Ecology in the southern Appalachians.


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Telephone:
706.542.2309; Fax: 706.583.0646
Email:
davec@uga.edu
Institute of Ecology, 102 Ecology Annex
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-2360

Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principle Investigator
Specialty:
  Microbial Ecology, Soil Ecology
Habitat: 
Forest, Riparian
Organism: 
Microbiota, Nematodes, Mesofauna, Roots
Core Area(s):  
Organic Matter/Decomposition

Education:
B.A., Reed College, Portland, Oregon, Biology, 1960
M.A., University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Biology, 1963
Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Biology (Ecology), 1964

Appointments:
Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia, 1993-Present
Research Professor, University of Georgia, 1985-1993
Professor, Colorado State University, 1983-1985
Associate Professor, Colorado State University, 1978-1983
Senior Research Ecologist, Colorado State University, 1972-1985
Assistant Professor and Research Associate, University of Georgia, 1965-1971

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Knoepp, J.D., D.C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley, Jr., and J.S. Clark. 2000. Biological indices of soil quality: an ecosystem case study of their use. Forest Ecology & Management 138:357-368.

Hansen, R.A., and D.C. Coleman. 1998. Litter complexity and composition are determinants of the diversity and species composition of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in litterbags. Applied Soil Ecology 9:17-23.

Crossley, D.A. Jr. and D.C. Coleman. 1999. Microarthropods.  Pages C59-C65 in M. Sumner, ed. The handbook of soil science. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL

Wright, C.J., and D.C. Coleman. 2000. Cross-site comparison of soil microbial biomass, soil nutrient status, and nematode trophic groups. Pedobiologia 44:2-23.

Bardgett R.D., J.M. Anderson, V. Behan-Pelletier, L. Brussaard, D.C. Coleman, C. Ettema, A. Moldenke, J.P. Schimel, and D.H. Wall. 2001. The influence of soil biodiversity on hydrological pathways and the transfer of materials between terrestrial and aquatic systems. Ecosystems 4:421-429.

Synergistic Activities:
1. Convened “Invertebrates as Webmasters” symposium, and edited volume (see above). Organized synthesis workshop on Soil and Sediment mesofauna at LTER All-Scientists’ meeting, August 3, 2000. 

2. Convened follow up workshop on Decomposition and SOM biogeochemistry, Athens, GA, Dec. 8&9, 2000, with synthesis paper submitted to Soil Biol. Biochem. by December 2001. 

3. Co-edited Standard Soil Methods volume in LTER series, Oxford Univ. Press, 1999.


This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation
under Cooperative Agreements
DEB-9632854 (Text Version) & DEB-0218001
(Text Version).

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and
do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


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