M. Forbes Boyle III (Postdoctoral Scholar
and Project Director, 2006-2011, Peet)
"Vegetation of the Carolinas"
Xianhua Liu (Postdoctoral
Scholar, 2003-06, Peet)
"Software applications for creating, managing, and applying taxonomic
concepts in biodiversity informatics"
Jason D. Fridley (Postdoctoral
Scholar, 2002-06, White & Peet)
"The influence of species diversity on ecosystem
productivity in different environments: Experimental plant communities and
theory."
Nico M.
Franz (Postdoctoral Scholar 2003-05, Peet)
"Use of Taxonomic
concepts in taxonomy, ecology and biodiversity informatics"
Dan C. Gafta (Visiting Scholar
1998-99, Peet)
"Response of herb cover and richness to site
conditions and overstory structure in southern Appalachian forests."
Eric Kjellmark (Postdoctoral Scholar 1995-96, Peet)
"Fire-adapted vegetation of the Southeastern
Coastal Plain: A template for restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem"
Steven
K. Rice (Postdoctoral Scholar, 1995-96, Peet)
"Vegetation of the lower Roanoke River
floodplain."
Hong Qian (Postdoctoral Scholar 1995, White)
Richard Duncan (Postdoctoral
Scholar 1993-94, Peet)
"Fire-adapted vegetation of the Carolina
Sandhills: A template for restoration."
Thomas Philippi (Postdoctoral
Scholar, 1992-95, Peet)
"Long-term Studies of Forest Dynamics: Analysis
of Seedling and Sapling Populations"
Richard Busing (Postdoc 1992,
White)
"Species diversity and small-scale disturbance
in an old-growth temperate forest"
Michael
W. Palmer (Postdoctoral Scholar, 1988-89, White)
"Scale dependence and the species-area
relationship."
Samantha Tessel (Ph.D., Ecology, 2017, White)
“Dispersal
effects on species distribution and diversity across multiple scales in the
southern Appalachian mixed mesophytic flora”
Bianca Lopez
(Ph.D., Ecology, 2017, White)
“The
effects of urbanization on riparian forest plant communities in the
Research Triangle area of North Carolina”
Peter
Alan Wilfahrt (Ph.D., Ecology, 2016,
White)
“From old fields to
forests: Understanding plant successional dynamics through the lens of
functional traits”
Dennis Tarasi (Ph.D.,
Ecology, 2016, Peet)
“Community interactions and
impacts of exotic plant species in the southeastern United States”
Kyle Palmquist (Ph.D.,
Ecology, 2014, Peet & Weakley)
“Community assembly and
vegetation patterns across space and time in the longleaf pine ecosystem”
Jacqueline White (Ph.D.,
Ecology, 2014, Peet)
“The impacts of altered
floodplain hydrology of the lower Roanoke River on tree regeneration and
floodplain forest composition”
Elizabeth Rainey Matthews(Ph.D.
Ecology, 2011, Peet)
"Piedmont alluvial vegetation:
classification, geographic variation, and restoration"
Brooke Ellen Wheeler (Ph.D.
Ecology, 2011, Peet)
"Species diversity of vegetation fo the Carolinas: the influence and interaction of scale of
observation, soil nutrients, and disturbance events"
Lee Ann Jacobs Reilly (Ph.D.
Biology, 2010, Peet)
"A quantitative approach to
defining rarity"
Jeffrey Eric Ott
(Ph.D. Biology, 2010, Peet)
"Individualistic and phylogenetic
perspectives on plant community patterns"
Jennifer Costanza
(Ph.D. Ecology, 2010, White and Moody)
"Conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem :
ecology and social context"
Dane Kuppinger (Ph.D.
Ecology, 2008, White)
"Post-fire vegetation dynamics and the
invasion of Paulownia tomentosa in the southern Appalachians"
Meghan McKnight (Ph.D. Ecology,
2007, White)
"Broad-scale patterns and determinants of
beta-diversity"
Robert Todd Jobe
(Ph.D. Ecology, 2006, White)
"Biodiversity
and Scale: determinants of richness in Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Joel
M. Gramling (Ph.D. Biology. Ecology, 2006, Peet)
"Understanding local and
regional plant diversity: species pools, species saturation, and the
multi-scalar effects of plant productivity"
Patricia M. Corry (Ph.D. Biology,
2006, Peet)
"Vegetation
dynamics following grazing cessation on the Channel Islands, California"
Weimin Xi (Ph.D.
