Cornelia Wilson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• John Butnor, Cornelia Wilson, Melike Bakır, Anthony W. D’Amato, Charles E. Flower, Christopher F. Hansen, Stephen R. Keller, Kathleen Knight, Paula Murakami. 2024. Cold Tolerance Assay Reveals Evidence of Climate Adaptation Among American Elm (Ulmus americana L.) Genotypes
• Xing Wei, Jinnuo Zhang, Anna O. Conrad, Charles E. Flower, Cornelia Wilson, Nancy L. Hayes-Plazolles, Ziling Chen, Zhihang Song, Songlin Fei, Jian Jin. 2023. Machine learning-based spectral and spatial analysis of hyper- and multi-spectral leaf images for Dutch elm disease detection and resistance screening
• Lauren S. Pile, David R. Coyle, Daniel C. C. Dey, Jacob S. Fraser, Todd Hutchinson, Michael A. Jenkins, Christel C. Kern, Benjamin O. Knapp, Dacoda T. Maddox, Cornelia Wilson, G. Geoff. Wang. 2023. Invasive plant management in eastern North American Forests: A systematic review
• Cornelia Wilson, Alejandro A. Royo, John Stanovick, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Ami M. Sharp, Sandra L. Anagnostakis. 2022. Deer browse susceptibility limits chestnut restoration success in northern hardwood forests
• Danielle Mikolajewski, Vince D'Amico, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Cornelia Wilson, Charles E. Flower, Lara Roman, Tara L.E. Trammell. 2022. Restoring the iconic Ulmus americana to urban landscapes: Early tree growth responds to aboveground conditions
• James R. Wright, Stephen Matthews, Cornelia Wilson, Christopher M. Tonra. 2022. Preferences of avian seed-hoarders in advance of potential American chestnut reintroduction
• Alexander Fotis, Charles E. Flower, Jeff W. Atkins, Cornelia Wilson, Amanda D. Rodewald, Stephen Matthews. 2022. The short-term and long-term effects of honeysuckle removal on canopy structure and implications for urban forest management
• Lauren S. Pile, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Jacob S. Fraser, Cornelia Wilson. 2022. Controlling an Invasive Tree with a Native Fungus: Inoculating Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-Heaven) with Verticillium nonalfalfae in Highly Disturbed Appalachian Forests of Ohio
• Eric J. Gustafson, Brian R. Miranda, Tyler J. Dreaden, Cornelia Wilson, Douglass F. Jacobs. 2022. Beyond blight: Phytophthora root rot under climate change limits populations of reintroduced American chestnut
• Charles E. Flower, Cornelia Wilson, Kathleen Knight, Keith Woeste, James M. Slavicek. 2020. Back from the Brink: Forest Service Efforts to Create Dutch Elm Disease Tolerant Trees for Use in Urban and Rural Restoration
• Cornelia Wilson, Alejandro A. Royo, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Matthew Peters, Ami M. Sharp, Sandra L. Anagnostakis. 2020. The effect of site quality on performance of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedlings bred for blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) resistance
• Cornelia Wilson, Scott Schlarbaum, Scott Tepke. 2020. Using oak silviculture to reintroduce American chestnut
• Stacy Byrd, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Barbara S. Crane, Cornelia Wilson, Paul Schaberg, Melissa Thomas-Van Gundy. 2020. Restoration of the American chestnut will require more than a blight-resistant tree
• Alejandro A. Royo, Cornelia Wilson, John Stanovick, Susan L. Stout. 2019. Timing is Not Everything: Assessing the Efficacy of Pre- Versus Post-Harvest Herbicide Applications in Mitigating the Burgeoning Birch Phenomenon in Regenerating Hardwood Stands
• Quinn Morgan, Tamara L. Johnstone-Yellin, Cornelia Wilson, Matthew Peters, Alejandro A. Royo. 2019. Partitioning and predicting forage biomass from total aboveground biomass of regenerating tree species using dimensional analyses
• Cornelia Wilson, Thomas Hall, Arnold Saxton, Scott Schlarbaum, James Bailey. 2018. Effects of Seedling Quality and Family on Performance of Northern Red Oak Seedlings on a Xeric Upland Site
• Cornelia Wilson, Charles E. Flower, Kathleen Knight, C. Marks, Rakesh Minocha, D. Lesser, Keith Woeste, Paul Schaberg, B. Baldwin, D.M. Delatte, Timothy Fox, Nancy L. Hayes-Plazolles, B. Held, Kirsten Lehtoma, Stephanie Long, S. Mattix, A. Sipes, J.M. Slavicek. 2017. Development of new Dutch Elm disease-tolerant selections for restoration of the American Elm in urban and forested landscapes
• Kathleen Knight, Linda Haugen, Cornelia Wilson, Paul Schaberg, Jim Slavicek. 2017. American elm (Ulmus americana) in restoration plantings: a review
