This ribbon is a
show of support of not only the United States of America, but also for the
fight for freedom throughout the world.
In the
memory of the faculty and students at Virginia Tech who died tragically through
senseless acts of violence, 16 April 2007. Though their voices have been
silenced, their spirits still sing.
As a father and
professor/teacher, I display this in memory of the lives of 20 children and
6 teachers brutally murdered in Newtown, CT, 14 December 2012.
I have been a member of the faculty since 1990 and teach courses in ecology
and plant ecology. My research interests perhaps can be described best as
broad-based within the general area of plant ecology, as may be seen in my
publication record, with papers published in over 30 different journals. Most
of what I do lies at the boundary between the levels of terrestrial plant
communities and ecosystems. I am particularly interested in the movement and
cycling of plant nutrients within terrestrial ecosystems. Directly related to
this are interests in fire ecology and the effects of fire on nutrient cycling
and on plants and soils in fire-prone ecosystems. Also related to my ecosystem
approach to ecological research is an interest in atmospheric deposition and
precipitation chemistry. This interest has led to the study of pollutant
conditions (acid deposition and ozone) in forested areas.
My interests at the level of the plant community are focused predominantly
on forest community ecology. I am particularly interested in secondary
succession and the species dynamics of the herbaceous layer of forests, as well
as the variety of biotic and abiotic factors that influence species composition
and change within this vegetation stratum. My future research plans reflect
extensions of previous work in the following three areas: (1) vegetation
dynamics in forest ecosystems, (2) nitrogen dynamics of forest ecosystems, and
(3) species composition and stand structure in old-growth longleaf pine
forests.
Forest vegetation
Much of my current work, as an extension of earlier research in other forest
types, is focused on factors that affect the herbaceous layer (vascular plants <1
m in height) of central Appalachian hardwood forests. Recent work, carried out
at the Fernow Experimental Forest (FEF), West Virginia, has generated the hypothesis
that herb layer development is nutrient-limited early in secondary succession
following forest disturbance, but becomes light-limited later in succession. My
future research plans include testing this hypothesis further experimentally in
other forest types.
Fernow Experimental Forest 
Work at this same site has generated another hypothesis concerning
successional changes in the herbaceous layer of hardwood forests, one that has
important implications for ecosystem management of forests and its effects on
plant diversity. This hypothesis states that 1) the temporal shift in processes
which control species composition following disturbance (from allogenic to autogenic factors) leads to a linkage in
species composition between the overstory and
herbaceous strata, and 2) the degree to which forest management alters species
composition of forest ecosystems may by tied to the degree of alteration of the
link between strata. I co-edited a book (with Dr.
Mark R. Roberts, formerly of the University of New
Brunswick, Canada) that examines the ecology of the herbaceous layer in forests
of eastern North America (see below).
Nitrogen dynamics
Another area of current research interest and activity is focused on
nitrogen (N) dynamics in a central Appalachian hardwood forest. Most of my time
is spent on testing several hypotheses concerning the phenomenon known as N
saturation, which posits that, for impacted forests in parts of Europe and
North America, N inputs associated with acidic deposition are exceeding demand
of N by the biota. This work involves in situ incubations of mineral soil
and organic horizons to examine soil N dynamics in a treatment watershed
(receiving aerial N additions to the entire watershed) and two untreated
control watersheds of differing stand ages. Annual and seasonal patterns of
soil N dynamics are related to watershed differences in canopy and herbaceous
layer tissue N and in stream chemistry. Results to date have shown that several
watersheds of FEF have become N saturated from high levels of ambient N
deposition.
In collaboration with Dr. Mary Beth Adams of the USDA Forest Service,
I have recently expanded the questions of N saturation in montane
hardwood forests to include the interactive effects of forest harvesting and N
saturation on forest soil sustainability and productivity. A major threat to
sustainability in central Appalachian forests is the loss of base cations via biomass removal and leaching. Future plans
include continuing this work for several years.
