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CONTACT INFORMATION
School of Forestry
Louisiana Tech University
P. O. Box 10138
Ruston, LA 71272
Phone:
(318) 257-3944
Fax:
(318) 257-5061
E-mail: wross@latech.edu
Office: Lomax 18
Office Hours:
MW: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
MTW: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Please feel free to drop by my office anytime or make an appointment if these hours are not suitable for consultation.
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Dr. William Ross
Assistant Professor
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Fall 2008 Syllabi
Spring 2008 Syllabus
Winter 2007 - 2008 Syllabus
Fall 2007 Syllabus
Education:
Doctor of Forestry, December 1994, College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas.
Master of Forestry, May 1989, College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas.
Bachelor of Arts, History, December 1976, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Positions Held:
Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University School of Forestry, Ruston, LA 71272. December 2003 to present.
Courses taught: Forestry 312, Forest Entomology and Forestry 313, Forest Pathology
Research interests: Forest health, particularly with respect to insects and pathogens in southern United States forest ecosystems. Emphasis is on maintaining healthy productive forests using management that is economically, environmentally and socially acceptable.
Assistant Professor and Extension Forestry Specialist in the Department of Forestry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078. April 1998 – November 2003.
Responsible for forestry educational outreach to a variety of Oklahoma stakeholders. Programs included Oklahoma Master Woodland Owner, other private landowner outreach, continuing education programs for forestry professionals, programs for producers of wood and forest products, and youth programs such as 4-H Forestry competitions.
Various capacities ranging from Graduate Assistant to Lecturer and Research Associate. Arthur Temple College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75961. January 1987 – March 1998.
Courses taught: Forestry 209, Silvics, Fall 1992 –Fall 1993. Introduction to Environmental Science (ENV 110) Fall 1996 – Spring 1997.
Research in a variety of forest health issues including pests of pine plantations, southern pine beetles and red-cockaded woodpeckers.
Selected Publications:
Ross, W.G., Kulhavy, D.L. and Sun, J. 2005. Effects of fertilization and herbicides on growth of young loblolly pine and infestations of
Nantucket pine tip moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Insect Science (2005) 12, 367-374.
Kulhavy, D.L, W.G. Ross and D.L. McDonald. 2004. Values of Wilderness Areas: Southern Pine Beetle Epidemics. North American Geographer (Vol. 4)
Clendendin, M. and W. G. Ross. 2001. Effects of cool season prescribed fire on a pine-hardwood upland in east Texas. Texas J. Sci. 53(1): 65-78.
Conner, R.N., D. Saenz, D.C. Rudolph, W.G. Ross, D.L. Kulhavy and R. N. Coulson. 2001. Does red-cockaded woodpecker excavation of resin wells increase risk of bark beetle infestation of cavity trees? The Auk 118(1): 219-224.
Hacker, W. D., Ross, W.G. and Kulhavy, D. L. 1999. Changes in understory woody vegetation in red-cockaded woodpecker nesting clusters. Tex. J. Sci. 51 (3): 225-230.
