Department of Forestry
 

Carolyn Copenheaver - Associate Professor

Teaching Responsibilities

  • FOR 3314 - Forest Ecology and Silvics
  • FOR 5374 - Advanced Forest Ecology

Selected Publications

  • Black, B.A., Copenheaver, C.A., Frank, D.C., Stuckey, M.J., and Kormanyos, R.E. 2009. Multiproxy reconstructions of northeastern Pacific sea surface temperature data from trees and Pacific geoduck.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 278:40-47.

  • Copenheaver, C.A., Nelson, K.L., and Goldbeck, K. 2009. The academic roots of forestry programs: A case study from Virginia Tech.  Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 38:99-105.

  • Hendrick, L.E. and Copenheaver, C.A. 2009. Using repeat landscape photography to assess vegetation changes in rural communities of the southern Appalachian Mountains in Virginia, USA.  Mountain Research and Development 29:21-29.

  • Copenheaver, C.A., Predmore, S.A., and Askamit, D.N. 2009. Conversion of rare grassy openings to forest: Have these areas lost their conservation value? Natural Areas Journal 29:133-139.

  • Copenheaver, C.A., Black, B.A., Stine, M.B., McManamay, R.H. and Bartens, J. 2009. Identifying dendroecological growth releases in American beech, jack pine, and white oak: Within-tree sampling strategy. Forest Ecology and Management 257:2235-2240.

  • Radtke, P.J., Amateis, R.L., Prisley, S.P., Copenheaver, C.A., Chojnacky, D.C., Pittman, J.R., and Burkhart, H.E. 2009. Modeling production and decay of coarse woody debris in loblolly pine plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 257:790-799.

  • Bhuta, A. A. R., Kennedy, L.M., Copenheaver, C.A., Sheridan, P.M., and Campbell, J.B. 2008. Shade tolerance and boundary-line growth patterns for remnant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in mixed pine-hardwood forests, southeastern Virginia.  Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135:516-529.

  • Predmore, S.A., Copenheaver, C.A., and Mortimer, M.J. 2008. Ecosystem management in the US Forest Service: A persistent process but dying discourse.  Journal of Forestry 106:339-345.

  • Copenheaver, C.A. 2008. Old-field succession in western New York: The progression of forbs and woody species from abandonment to mature forest.  Rhodora 110:157-170.

  • Copenheaver, C.A., Yancey, M.W., Pantaleoni, E., and Emrick, V.R. 2007. Dendroclimatic analysis of a bottomland hardwood forest: Floodplain vs. terrace responses.  Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:505-511.

  • Copenheaver, C.A., Prisley, S. P., Pittman, J. R., Yonce, M. E., Issem, C. M. S., and Jensen, K. A. 2007. The geography of grist, flour, and saw mills: indictors of land-use history in Virginia.  Southeastern Geographer 47:138-154.
  • Kirwan, M.L., Kirwan, J.L., and Copenheaver, C.A. 2007. Dynamics of an estuarine forest and its response to rising sea level. Journal of Coastal Research 23:457-463.
  • Copenheaver, C. A., Pokorski, E. A., Currie, J.E., and Abrams, M.D. 2006. Causation of false ring formation in Pinus banksiana: a comparison of age, canopy class, climate and growth rate. Forest Ecology and Management 236:348-355.
  • Copenheaver, C. A., Matthews, J. M., Showalter, J. M., and Auch, W. E.  2006.  Forest stand development patterns in the southern Appalachians.  Northeastern Naturalist 13:477-494.
  • Copenheaver, C.A., Dorr, J.L., Flatley, W.T., and Garst, D.W. 2006. Temporal variability in the spatial distribution of an eastern red cedar-chinquapin oak woodland in Virginia. Natural Areas Journal 26:274-279.
  • Copenheaver, C.A., Kyle, K.H., Stevens, G.N., and Kamp, M.H. 2005. Comparing Juniperus virginia tree-ring chronologies from forest edge vs. forest interior positions in the Cedars Natural Area Preserve in Virginia, USA. Dendrochronologia 23:39-45.
  • Fuhrman, N.E., Copenheaver, C.A., and Duncan, D.W. 2005. A comparison of first-year college student attitudes toward coarse woody debris following review of a brochure and participation in a cooperative learning activity. NACTA Journal 49:27-35.
  • Copenheaver, C. A. 2004. A Comparison of Scientific and Literary Perceptions of Pre-European Settlement Forests in Michigan. Michigan Academician 36:267-286.
  • Copenheaver, C. A., Duncan, D. W., Leslie, L. D., and McGehee, N. G. 2004. An exploration of cross-disciplinary peer education in natural resources. Journal of Natural Resource and Life Science Education 33:124-130.
  • Copenheaver, C.A. Fuhrman, N. E., Gellerstedt, L. S., and Gellerstedt, P. A. 2004. Tree encroachment in forest openings: A case study from Buffalo Mountain, Virginia. Castanea 69:297-308.
  • Radtke, P. J., Prisley, S. P., Amateis, R. L., Copenheaver, C. A., and Burkhart, H. E. 2004. A proposed model for deadwood C production and decay in loblolly pine plantations. Environmental Management 33:56-64.

Professional Organizations

  • Society of American Foresters
  • Virginia Forestry Association
  • Tree-Ring Society
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Torrey Botanical Society
  • Natural Areas Association
  • Southern Appalachian Botanical Society