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Stephen Schoenholtz

 

Stephen H. Schoenholtz

Professor
BS, 1979 Pennsylvania State University
MS, 1983 Virginia Tech
PhD, 1990 Virginia Tech
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Forest Soils and Water Quality Group Web Page

 

Research Interests & Activity

Forest management impacts on water and soil quality, restoration of degraded ecosystems, ecology and management of forested wetlands and riparian zones, biogeochemistry, criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

Courses

  • FE 430/530: Watershed Processes
  • FE 439/539: Ecology and Management of Forest Soils
  • FE 535: Water Quality and Forest Land Use

Selected Recent Publications

Carroll, G.D., S.H. Schoenholtz, B.W. Young, and E.D. Dibble. 2004. Effectiveness of forestry streamside management zones in the Sand-Clay Hills of Mississippi: Early indications. Water Air Soil Pollution: Focus 4:275-296.

Schoenholtz, S.H. 2004. Impacts of forest management on water quality. pp. 377-388 in Burley, J., J. Evans, and J. Youngquist, eds. Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences. Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, U.K.

Schoenholtz, S.H., J.A. Stanturf, J.A. Allen, and C.J. Schweitzer. In press. Reforestation of agricultural lands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: The state of our understanding. pp. xx. in Fredrickson, L. H., R. M. Kaminski, and S. L. King, eds. Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems: The State of our Understanding. Bottomland Hardwood System Symposium Steering Committee and University of Missouri-Columbia, Gaylord Memorial Laboratory, Puxico.

Stanturf, J., E. Gardiner, and S. Schoenholtz. 2003. Interplanting for bioenergy and riparian restoration in the southeastern United States. In Nicholas, Ian D., compiler. Proc. Short Rotation Woody Crops for Bioenergy. International Energy Agency Task 30 Conferences, 1-5 December 2003, Tauranga, New Zealand. Pp. 241-249.

Ice, G.G., and S.H. Schoenholtz. 2003. Understanding how extremes influence water quality: Experience from forest watersheds. Hydrological Science and Technology 19(1-4):99-107.

Schoenholtz, S.H. J.A. James, R.K. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold, and A.W. Ezell. 2001. Afforestation of bottomland hardwoods in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Status and trends. Wetlands. 21:602-613.

Smith, C.T., A.D. Gordon, T.W. Payn., B. Richardson, S.H. Schoenholtz, M.F. Skinner, P. Snowdon and G.G. West. 2001. Indicators for sustained productive capacity of New Zealand and Australian plantation forests. pp. 183 - 197. In: Raison, R.J., Brown, A.G. and Flinn, D.W. (eds.). Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management. IUFRO Research Series, No. 7. CABI, Wallingford, UK.

Stanturf, J.A., S.H. Schoenholtz, C.A. Schweitzer, and J.P. Shepard. 2001. Achieving restoration success: myths in bottomland hardwoood forests. Restoration Ecology. 9:189-210.

Schoenholtz, S.H., H. Van Miegroet, and J.A. Burger. 2000. A review of physical and chemical properties as indicators of forest soil quality: challenges and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management.138:335-356.

Smith, C.T., A.T. Lowe, M.F. Skinner, P.N. Beets, S.H. Schoenholtz, and S. Fang. 2000. Response of radiata pine forests to residue management and fertilization across a fertility gradient in New Zealand. Forest Ecology and Management. 138:203-223..

Lockaby, B.G., C.C. Trettin, and S.H. Schoenholtz. 1999. Effects of silvicultural activities on wetland biogeochemistry. Journal of Environmental Quality. 28(6): 1687-1698.

Londo, A.J., M.G. Messina, and S.H. Schoenholtz. 1999. Harvesting effects on soil carbon content and efflux in an East Texas bottomland. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 63:637-644.

Keim, R.F., and S.H. Schoenholtz. 1999. Functions and effectiveness of silvicultural streamside management zones in loessial bluff forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 118:197-210.

Stanturf, J.A., and S.H. Schoenholtz. 1998. Soils and Landforms. pp. 123-147. In Southern Forested Wetlands:Ecology and Management, M.G. Messina and W.H. Conner (eds.) CRC Press-Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

 

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