William B. Patterson Assistant Professor
Education
B.A. Davidson College, 1983
M.S. University of Tennessee, 1989
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1997
Courses
Forestry 300
(Forest Soils)
Forestry 402
(Watershed Management)
Forestry/Biological
Sciences 428/528 (Wetland Ecology)
ANS 489B/589B (Advanced Forest Soils and Nutrition)
Research Interests
Forest soils and productivity, water quality, forested wetland ecology
Graduate Students
M.S. Project "Relating Morphology, Nutrition, and Bud Development to Liquid Fertilizer Application of Containerized Longleaf Pine".
M.S. Project "Forestry Best Management Practice effectiveness in reducing nonpoint source pollution".
Current Research Projects
Prescribed fire effects on soil physical properties (cooperative work agreement with Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service).
Dissolved oxygen dynamics in north Louisiana forested streams (funded by Willamette Industries, Inc./Weyerhaeuser Company).
Pinestraw raking and fertilization effects on soil physical properties (cooperative work agreement with LSU Ag Center, Calhoun Research Station.
Selected Publications
2004. Patterson, W.B.,
M.A. Sword-Sayer, J.D. Haywood, and S. Brooker. Effects
of vegetation management with prescribed fire on soil
physical properties in a young longleaf pine stand. p.
74-78 in: Connor, K.F., ed. 2004. Proceedings of the
12th biennial southern silvicultural research
conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-71. Asheville, NC: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern
Research Station.
2004. Adams, J.C. and W.B. Patterson. Comparison of
planting bar and hoedad planted seedlings for survival
and growth in a controlled environment. p. 423-424 in:
Connor, K.F., ed. 2004. Proceedings of the 12th biennial
southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech.
Rep. SRS-71. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.
2003. Patterson W.B. and J. C. Adams.
Soil, hydroperiod and bedding effects on restoring bottomland hardwoods
on flood prone agricultural lands in North Louisiana, USA. Forestry
76(2):181-188.
2002. Adams, J.C. and W.B. Patterson. Soil, hydrology, and bedding
effects on restoring bottomland hardwoods on flood prone agricultural
lands in North Louisiana. Proceedings, IUFRO Conference on Restoration
of Boreal and Temperate Forest. Rep. No. 11:99-100.
2002. Patterson, W.B., J.C. Adams, S.E. Loe, and R.J. Patterson. Soil
profile characteristics of a 25-year old windrowed loblolly pine
plantation. Pp. 508-512 in: Outcalt, K.W., ed. 2002. Proceedings of the
eleventh biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech.
Rep. SRS - 48. Asheville, NC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Southern Research Station.
1999. Patterson, W.B. and J.C. Adams. Bedding effects on soil redox and
tree growth for a Louisiana bottomland hardwood reforestation site.
Agronomy Abstracts, p.108. American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science
Society of America - Soil Science Society of America.
1999. DeSelm, H.R., W.B. Patterson, V. Bates, D.B. Durham, R.K.
Abernethy, D.C. Eagar, R.P. Ford, and P.B. Hamel. Presence or frequency
of woody plants in vegetation samples in the Coastal Plain and Interior
Low Plateau of Tennessee. Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on the
Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys,
p.109-127. (eds.) S.W. Hamilton, E.W. Chester and M.T. Finley. The
Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.
1996. Patterson, W.B., W.H. Hudnall, and J.L. Chambers. Bottomland hardwood
species composition and hydric soil conditions. Proceedings of the
Louisiana Association of Agronomists, 37: 58-63.
1996. Waddell, W.C., W.H. Hudnall, A.E. Tiarks, and W.B. Patterson.
Saturation and reduction dynamics of seasonally wet pine plantations.
Proceedings of the Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management
Conference, p.228-231. ed. K.M. Flynn, Clemson, S.C.
1995. Patterson, W.B., W.H. Hudnall and J.L. Chambers. Assessment of
wetland hydrology and hydric soil conditions in bottomland hardwoods.
Proceedings, Conference on Environmental Issues, p. 33-36. ed. H.M.
Selim, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge.
1995. Patterson, W.B., W.H. Hudnall and J.L. Chambers. Hydric soil
conditions of bottomland hardwood forests and implications for wetland
delineation. Proceedings of the Louisiana Association of Agronomists,
36:96-104.
Professional Associations
Society of American Foresters
Louisiana Forestry Association
Soil Science Society of America
Society of Wetland Scientists
