Southern
Research Station

Education

Ph.D. in Botany, 2003

University of Kentucky

M.S. in Botany, 1994

Arkansas State University

B.S. in Biology, 1990

Arkansas State University

Featured Publications and Products

• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Baskin, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2010. Morphophysiological dormancy in seeds of three eastern North American Sanicula species (Apiaceae subf.
• Hawkins, Tracy S; Skojac, Daniel A, Jr..; Schiff, Nathan M.; Leininger, Theodor. 2010. Floristic composition and potential competitors in Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) colonies in Mississippi with reference to hydrologic regime.
• Lockhart, Brian Roy; Gardiner, Emile S.; Leininger, Theodor D.; Connor, Kristina F.; Devall, Margaret S.; Hamel, Paul B.; Hawkins, Tracy; Schiff, Nathan M.; Wilson, A. Dan. 2009. Linking stakeholder research needs and the federal data quality act: a case study of an endangered forest shrub in the southeastern Unitd States.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Leininger, Theodor D.; Gardiner, Emile S; Devall, Margaret S.; Hamel, Paul B.; Wilson, A. Dan; Connor, Kristina F. 2009. Growth and intraspecific competitive abilities of the dioecious Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) in varied flooding regimes.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Gardiner, Emile S.; Comer, Greg S. 2009. Modeling the relationship between extractable chlorophyll and SPAD-502 readings for endangered plant species research.

Publications

• Williams, Justin; Hawkins, Tracy. 2020. Acorn weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) predation dynamics in a Mississippi bottomland hardwood forest.
• Hawkins, Tracy S. 2020. Dormancy break and germination requirements in acorns of two bottomland Quercus species (Sect. Lobatae ) of the eastern United States with references to ecology and phylogeny.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Echt, Craig S.; Devall, Margaret S.; Hamel, Paul B.; Wilson, A. Dan; Connor, Kristina F.; Schiff, Nathan M. 2019. Adaptive trait variation in the federally endangered Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae), as it relates to genotype and genotype-environment interaction.
• Hawkins, Tracy S. 2019. Regulating acorn germination and seedling emergence in Quercus pagoda (Raf.) as it relates to natural and artificial regeneration.
• Hawkins, Tracy S. 2019. The Influence of dormancy break requirements on germination and viability responses to winter submergence in acorns of three bottomland red oak (Sect Lobatae) species.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Schiff, Nathan; Wilson, A. Dan; Leininger, Theodor D.; Devall, Margaret S. 2016. Growth and competitive abilities of the federally endangered Lindera melissifolia and the potentially invasive Brunnichia ovata in varying densities, hydrologic regimes, and light availabilities.
• Boerger, Ellen M.; Frey, Brent R.; Ezell, Andrew W.; Hawkins, Tracy. 2015. Effects of late rotation thinning on light availability and red oak regeneration within a minor stream bottom in Mississippi.
• Leach, A.G.; Kaminski, R.M.; Straub, J.N.; Ezell, A.W.; Hawkins, T.S.; Leininger, T.D. 2013. Interannual consistency of gross energy in red oak acorns.
• Leach, Alan G.; Straub, Jacob N.; Kaminski, Richard M.; Ezell, Andrew W.; Hawkins, Tracy S.; Leininger, Theodor D. 2012. Effects of winter flooding on mass and gross energy of bottomland hardwood acorns.
• Hawkins, Tracy; Walck, Jeffery L.; Hidayati, Siti N. 2011. Seed ecology of Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) as it relates to rarity of the species.
• Fraedrich, Stephen; Harrington, T; Bates, C; Johnson, J; Reid, L.; Best, Glenda Susan; Leininger, T; Hawkins, Tracy. 2011. Susceptibility to Laurel Wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, Pondberry and Pondspice Plant Disease. .
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Skojac, Daniel A., Jr..; Lockhart, Brian R.; Leininger, Theodor D.; Devall, Margaret S.; Shiff, Nathan M. 2009. Bottomland Forests in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley associated with the endangered Lindera melissifolia.
• Connor, Kristina; Schaefer, Gretchen; Donahoo, Jillian; Devall, Margaret; Gardiner, Emile; Hawkins, Tracy; Wilson, A. Dan; Schiff, Nathan; Hamel, Paul; Leininger, Ted. 2007. Development, fatty acid composition, and storage of drupes and seeds from the endangered pondberry (Lindera melissifolia).
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Gardiner, Emile s.; Leininger, Theodore; Devall, Margaret S.; Wilson, A. Dan; Hamel, Paul; McCown, Deborah D.; Connor, Kristina. 2007. Micropropagation of the endangered shrub pondberry (Lindera melissifolia [Walt.] Blume).
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C. 2007. Seed morphology, germination phenology, and capacity to form a seed bank in six herbaceous layer apiaceae species of the eastern deciduous forest.
• Hawkins, Tracy S. 2006. A forest transect of pine mountain, Kentucky: changes since E. Lucy Braun and chestnut blight.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C. 2005. Life cycles and biomass allocation in seed- and ramet-derived plants of Cryptotaenia canadensis (Apicea), a monocarpic species of eastern North America.
• Baskin, Carol C.; Hawkins, Tracy S.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2004. Ecological life cycle of Chaerophyllum procumbens variety shortii (Apiacheae), a winter annual of the North American dedicuous forest.

Research Highlights

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