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Phone:  662-325-2781
Fax:  662-325-8726
Email:  jshepard@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Thompson Hall
Department of Forestry
Box 9681
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681

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Education:

• Mississippi State University Ph.D., Forest Soils
• Purdue University M.S., Tree Physiology
• Mississippi State University B.S., Forestry

Research Interests:

• Research planning and project management
• Hydrology and Wetlands

Teaching Areas:

• FO 3012 - Introduction to Forest Communities

Research / Extension Websites:

• Forest Biology and Watershed Management

Graduate Students

• Damon Hollis

2009
Stanturf, J., E. Gardiner, J.P. Shepard, C. Schweitzer, J. Portwood, L. Dorris. 2009. Restoration of bottomland hardwood forests across a treatment intensity gradient. Forest Ecology and Management 257:1803-1814. Download

2008
Gardiner, E., J. Stanturf, T. Leininger, P. Hamel, L. Dorris, J. Portwood, J.P. Shepard. 2008. Establishing a research and demonstration area initiated by managers: The Sharkey restoration research and demonstration site. Journal of Forestry 106(7):363-369.

2006
Dewey, J.C., S.H. Schoenholtz, J.P. Shepard, M.G. Messina. 2006. Issues related to wetland delineation of a Texas bottomland hardwood forest. Wetlands 26(2):410-429. Download

2006
Shepard, J.P. 2006. Water quality protection in bioenergy production: the U.S. system of forestry Best Management Practices. Biomass and Bioenergy 30:378-384. Download

2005
King, S.L., J.P. Shepard, K. Ouchley, J.A. Neal, K. Ouchley. 2005. Bottomland hardwood forests: past, present, and future. Pages in 1-17 L.H. Fredrickson, S.L. King, R.M. Kaminski, editors. Ecology and management of bottomland hardwood systems: The state of our understanding. University of Missouri-Columbia Gaylord Memorial Library Special Publication No. 10. Puxico, MO.