• Charles E. Flower, Cornelia Wilson, Jim Slavicek. 2017. Restoring ecosystem resilience to urban forests using Dutch elm disease-tolerant American elm trees
• Charles E. Flower, Jim Slavicek, Dale Lesser, Steven Eshita, Cornelia Wilson. 2017. Canopy decline assessment in American elm after inoculation with different doses of Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi
• Cornelia Wilson, Kathleen Knight, Linda Haugen, Charles E. Flower, Jim Slavicek. 2017. Proceedings of the American elm restoration workshop 2016
• Cornelia Wilson, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Stacy Byrd, Arnold M. Saxton, Ami M. Sharp, Callie Schweitzer, Frederick V. Hebard. 2017. Growth, survival, and competitive ability of chestnut (Castanea Mill.) seedlings planted across a gradient of light levels
• Cornelia Wilson, Thomas J. Hall, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Arnold M. Saxton, James Bailey. 2017. Establishing northern red oak on a degraded upland site in northeastern Pennsylvania: Influence of seedling pedigree and quality
• Cornelia Wilson, Stacy Byrd, Scott Schlarbaum, Arnold Saxton, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, Frederick Hebard. 2015. Effects of temporal dynamics, nut weight and nut size on growth of American chestnut, Chinese chestnut and backcross generations in a commercial nursery
• S.L. Anagnostakis, Cornelia Wilson. 2014. Restoration of chestnuts as a timber crop in Connecticut
• Cornelia Wilson. 2014. American chestnut: A test case for genetic engineering?
• Stacy Byrd, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Cornelia Wilson, Sandra L. Anagnostakis, Michael R. Saunders, Melissa Thomas-Van Gundy, Paul Schaberg, James McKenna, Jane F. Bard, Paul C. Berrang, David M. Casey, Chris E. Casey, Barbara Crane, Brian D. Jackson, Jeff D. Kochenderfer, Russ MacFarlane, Robert Makowske, Mark Miller, Jason A. Rodrigue, Jim Stelick, Christopher D. Thornton, Tyler S. Williamson. 2014. Reintroduction of American Chestnut in the National Forest System
• Cornelia Wilson, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Jennifer A. Franklin, David S. Buckley, Stacy Byrd, Callie Schweitzer, Arnold M. Saxton, Frederick V. Hebard. 2012. Early results of a chestnut planting in eastern Kentucky illustrate reintroduction challenges
• Cornelia Wilson, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Arnold M. Saxton, Stacy Byrd, Callie Schweitzer, David Smith, Alex Mangini, Frederick V. Hebard. 2011. Incidence of Craesus castaneae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) on Chestnut Seedlings Planted in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  Research Natural Areas of the Northern Research Station StoryMap

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/dataandtools/research-natural-areas-northern-research-station-storymap

• Project
  

  Early Detection and Accurate Diagnosis of Invasive Forest Pests with Spectral Imaging and DNA Barcoding

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-spectral-imaging-forest-pests
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/htirc
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Strategies to Manage the Loss of Ash and Elm Trees

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/ashelmloss
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Turning invasive pests against themselves - protecting trees with anti-pest-specific treatments

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/projects/managing-invasives-rnai
  Station

  Southern Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCEx Genetics: Molecular Genetics and Applications

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/sciencex-genetics-molecular-genetics-and-applications
• Podcast
  

  Forestcast Season 2: Backcross - Episode 3: The Past, Present and Future of American Chestnut

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/podcasts/forestcast-season-2-backcross-episode-3-past-present-and-future
• Podcast
  

  Forestcast Season 2: Backcross - Episode 1: Tree Species Restoration & Resistance Breeding

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/podcasts/forestcast-season-2-backcross-episode-1-tree-species-restoration

• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Phd, Natural Resources, 2011
• Master of Forestry, Yale School Of Forestry And Environmental Studies, Forest Management, 2008
• Oberlin College, Bachelor Of Arts, Biology, 2003