R&D Affiliations Southern Research Station Center for Forest Disturbance Science Southern Research Station Center for Forest Disturbance Science I am interested in soil ecosystem responses to natural disturbances (fire, wind, and flood), forest management practices which seek to simulate disturbances (prescribed fire, thinning, harvesting), and anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. invasive species). I am particularly interested in responses of soil biota (e.g. earthworms, herbivorous insects, soil microbes, etc.) to these disturbances and land management practices, and how changes in invertebrate assemblages may lead to changes in other components of forest systems (e.g. nutrient relationships, plant-herbivore relationships). In addition to pure soil biology, I am also interested in elemental dynamics, and specifically the effects of prescribed fire on soil organic matter and toxics (soil carbon, nitrogen, and mercury).

Invasive Species Inventory and Monitoring Resource Management and Use Water, Air, and Soil Wildland Fire and Fuels Priority Areas Climate Change Forest Disturbances Experimental Forests and Ranges Calhoun Experimental Forest Fernow Experimental Forest H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest Harrison Experimental Forest Hitchiti Experimental Forest