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RWU4352
Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystems
USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
240 West Prospect Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098

(970) 498-1302

Chuck Rhoades

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Career Biography

Professional Experience

	2003 - present	Research Biogeochemist. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, RWU4352, Ft. Collins, CO. Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Degree program in Ecology, Colorado State University.
	1998 - 2003	Assistant Professor. Department of Forestry, Kentucky University.
	1997 - 1998	Postdoctoral Researcher. USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station and Colorado State University.
	1993 - 1997	Graduate Research Assistant. Ph.D Program, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia.
	1991 - 1992	Agroforestry Researcher. International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)-Malawi.
	1991	Ecological Researcher. Colorado State University and USGS, Noatak National Preserve, Northwest Alaska.
	1989 - 1991	Graduate Research Assistant. Masters Program, Department of Forestry, Colorado State University.
	1986 - 1989	Forestry and Agroforestry Technician. US Peace Corps-Ecuador.
	1985 - 1986	Forestry Technician. Colorado State Forest Service, Gunnison and Golden Districts.
	1984	Research and Teaching Assistant. Department of Forestry, Colorado State University.
	1982 - 1983	Forestry Technician. Colorado State Forest Service, Gunnison and Golden Districts.

Education

	1997	Ph.D. in Forest Biogeochemistry and Soil Ecology from the University of Georgia
	1992	M.S. in Forest Biogeochemistry from Colorado State University
	1984	B.S. in Forest Management from Colorado State University

Research Focus - Biogeochemistry of Rocky Mountain Watersheds

My research evaluates biogeochemical linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in managed and unmanaged areas. Much of my work addresses the role of upland and riparian soils and vegetation in regulating nitrogen and carbon retention and export from forest watersheds and how natural and anthropogenic disturbance alters these processes. Current research projects address the following biogeochemical linkages:

Bark beetle outbreak on streamwater nutrient export
Riparian corridor protection for effectively maintaining aquatic condition
Snow redistribution on alpine biogeochemistry and soil development
Wildfire on streamwater chemistry
Forest harvesting on subalpine forest nitrogen retention
Forest fuel reduction treatments on soil productivity and water quality

Publication List

RHOADES, C.C., S.P.MILLER, and D.L. SKINNER 2005. Soil and Vegetation Gradients Associated with Alkaline Glades in the Northeastern Knobs Region of Kentucky, USA. American Midland Naturalist 154-(1):1-10.

DATTILO, A.J. and C.C. RHOADES. 2005. River Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) establishment for riparian restoration in Central Kentucky. Restoration Ecology (in press).

DWIRE, K.A., C.C. RHOADES, and M.K. YOUNG. 2005. Potential Effects of Fuel Management Activities on Riparian Functions. USFS GTR- XXXX (in review).

RHOADES, C.C., LOFTIS, D. and J. LEWIS. 2005. Silvicultural treatment and topographic controls on American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedling establishment and initial growth in eastern Kentucky, USA. Can. J. For. Res. (in preparation).

RHOADES, C.C. and R.K. KOLKA. 2005. Recovery of soil processes and vegetation on recontoured logging roads in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky (in preparation).

McEWAN, R.W., C.C. RHOADES, and S. BEITING 2005. Castanea dentata ([Marsh.] Borkh.) in the pre-settlement vegetation of Mammoth Cave National Park, central Kentucky. Natural Areas Journal 25(3): 275-281.

HUBBARD, R.M., RYAN, M.G., ELDER, K., and C.C. RHOADES. 2005. Seasonal patterns in soil surface CO2 flux under snow cover in 48 and 318 year old subalpine forests. Biogeochemistry 73: 93-107.

RHOADES, C.C., A.J. MEIER, and A.J. REBERTUS 2004. Soil properties in fire-consumed log burnout patches in a central Missouri oak savanna. Forest Ecology and Management 192: 277-284.

RHOADES, C.C., S.P. MILLER, and M. M. SHEA 2004. Soil Properties and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics of Prairie-like Forest Openings and Surrounding Forests in Kentucky’s Knobs Region. American Midland Naturalist 152:1-11.

TRAMMELL, T.L.E., C.C. RHOADES, and P.A. BUKAVECKAS 2004. Effects of prescribed burns on nitrogen, phosphorus, and base-cation loss from forest-glade habitats in central Kentucky. Restoration Ecology 12: 596-603.

