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Rod Will |
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| Education | |
| BS: | Cornell University, 1990, Biology |
| MS: | Virginia Tech, 1993, Forest Biology |
| PhD: | University of Georgia, 1997, Forest Ecophysiology |
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| Curriculum Vitae |
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| Research Interests: |
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Effects of silivcultural treatments on growth, productivity, and physiology of forest stands.
Environmental effects on the photosynthesis and respiration of trees. Canopy dynamics of forest stands. Effects of global climate change on trees and forests. |
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Society of American Foresters
Ecological Society of America |
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| Recent Publications (since 2000) |
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Hiers, J.K., O’Brien, J.J.,
Will, R.E., and Mitchell, R.J. (In Press). Forest
floor depth mediates understory vigor in
xeric Pinus palustris ecosystems. Ecological
Applications. Will, R.E., D. Markewitz, R.L. Hendrick, D.F. Meason, T.R. Crocker, and B.E. Borders. 2006. Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics for a chronosequence of loblolly pine stands receiving fertilization and competition control. Forest Ecology and Management 227:155-168. Morris, L.A., Ludovici, K.H., Torreano, S.J., Carter, E.A., Lincoln M.C., and Will, R.E. 2006. An Approach for Using General Soil Physical Condition–Root Growth Relationships to Predict Seedling Growth Response to Site Preparation Tillage in Loblolly Pine Plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 227:169-177. Will, R.E., N.V. Narahari, B.D. Shiver, and R.O. Teskey.2005. Effects of planting density on canopy dynamics and stem growth for intensively managed loblolly pine stands. Forest Ecology and Management 205:29-41. Will, R.E. 2005. The effects of annual fertilization and complete competition control on fascicle morphology of different aged loblolly pine stands. Trees: Structure and Function 19:129-136. Allen, C.B., R.E. Will, and M.A. Jacobson. 2005. Production efficiency and radiation use efficiency of four tree species receiving irrigation and fertilization. Forest Science 51:556-569. Ford, C.R, Will, R.E., Teskey, R.O., Goranson, C.E., and R.J. Mitchell. 2005. Modeling canopy transpiration using time series analysis: a case study illustrating the effect of soil moisture deficit on Pinus taeda. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 130:163-175. Allen, C.B., R.E. Will, R.C. McGarvey, D.R. Coyle, and M.D. Coleman. 2005. The effect of water and nutrient availability on radiation use efficiency and gas exchange in stands of sweetgum and sycamore receiving irrigation and fertilization. Tree Physiology 25:191-200. Ford, C.R., C.E. Goranson, R.J. Mitchell, R.E. Will, and R.O. Teskey. 2004. Diurnal and seasonal variability in the radial distribution of stem flow: predicting total stem flow in Pinus taeda trees.; Tree Physiology 24:951–960. Meason, D.F., D. Markewitz, and R.E. Will. 2004. Annual fertilization and interspecific competition control: Effects on in situ forest floor nitrogen fluxes of different aged Pinus taeda stands in southeast Georgia, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34:1802-1818. Borders, B.E., R.E. Will, D. Markewitz, A. Clark, R. Hendrick, R.O. Teskey and Y. Zhang. 2004. Effect of complete competition control and annual fertilization on stem growth and canopy relations for a chronospequence loblolly pine plantations in the Lower Coastal Plain of Georgia. Forest Ecology and Management 192:21-37. Zhang, Y., B.E. Borders, R.E. Will and H. De Los Santos Posadas. 2004. A model of foliage and branch biomass prediction for intensively managed fast growing loblolly pine. Forest Science 50:65-80. Munger, G.T., R.E. Will and B.E. Borders. 2003. Effects of competition control and annual nitrogen fertilization on gas exchange of different aged Pinus taeda. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:1076-1083. Barron-Gafford, G.A., R.E. Will, E.C. Burkes, B. Shiver and R.O. Teskey. 2003.& Nutrient concentrations and contents, and their relation to stem growth, of intensively managed Pinus teada and Pinus elliottii stands of different planting densities. Forest Science 49:291-300. Burkes, E.C., R.E. Will, G.A. Barron, R.O. Teskey and B. Shiver. 2003. Biomasspartitioning and growth efficiency of intensively managed Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii stands of different planting densities. Forest Science 49:224-234. Will, R.E., G.T. Munger, Y. Zhang and B.E. Borders. 2002. Effects of annual fertilization and complete competition control on current annual increment, foliar development, and growth efficiency of different aged Pinus taeda stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1728-1740. Wheeler, M., R.E. Will, D. Markewitz, M. Jacobson and A. Shirley. 2002. I. Early loblolly pine stand response to tillage on the Piedmont and Upper Coastal Plain of Georgia; mortality, stand uniformity, and second and third year growth. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 26:181-189. Will, R.E., M. Wheeler, D. Markewitz, M. Jacobson and A. Shirley. 2002. II. Early loblolly pine stand response to tillage on the Piedmont and Upper Coastal Plain of Georgia; tree allometry, foliar nitrogen concentration, soil bulk density, soil moisture, and soil nitrogen status. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 26:190-196. Will, R.E., G.A. Barron, E.C. Burkes, B. Shiver and R.O. Teskey. 2001. Relationship between intercepted radiation, net photosynthesis, respiration, and stem volume growth of Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii stands of different densities. Forest Ecology and Management154:155-163. Johnsen, K., D. Wear, R. Oren, R.O. Teskey, F. Sanchez, R. Will, J. Butnor, D. Markewitz, D. Richter, T. Rials, H.L. Allen, J. Seiler, D. Ellsworth, C. Maier, G. Katul and P. Dougherty. 2001. Meeting global commitments: Carbon sequestration and southern pine forests. Journal of Forestry 99:14-23. Will, R.E. 2000. Effect of different day-time and night-time temperature regimes on the foliar respiration of Pinus taeda; Predicting the effect of variable temperature on acclimation. Journal of Experimental Botany 51:1733-1739. |