Some of this work is summarized in various chapters in a book recently
published by Springer. Click on the image of the book's cover to go to
the book's web page at Amazon.
I am also collaborating with Dr. Bill Peterjohn of West Virginia University
on a project funded by the National Science Foundation Long-Term Research in
Environmental Biology (NSF LTREB) program. Through this project,
we are essentially extending the original sampling period of in situ
incubations. Beginning with the 2009 growing season, we have been revisiting
sample plots to evaluate further the response of the herbaceous layer to N
treatments.
Old-growth longleaf pine
I initiated a long-term study of species composition and stand structure of
the Boyd Tract in the Sandhills region of North
Carolina in 1989. The Boyd Tract, part of
Weymouth
Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, is unique
as a longleaf pine study site for two reasons. First, at approximately 66 ha,
it is the largest stand of old-growth longleaf pine the state, indeed, one of
the larger stands anywhere. Second, as of the initiation of the study, the Boyd
Tract had not experienced significant fire (an environmental requirement for
longleaf pine regeneration) for more than 80 years. Thus, this site has
provided the opportunity to study a longleaf pine stand that has not
experienced the disturbance of forest harvesting, but has experienced the
disturbance of chronic fire exclusion. Results to date indicate that species
composition under these conditions is closely related to soil variables (e.g.,
texture, moisture, and nutrients). Furthermore, higher clay content soils have
allowed the development of a forest type more closely resembling those of the
adjacent North Carolina Piedmont than those typical of the Sandhills.
Boyd Tract, NC 
Future work will look more closely at the age distributions of longleaf pine
stems of the Boyd Tract. In addition, future work will examine the
relationships between longleaf stem age and stem size along an
elevation/texture gradient and will use these relationships as basis for
comparison (in collaboration with
Dr. Bill Platt of Louisiana State University)
to those of another old-growth longleaf stand, the Wade Tract of southern
Georgia.
I am co-author of a textbook on the ecology of terrestrial plants. I use
this book as a text for my course here at Marshall University—Plant Ecology
(BSC 430/530).
Barbour, MG, JH Burk, WD Pitts, FS
Gilliam, and MW Schwartz. 1999. Terrestrial
plant ecology, 3rd Edition. Menlo Park, CA: The
Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc.
I co-edited the following book published by Oxford University Press.
Gilliam FS and MR Roberts, Eds. 2003. The herbaceous layer in forests of
Eastern North America. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Note: Names appearing in bold print are
student co-authors.
Papers
Zhu F, FS Gilliam, M Yoh, X Lu, and J Mo. 2012.
Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition
on fine root dynamics in
acidified lowland tropical
forests of China. Forest Ecology and
Management submitted.
Zhang X, Q Wang, FS Gilliam, Y Wang, and C Li. 2012.
Spatial variation in carbon and nitrogen of cultivated soil of Henan Province,
China: potential effects on crop yield.
Agriculture,
Ecosystem and Environment submitted.
Clark CM, P Morefield, FS
Gilliam, and LH Pardo. 2013. Estimated losses
of plant biodiversity across the U.S. from historical N deposition from
1985—2010. Ecology in
press.
Lei, L, T Zhang, FS
Gilliam, P Gunderson, W Zhang, H Chen, and J Mo. 2013. Interactive effects
of nitrogen and phosphorus on soil microbial communities in a tropical
forest. PLOS ONE 8:1-10.
Lu X, , FS Gilliam, G Yu, L Li,
Q Mao, H Chen, and J Mo. 2013.
Long-term nitrogen addition decreases carbon leaching in nitrogen-rich forest
ecosystems. Biogeosciences 10:1451-1481.
Zhang X, L Ma,
FS Gilliam, Q Wang, T Liu, and C Li. 2012. Effects of raised-bed planting for enhanced summer maize yield on soil
microbial functional groups and enzyme activity in Henan Province, China. Field
Crops Research 130:28-37.
