At
the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, I worked with Dr. Rebecca R. Sharitz as
a Research Coordinator. My duties involved a number of field, lab and administrative
tasks.
My research focused on wetland forest ecology: succession, response to disturbance,
lianas,
and seedling dynamics. Long-term studies in Upper
Three Runs creek,
Savannah river, and the Congaree
river floodplains have looked at secondary
succession
and response to disturbance in floodplain forests. Seedling demographics
were monitored annually at 4 sites where more than 14,000 seedling have been tagged
since 1988. In the Congaree swamp, Dr.
Sharitz established ten 1-ha plots after Hurricane Hugo struck. I led crews that
re-sampled these plots as well as data analysis, presentation, and publishing.
The Congaree swamp is one of the last best remaining examples of old-growth floodplain forest in the southeastern United States. It is located south of Columbia, SC below the fall line on the upper Coastal Plain.
I am currently a Ph.d. student Ohio State University.
Selected
Publications and Presentations
Allen, B.P., R.R. Sharitz, and P.C. Goebel. In Press. Are lianas increasing in importance in floodplain forests in the southeastern United States? Forest Ecology & Management.
Zhao, D., R.R. Sharitz, and B.P. Allen. In Press. Twelve-years of response of old-growth southeastern floodplain forest to disturbance of Hurricane Hugo. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
Allen, B.P., R.R. Sharitz, and P.C. Goebel. 2005. Twelve years post-hurricane liana dynamics in an old-growth southeastern floodplain forest. Forest Ecology and Management 218:259-269.
"Floodplain Forest Development and Successional Models: Do Examples from Old-growth Forest Fit?" Allen, B. P. Seminar presented at the Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources Senior Spring Seminar Series.April 27, 2006.
Allen, B. P. and W.J. Mitsch. 2005. Forest development along the experimental wetlands. In. W.J. Mitsch et al. eds., Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University, Annual Report 2005, 61-70.
Allen, B. P., C. Goebel, and R. R. Sharitz. September 23-26, 2004. Twelve years of liana dynamics in an old-growth southeastern floodplain forest. Poster session presented at The 6th Eastern Old Growth Forest Conference - "Moving Toward Sustainable Forestry: Lessons From Old Growth Forests", Geneva Point Center, Moultonborough, NH.
Allen, Bruce P.; Goebel, P. Charles; Hix, David M. 2004. Thirty-one Years of Stand Development in a Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.) Plantation, North-Central Ohio, USA In: Yaussy, Daniel A.; Hix, David M.; Long, Robert P.; Goebel, P. Charles, eds. Proceedings, 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2004 March 16-19; Wooster, OH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-316. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 434-439.
Allen, B. P. and R. R. Sharitz. August 2000. Responses to severe wind disturbance in an old-growth floodplain forest. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah.
Allen, B.P. and R.R. Sharitz. 1999. Post-hurricane vegetation dynamics in old-growth forests of Congaree Swamp National Monument. p. 306-312. In On the Frontiers of Conservation: 10th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands, edited by D. Harmon. The George Wright Society, Inc. Asheville, NC.
Jones, R.H., B.P. Allen, and R.R. Sharitz. 1997. Why do early-emerging tree seedlings have survival advantages?: A test using Acer rubrum (Aceraceae). American Journal of Botany 84:1714-1718.
Allen, B.P., E.F. Pauley, and R.R. Sharitz. 1997. Hurricane impacts on liana populations in an old-growth southeastern bottomland forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 124:34-42.
My
CV
Contact me at allen.851atosu.edu.