Brian Donald Kloeppel
Education
1998 Ph.D. Forest Ecology, Minor in Botany
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dissertation: Carbon and Nitrogen Allocation and Resource Use Efficiency in Mixed Larix spp. and Evergreen Conifer Forests Along a Resource Availability Gradient. 247 pp.
1992 M.S. Tree Physiology
Pennsylvania State University - University Park
Thesis: Seasonal Plant Ecophysiology and Morphology of Four Successional Pennsylvania Barrens Species in Open Versus Understory Environments. 64 pp.
1989 B.S. Forest Science, with distinction
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Experience
Assistant Research Scientist / Coweeta LTER Site Director
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia
March 2000 to present
Program Coordinator / Coweeta LTER Site Director
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia
February 1995 to March 2000
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forest Ecology and Management
University of Wisconsin - Madison
January 1992 to February 1995
Scientific Publications
Kloeppel, B.D.; Clinton, B.D.; Vose, J.M.; Cooper, A.R. 2003. Drought impacts on tree growth and mortality of southern Appalachian forests. Chapter 3 in Greenland, D. ; Goodin, D. ; Smith, R. editors. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Pp. 43-55. Oxford University Press, New York. 459 pp.
Yeakley, J.A.; Coleman, D.C.; Haines, B.L.; Kloeppel, B.D. ; Meyer, J.L.; Swank, W.T. ; Argo, B.W.; Deal, J.M.; Taylor, S.F. 2003. Hillslope nutrient dynamics following upland riparian vegetation disturbance. Ecosystems 6: 154-167.
Kloeppel, B.D.; Gower, S.T.; Vogel, J.G.; Reich, P.B. 2000. Diurnal, seasonal, and edaphic limitations on the foliar gas exchange of Larix occidentalis and sympatric evergreen conifers in western Montana. Functional Ecology 14: 281-292.
Kloeppel, B.D.; Gower, S.T.; Treichel, I.W.; Kharuk, S. 1998. Foliar carbon isotope discrimination in Larix species and sympatric evergreen conifers: a global comparison. Oecologia 114: 153-159.
Martin, J.G.; Kloeppel, B.D.; Schaefer, T.L.; Kimbler, D.L.; McNulty, S.G. 1998. Aboveground biomass and nitrogen allocation of ten deciduous southern Appalachian tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28: 1648-1659.
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