Zhang X, Q
Wang, FS Gilliam, W Bai, X Han, and L Li. 2012. Effect of nitrogen fertilization on net nitrogen
mineralization in grassland soil of Northern China: implications for grassland
management. Grass and Forage Science 67:219-230.
Lu
X, J Mo, FS Gilliam, H Fang, F Zhu, Y Fang, W Zhang, J Huang. 2012. Land-use
history mitigates response of soil phosphorus availability to nitrogen addition
in two reforested tropical forests in southern China. Biotropica
44:302-311.
Pardo LH, ME Fenn, CL Goodale, LH Geiser, CT Driscoll,
EB Allen, J Baron, R Bobbink, WD Bowman, C. Clark, B
Emmett, FS Gilliam, T Greaver, SJ Hall, EA Lilleskov, L Liu, J Lynch, K Nadelhoffer,
SS Perakis, MJ Robin-Abbott, J Stoddard, K Weathers,
and RL Dennis. 2011. Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen
critical loads for ecoregions of the United States. Ecological
Applications 21: 3049-3082.
Gilliam
FS and MB Adams. 2011. Effects of
nitrogen on temporal and spatial patterns of nitrate in streams and soil solution
of a central hardwood forest. ISRN Ecology, Article ID
138487, doi:10.5402/2011/138487.
Zhang X, W Bai, FS Gilliam, X Han, and L Li. 2011. Effects of in situ freezing on soil net nitrogen
mineralization and net nitrification in fertilized grassland of northern China.
Grass and Forage Science 66:391-401.
Lu X, J Mo, FS Gilliam, G
Yu, W Zhang, Y Fang, and J Huang. 2011.
Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in tropical
forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in Southern China. Environmental
Pollution 159:2228-2235.
Gilliam FS,
RL McCulley, and JA Nelson. 2011. Spatial variability in soil microbial communities in
a nitrogen-saturated hardwood forest watershed. Soil Science Society of
America Journal 75:280-286.
Lu X, J Mo, FS Gilliam, G Zhou, Y Fang. 2010.
Effects of experimental nitrogen deposition on plant diversity in an old-growth
tropical forest. Global Change Biology 16:2688-2700.
Gilliam FS and DA Dick. 2010. Spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients and plant
species in herb-dominated communities of contrasting land use. Plant Ecology
209:83-94.
Gilliam FS, A Cook, and S Lyter. 2010. Effects of
experimental freezing on soil nitrogen (N) dynamics in soils of a net
nitrification gradient in an N-saturated hardwood forest ecosystem. Canadian Journal of
Forest Research 40:436-444.
Bobbink R, K Hicks, J Galloway, T Spranger,
R Alkemade, M Ashmore, M
Bustamante, S Cinderby, E Davidson, F Dentener, B Emmett, J-W Erisman,
M Fenn, F Gilliam, A Nordin,
L Pardo and W de Vries.
2010. Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant
diversity effects of terrestrial ecosystems: a synthesis. Ecological
Applications 20:30-59.
Gilliam FS. 2007.
The ecological significance of the herbaceous layer in temperate forest ecosystems. BioScience 57:845-858.
Dick DA and FS
Gilliam. 2007. Spatial heterogeneity
and dependence of soils and herbaceous plant communities in adjacent seasonal
wetland and pasture sites. Wetlands 27:951-963.
Gilliam FS. 2006.
Response of the herbaceous layer of forest ecosystems to excess nitrogen
deposition. Journal of Ecology 94:1176-1191.
Gilliam FS, AW Hockenberry, and MB Adams. 2006. Effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the
herbaceous layer of a central Appalachian hardwood forest. Journal of
the Torrey Botanical Society 133:240-254.
Gilliam FS and WJ Platt. 2006. Conservation and restoration of the longleaf pine
ecosystem. Applied Vegetation Science 9:7-10.
