Executive Director
School of Forestry

Research Interests

Ecology, Management and Restoration of Forested Wetlands, International Forestry

Although I work primarily in an administrative capacity here at the School of Forestry, I have a diverse research background that includes fieldwork in southern Africa (Swaziland), bottomland hardwood forests and coastal baldcypress swamps of the Lower Mississippi Valley, mangrove swamps of Hawaii and Micronesia, and upland forests of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York.

Education

A.A.S., Paul Smith’s College, 1978
B.S., Virginia Tech, 1980
M.S., Cornell University, 1986
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1994

Contact Information

Past Courses Taught

Selected Publications

K.W. Krauss, B.D. Keeland, J.A. Allen, K.C. Ewel, and D.J. Johnson. In press. Effects of season, rainfall, and hydrogeomorphic setting on mangrove tree growth in Micronesia. Biotropica.

Allen, J.A. and K.W. Krauss. 2006. The influence of propagule flotation longevity and light availability on the establishment of introduced mangrove species in Hawaii. Pacific Science 60: 367-376.

Allen, J.A., K.W. Krauss, K.C. Ewel, B.D. Keeland and E.E. Waguk. 2005. A tropical freshwater wetland: I. Structure, growth, and regeneration patterns. Wetlands Ecology and Management 13: 657-669.

Schoenholtz, S.H., J.A. Stanturf, J.A. Allen, and C.J. Schweitzer. 2005. Afforestation of agricultural lands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: The state of our understanding. Pages 413-432. in L.H. Fredrickson, S.L. King, and R. M. Kaminski, eds. Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems: The State of our Understanding. University of Missouri-Columbia. Gaylord Memorial Laboratory Special Publication No. 10. Puxico, MO.

Allen, J.A., K.W. Krauss, and R.D. Hauff. 2003. Factors limiting the intertidal distribution of the mangrove species Xylocarpus granatum. Oecologia 135: 110-121.

Allen, J.A., K.C. Ewel, and J. Jack. 2001. Patterns of natural and anthropogenic disturbance of the mangroves on the Pacific Island of Kosrae. Wetlands Ecology and Management 9: 291-301.

Allen, J.A., B.D. Keeland, H.E. Kennedy, Jr., and A.F. Clewell. 2001. A guide to bottomland hardwood restoration. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0011, and USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station General Technical Report SRS-40. 132 pp.

Allen, J.A. 1998. Mangroves as alien species: The case of Hawaii. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 7: 61-71.

Allen, J.A. 1997. Reforestation of bottomland hardwoods and the issue of woody species diversity. Restoration Ecology 5: 125-134.

Allen, J.A., J.L. Chambers, and S.R. Pezeshki. 1997. Effects of salinity on baldcypress seedlings: Physiological responses and their relation to salinity tolerance. Wetlands 17: 310-320.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 July 2008 )