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Last published 2024
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Robert L. Ficklin

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Sturgis Professor of Forest Biology

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas System (2024); University of Missouri (1996)

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 19 pubs 73 cited

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: 19
  • Citations: 73

Selected Publications

  • Applications Of Machine Learning Techniques In Predicting Selected Soil Properties In Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Green Tree Reservoir (2024)
  • Prescribed Fire First-Order Effects on Oak and Maple Reproduction in Frequently Burned Upland Oak–Hickory Forests of the Arkansas Ozarks (2022)
    Forests 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Long-term effects of group opening size and site preparation method on gap-cohort development in a temperate mixedwood forest (2020)
    Forest Ecology and Management 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Vegetation Diversity in Natural and Restored Forested Wetland Sites in Southeast Arkansas (2016)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Edaphic and Vegetative Responses to Forested Wetland Restoration with Created Microtopography in Arkansas (2016)
    Ecological Restoration 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect of seedling stock on the early stand development and physiology of improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings (2016)
    iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of Near Infrared Spectral Models for Characterizing the Amy Soil Series (2014)
    Soil Horizons DOI OpenAlex
  • Distribution of Soil Density at a Bottomland Hardwood Forest Wetland Restoration, Chicot County, Arkansas (2013)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterizing the Variability of Physical and Chemical Properties across the Soil Individuals Mapped as Amy Silt Loam Soils in Southeastern Arkansas (2009)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessment of repeated application of poultry litter on phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics in loblolly pine: Implications for water quality (2009)
    Forest Ecology and Management 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Quantifying Soil Chemical Properties Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (2007)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of Light Regime and Season of Clipping on the Growth of Cherrybark Oak, White Oak, Persimmon, and Sweetgum Sprouts (2007)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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