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Tom Waldrop, PhD

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Tom Waldrop, PhD

Team Leader/Supervisory Research Forester

Southern Research Station

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Lauren S. Pile, Tom Waldrop. 2016. Shortleaf pine and mixed hardwood stands: thirty-four years after regeneration with the fell-and-burn technique in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Donald L. Hagan, Tom Waldrop, Matthew Reilly, Timothy M. Shearman. 2015. Impacts of repeated wildfire on long-unburned plant communities of the southern Appalachian Mountains
Michael C. Stambaugh, J. Morgan Varner, Reed F. Noss, Daniel C. C. Dey, Norman L. Christensen, Robert F. Baldwin, Richard P. Guyette, Brice Hanberry, Craig A. Harper, Sam G. Lindblom, Tom Waldrop. 2015. Clarifying the role of fire in the deciduous forests of eastern North America: reply to Matlack
Amber L. Pitt, Robert F. Baldwin, Joseph J. Tavano, Tom Waldrop, Ross J. Phillips. 2014. Synthesis of the effects of fire on Southern Appalachian fauna
Tom Waldrop, Helen Mohr, Ross Phillips, Dean M. Simon. 2014. The national fire and fire surrogate study: vegetation changes over 11 years of fuel reduction treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Patrick Brose, Tom Waldrop. 2014. Making sense out of confusion: a review of fire-oak papers published in the past 50 years
Tom Waldrop. 2014. Proceedings: Wildland Fire in the Appalachians: Discussions Among Managers and Scientists
Patrick Brose, Daniel C. C. Dey, Tom Waldrop. 2014. The fire—oak literature of eastern North America: synthesis and guidelines
G. Geof Wang, Zhi-Ping Wang, Aaron D. Stottlemyer, Tom Waldrop. 2013. A test of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program’s down woody material indicator for regional fuel estimation in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (PROJECT SO-F-06-01)
Patrick Brose, Daniel C. C. Dey, Ross Phillips, Tom Waldrop. 2013. A meta-analysis of the fire-oak hypothesis: Does prescribed burning promote oak reproduction in eastern North America
Tom Waldrop, Lucy Brudnak, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak. 2013. Fuel loading in the Southern Appalachian Mountains may be a function of site quality and decomposition rates
Helen Mohr, Tom Waldrop. 2013. Impact of rainfall on the moisture content of large woody fuels
Ross Phillips, Tom Waldrop, Aaron D. Stottlemyer. 2013. Occurrence and spread of nonnative invasive plants in stands treated with fire and/or mechanical treatments in the upper piedmont of South Carolina
Ross Phillips, Tom Waldrop. 2013. Fuel loading following fuel-reduction treatments and impacts from natural disturbances
Aaron D. Stottlemyer, G. Geoff Wang, Tom Waldrop, Christina E. Wells, Mac A. Callaham. 2013. Short-term effects of fuel reduction treatments on soil mycorrhizal inoculum potential in beetle-killed stands
Horace E. Gambrell, Tom Waldrop, G. Geoff Wang, Mac A. Callaham, William C. Bridges. 2013. Fuel dynamics across southern Appalachian landscapes
Tom Waldrop, Daniel Yaussy, Ralph E.J. Boerner, Katie H. Greenberg, Dean M. Simon. 2013. Fuel-reduction treatments for restoration in eastern hardwoods: impacts on multiple ecosystem components
Carin E. Vadala, Robert D. Bixler, Tom Waldrop. 2013. Interest group opinions about fuel reduction in southern Appalachia
Katie H. Greenberg, Tom Waldrop, Joseph Tomcho, Ross Phillips, Dean Simon. 2012. Bird response to fire severity and repeated burning in upland hardwood forest
James D. McIver, Scott L. Stephens, James K. Agee, Jamie Barbour, Ralph E. J. Boerner, Carl B. Edminster, Karen L. Erickson, Kerry L. Farris, Christopher J. Fettig, Carl E. Fiedler, Sally M. Haase, Stephen C. Hart, Jon E. Keeley, Eric E. Knapp, John F. Lehmkuhl, Jason J. Moghaddas, William Otrosina, Kenneth Outcalt, Dylan W. Schwilk, Carl N. Skinner, Tom Waldrop, C. Phillip Weatherspoon, Daniel Yaussy, Andrew Youngblood, Steve Zack. 2012. Ecological effects of alternative fuel-reduction treatments: highlights of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS)
