morphology, 208 pp.
1985 M.S. Forest Ecology
Northern Arizona University – Flagstaff, AZ
Thesis: Competitive effects of various grasses and forbs on ponderosa pine seedlings, 67 pp.
1982 B.S. Forest Management
Northern Arizona University – Flagstaff, AZ
Experience
Research Ecologist
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station – Otto, NC
1993 to present
Graduate Faculty
University of Maine, Department of Forest Ecosystems -- Orono, ME
2004 to present
Post-Doctoral Research Ecologist
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station – Otto, NC
1991 to 1993
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Maine, College of Forest Resources – Orono, ME
1988 to 1991
Teaching Assistant
University of Maine, College of Forest Resources – Orono, ME
1987 to 1988
Scientific Publications
Elliott, Katherine J.; Vose, James M.; Clinton, Barton, D. 2002. Growth of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) related to forest floor consumption by prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 26(1): 18-25.
Elliott, Katherine, J.; Hitchcock, Stephanie L.; Krueger, Lisa. 2002. Vegetation response to large-scale disturbance in a southern Appalachian forest: Hurricane Opal and salvage logging. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 129(1): 48-59.
Elliott, Katherine, J.; Boring, Lindsay, R.; Swank, Wayne T. 2002. Aboveground biomass and nutrient accumulation 20 years after clear-cutting a southern Appalachian watershed. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32: 667-683.
Elliott, Katherine, J.; Hendrick, Ronald L.; Major, Amy E.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T. 1999. Vegetation dynamics after a prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians. Forest Ecology and Management. 114: 199-213.
Elliott, Katherine, J.; Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Bolstad, Paul V. 1999. Long-term patterns in vegetation-site relationships in a southern Appalachian forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 126(4): 320-334.
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