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Robert L. Ficklin
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Professor & Associate Dean
Also affiliated: US Forest Service (2016); University of Arkansas System (2024); Southern Research Station (2016); University of Missouri (1996)
6 h-index
20 pubs
73 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Robert L. Ficklin's research program investigates the impact of silvicultural treatments on carbon and nitrogen cycles within local forest ecosystems. He also studies the use of spectral modeling for measuring soil chemical and physical properties. His work includes examining changes in soil properties and vegetation during forest wetland restoration projects. Dr. Ficklin teaches courses in forest soils, forest ecology, tree ecophysiology, and natural resources sampling and monitoring at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, where he holds the Sturgis Endowed Chair of Forest Biology and serves as Associate Dean of Academics.
His scholarly output includes 19 publications with 72 citations and an h-index of 6. Recent publications address the effects of prescribed fire on forest reproduction, methods for linking fire behavior to ecological effects, and the application of machine learning to predict soil properties in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Dr. Ficklin has collaborated with Matthew H. Pelkki, Douglas C. Osborne, and Benjamin A. Babst, all from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
Metrics
- h-index: 6
- Publications: 20
- Citations: 73
Positions
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Professor & Associate Dean 2016–presentUniversity of Arkansas at Monticello College of Forestry, Agriculture & Natural Resources ORCID
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Sturgis Professor of Forest Biology 2015–presentUniversity of Arkansas at Monticello College of Forestry, Agriculture & Natural Resources ORCID
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Sturgis Professor of Forest Biology publications 2024Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station ORCID
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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor 2002–2016University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Forestry, Agriculture & Natural Resources ORCID
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Research & Education Coordinator 1999–2001Missouri Department of Conservation Prairie Fork Conservation Area ORCID
Selected Publications
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Linking fire behavior to effects: Use of pyrometers and thermocouples (2024)
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Applications Of Machine Learning Techniques In Predicting Selected Soil Properties In Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Green Tree Reservoir (2024)
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Prescribed Fire First-Order Effects on Oak and Maple Reproduction in Frequently Burned Upland Oak–Hickory Forests of the Arkansas Ozarks (2022)
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Long-term effects of group opening size and site preparation method on gap-cohort development in a temperate mixedwood forest (2020)
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Vegetation Diversity in Natural and Restored Forested Wetland Sites in Southeast Arkansas (2016)
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Edaphic and Vegetative Responses to Forested Wetland Restoration with Created Microtopography in Arkansas (2016)
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Effect of seedling stock on the early stand development and physiology of improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings (2016)
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Development of Near Infrared Spectral Models for Characterizing the Amy Soil Series (2014)
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Distribution of Soil Density at a Bottomland Hardwood Forest Wetland Restoration, Chicot County, Arkansas (2013)
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Characterizing the Variability of Physical and Chemical Properties across the Soil Individuals Mapped as Amy Silt Loam Soils in Southeastern Arkansas (2009)
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Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality (2009)
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Quantifying Soil Chemical Properties Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (2007)
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Effects of Light Regime and Season of Clipping on the Growth of Cherrybark Oak, White Oak, Persimmon, and Sweetgum Sprouts (2007)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Mohammad Bataineh
University of Arkansas at Monticello (US)
4 shared publications
- Long-term effects of group opening size and site preparation method on gap-cohort development in a temperate mixedwood forest
- Prescribed Fire First-Order Effects on Oak and Maple Reproduction in Frequently Burned Upland Oak–Hickory Forests of the Arkansas Ozarks
- Vegetation Diversity in Natural and Restored Forested Wetland Sites in Southeast Arkansas
- Linking fire behavior to effects: Use of pyrometers and thermocouples
Matthew H. Pelkki
University of Arkansas at Monticello
3 shared publications
In database
- Long-term effects of group opening size and site preparation method on gap-cohort development in a temperate mixedwood forest
- Prescribed Fire First-Order Effects on Oak and Maple Reproduction in Frequently Burned Upland Oak–Hickory Forests of the Arkansas Ozarks
- Linking fire behavior to effects: Use of pyrometers and thermocouples
Bhesh Bhandari
University of Arkansas at Monticello (US)
2 shared publications
- Characterizing the Variability of Physical and Chemical Properties across the Soil Individuals Mapped as Amy Silt Loam Soils in Southeastern Arkansas
- Development of Near Infrared Spectral Models for Characterizing the Amy Soil Series
B. E. Sleeper
University of Arkansas at Monticello (US)
2 shared publications
- Edaphic and Vegetative Responses to Forested Wetland Restoration with Created Microtopography in Arkansas
- Distribution of Soil Density at a Bottomland Hardwood Forest Wetland Restoration, Chicot County, Arkansas
Brant Portner
University of Arkansas at Monticello
2 shared publications
In database
- Prescribed Fire First-Order Effects on Oak and Maple Reproduction in Frequently Burned Upland Oak–Hickory Forests of the Arkansas Ozarks
- Linking fire behavior to effects: Use of pyrometers and thermocouples
Hal O. Liechty
University of Arkansas at Monticello
1 shared publication
In database
- Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality
Michael A. Blazier
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
1 shared publication
In database
- Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality
Jason P. Wight
Texas A&M University (US)
1 shared publication
- Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality
Lewis A. Gaston
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (US)
1 shared publication
- Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality
Joshua D. Richardson
Natural Resources Conservation Service (US)
1 shared publication
- Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality
Michael G. Shelton
US Forest Service (US)
1 shared publication
- Effects of Light Regime and Season of Clipping on the Growth of Cherrybark Oak, White Oak, Persimmon, and Sweetgum Sprouts
Sumeet Sharma
University of Georgia (US)
1 shared publication
- Effect of seedling stock on the early stand development and physiology of improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings
JP Adams
Louisiana Tech University (US)
1 shared publication
- Effect of seedling stock on the early stand development and physiology of improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings
JL Schuler
West Virginia University (US)
1 shared publication
- Effect of seedling stock on the early stand development and physiology of improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings
DC Bragg
1 shared publication
- Effect of seedling stock on the early stand development and physiology of improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings
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