Scott B. Franklin

Scott Franklin

Associate Professor

  • Assistant Professor: School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado (2008-2011)
  • Associate Professor: Department of Biology, University of Memphis, TN (2003-2008)
  • Assistant Professor: Department of Biology, University of Memphis, TN (1997-2003)
  • Ph.D.: Plant Ecology, Southern Illinois University (1996)
  • Ph.D.: Biology/Forestry, University of Joensuu, Finland (1996)
  • M.S.: Forest Ecology, Southern Illinois University (1990)
  • B.S.: Biology/Conservation Management, Upper Iowa University (1988)

Contact information

Courses taught | Research interests | Grants, awards, and professional honors | Peer-reviewed publications | Book chapters and books | Recently presented papers

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Courses taught

  • BIO 111 (Survey of Organismal Biology)
  • BIO 114 (Applications of Organismal Biology)
  • BIO 360 (Ecology)
  • SCI 291 (Scientific Writing)
  • BIO 561 (Plant Ecology)
  • BIO 568 (Disturbance Ecology)
  • BIO 565 (Current Topics in Ecology & Evolution)

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Research interests

My research interests settle around the dynamics of vegetation in relation to disturbance. I am interested in the short and long-term response of vegetation communities to natural and applied (restoration) disturbance. I am also interested in the spatial and temporal patterns of disturbances, which have an obvious effect on their severity. The two main disturbances that I have researched are fire and flooding. In addition, I am interested in clonal plant ecology.

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Grants, awards, and professional honors

External grants

  • Franklin, S.B. 2011-2012. Aspen regeneration following large-scale fire disturbance. National Park Service - $12,187.00.
  • Franklin, S.B. & R.K. Peet. 2011. Temporal Changes in Front Range Forests. University of Northern Colorado Provost Fund - $8687.00.
  • Franklin, Scott B. 2010. Classification of vegetation communities of the Short Grass Steppe LTER. NSF-ROA - $18,400.00
  • Franklin, Scott B. 2010. Influence of mechanical thinning, fire and mastication on the spatial structure of the forest floor. Boulder County Parks & Open Spaces - $8700.00.

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Peer-reviewed publications

  • Moore, J.E., S.B. Franklin, D. Larsen & J.W. Grubaugh. 2011. Short-term Assessment of Morphological Change on Five Lower Mississippi River Islands. Southeastern Naturalist 10: 459-476.
  • Moore, J.E., S.B. Franklin & J.W. Grubaugh. 2011. Herbaceous plant community responses to fluctuations in hydrology: Using Mississippi River islands as models for plant community assembly. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138:175-189.
  • Moore, J.E. and S.B. Franklin. 2011. Understanding the relative roles of disturbance and species interactions in shaping Mississippi River island plant communities. Community Ecology12:108-116.
  • Carver, Brian D., M.L. Kennedy, A.E. Houston & S.B. Franklin. 2011. Assessment of temporal partitioning in foraging patterns of syntopic Virginia opossums and raccoons. Journal of Mammalogy 92: 134-139.
  • Franklin, S.B. 2009. Them’s the brakes. Castanea 74:205-206. (Introduction to Special Issue on Canebrakes)
  • Cirtain, Margaret C., Scott B. Franklin & S. Reza Pezeshki. 2009. Effect of light intensity on Arundinaria gigantea: field and laboratory studies. Castanea 74: 236-246.
  • Franklin, S.B. Franklin, J.A. Kupfer, S.R. Pezeshki, R. Gentry & R.D. Smith. 2009. Complex effects of channelization and leveeing on western Tennessee floodplain forest structure, composition and function. Wetlands 29:451-464.
  • Lu, Z., W. Wang, W. Zhang, H. Li, Q. Cao, G. Dang, D. He & S. Franklin. 2009. Spatial-temporal patterns of Bashania fargesii bamboo shoot emergence and giant panda herbivory. Biodiversity Science 17:1-9. (In Chinese)
  • Kupfer, J.A. & S.B. Franklin. 2009. Linking spatial pattern and ecological responses in human-modified landscapes: The effects of deforestation and forest fragmentation on biodiversity. Geography Compass 3: 331-255. (Invited Article)
  • Baldwin, B.S., M. Cirtain, D.S. Horton, J. Ouellette, S. Franklin & J.E. Preece. 2009. Propagation methods for rivercane [Arundinaria gigantea L. (Walter) Muhl.]. Castanea 74: 300-316.
  • Franklin, S.B., J.A. Kupfer, S.R. Pezeshki, R.W. Gentry & R.D. Smith. 2009. Efficacy of the hydrogeomorphic model: a case study from western Tennessee. Ecological Indicators 9:267-283.

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Book chapters and books

  • Franklin, Scott B., Jack W. Grubaugh & Rick Adams. 2010. Ecology Lab Book. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 110 p.
  • Richards, Mary-Anne & Scott Franklin. 2009. Science and Technical Writing: A Guide to the Types of Science and Technical Writing, with a Grammar Review. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 226 p.
  • Fralish, James S. & Scott B. Franklin. 2002. Taxonomy and ecology of woody plants in North American forests (excluding Mexico). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY, 612 p.

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Recently presented papers

  • ORAL
  • Franklin, Scott B., Nathan Kirkley & Matt King. 2011. Effects of mechanical thinning, fire, and mastication on the spatial structure of the forest floor. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
  • Franklin, Scott B. Franklin, Don Faber-Langendoen, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Robert K. Peet, Orie Loucks & Michael Jennings. 2011. European Vegetation Survey Workshop, Rome, Italy.
  • Moore, James E., Scott B. Franklin & Jack W. Grubaugh. 2010. Herbaceous plant community responses to fluctuations in hydrology. International Association of Vegetation Scientists (IAVS), Ensenado, Mexico.
  • Franklin, Scott B. & Zhijun Lu. 2009. Apical dominance, root competition, and clonal integration. 9th Clonal Plant Symposium, Leuven, Belgium. Scott B. Franklin, John A. Kupfer, S. Reza Pezeshki, Randy Gentry & R. Daniel Smith. 2008. Complex effects of channelization and leveeing on weestern Tennessee Floodplain Forest Structure, Composition and Function. Integrating Science into the Restoration and Managment of Floodplain Ecosystems of the Southeast. Little Rock, AR.
  • POSTERS
  • Franklin, Scott B., Mario Bretfeld, Daniel Beverly, and Rob Hubbard. 2010. Regeneration and clonal integration of aspen. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Franklin, Scott B., Mario Bretfeld & Vladimir Douhovnikoff. 2009. Measuring clonal integration in aspen via root sap flow. 9th Clonal Plant Symposium, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Franklin, Scott B. James S. Fralish & James E. Moore. 2009. The history of vegetation ecology in The American Midland Naturalist.  Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
 
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