Dr. William Ross

Associate  Professor

 

Contact Information:

Mailing Address:  School of Forestry, LA Tech University, P. O. Box 10138, Ruston, LA  71272

Physical Address:  School of Forestry, LA Tech University, 1201 Reese Dr., Ruston, LA 71270

Office Location:  South Campus, Lomax Hall, Room # 18 

Office Phone Number:  (318)257-3944

Fax Number:  (318)257-5061

Email Address: wross@latech.edu

Office Hours: MTWR 9-10:30 a.m and 1:30-3 p.m.

Courses:

 

 

Fall:

FOR 312-Forest Entomology

Univ 100-University Seminar 100

 

Winter:

FOR 301-Forest Ecology

 

Spring:

FOR 313-Forest Pathology

 

 

Education:

Ph.D.-Stephen F. Austin State University, 1994, Forestry

M.S.-Stephen F. Austin State University, 1989, Forestry

B.A.-University of Texas at Austin, 1976, History

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.