2010 CREST Annual Report - Alabama A&M University

Final Report: 0420541AAMU 'local arrangements and university efforts should be a model for future AAS meetings.'Journal PublicationsChen X., "Ecophysiological and growth responses of Elm, Ulmus pumila, to different water tables.", Journal of Biological Sciences, p.813-819, vol. 5, (2005). Published,Chen X., Fraser, R., "Quantifying impacts of land ownerships on forest NDVI dynamics at the Bankhead National Forest of Alabama, USA",Forest Economics and Policy, p. , vol. , ( ). Submitted,Chen X., Li B-L., "Spatial distribution of forest biome energetics in China", Forestry, p. 0, vol. 78, (2005). Published,Chen, X . W., and Y. Wang., "Emergent spatial pattern of herpetofauna in Alabama, USA. Biodiversity & Conservation", N/A, p. 0, vol. , (). In Prep,Dimov, L.D., Chambers, J.L., Lockhart, B.R., "Spatial continuity of tree attributes in bottomland hardwood forests in the southeastern USA",Forest Science, p. 532, vol. 51, (2005). Published,Dimov, L.D., Schweitzer, C.J., "Walk-in-the-Woods", The Southeastern Forester, p. 10, vol. 25, (2006). Published,Felix, Z., Y. Wang, and C. Schweitzer., "Effect of canopy removal on the abundance of juvenile eastern box turtles.", Chelonian conservationand Biology., p. , vol. , ( ). Submitted,Fraser R., B. Gyawali, and J. Schelhas, "Blacks in Space: Land Tenure and Well-being in Perry County, Alabama.", Small-Scale ForestEconomics, Management and Policy, p. 21, vol. 4, (2005). Published,Keim, R.F., Chambers, J.L, Hughes, M.S., Dimov, L.D., Conner, W.H., Shaffer, G.P., Gardiner, E.S., Day, J.W., "Long-Term Success ofStump Sprouts in Cutover High-Graded Baldcypress/Water Tupelo Swamps in the Mississippi Delta.", Forest Ecology and Management., p. ,vol. , (2006). Accepted,Wang, Y., A. Lesak, Z. Felix, and C. Schweitzer., "Relationship between avian community and forest habitat after the canopy cover reductionfor oak-hickory forest regeneration at the Southern Cumberland Plateau of Alabama.", N/A, p. 0, vol. , ( ). In Prep,Carpenter, J., Wang, Y., Schweitzer, C., "Status of the Cerulean Warbler in northern Alabama: Current population estimates and habitatcharacteristics.", Association of Southeastern Biologist Bulletin, p. 231, vol. 53, (2006). Published,Clark, S.L., Torreano, S.J., Loftis, D.L., Dimov, L.D., "Changes in regeneration potential 22 years after Quercus and Carya mortality in amixed-mesophytic old-growth forest.", Peer reviewed proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, p. , vol. , (2006).Accepted,Dimov, L.D., Schweitzer, C.J., "Overstory and regeneration structure and relationships in mixed stands on the southern Cumberland Plateau.",Peer reviewed proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, p. , vol. , (2006). Accepted,Dimov, L.D., Stelzer, E.L, Wharton, K., Meadows, J.S, Chambers, J.L., Ribbeck, K., Moser, E.B., "Effects of thinning intensity and crownclass on cherrybark oak epicormic branching five years after treatment.", Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Southern Silvicultural ResearchConference. Connor, K.F. (ed.). Gen. Tech. Rep., p. , vol. , (2006). Accepted,Gyawali, Buddhi R., R. Fraser and J. Schelhas., "Relationship between Human Well-being and Ecosystem Changes In the Black-belt Region ofAlabama.", Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, p. , vol. , (2005). Accepted,Keim, R.F., Chambers, J.L, Hughes, M.S., Gardiner, E.S., Conner, W.H., Day, J.W., Faulkner, S.P., King, S.L., McCleod, K.W., Miller, C.A.,Nyman, J.A., Shaffer, G.P., Dimov, L.D., "Long-term success of baldcypress stump sprouts.", Proceedings of the 13th Biennial SouthernSilvicultural Research Conference. Connor, K.F. (ed.). Gen. Tech. Rep., p. , vol. , ( ). Accepted,Page 41 of 58