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Name: Pearson, Scott
Telephone: 828.689.1402; Fax: 828.689.1474
Email: spearson@mhc.edu
Organization:
Department of Natural Sciences
Mars Hill College
Mars Hill, North Carolina 28754 http://biology.mhc.edu/spearson
Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Core Area(s): Trophic Structure (2)
Education:
B.S., Mars Hill College, NC, Botany/Zoology, 1984
M.S., University of Georgia, Zoology, 1987
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Zoology, 1991
Post Doctoral, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ecology, 1991-1993
Appointments:
Associate Professor, Mars Hill College, 1999-Present
Assistant Professor, Mars Hill College, 1994-1999
Research Associate, University of Tennessee, 1993-1994
Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Fraterrigo, J. M.,
M. G. Turner, S. M. Pearson, and P. Dixon. 2005. Effects of past land use on
spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients in southern Appalachian forests. Ecological
Monographs 75:215-230.
Hicks, N. H. and S.
M. Pearson. 2003. Salamander diversity and abundance in forests with
alternative land use histories in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Forest
Ecology and Management 177:117-130.
Mitchell, C. E., M.
G. Turner and S. M. Pearson. 2002. Effects of historical land use and forest
patch size on myrmecochores and ant communities. Ecological Applications 12:1364-1377.
Simons, T. R., S. M. Pearson, and F. R.
Moore. 2000. Application of spatial models to the stopover ecology of
trans-gulf migrants. Studies in Avian
Biology 20:4-14.
Pearson, S. M., M. G. Turner, and J. B.
Drake. 1999. Simulating land‑cover change and species' habitats in the Southern
Appalachian Highlands and the Olympic Peninsula. Ecological Applications 9:1288-1304.
Synergistic Activities:
Past work supported by NSF under the Coweeta LTER program has been
integrated with my teaching activities at the small liberal arts college
where I work. I regularly involved students as field and lab technicians.
Five of these students have made presentations at professional meetings.
Two of them have co-authored papers.
I have also used the research to enhance my teaching leading to the
development of new courses in ecological research methods and
applications of GIS at my institution. The research led to the
development of laboratory exercises in the field of landscape ecology
that have been published.
1. Collaborator on biological inventories for National
Park Service, Appalachian Highlands Inventory and Monitoring Network
2. Contributor
to Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems, landscape/natural
communities section. http://www.forestryencyclopedia.net
3. Participation
in Project Kaleidoscope. MHC institution representative since 1995
4. Participant and
reviewer for Southern Forest Sustainability/Resource Assessment, an initiative
of the Southern Research Station of the US Forest Service
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