Contact Information
Mailing Address
501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80639
Education
- 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)
Professional/Academic Experience
1995-1996, Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Research Fellow. J. William Fulbright
Fellowship; Teaching, Research
1996-1997, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Lecturer, Teaching
1997-2003, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Assistant Professor; Teaching, Research,
Service
2003-2008, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Associate Professor; Teaching, Research,
Service
2008-2011, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Assistant Professor;
Teaching, Research, Service
2011-2014, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Associate Professor;
Teaching, Research, Service
2014-pres, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Professor; Teaching,
Research, Service
2014-2015, Interim Associate Dean of Research, College of Natural and Health Sciences, University
of Northern Colorado
2015 Fall, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanic Garden, China, International Visiting
Scholar; Research, Taught short course
2016 Spring, Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, International Visiting
Scholar; Research
Research/Areas of Interest
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.
Publications/Creative Works
Peer-reviewed publications
- Ke Guo, Chang-Cheng Liu, Zong-Qiang Xie, Frank Yonghong Li, Scott B. Franklin, Zhi-Jun
Lu & Ke-Ping Ma. 2018. China Vegetation Classification: concept, approach and applications.
Phytocoenologia 48: DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2017/0166.
- De Cáceres, M., Franklin, Scott B., Hunter, John T., Landucci, Flavia, Dengler, Jürgen,
Roberts, David W. 2018. Global overview of plot-based vegetation classification approaches.
Phytocoenologia 48: 1-12. DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2018/0256. (SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTION)
- Ahn, Jehwoo, Scott B. Franklin & Vladimir Douhovnikoff. 2017. Epigenetic variation
in clonal stands of aspen. Folia Geobotanica 52: 443-449.
- Meng, H., X. Wei, S. B. Franklin, H. Wu, M. Jiang. 2017. Geographical variation and
the role of climate in leaf traits of a relict tree species across its distribution
in China. Plant Biology 19: 552–561.
- Franklin, S.B., Xiujuan Qiao & Zhijun Lu. 2017. Spatial Patterns of Species Biodiversity
in Terrestrial Environments. Oxford Bibliographies DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0179.
- Bretfeld, M., Scott B. Franklin & Robert M. Hubbard. 2017. Initial evidence for simultaneous,
bi-directional sap flow in roots of interconnected aspen ramets (Populus tremuloides). Folia Geobotanica 52:345-352.
- Hao, Wu, Scott B. Franklin, Jianming Liu & Zhijun Lu. 2017. Relative importance of
density dependence and topography on tree mortality in a subtropical mountain forest.
Forest Ecology & Management 384: 169-179.
- Wang Q., Punchi-Manage R., Lu Z., Franklin S., Wang Z., Li Y., Chi X., Bao D., Guo
Y., Lu J., Xu Y., Qiao X. and Jiang M. 2016. Effects of topography on structuring
species assemblages in a subtropical forest. J Plant Ecol, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw047
- Franklin, S.B., Hunter, J., De Cáceres, M., Dengler, J., Krestov, P., Landucci, F.
2016. Introducing the IAVS Vegetation Classification Working Group. Phytocoenologia 46: 5-8. DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2016/0116.
- Wang, Wei, Scott B. Franklin, Zhijun Lu & Brian J. Rude. 2016. Delayed Flowering in
Bamboo: Evidence from in the Qinling Mountains of China. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:151. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00151.
- Bretfeld, M., Scott B. Franklin & Robert K. Peet. 2016. A multiple-scale assessment
of long-term aspen persistence and elevational range shifts in the Colorado Front
Range. Ecological Monographs 86:244-260. DOI: 10.1890/15-1195.1.
- Qiao, Xiujuan, Junmeng Lu, Qianxi Li, Qinggang Wang, Zhiyao Tang, Scott Franklin,
Jiaxin Zhang, Zhijun Lu, Dachuan Bao, Yili Guo, Haibo Liu, Yaozhan Xu, & Mingxi Jiang.
2015. Beta diversity determinants in Badagonshan, a subtropical forest in central
China. Scientific Reports 5:17043. DOI: 10.1038/srep17043.
