Teaching Responsibilities

• FOR 3354 Urban Forestry and Arboriculture
• FOR 4454 Urban Forest Management and Policy
• HORT 3584 Special Topics - Tree Care

Selected Research Activities

• Demonstration and research of overhead utility compatible trees. Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Grant Program. Virginia Department of Forestry.
• Earthworm ecology and applied technology in landscape tree soils. The John Z. Duling Grant Program. Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund, The International Society of Arboriculture.
• Destabilization force of newly-transplanted trees and the efficacy of tree stabilization systems. The Frank S. Santamour, Jr. Grant Program. Mid-Atlantic Chapter, International Society of Arboriculture.
• Soil inoculum potential and mycorrhizal colonization in Acer rubrum from forested and developed ecosystems. The John Z. Duling Grant Program. Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund, The International Society of Arboriculture.
• Arboricultural management program for Virginia’s Roadsides. Virginia Department of Transportation.

Selected Publications

Refereed Publications

• Kirwan, J.L., P.E. Wiseman and J.R. Seiler. 2007. Trees on K-12 school campuses in Virginia. Virginia Journal Science 58(1):3–16.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Best Management Practices-Integrated Pest Management. Champaign, IL: International Society of Arboriculture. 29 p.

• Wiseman, P.E. and C.E. Wells. 2005. Soil inoculum potential and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of Acer rubrum in forested and developed landscapes. Journal of Arboriculture 31(6): 296-302.

• Gough, C.M., J.R. Seiler, P.E. Wiseman, and C.M. Maier. 2005. Soil CO2 efflux in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations on the Virginia Piedmont and South Carolina Coastal Plain over a rotation-length chronosequence. Biogeochemistry. 73(1):127-147.

• Wiseman, P.E. and J.R. Seiler. 2004. Soil CO2 efflux across four age classes of plantation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) on the Virginia Piedmont. Forest Ecology and Management 192: 297-311.   

          

Non-Referred Publications   

• Dorr, J.L., J.K. Otey, and P.E. Wiseman. 2007. Tinker Air Force Base Urban Tree Inventory. Conservation Management Institute and Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. CMI-MLD R-48. 71 p.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Geospatial applications in urban forestry: a case study of the Virginia Tech campus. The Virginia Geospatial Newsletter 5(3):1+.
• Kirwan, J.L. and P.E. Wiseman. 2006. Do we really value urban and community trees? Virginia Forests 62(1):10-14.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2004. Topics in plant health care: water stress in trees. Arborist News 13(3): 13-14.
• Gough, C.M., J.R. Seiler, and P.E. Wiseman. 2004. Predicting soil CO2 efflux rates in the loblolly pine ecosystem across the region. In: K.F. Conner (ed.), Proceedings of the 12th biennial southern silviculture research conference. General Technical Report SRS-71 (pp. 443-445). USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina. 594 p.
• Wiseman, P.E. and C.E. Wells. 2003. Root colonization and growth response of mycotrophic plant hosts inoculated with commercial VAM products. XXVIIth Horticultural Congress, Providence, RI, October 3-6. HortScience 38(5): 775.

Selected Presentations  

   

Invited Presentations   

• Wiseman, P.E., J.K. Otey, and P. Revell. 2007. Urban forest inventory and assessment using i-Tree. Virginia Department of Forestry Resource Management Academy. Wirtz, VA. September 27th.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Preventing and treating root problems in young trees. Connecticut Tree Protective Association's Young Tree Care Workshop. Burlington, CT. March 15th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Surviving in an urban soil. The 2007 Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association Short Course. Richmond, VA. January 5th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Survival during development: tree preservation and protection. The 2007 Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association Short Course. Richmond, VA. January 5th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2006. The guiding principles of arboriculture. The 19th Annual Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener College. Blacksburg, VA. June 22nd.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2006. Tree hazards: knowing when to preserve and when to cull. The 2006 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Tree Care Symposium. Richmond, VA. February 16th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2006. Landscape tree inventory: the basis of sound management. The 2006 Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course. Virginia Beach, VA. January 30th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2005. The big bang: lightning strikes and tree lightning protection systems. Mid-Atlantic Chapter, International Society of Arboriculture Annual Meeting. Morgantown, WV. September 28th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2005. Soil aeration stress: causes, tree responses, and management strategies. The 63rd Annual International Society of Arboriculture Southern Chapter Conference and Trade Show. Savannah, GA. March 7th.    

   

Poster Presentations at Scientific Meetings   

• Alvey, A.A. and P.E. Wiseman. 2006. Staking, guying, and anchoring: the efficacy of tree stabilization systems installed on recently transplanted trees. International Society of Arboriculture’s 82nd Annual Conference and Trade Show. Minneapolis, MN. July 29-31.
• Wiseman, P.E. and C.E. Wells. 2004. An assessment of mycorrhizal products marketed for woody landscape plants. Urban Ecosystem Science and Policy Roundtable Discussion. Clemson, SC, February 24th.
• Gough C. M., J.R. Seiler, P.E. Wiseman, and C.A. Maier. 2003. Impacts of forest management, climate, and productivity on soil CO2 efflux from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands located on the Virginia Piedmont and the South Carolina coastal plain. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 8-12.
• Wiseman, P.E. and J.R. Seiler. 2001. Soil CO2 efflux across four age classes of plantation loblolly pine on the Virginia Piedmont. The 11th Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference. Knoxville, TN, March 19-22.

Professional Achievements

• Douglas R. Phillips Award for Outstanding Graduate Student. 2003. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Clemson University.
• Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society, Alpha Beta Chapter. 2003. Clemson University.
• Certified Arborist #SO-1599A. 1998. International Society of Arboriculture.