RHOADES, C.C., S.L. BROSI, A.J. DATTILO, and P. VINCELLI 2003. Soil compaction and moisture controls on incidence of Phytophthora root rot on American Chestnut seedlings Forest Ecology and Management 184:47-54.

RHOADES, C.C. and M.M. SHEA 2003. Forest type influences response of vegetation and soil chemistry to edge clearing in dry glades (Kentucky) Ecological Restoration 21:42-43.

RIESKE, L.K., C.C. RHOADES, and S.P. MILLER 2003. Foliar chemistry and gypsy moth herbivory on seedlings of pure and hybrid Chestnut, Castanea spp. (Fam: Fagaceae Environmental Entomology 32:359-365.

KAYE, J.P., D. BINKLEY, and C. RHOADES. 2003. Stable soil nitrogen accumulation and flexible organic matter stoichiometry during primary floodplain succession. Biogeochemistry 63:1-22.

RHOADES, C.C., T.G. BARNES, and B.E. WASHBURN 2002. Prescribed fire and herbicide effects on soil processes during barrens restoration. Restoration Ecology 10:1-9.

WASHBURN, B.E., T.G. BARNES, C.C. RHOADES, and R. REMINGTON 2002. Using imazapic and prescribed fire to enhance native warm-season grassland in Kentucky, USA. Natural Areas Journal 22:20-27.

RHOADES, C.C. and A.C. PARK 2001. Pre-blight abundance of American chestnut in Kentucky. Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation 15(1):36-44.

RHOADES, C.C., H. OSKARSSON, D. BINKLEY, and R. STOTTLEMYER 2001. Alder (Alnus crispa) effects on soils vary with ecosystem type along the Agashashok River, northwest Alaska. Ecoscience 8(1):89-95.

STOTTLEMYER, R., C. RHOADES, and H. STETZER 2001. Soil temperature, moisture and carbon and nitrogen mineralization at a taiga-tundra ecotone, Noatak National Preserve, Northwestern Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1678. 127-137.

GIARDINA, C.P. and C.C. RHOADES. 2001. Clear cutting and burning affect nitrogen supply, phosphorus fractions and seedling growth in soils from a Wyoming lodgepole pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management 140:19-28.

RHOADES, C.C., G.E. ECKERT, and D.C.COLEMAN 2000. Soil carbon changes among forest, agriculture and secondary vegetation in lower montane Ecuador. Ecological Applications 10:497-505.

RHOADES, C.C. and D.C.COLEMAN 1999. Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification following land conversion in montane Ecuador. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:1347-1354.

RHOADES, C.C., G.E. ECKERT, and D.C. COLEMAN 1998. Effect of pasture trees on soil nitrogen availability and soil organic matter cycling: Implications for montane forest restoration. Restoration Ecology 6:262-270.

RHOADES, C.C. 1997. Single-tree influence on soil properties in agroforestry systems: Lessons from natural and savanna ecosystems. Agroforestry Systems 35:71-94.

RHOADES, C.C., T.M. NISSEN, and J.S. KETTLER 1997. Soil nitrogen dynamics in alley cropping and no-till systems on ultisols of the Georgia Piedmont, USA. Agroforestry Systems 39:31-44.

RHOADES, C. and D. BINKLEY 1996. Factors influencing soil pH changes beneath Eucalyptus and Albizia plantations in Hawaii. Forest Ecology and Management 80:47-56.

RHOADES, C.C. 1995. Seasonal pattern of nitrogen mineralization and soil moisture beneath Faidherbia albida (syn. Acacia albida) in central Malawi. Agroforestry Systems 29:133-145.

BINKLEY, D, F. SUAREZ, C. RHOADES, R. STOTTLEMYER, and D.W. VALENTINE 1995. Parent material depth controls ecosystem composition and function on a riverside terrace in northwestern Alaska. Ecoscience 2(4):377-381.

RHOADES, C., R.L. SANFORD JR., and D.B. CLARK 1994. Gender-dependent influences on soil phosphorus by the dioecious lowland tropical tree Simarouba amara. Biotropica 26:362-368.

RHOADES, C. C., D. BINKLEY 1992. Spatial extent of altered soil properties associated with mixed species forest stands of N2-fixing red alder and Douglas-fir. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22:1434-1437.

RHOADES, C.C.; MILLER, S.P.; SKINNER, D.L. 2005. Forest vegetation and soil patterns across glade-forest ecotones in the Knobs Region of Northern Kentucy, USA. The American Midland Naturalist. 154: 1-10.