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Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Dr.Ronald Hendrick

Dr. Ronald L. Hendrick

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Contact Information

  • Associate Dean for Academic Programs
  • Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Athens, Georgia
  • Room 1-204
  • Phone:706.542.1385
  • Fax:706.542.3293
  • rhendric@arches.uga.edu

Research Interests

Forest productivity and nutrient cycling, ecology and biology of roots and mycorrhizae, fire, reclamation and bioremediation.

Education

B.S. 1986 Michigan State University

Ph.D Forest Ecology, 1992 Michigan State University

Area of Specialization

  • Forest Ecology

Prior Positions

  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow University of Alaska - Fairbanks

Courses Taught

  • FORS 3020 Forest Ecology
  • FORS 4010 Silviculture
  • FORS 8100 Advanced Forest Ecology

Publications

Ruess, R.W., R.L. Hendrick, A.J. Burton, K.S. Pregitzer, B. Sveinbjornsson, M.F. Allen and G. Maurer. Coupling fine root dynamics with ecosystem carbon cycling in black spruce forests of interior Alaska. Ecological. Monog. In Press.

Crocker, T.L., R.L. Hendrick, R.W. Ruess, K.S. Pregitzer, A.J. Burton, M F. Allen, J. Shan and L.A. Morris. 2003. Substituting root numbers for length: Improving the use of minirhizotrons to study fine root dynamics. Appl. Soil Ecol. 23:127-135.

Pregitzer, K.S., J.L. DeForest, A.J. Burton, M.F. Allen, R.W. Ruess, and R.L. Hendrick. 2002. Fine root length, diameter, specific root length and nitrogen concentration of nine tree species across four North American biomes. Ecological Monog. 72:293-309.

Burton , A.J., K.S. Pregitzer, R.W. Ruess, R.L. Hendrick and M.F. Allen. 2002. Fine root respiration rates in North American forests: effects of Nitrogen concentration and temperature across biomes. Oecologia. 131:559-568.

Hendrick, R.L. 2001. Distribution and Classification of the World’s Forests. Chapter 2, The Forests Handbook, Vol. I. J. Evans and L. Morris, eds. Blackwell Scientific, London. Pg. 23-64.

Schroeer, A.E., R.L. Hendrick and T.B. Harrington. 1999. Root, ground cover and litterfall dynamics within canopy gaps in a slash pine- (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) dominated forest. Ecoscience. 6:548-555.

Elliott, K.J., R.L. Hendrick, J.M. Vose and W.T. Swank. 1999. Vegetation dynamics following a stand-replacement prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians. For. Ecol. Mgt. 114:199-213.

Hendrick, R.L. and K.S. Pregitzer. 1993. The dynamics of fine root length, biomass and nitrogen content in two northern hardwood ecosystems. Can. J. For. Res. 23:2507-2520.

Hendrick, R.L. and K.S. Pregitzer. 1993. Patterns of fine root mortality in two sugar maple forests. Nature 361:59-61

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