Tom Waldrop, Helen Mohr. 2012. Low-cost regeneration techniques for mixed-species management – 20 years later
Helen Mohr, Zoe Hoyle, Tom Waldrop. 2012. Science delivery is a two-way street – development of the Consortium Of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists (CAFMS)
Aaron D. Stottlemyer, G. Geoff Wang, Tom Waldrop. 2012. Beetle-killed stands in the South Carolina piedmont: from fuel hazards to regenerating oak forests
Tom Waldrop, Scott Goodrick. 2012. Introduction to prescribed fires in Southern ecosystems
Matthew Reilly, Tom Waldrop, Joseph J. O'Brien. 2012. Fuels management in the southern Appalachian Mountains, hot continental division
Tom Waldrop, Patrick Brose. 2012. Canopy accession patterns of table mountain and pitch pines during the 19th and 20th centuries
E.S. Kilpatrick, J.D. Lanham, Tom Waldrop. 2010. Effects of fuel reduction treatments on avian nest density in the upper piedmont of South Carolina
Charlotte E. Matthews, Christopher E. Moorman, Katie H. Greenberg, Tom Waldrop. 2010. Response of Reptiles and Amphibians to Repeated Fuel Reduction Treatments
Tom Waldrop, Ross Phillips, Dean A. Simon. 2010. Fuels and predicted fire behavior in the southern Appalachian Mountains and fire and fire surrogate treatments
Eran S. Kilpatrick, Tom Waldrop, Joseph D. Lanham, Katie H. Greenberg, Tom H. Contreras. 2010. Short-term effects of fuel reduction treatments on herpetofauna from the southeastern United States
Patrick Brose, Tom Waldrop. 2010. A dendrochronological analysis of a disturbance-succession model for oak-pine forests of the Appalachian Mountains, USA
Daniel Yaussy, Tom Waldrop. 2010. Delayed mortality of eastern hardwoods after prescribed fire
Helen Mohr, Tom Waldrop, Dean M. Simon. 2010. Using BEHAVEPlus for predicting fire behavior in southern Appalachian hardwood stands subjected to fuel reduction treatments
Lucy Brudnak, Tom Waldrop, Ross Phillips. 2010. Use of a thermocouple-datalogger system to evaluate overstory mortality
T. Adams Coates, Victor B. Shelburne, Tom Waldrop, Bill R. Smith, Hoke S., Jr. Hill, Dean M. Simon. 2010. Forest soil response to fuel reduction treatments in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Ross Phillips, Tom Waldrop, Dean M. Simon. 2010. Third-year responses of understory woody regeneration to fuel reduction treatments in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Aaron D. Stottlemeyer, G. Geoff Wang, Patrick Brose, Tom Waldrop. 2010. Energy content in dried leaf litter of some oaks and mixed mesophytic species that replace oaks
Patrick Brose, Tom Waldrop, Helen Mohr. 2010. A comparison of northern and southern table mountain pine stands
Dylan W. Schwilk, Jon E. Keeley, Eric E. Knapp, James Mciver, John D. Bailey, Christopher J. Fettig, Carl E. Fiedler, Richy J. Harrod, Jason J. Moghaddas, Kenneth Outcalt, Carl N. Skinner, Scott L. Stephens, Tom Waldrop, Daniel Yaussy, Andrew Youngblood. 2009. The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: effects of fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels
Tom Waldrop. 2009. Response of Soricid populations to repeated fire and fuel reduction treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Matthew Reilly, Joseph J. O'Brien, Tom Waldrop. 2008. Fuels Management in the Hot Continental Division, Southern Appalachian Mountains
James Barnett, Rod Busby, Floyd Bridgwater, Don English, Jim Hanula, Nancy Herbert, Kurt Johnsen, Brad Kard, Kier D. Klepzig, Charlie McMahon, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Tim Rials, Bob Rummer, Mike Shelton, Ron Thill, Tom Waldrop, Joan L. Walker, Nancy Walters. 2000. Sustainability and productivity of southern pine ecosystems
Eric R. Scholl, Tom Waldrop. 1999. Photos for estimating fuel loadings before and after prescribed burning in the upper coastal plain of the southeast

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ph.D., Ecology, 1983
Clemson University, M.F., Forest Protection, 1980
Clemson University, B.S., Forest Management, 1978

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