The Furman Forest

Furman Forest is a collaborative venture between The Nature Conservancy, Spartanburg Water System, Tryon Water Commission, and Furman University. The Nature Conservancy and the water districts each own approximately 500 acres of adjoining undeveloped property near Landrum, South Carolina. These property owners are concerned about the quality of the water in these watersheds, and they have enlisted the help of Furman University to study these ecosystems. Furman faculty and students will use this area as a research station for studies in environmental science, ecology, botany, and zoology. Through this research, we hope to catalog the species that are present and track changes in populations of special concern. In addition, we will be able to measure changes to the water quality that occur over time, in response to changing environmental conditions such as global warming or the decimation of hemlock by the hemlock woolly adelgid.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

(* = undergraduate student)

Garihan, J. M. 2011. Sequencing brittle deformation: Pattern of faults and cataclastic rocks in the Saluda, Landrum, Tigerville, and Campobello quadrangles, Inner Piedmont, Greenville and Spartanburg Counties, South Carolina: in Huebner, M. T. and Hatcher, Jr., R. D., eds., The geology of the Inner Piedmont at the northeast end of the Pine Mountain window, Geological Society of Georgia Guidebook,31: 73-90.

Garihan, J. M. 2012. Sequencing brittle faulting in the Inner Piedmont, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology, v. 48, p. 37-49. Garihan, J. M., Clendenin, Jr., C. W., and Ranson, W.A. 2010. Geologic map of the Saluda 7.5-minute quadrangle, Greenville and Spartanburg Counties, South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Geological Quadrangle Map 48, 1:24,000 scale.

Worthen, W.B., and D. Merriman*.2012. Relationships between carabid beetle communities and forest stand parameters: Taxon congruence or habitat association? Southeastern Naturalist 12: 379-386.

Worthen, W. B., and C. M. Jones*. 2006. Relationships between body size, wing morphology, and perch height selection in a guild of Libellulidae species (Odonata). International Journal of Odonatology 9: 235-250. (pdf link)

Worthen, W. B., and C. M. Jones*. 2007. The effects of wind speed, competition, and body size on perch height selection in a guild of Libellulidae species (Odonata). International Journal of Odonatology 10: 257-272. (pdf link)

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

(* = undergraduate student)

1. Water Quality (in reverse chronological order):

Lewis, G., A. T. Motes*, K. B. Murray*. 2014. Abundance of woody debris in urban and rural streams in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Provinces of South Carolina. Annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Blacksburg, VA.

Murray, K. B. *, G. P. Lewis, A. T. Motes*. 2013. Variation in diversity of woody riparian vegetation and canopy cover among urban and rural streams in the South Carolina Piedmont. Annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV.

Bailey, B.*, C. B. Andersen, G. P. Lewis. 2012. Characterization of dissolved organic carbon in aquatic systems of northwestern South Carolina. Annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Asheville, NC.

Baldwin, E. D.*, G. P. Lewis, D. C. Haney, B. Andersen, A. McNaughton*. 2012. Relationships between land cover, basin morphometry, fish communities, and water chemistry in rural watersheds in northwestern South Carolina. Annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Asheville, NC.

Schlaudt, E.*, C. B. Andersen, G. P. Lewis. 2012. Is there any dissolved inorganic iron in streams? Annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Asheville, NC.

Metzger, J. G.*, B. Andersen, G. Lewis. 2010. Degassing of CO2 from headwater streams as a Rayleigh process. Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Lewis, G., and M.-K. Liao. 2010. Urban influences on bacteria in streams of the upper piedmont, South Carolina. 2010 meeting of the South Carolina Branch of the American Society for Microbiology.(pdf link)

Tripp, E.R.*, J.Q. Lyerly*, M.-K. Liao, and G.P. Lewis.2010. The impact of urbanization on bacterial community compositions in watersheds of Upstate South Carolina. 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, UNC-Ashville, NC. (pdf link)

E.R. Tripp*, J.Q. Lyerly*, M.-K. Liao, and G.P. Lewis. 2010. Abundance and diversity of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in streams draining urban and rural watersheds in the South Carolina Piedmont. 2010 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. (pdf link)

Metzger*, G., Andersen, C. B., and G. P. Lewis. 2009. Rapid pCO2 decline in headwater streams of the upper piedmont, South Carolina. 58th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, March 12-13, St. Petersburg, FL. (pdf link)

Moloney*, T., S. Murphy*, V. Caraballo*, D. Huguet*, G. P. Lewis, and C. B. Andersen. 2009. Relationships between atmospheric ion deposition and distance from an urban center in the South Carolina piedmont. 58th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Geological Society of America,Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, March 12-13, St. Petersburg, FL. (pdf link)

2. Landscape Ecology (in reverse chronological order):

Wood*, J., Quinn, J.E. 2014. An overlooked conservation opportunity for obligate pine cavity-nesting species: Local-and landscape-drivers of occupancy in the Upstate. Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Sacramento CA.

Ernstes*, J., Quinn .J.E. 2014 Songbird Vocalizations Suggest Acoustic Threats to Human Health. 2014. Symposium on “Ecology and acoustics: emergent properties from community to landscape”. Paris, France.

Quinn, J.E, Gibson*, D., Warnken*, J., Wood*, J., Quinn, C., Halfacre, A. 2014. Socio-Ecological analysis of conservation opportunities on an urban-rural gradient in Upstate South Carolina. North America Congress for Conservation Biology. Missoula, MT.

Wood*, J., Quinn, J.E. 2014. A multi-scale analysis of the effects of local- and landscape-level variables on cavity-nesting species occupancy. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Spartanburg, SC.

Ernstes*, R., Quinn .J.E. 2014 Songbird Vocalizations Suggest Acoustic Threats to Human Health. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC.

3. Community Ecology (in reverse chronological order):

Hetherington*, L. D., H. E. Clevenger*, W. B. Worthen. 2014. Small-Scale Habitat Preferences of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Responses to Vegetative Regrowth After Kudzu Removal. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists.

Turner*, L., W.B. Worthen. 2014. Community structure of dragonfly assemblages and effects on parasitism rate: A test of the “Dilution Effect”. Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.

Turner*, L., W.B. Worthen. 2014. Community structure of dragonfly assemblages and effects on parasitism rate: A test of the “Dilution Effect”. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists.

Worthen, W. B. 2013. Battling the green menace: an attempt at kudzu removal and restoration. Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Exotic Pest Plant Council, Rock Hill, SC.

Merriman*, D. C., and W. B. Worthen. 2012. Comparing biodiversity across taxonomic groups: Carabid beetle communities and local tree size and diversity. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, April 4, Athens, GA.

Merriman*, D. C., and A. W. Schulz.2012. The effects of forest structure on beetle, butterfly , and moth diversity at Furman forest. Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, February 14, Sparetanburg, SC..

DeLancey*, B., and W. B. Worthen. 2011. Changes in microhabitat selection and head dimensions between three different ontogenetic stages of Desmognathus quadramaculatus. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, April 13-16, 2011, Huntsville, AL. (pdf link)

Cannon, T.*, and W. B. Worthen. 2010. Small Mammal Survey at the Furman Forest, Greenville Co., SC. Annual Symposium of th South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, February 16, Spartanburg, SC (pdf link)

DeLancey*, B., and W. B. Worthen. 2009. Habitat selection in three species of co-occuring desmognathine salamanders in Greenville Co, SC. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, April 1-4, Birmingham, AL. (pdf link)

DeLancey*, B., and W. B. Worthen. 2009. Habitat selection in three species of co-occuring desmognathine salamanders in Greenville Co, SC. Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science, April 14-15, Columbia, SC.