Research and Publications

Gilliam, Frank S., David A. Willson, and Jeffrey D. May.  2004.  Effects of chronic nitrogen deposition on the herbaceous layer of a central Appalachian hardwood forest.  Ecological Society of America, 89^th Annual Meeting—Abstracts:179.  (Portland, OR)

May, Jeffrey D., Frank S. Gilliam, Shane Wells, and Mary Beth Adams. 2002. Interrelationships between foliar nutrient dynamics and soil nitrogen fluxes in a nitrogen-saturated forest ecosystem. Southeastern Biology 49(2): 210. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists; Boone, NC.

May, Jeffrey D., Sarah Beth Burdette, Frank S. Gilliam, and Mary Beth Adams. 2001. Interspecific divergence in foliar nutrient responses to excessive nitrogen deposition. Ecological Society of America, 86th Annual Meeting—Abstracts: 151. (Madison, WI)

Burdette, Sarah Beth, Jeffrey D. May, Frank S. Gilliam, and Mary Beth Adams. 2001. Interspecific responses of foliar nutrient concentrations to excessive nitrogen deposition. Southeastern Biology 48(2):167. (Poster presented by S. B. Burdette, Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists; New Orleans, LA)

May, Jeffrey D., Sarah Beth Burdette, Frank S. Gilliam, & Mary Beth Adams. 2000. Foliar nutrient responses to nitrogen fertilization at Fernow Experimental Forest, Parsons, WV. Annual Fernow Experimental Forest (USDA Forest Service) Cooperators' Meeting, 2000. Parsons, WV.

May, Jeffrey D., Sarah Beth Burdette, Frank S. Gilliam, & Mary Beth Adams. 2000. Response of foliar N and P to excessive N deposition in a mid-Appalachian hardwood forest. Ecological Society of America, 85th Annual Meeting-Abstracts:154. (Snowbird, UT)

May, Jeffrey D., Sarah Beth Burdette, Frank S. Gilliam, & Mary Beth Adams. 2000. Foliar nitrogen dynamics of hardwoods in a nitrogen saturated watershed of the central Appalachians. ASB Bulletin 47(2):124. (Chattanooga, TN)

May, Jeffrey D. 1996. Establishing native woody vegetation in a created West Virginia wetland using direct-planted cuttings. Bulletin of the Ecological Society 77(3):290. (Providence, RI)

May, Jeffrey D., Robert J. Jarrett, Frank S. Gilliam, & Paul J. Harmon. 1995. Soil-plant interactions in a shale barren community in eastern West Virginia. Bulletin of the Ecological Society 76(2; Supplement, Part 2):172. (Snowbird, UT)

Jarrett, Robert J., Frank S. Gilliam, Jeffrey D. May, & Paul J. Harmon. 1995. Population ecology of shale barren rock cress (Arabis serotina Steele). Bulletin of the Ecological Society 76(2; Supplement, Part 2):131. (Poster, presented by R.J. Jarrett; Snowbird, UT.)

May, Jeffrey D. Scientific writing: an effective application of peer review to promoting the development of analytical writing skills in a large freshman biology class. Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Writing Across the Curriculum, Charleston, SC. 2-3 February 1995. (Charleston, SC)

May, Jeffrey D. 1994. Propagation of selected woody plant species in a created wetland at the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Green Bottom, WV. Tenth Annual Symposium of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, held at Marshall University, Huntington, WV. 30 October - 1 November 1994.

May, Jeffrey D. & Keith T. Killingbeck. 1994. Effects of herbivore-induced nutrient stress on zinc and copper resorption in scrub oak. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 75:146. (Knoxville, TN)

May, Jeffrey D. 1989. Leaf nitrogen and stem growth responses of an oak shrub (Quercus ilicifolia Wang.) following prevention of autumnal senescence. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 70:195. (Toronto, Ontario)

May, Jeffrey D., & K. T. Killingbeck. 1988. Nitrogen dynamics of refoliated oaks (Quercus ilicifolia Wang.) following gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) defoliation in a New England forest. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69:222. (Davis, CA)

May, Jeffrey D. 1988. Resorption as a nutrient conservation mechanism in oaks: some preliminary evidence. 3rd Annual New England Graduate Student Botany Meeting, University of Rhode Island, 26 March 1988.

Killingbeck, K. T., S. A. Costigan, & J. D. May. 1985. Autumnal resorption of elements in the shrub understory of a New England oak forest. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 66:207. (Presented by K.T. Killingbeck.)