- Xu Y., J. Zhang, S.B. Franklin, J. Liang, P. Ding, Y. Luo, Z. Lu, D. Bao and M. Jiang.
2015. Improving allometry models to estimate the above- and belowground biomass of
subtropical forest, China. Ecosphere 6(12): 289. DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00198.1
- De Cáceres, Miquel; Chytry, Milan; Agrillo, Emiliano; Attorre, Fabio; Botta-Dukát,
Zoltán; Capelo, Jorge; Czúcz, Balint; Dengler, Jürgen; Ewald, Joerg; Faber-Langendoen,
Don; Enrico, Feoli; Franklin, Scott; Gavilán, Rosario; Gillet, François; Jansen, Florian;
Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Krestov, Pavel; Landucci, Flavia; Lengyel, Attila; Loidi, Javier;
Mucina, Ladislav; Peet, Robert; Roberts, Dave; Roleček, Jan; Schaminée, Joop; Schmidtlein,
Sebastian; Theurillat, Jean-Paul; Tichý, Lubomír; Walker, Donald; Wildi, Otto; Willner,
Wolfgang; Wiser, Susan. 2015. A comparative framework for broad-scale plot-based vegetation
classification. Applied Vegetation Science 18:543-560. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12179
- Bretfeld, Mario, James Doerner & S.B. Franklin. 2015. Radial growth response and vegetative
sprouting of aspen following release from competition due to insect-induced conifer
mortality. Forest Ecology & Management 347: 96-106.
- Beverly, Daniel & S.B. Franklin. 2015. Separation of heterotrophic and autotrophic
contributions to soil CO2 efflux under simulated dormancy conditions. Open Journal of Forestry 5: 274-286. DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2015.53024.
- ESA Panel [Franklin, S.B. et al.]. 2015. How can a national vegetation classification
help ecological research and management? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13:185-186.
- Rayle, Courtney M., S.B. Franklin & Zhijun Lu. 2015. Fire occurrence in relation to
bamboo dominance in the Qinling Mountains of China: Evidence from phytolith and charcoal
records in Holocene sediments. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences 58: 1182–1190. .
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.
Recently presented papers
Oral
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Franklin, S.B., Pawel Olejniczak & Jozef Sibik. 2018. Clonal Plant Response to Disturbance
in the Montane Spruce Forests of the Tatras, Central Europe. Clonal Plant Conference,
Brunswick, ME, USA.
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Franklin, S.B., Pawel Olejniczak & Jozef Sibik. 2018. Clonal Plant Response to Disturbance
in the Montane Spruce Forests of the Tatras, Central Europe. Rocky Mountain National
park Symposium, Estes Park, CO, USA.
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Franklin, Scott B., Don Faber-Langendoen & Jozef Sibik. 2017. Division Level Examples
for a Global Vegetation-based Biome Classification. International Association of Vegetation Science, Palermo, Sicily.
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Franklin, Scott B., Mario Bretfeld, Robert K. Peet, Kimberly Kaufeld, James Doerner
& Megan Heier. 2015. Forty years of change in aspen forests, Rocky Mountain National
Park (CO). Clonal Plant Workshop, Třeboň, Czech Republic.
- Lupardus, Randi & Scott Franklin. 2015. Potential Environmental Impacts of Shale Development
on Proximate Flora. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
- Franklin, Scott B., Bretfeld, Mario, Peet, Robert K., Kaufeld, Kimberly, & Doerner,
James. 2015. Forty years of change in aspen forests, Rocky Mountain National Park,
USA. Rocky Mountain National Park Research Conference, Estes Park, CO.
- Kaufeld, K., Scott B. Franklin & James E. Moore. 2014. Community dynamics along a
disturbance gradient. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.
- Bretfeld, Mario, Scott B. Franklin & Robert K. Peet. 2014. Assessing 40 years of change
in aspen forests of the Rocky Mountain National Park (CO). Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. (Mario won the Vegetation Section Oral Presentation Award for this
talk – Damman Award)
Posters