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Education
Univ.
of Nebraska Pre- Forestry N/A
B.S.
Forestry, Southern Illinois University, 1970
M.S.
Forest Ecology, Southern Illinois University , 1972
Ph.D.
Forest Eco-Physiology, University of Missouri, 1976
Current Courses
Taught
RNR 1002
(1) Issues in Natural Resource Management
RNR 3105 (2)
Forest Biology
RNR 7004 (3) Forest Ecophysiology
RNR 7005 (2) Ecophysiological Methods/Instrumentation
RNR 7071 (1) Forestry Seminar·
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
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Ecology and
biology of forested wetlands
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Issues
concerning forest sustainability and productivity of forest ecosystems
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Wetland and
bottomland regeneration and restoration problems, especially questions related
to stress tolerance in flooded and saline environments.
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Whole tree and
stand level responses to the environment and to cultural practices.
Research
In Progress
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Regeneration
and establishment in forest wetlands.
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Sustainability of Coastal Forest Ecosystems
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Waterflux in
Forest Ecosystems
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Spatial
Characteristics of Bottomland Oak to Competition
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Bottomland Hardwood Responses to Thinning (Co-operative Research with Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and USDA FS)
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Dimov, L.D.,
Chambers, J.C., Lockhart, B.R. 2005. Spatial Continuity of Tree Attributes
in Bottomland Hardwood Forests in the Southeastern United States. Forest
Science 51(6): 532-540.
(pdf)
Chambers, J.L., Conner, W.H.,
Day, J.W., Faulkner, S.P., Gardiner, E.S., Hughes, M.S., Keim, R.F., King,
S.L., McLeod, K.W., Miller, C.A., Nyman, J.A., and Shaffer, G.P. 2005.
Conservation, protection and utilization of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetland
Forests. Final Report to the Governor of Louisiana from the Coastal
Wetland Forest Conservation and Use Science Working Group. 121p.
Chambers, Jim L., Richard F.
Keim, William H. Conner, John W. Day Jr., Stephen P. Faulkner, Emile S.
Gardiner Melinda S. Hughes, Sammy L. King, Kenneth W. McLeod, Craig A.
Miller, J. Andrew Nyman, and Gary P. Shaffer. 2005. Conservation of
Louisiana’s coastal wetland forests. pg.117-135. Louisiana Natural
Resources Symposium. July 18-20, 2005 Lod Cook Conference Center,
Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. 156 p. ..
Sword Sayer, M.A., J.C. Goelz, Chambers,
J.L., Z. Tang, and T.J. Dean, J.D. Haywood, and D.J. Leduc. 2004.
Long-term trends in loblolly pine productivity and stand characteristics
in response to stand density and fertilization in the western gulf
region. Forest Ecology and Management 192:71-96.
Tang, Z., M.A. Sword Sayer, J.L. Chambers,
and J.P. Barnett. 2004. Interactive effects of fertilization and
throughfall exclusion on the responses and whole-tree carbon uptake of
mature loblolly pine. Canadian Journal of Botany 82:850-861.
Burke, M. and J.L. Chambers. 2003. Root
dynamics in bottomland hardwood forests of the Southeastern United States
Coastal Plain. Plant and Soil 250: 141-153.
Tang*, Z., Chambers, J.L., Sword, M.A.,
Barnett, J.P. 2003. Seasonal photosynthesis and water relations of juvenile
loblolly pine relative to stand density and canopy position. Trees
17(5):424-430.
Yu Shufang, J. L. Chambers , Z. Tang and
J. P. Barnett. 2003. Crown characteristics of juvenile loblolly pine 6
years after application of thinning and fertilization.
Forest Ecology and Management
180(1-3) 345-352.
Zhou*, Benzhi; Sword, Mary Anne; Chambers,
Jim; Andries, Dan. 2002. Monitoring new root dynamics of loblolly pine with
minirhizotron technique. Forest Research, 15(3): 276-284.
Krauss, K.W., J.L. Chambers, J.A. Allen,
D.M. Soileau Jr., and A.S. DeBosier**. 2000. Growth and nutrition of
baldcypress families planted under varying salinity regimes in Louisiana,
USA. Journal of Coastal Research 16(1)153-163.
Krauss, K.W., J.L. Chambers, J.A. Allen,
B. Luse**, A. DeBosier** (1999). Root and shoot responses of Taxodium
distichum seedlings subjected to saline flooding. Environmental and
Experimental Botany 41:15-23.
Tang*, Z. J.L. Chambers, S.Guddanti,
Shufang Yu and J.P. Barnett. 1999 Seasonal shoot and needle growth of
loblolly pine responds to thinning fertilization and canopy position. Forest
Ecology and Mgt. 120:117-130.
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