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Scott  Horn
Scott Horn 

Employee Information
Name: Scott Horn 
Title: Entomologist
Unit: Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants (4552)
Phone: 706-559-4249
Fax: 318-473-7222 - Unit Fax
706-559-4287 - Location Fax
E-Mail: shorn01@fs.fed.us

Location Information
Mailing
Address:		 USDA-Forest Service
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
320 Green Street
Athens, GA 30602-2044
Shipping
Address:		 Same
   
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Research Information

Education:
B.S., Auburn University, Wildlife Science, 1997; M.S., University of Georgia, Entomology, 2000

Current Research:
Impact of forest management on insect communities; In particular, how forest management activities affect arthropod prey of the red-cockaded woodpecker; Role of coarse woody debris (downed logs and snags) in maintaining insect populations; Relationship between artificial canopy gaps and insects in a bottomland hardwood forest; Ecology of cavity-nesting bees and wasps; Developing efficient trapping techniques for pollinators/cavity-nesters; Ecology of sand and gravel bar insects; and Determining the impacts of Chinese privet on riparian forest communities.

Collaborative Research:
Role of coarse woody debris in pine forests; Artificial canopy gap dynamics in bottomland hardwood forests; Impacts of non-native Chinese privet in riparian habitats; Insect diversity and abundance in natural and managed ecosystems.

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