Barton D. Clinton |
| Name: |
Barton D. Clinton |
| Title: |
Emeritus Scientist |
| Unit: |
Forest Watershed Science (4353)
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory |
| Phone: |
828-524-2128 Ext.124 |
| Fax: |
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| E-Mail: |
bclinton@fs.fed.us |
Location Information |
Mailing
Address: |
USDA-Forest Service
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
3160 Coweeta Lab Road
(10 miles south of Franklin and west 3 miles from US-441)
Otto, NC 28763 |
Shipping
Address: |
Same
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Location
Phone: |
828-524-2128 + extension |
Research Information |
Education: |
| B.S., University of Georgia, Forest Resources, 1979; M.S., University of Georgia, Forest Ecology, 1989 |
Current Research: |
Plant species diversity and response to disturbance - canopy gaps, silvicultural treatments; Above- and below-ground carbon cycling - respiration of plant components as they are affected by environmental factors; Above-ground and forest floor nutrient pools - shifts in pools over time on sites receiving the fell and burn prescription; Prescribed fire - consumption of woody fuels as it relates to fire intensity; Long-term litter and wood decomposition experiment (Long-term Ecological Research [LTER]) - a 10 year reciprocal decomposition study involving 28 sites in North and Central America, and Puerto Rico, each using leaf litter and fineroot material from common species, Canopy gap dynamics - effects of small scale disturbances on forest processes with emphasis on populations and microclimate; Ecology of Rhododendron maximum - relative to above- and below-ground causes of competitive exclusion of woody species; Long-term effects of Hurricane Opal in the southern Appalachians - pit and mound topography and its contribution to tree replacement processes; Long-term forest stand dynamics in the southern Appalachians - recruitment, growth, and mortality in opposing watersheds; Plant water relations and phytoremediation of groundwater pollutants - water use by eastern cottonwood planted on a dry site in central Texas for the removal of a groundwater pollutant; Functional diversity in southern Appalachian forests - examination of the affects of the removal of forest understory components.
Riparian zone structure and function - effects of forest management effects on structure and function and stream water quality in southern Appalachian first order catchments. |
Collaborative Research: |
| Plant water relations; prescribed fire; canopy gap dynamics; open to other areas, as well. |
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