Biology, 2005, Peet)
"Forest response to natural
disturbance: Changes in structure and diversity of a North Carolina Piedmont forest
in response to catastrophic wind events"
David B. Vandermast (Ph.D.
Biology, 2005, White)
"Disturbance
and long-term vegetation change in the high-elevation deciduous forests of
Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Jason D. Fridley
(Ph.D. Biology, 2002, Peet)
"The
influence of species diversity on ecosystem productivity in different
environments: Experimental plant communities and theory"
Rebecca
Louise Brown (Ph.D. Ecology, 2002, Peet)
"Biodiversity
and exotic species invasion in southern Appalachian riparian plant communities"
Cecil Carlysle
Frost III (Ph.D. Biology, 2000, Peet)
"Studies
in landscape fire ecology and presettlement
vegetation of the southeastern United States"
Jon Harrod (Ph.D. Ecology, 1999,
White)
"Disturbance
history and ecological change in a southern Appalachian landscape: western
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1936-1996"
Timothy D. Nifong (Ph.D. Biology,
1998, Peet & Radford)
"An ecosystematic analysis of Carolina bays in the Coastal Plain
of the Carolinas"
Claire L. Newell (Ph.D. Biology,
1997, Peet)
"Local
and regional variation in the vegetation of the southern Appalachian Mountains"
Kathleen F. Baker-Brosh (Ph.D.
Biology, 1996, Peet)
"The genetic consequences of
self-thinning in two populations of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda
L.)"
Jeffrey
D. Corbin (Ph.D. Biology, 1997, Peet)
"The
effects of experimental nitrogen and phosphorus addition on a temperate
deciduous forest ecosystem"
James Krause DeCoster
(Ph.D. Biology, 1996, Peet)
"Impacts of tornados and hurricanes on the
community structure and dynamics of North and South Carolina forests"
James Hazen Graves (Ph.D.
Biology, 1995, Peet)
"Resource availability and the importance of
herbs in forest dynamics"
Jeffrey
C. Nekola (Ph.D. Ecology, 1994, White)
"Ecology and biogeography of isolated habitats:
fens and algific talus slopes in northeastern
Iowa"
Lauro Lopez Mata (Ph.D. Biology, 1994, Peet)
"Coexistence of Quercus and Carya in natural
upland hardwood forests of the North Carolina Piedmont"
Susan K. Wiser (Ph.D.
Biology, 1993, Peet & White)
"Vegetation of high-elevation rock outcrops of
the southern Appalachians: composition, environmental relationships, and
biogeography of communities and rare species"
John B. Taggart (Ph.D. Biology,
1990, Radford & Peet)
"Inventory, classification, and preservation of
Coastal Plain savannas in the Carolinas"
Donald E. McLeod (Ph.D. Biology,
1988, Radford & Peet)
"Vegetation
patterns, floristics, and environmental relationships in the Black and Craggy
Mountains of North Carolina"
Robert B. Allen (Ph.D. Biology,
1988, Peet)
"Latitudinal variation in southern Rocky
Mountain forests"
Robert G. Knox (Ph.D. Biology,
1987, Peet)
"Hypothesis testing in plant community ecology:
analysis of long-term experiments and regional vegetation data"
Joan Walker(Ph.D.