Gilliam FS, WJ Platt, and RK Peet. 2006. Natural disturbances and the physiognomy of pine
savannas: a phenomenological model. Applied Vegetation
Science 9:83-96.
May, JD, E
Burdette, FS Gilliam, and MB Adams.
2005. Interspecific divergence in foliar nutrient dynamics and stem growth in a
temperate forest in response to chronic nitrogen inputs. Canadian Journal of
Forest Research 35:1023-1030.
Gilliam FS, NL Lyttle, A Thomas, and MB Adams. 2005. Soil variability along a nitrogen
mineralization/nitrification gradient in a nitrogen-saturated hardwood forest. Soil
Science Society of America Journal 69:247-256.
Gilliam FS, MB Adams, DA Dick, and ML Kerr. 2004. Effects of silvicultural practices on soil carbon
and nitrogen in a nitrogen saturated Central Appalachian hardwood forest
ecosystem. Environmental Management 32:S108-S119.
Gilliam, FS
and NE Saunders. 2003. Making
more sense of the order: A review of Canoco for
Windows 4.5, PC-ORD version 4 and SYN-TAX 2000. Journal of Vegetation
Science 14:297-304.
Gilliam, FS. 2002. Effects of
harvesting on herbaceous layer diversity of a Central Appalachian hardwood
forest in West Virginia, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 155:33-43.
Gilliam, FS, CC Somerville, NL Lyttle,
and MB Adams. 2001. Factors
influencing spatial variability in nitrogen processing in nitrogen-saturated
soils. The ScientificWorld Journal 1:505-513.
Gilliam FS, BM
Yurish, and MB Adams. 2001. Temporal and spatial variation of nitrogen transformations
in nitrogen-saturated soils of a Central Appalachian hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
31:1768-1785.
Gilliam, FS, JD May, MA
Fisher, and DK Evans. 1999. Short-term changes in soil nutrients during wetland
creation. Wetland Ecology and Management 6:203-208.
Gilliam, FS
and WJ Platt. 1999. Effects of
long-term fire exclusion on tree species composition and stand structure in an
old-growth longleaf pine forest. Plant Ecology 140: 15-26.
Gilliam,
FS, MB Adams, and BM Yurish. 1996. Ecosystem nutrient responses to chronic nitrogen
inputs at Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia. Canadian Journal of
Forest Research 26:196-205.
Gilliam,
FS and MB Adams. 1996. Wetfall deposition and precipitation chemistry for central
Appalachian forest. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
46:978-984.
Peterjohn WT, MB Adams, and FS Gilliam. 1996. Symptoms of nitrogen saturation
in two central Appalachian hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry 35:507-522.
Gilliam,
FS and NL Turrill. 1995. Temporal patterns of ozone pollution in West
Virginia: implications for high-elevation hardwood forests. Journal of the
Air and Waste Management Association 45:621-626.
Gilliam,
FS and MR Roberts. 1995. Forest
management and plant diversity. Ecological Applications 5:911-912.
Gilliam,
FS, NL Turrill, and MB Adams. 1995. Species composition and patterns of diversity in
herbaceous layer and woody overstory of clearcut versus mature central Appalachian hardwood
forests. Ecological Applications 5:947-955.
Roberts
MR and FS Gilliam. 1995. Patterns and
mechanisms of diversity in forested ecosystems: implications for forest
management. Ecological Applications 5:969-977.
Roberts MR and
FS Gilliam. 1995. Herbaceous layer
succession and soil nutrients in Populus forests of
northern lower Michigan. Journal of Vegetation
Science 6:903-912.
Turrill NL, DK Evans, and FS
Gilliam. 1994. Identification of West
Virginia members of the Dentaria complex [D. diphylla Michx., D. heterophylla Nutt., and D. laciniata Muhl. ex. Willd. (Brassicaceae)] using above-ground vegetative characters. Castanea 59:22-30.
