NSF Biographical Sketch - Haines, Bruce
Note: Researcher has retired from Coweeta LTER
 

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Name: 
Haines, Bruce
Organization:
Plant Biology Department
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602  

Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principal Investigator  (Retired)
Specialty:
  Plant Ecology, Nutrient Cycling
Habitat: Terrestrial 
Organism:  Plants
Core Area(s):  Inorganic  Fluxes (4) 

Education:
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Field Biology, 1964
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Botany, 1966
Ph.D., Duke University, Botany, 1971
Post Doctoral, University of Georgia, Botany, 1974-1978

Appointments:
Associate Professor of Botany, University of Georgia, 1984-present
Assistant Professor of Botany, University of Georgia, 1978-1984
Research Associate of Botany, University of Georgia, 1974-1978
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, 1970-1974
Pre-doctoral intern, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1967-1968 

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Elliott, K., L.R. Boring, W.T. Swank, and B. Haines. 1997. 
Successional changes in plant species diversity and composition after clearcutting a southern Appalachian watershed.  Forest Ecology and Management 92:67-85.

Fetcher, N., B. Haines, R. Cordero, D.J. Lodge, L. Walker, D. Fernandez, and W. Lawrence. 1996. Responses of tropical plants to nutrients and light on a landslide in Puerto Rico. Journal of Ecology 84:331-341.  

Beckage, B., J. Clark, B.D. Clinton, and  B.L. Haines. 2000.  A long-term study of tree seedling recruitment in southern Appalachian forests: the effects of canopy gaps and shrub understudies. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30:1617-1631.

Peterson, C., and Haines, B. 2000. Potential facilitation of tree seedling colonization by rotting logs in southern Costa Rica.  Restoration Ecology 8(4):361-369.

Haines B.L. 1977. Nitrogen uptake: apparent pattern during old field succession in southeastern U.S. Oecologia (Berl.) 26:295-303.

Synergistic Activities:
Researching and training graduate student researchers in vegetation regeneration, plant-insect interactions, patterns of mineral cycling, plant ecophysiology, and comparative studies between tropical and temperate LTER sites. I have served on advisory committees for more than sixty-five graduate students other than my own.