Botany, 1985, Peet)
"Species diversity and production in
pine-wiregrass savannas of the Green Swamp, North Carolina"
Anthony
Mayer (M.S. Ecology, 2017, Weakley)
“Sustaining Garden Stewardship:
Environmental Education in Rural Youth Development Programs”
Naomi Beth Schwartz (M.S. Ecology, 2012,
Moody & White)
“Fire ecology and fire management in the
Southern Appalachians: rationale for and effects of prescribed fire”
Nick Adams
(M.S. Ecology, 2012, Peet & Randall)
“A synthesis of rights-of-way native
plant communities: identifying their relevance to historical and contemporary
Piedmont savannas”
Kimberly
Israel (M.S. Biology, 2012, Peet)
“Vegetation change in the Duke Forest,
1977-2010”
Megan
Allen Faestel (M.S. Ecology, 2012,
Peet & Weakley)
“Classification and description of
alluvial plant communities of the North Carolina Coastal Plain”
Stephanie
Seymour (M.S. Ecology, 2011, Weakley & Peet)
“Vegetation
of non-alluvial wetlands of the southeastern Piedmont”
Emily Behler Bidgood
(M.S. Ecology, 2011, Weakley)
“Reaching
a million: Land conservation patterns and process in North Carolina, 1999-2009”
Kristie
Wendelberger (M.S. Ecology, 2010, Weakley & White)
“Assessing microsite and regeneration
niche preferences when introducing endangered species”
Jasper
McChesney (M.S., Ecology, 2010, Peet)
“Realizing
the Niche's Breadth: Inferring Ecological Process with Species Generalism”
Andrew D. Gerschutz (M.S. Biology, 2009, Peet)
“Changes
in old-growth and second-growth eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis communities in
the southern Appalachians after the introduction of the hemlock woolly adelgid,
Adelges tsugae”
Brenda
Wichmann (M.S., Plant Sciences, 2009, Wentworth)
“Vegetation
of geographically isolated montane non-alluvial wetlands of the southern Blue
Ridge of North Carolina”
Amanda Senft
(M.S. Biology, 2009, Peet)
"Species
diversity at ecotones."
Dahl Winters (M.S.
Ecology. 2009, Moody)
"Arctic plant migration by 2100: comparing
predictions with observations."
Andrea Jones Gramling (M.S.
Ecology, 2006, Peet)
"A
Conservation assessment of Packera millefolia, a Southern Appalachian Endemic"
Sarah Marcinko (M.S.
Ecology, 2007, White & Randall)
"Pattern and process in rare
plant conservation: An assessment of the Southeastern U.S."
Jessica Kaplan (M.S. Ecology,
2005, White)
"The
relation of understory grasses in longleaf pine ecosystems to fire and
geography"
Elissa Rachel Hochman (M.S.
Biology, 2004, Peet)
"Lower
Roanoke River hydroperiods: Altered hydrology and implications for forest
health and species response"
Kristen Taverna (M.S. Ecology,
2004, White & Peet)
"Mature
hardwood forests of the central Piedmont of North Carolina: landscape
distribution and understory change"
Michelle
Ann Cawley (M.A. Ecology, 2003, White)
"Habitat modeling of invasive
plants in Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Mark Knott (M.A. Ecology, 2001,
Peet)
"Prescribed
burning activity in remnant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
ecosystems of North and South Carolina: patterns, influencing factors, and
policy recommendations"
Mary McRae James (M.A. Ecology,
2000, White)
"Legumes
in loamy soil communities of the Carolina Sandhills: their natural
distributions and performance of seeds and seedlings along complex ecological
gradients"
John Boetsch (M.A.
Ecology, 2000, White)
"Modeling the occurrence of rare plant
populations at the landscape scale."
Alaä L. (Wally) Craddock (M.A. Ecology, 1999, White)
"Seedling recruitment of an endangered
Appalachian endemic (Sarracenia jonesii)
and implications for site management."
Rickie D. White (Ecology, M.A.
1999, White)
"The impacts of Hurricane Fran on a North
Carolina Piedmont woodland."
Peter Avis (M.A. Biology, 1998,
Peet)
"The effects of nitrogen and phosphorus
additions on the mycorrhizal inoculum potential of an oak-maple forest at Mt.
Lake, Virginia, USA."
Sarah Rollins Palmer (M.A.
Biology, 1997, White)
"Calcareous glade communities in the Central
Basin of Tennessee: the effects of scale on community classification."
Stephanie P.-V. Wilds (M.A., Biology, 1996, White)
"Gradient analysis of the distribution of
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida
L.) and dogwood anthracnose (Discula destructive
Redlin.) in western Great Smoky Mountains National Park."