Gilliam, FS, NL
Turrill, SD Aulick,
DK Evans, and MB Adams. 1994.
Herbaceous layer and soil response to experimental acidification in a central
Appalachian hardwood forest. Journal of Environmental Quality
23:835-844.
Gilliam FS, BM
Yurish, and LM Goodwin. 1993. Community composition of an old-growth longleaf pine
forest: relationship to soil texture on tree species. Bulletin of the Torrey
Botanical Club 120:287-294.
Gilliam FS
and NL Turrill. 1993. Herbaceous layer cover and biomass in young versus
mature stands of a Central Appalachian hardwood forest. Bulletin of the
Torrey Botanical Club 120:445-450.
Gilliam FS
and DD Richter. 1991. Transport of
metal cations through a nutrient-poor forest
ecosystem. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 57-58:279-287.
Gilliam FS, JT
Sigmon, MA Reiter, and DO Krovetz.
1989. Elevational and spatial variation in daytime
ozone concentrations in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains: implications for
forest exposure. Canadian Journal of
Forest Research 19:422-426.
Sigmon JT, FS Gilliam, and ME Parton. 1989. Precipitation and throughfall
chemistry for a montane hardwood forest
ecosystem: potential contributions from
cloud water. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 19:1240-1247.
Gilliam FS and
DD Richter. 1988. Correlations between
extractable Na, K, Mg, Ca, P and N from fresh and
dried samples of two Aquults. Journal of Soil Science 39:209-214.
Krovetz DO, MA Reiter, JT Sigmon, and FS Gilliam. 1988. Assembly and field testing of
a ground-based presence of cloud detector. Journal
of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 5:579-581.
Gilliam FS. 1988. Interactions of fire with nutrients in the herbaceous
layer of a nutrient-poor Coastal Plain forest. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 115:265-271.
Gilliam FS, TR Seastedt, and AK Knapp. 1987. Canopy rainfall interception and throughfall
in burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. The Southwestern Naturalist 32:267-271.
Gilliam FS. 1987. The chemistry of wet deposition for a tallgrass prairie ecosystem: inputs and interactions with
plant canopies. Biogeochemistry
4:203-217.
Gilliam FS and NL
Christensen. 1986. Herb-layer response
to burning in pine flatwoods of the lower Coastal
Plain of South Carolina. Bulletin of the
Torrey Botanical Club 113:42-45.
Gilliam FS and DD
Richter. 1985. Increases in extractable
ions in infertile Aquults caused by sample
preparation. Soil Science Society of
America Journal 49:1576-1578.
Knapp AK and FS
Gilliam. 1985. Response of Andropogon gerardii to
fire-induced high vs. low irradiance environments in tallgrass
prairie: leaf structures and photosynthetic pigments. American Journal of Botany 72:1668-1671.
Schlesinger WH, JT Gray, and FS Gilliam. 1982. Atmospheric deposition processes and their
importance as sources of nutrients in a chaparral ecosystem of southern
California. Water Resources Research
18:623-629.
PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Clark CM, Y Bai, WD Bowman, JM Cowles, ME Fenn, FS Gilliam, GK Phoenix, I
Siddique, CJ Stevens, HU Sverdrup, and HL Throop. 2013. Nitrogen deposition
and terrestrial biodiversity. In:
Levin S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of
Biodiversity, second edition, Volume 5, pp. 519-536. Waltham, MA:
Academic Press.
Gilliam
FS. 2012. Nitrogen biogeochemistry
research at Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia, USA: soils,
biodiversity, and climate change. In press, In: MA Sutton, et al., eds. Nitrogen
Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity: Proceedings of the INI/CLRTAP/CBD
Expert Workshop, 16-18 November 2009. New York, NY: Springer.
Baron JS, M
Barber, A Feest, F Gilliam,
et al. 2012. The effects of atmospheric N deposition on
terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. In press, In: MA
Sutton, et al., eds. Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity:
Proceedings of the INI/CLRTAP/CBD Expert Workshop, 16-18 November 2009. New
York, NY: Springer.
Pardo LH, Geiser LH, Fenn ME, Driscoll CT, Goodale CL, Allen EB, Baron JS, Bobbink
R, Bowman WD, Clark CM, Emmett B, Gilliam FS, Greaver
T, Hall SJ, Lilleskov EA, Liu L, Lynch JA, Nadelhoffer K, Perakis SS,
Robin-Abbott MJ, Stoddard JL, Weathers KC. 2011. Synthesis, Chapter
19. In: Pardo LH, Robin-Abbott MJ,
Driscoll CT, eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical
critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the
United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-80. Newtown Square,
PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station:
229-284.
Gilliam FS, Goodale CL, Pardo LH, Geiser LH, and Lilleskov, EA.
2011. Eastern temperate forests, Chapter 10. In: Pardo LH, Robin-Abbott MJ, Driscoll, CT, eds. Assessment of
Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States. Gen.
Tech. Rep. NRS-80. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 99-116.
Adams, MB, DR DeWalle,
WT Peterjohn, FS Gilliam, WE Sharpe, and KWY Williard.
2006. Soil chemical response to experimental acidification treatments. Chapter
3 pp. 41-69, In: MB Adams, DR DeWalle, and J Hom, editors. The Fernow Watershed Acidification Study,
Series: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 11, New York,
NY: Springer.
DeWalle, DR, JN Kochenderfer, MB Adams,
GW Miller, FS Gilliam, F Wood, SS Odenwald-Clemens,
and WE Sharpe. 2006. Vegetation and acidification. Chapter 5 pp. 137-188, In:
MB Adams, DR DeWalle, and J Hom,
editors. The Fernow Watershed Acidification Study, Series: Environmental
Pollution, Vol. 11, New York, NY: Springer.
Adams, MB, WT
Peterjohn, and FS Gilliam. 2006.
Acidification and nutrient cycling. Chapter 7 pp. 207-236, In: MB Adams, DR DeWalle, and J Hom, editors. The
Fernow Watershed Acidification Study, Series: Environmental Pollution, Vol.
11, New York, NY: Springer.
Gilliam FS
and MR Roberts. 2003. Introduction:
conceptual framework for studies of the herbaceous layer. Chapter 1 pp. 3-11,
In: FS Gilliam and MR Roberts, editors. The herbaceous
layer in forests of Eastern North America. New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, Inc.
Gilliam FS
and MR Roberts. 2003. Interactions
between the herbaceous layer and overstory canopy of
eastern forests: a mechanism for linkage. Chapter 8 pp. 198-223, In: FS Gilliam
and MR Roberts, editors. The herbaceous layer in forests
of Eastern North America. New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
Inc.
Christensen
NL and FS Gilliam. 2003. Temporal and
spatial patterns of herbaceous layer communities on the North Carolina
Piedmont. Chapter 9 pp. 224-237, In: FS Gilliam and MR Roberts, editors. The herbaceous layer in forests of Eastern North America.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Roberts MR
and FS Gilliam. 2003. Response of the
herbaceous layer to disturbance in eastern forests. Chapter 13 pp. 302-320, In:
FS Gilliam and MR Roberts, editors. The herbaceous layer
in forests of Eastern North America. New York, NY: Oxford University
Press, Inc.
Gilliam FS
and MR Roberts. 2003. The dynamic nature
of the herbaceous layer: synthesis and future directions for research. Chapter
14 pp. 323-337, In: FS Gilliam and MR Roberts, editors. The
herbaceous layer in forests of Eastern North America. New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, Inc.
Gilliam
FS and MB Adams. 1999. Effects of
harvesting on soil nitrogen (N) dynamics in a
N-saturated hardwood forest. pp. 29-36, In: JW Stringer and DL Loftis, editors. Proceedings, 12th
Annual Central Hardwoods Conference. 28 February-2
March 1999, Lexington, KY. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-24.