Gwen (Thunhorst)
Davis (M.A. Ecology, 1995, White)
"The seed bank as a buffer to change in
population size, distribution, and genetic composition in the rare plant Rhexia
aristosa at AntiochChurch
Bay with implications to conservation."
Janette Schue (M.A. Biology, 1995,
Peet)
"The effects of nutrient and light levels on the
development of size inequality in monospecificstands
of Cosmos bipinnatus."
Sonja Stiefel (M.S.
Biology, 1993, Peet)
"The food forest: the eastern deciduous forest
as a model for a sustainable perennial polyculture."
Anne M. Richards (M.S. Botany,
1983, Peet)
"Herb distribution and microtopography in a
northern hardwoods forest."
Dorothy
Scoville (Allard) (M.S. Botany, 1981, Peet)
"Herb and vine vegetation of single tree
windthrow gaps in lowland forests of North Carolina."
Mary Love May (M.S. Botany, 1981,
Peet)
"Vegetation, seed reserve, and environmental
relationships in the sandhills, Sandhill Wildlife Management Area, Hoffman,
North Carolina."
James D. Doyle (M.S. Botany, 1981,
Peet)
"Adaptive significance of components of water
relations in various races of red maple (Acer rubrum)."
William L. Baker (M.S. Botany,
1980, Peet)
"Alpine vegetation of Wheeler Peak, New Mexico: gradient
analysis, classification, and biogeography."
Orin Pete Council (M.S. Botany,
1980, Peet)
"Changes in biomass and productivity during
succession in the Duke Forest."
Gary W.
Thorburn (M.A. Botany, 1980, Peet)
"Vertical crown distributions in hardwood stands
of the North Carolina Piedmont."
Emily
Layne Watson-Cook (B.S. with Honors, Environmental
Science, 2017, Peet)
“Characteristics and classification of southern
Appalachian spruce-fir forests”
Sally S.
Whistler (B.S. with Honors, Environmental
Science, 2008, Peet & Doyle)
“The effects of frequent
inundation and geomorphology on riparian vegetation in a regulated river”
Nitin Sekar (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 2008,
White)
"The use of four
elephant corridors by wild and domestic animals in Mudumalai
Wildlife Sanctuary"
Elizabeth
Marx (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 2007, Peet)
"Vegetation dynamics of the Buck Creek
Serpentine Barrens, Clay County, North Carolina"
Jessica
Long (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 2006, Peet)
"The impact of hemlock wooly adelgid
infestation on understory community composition in an old-growth forest in
western Virginia"
Daniel
J. McGlinn (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 2004, Peet)
"Community assembly rules in southern
Appalachian oak forests"
Pailin L. Wedel (B.S. with
Honors, Biology, 2004, White)
"An ecological evaluation
of a poached stand of Aquilaria crassna in
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand"
Sarah Aldin Pritchett (B.S. with Honors, Biology,
2001, White)
"The distribution of
exotic plant invasion in natural areas of the North Carolina Botanical
Garden"
Robert
I. McDonald Jr. (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 2000, Peet)
"Increased
dominance by Acer rubrum and the decline of the Quercus-Carya climax in the
North Carolina Piedmont"
Kelly Buscher (B.S. with Honors, Biology, White)
"The effect of Abies fraseri mortality on Rugelia nudicaulis populations in the Great Smoky
Mountains
National Park"
Christine C. Muth (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 1996, Peet)
"A comparison of understory tolerance
measurements for woody plants."
Chris
Reberg-Horton (B.S. with Honors, Biology,
1994, Peet)
"Mountain Bog Management."
Amanda G. McAdams (B.A. with
Honors, Biology, 1992, Peet)
"Influence of canopy light regime on seedling growth
and survival in forests of the North Carolina Piedmont."
Rebecca A. Reed (B.S. with Honors,
Biology, 1991, Peet)
"Scale dependence of vegetation-environment
correlations."
William H.
Goodnight (B.S. with Honors, Biology, 1990,
White)
"Germination strategy and seed bank analysis of
the globally rare plant Thalictrum cooleyi"