Asheville, NC: USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 293 p.
Gilliam FS and
MB Adams. 1995. Plant and
soil nutrients in young versus mature central Appalachian hardwood stands. pp.
109-118. In: KW Gottschalk, editor. Proceedings, 10th Central
Hardwood Forest Conference. 5-8 March 1995,
Morgantown, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-197. Radnor,
PA: USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 577 p.
Gilliam FS. 1995. Changes in soil physical and chemical
characteristics. Chapter 5, pp. 55-69, In: DK Evans and HA Allen,
editors. Mitigation wetland restoration: environmental effects at Green
Bottom Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia. Technical
Report WRP-RE-10, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station,
Vicksburg, MS.
Gilliam FS and MA Fisher. 1995. Nitrogen
transformations. Chapter 6, pp. 70-76, In: DK Evans and HA Allen,
editors. Mitigation wetland restoration: environmental effects at Green
Bottom Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia. Technical
Report WRP-RE-10, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station,
Vicksburg, MS.
Gilliam
FS. 1991. Ecosystem-level significance
of acid forest soils. pp 187-195. In: RJ Wright, VC Baligar, and RP Murrmann,
editors. Plant-soil interactions at low pH.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic
Publishers. 1104 pp.
Gilliam FS. 1991. The significance of fire in an
oligotrophic forest ecosystem. pp 113-122. In:
SC Nodvin and TA Waldrop, editors. Fire and the
environment: ecological and cultural perspectives: Proceedings of an
international symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69.
Ashville, NC: USDA, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 429 pp.
I have been a member of the Ecological Society of America since 1982.
Teaching:
I primarily teach three courses here in the Department of Biological
Sciences at Marshall University:
Principles of Biology (BSC 121):
Principles of Ecology (BSC 320): Formatting
references
Note that I teach this in the Fall semester with Dr.
Jeff May. Here is the link to his web page: http://www.science.marshall.edu/may/
Plant Ecology (BSC 430/530):
Writing is a very important part of the scientific process. I stress
writing in my classes. In this section, one will find useful links/items
that should be helpful when writing scientific papers/reports.
Here is a very useful paper as a general reference on how to write
scientific papers (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED): Carraway (2006)
Here is a link for the classic writing manual, Elements of Style, by Strunk and White: Elements
of Style
Click here (http://libguides.marshall.edu/bsc320) to go to
a useful webpage (webpage prepared by Ron Titus, Electronic Services Librarian &
Biology Subject Specialist) for using on-line resources through Drinko Library.
Biology Club
I serve as faculty advisor for the Biology Club. Please follow this
link to go the web page: Biology Club. If you are a biology major at Marshall University, or just a student
who is interested in biology in general, please consider joining us.
Personal Interests:
Outside of my professional interests in science, biology in general and
plant ecology in particular, I am interested in several enjoyable activities,
including tennis, wine, basketball, reading, and photography. More important
than any of these professional or personal activities and interests is the
honor I have of being the father of two great children--22-yr old Rachel and
19-yr old Ian.
Ian Stuart
Gilliam
Rachel MacKenzie Gilliam
I am also the grateful husband of a wonderful woman, Laura.
Laura Pleasants Gilliam
Laura holds the position of Executive Director of the United
Way of the River Cities, Inc..
...and our sweet dog Jesse!
I am an Elder at Enslow Park Presbyterian Church.
Click on the photo of EPPC to visit its web site.
Click on the photo for a sermon I was invited to give for the 2008 Christmas
Eve service.
One of my more passionate "hobbies" is NCAA basketball--two teams
in particular. As a result of growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, I am a
big fan of the University
of Kentucky Wildcat basketball team.
Also, as a graduate of Duke University (see above), I am equally as big a
fan of the Duke University
Blue Devil basketball team.
