Vitae

James O. Luken

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Botany, Duke University, 1984
M.S. Biology, Western Washington University, 1979
B.S. Zoology, Southern Illinois University, 1977

HONORS:

Belle W. Baruch Foundation Visiting Scholar, 2004
Distinguished University Scientist Award, Kentucky Academy of Science, 1999
Northern Kentucky University Outstanding Professor, Spring 1995

POSITIONS:

2005-present Professor
Department of Biology, Coastal Carolina University

2001 – 2005- Chair and Professor
Department of Biology, Coastal Carolina University

1997 – 2001- Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University

1999 – 2000- Associate Dean
College of Arts and Science, Northern Kentucky University

1999 - Acting Chairperson
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University

1999 – 2001- Director
Environmental Science Program, Northern Kentucky University

1989 – 1997- Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University

1984 – 1989- Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

2004-present -------Chair, Southeast Chapter, Ecological Society of America
2003-present -------Executive Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

1990. Luken, J.O. Directing ecological succession. Chapman and Hall, London, 251 pages.

EDITED VOLUMES:

1998. Luken, J.O. (editor). Undergraduate Research in Kentucky: The Biological Sciences. Special Issues Section for the Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 59:1-50.

1997. Luken, J.O. and J.W. Thieret (editors). Assessment and management of plant invasions. Springer-Verlag Environmental Management Series, New York. 324 pp.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

2003. Luken, J.O. Invasions of forests in the eastern United States. Pages 283-301 In: F.S. Gilliam and M.R. Roberts, Editors. The herbaceous layer in forests of eastern North America, Oxford University Press.

1997. Luken, J.O. Managing plant invasions: Implicating ecological succession. Chapter 11. Assessment and Management of Plant Invasions, J.O. Luken and J.W. Thieret (eds), Springer-Verlag, New York.

1997. Luken, J.O. Conservation in the context of non-indigenous species. Pages 107-116 In: Conservation in fragmented landscapes.MW Schwartz (ed.), Chapman and Hall, New York.

1993. Luken, J.O. Prioritizing patches for control of invasive plant species: A case study with Amur honeysuckle. Pages 211-214 in W.H. McKnight (ed.) Biological Pollution:The Control and Impact of Invasive Exotic Species, Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, Indiana

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS:

2006. Luken, J.O. Dionaea muscipula Ellis (Venus' Fly Trap) Establishment, Release, and Response of Associated Species in Mowed Patches on the Rims of Carolina Bays. Restoration Ecology (in press).

2005. Luken, J.O. Habitats of the Venus’ fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) associated with Carolina bays. Southeastern Naturalist (in press)

2005. Luken, J.O. Characterizing illegal harvest of the Venus’ fly trap at Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve, SC. Natural Areas Journal 25:295-299.

2004. Luken, J.O. and T. R. Seastedt. Management of plant invasions: the conflict of perspective. Weed Technology 18:1514-1517

2004. Luken, J.O. An index of invasion for the ground layer of riparian forest vegetation. Natural Areas Journal 24:336-340.

2003. Luken, J.O. The Amur honeysuckle invasion: a chronicle of questions. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 64:97-99

2002. Luken, J.O. and J. Spaeth. 2002. Comparison of riparian forests within and beyond the boundaries of Land Between Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky, USA. Natural Areas Journal 22:283-289.

2001. Luken, J.O. and J.W. Thieret. Floristic comparisons of mudflats and shorelines at Cave Run Lake, Kentucky. Castanea 66:336-351.

2000. Luken, J.O. and T.N. Bezold. Plant communities associated with different shoreline elements at Cave Run Lake, Kentucky. Wetlands 20:479-486.

2000. Luken, J.O. and T.N. Bezold. Species richness and wetland status of different shoreline elements at Cave Run Lake. Castanea 65:126-138.

2000. Luken, J.O. and M. Shea. Repeated prescribed burning at Dinsmore Woods State Nature Preserve: Responses of the understory community. Natural Areas Journal 20:150-158.

1997. Luken, J.O., L.W. Kuddes, and T.W. Tholemeir. Community response to gap creation in thickets of Amur honeysuckle. Restoration Ecology 5:229-235.

1997. Luken, J.O., L.W. Kuddes, and T.W. Tholemeier. Comparative responses of Amur honeysuckle and spicebush to increased light. American Midland Naturalist 138:331-343.

1996. Thieret, J.W. and J.O. Luken. The Typhaceae in the Southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 8:27-56.

1996. Luken, J.O. and J.W. Thieret. Amur honeysuckle, Its fall from grace. Bioscience 46:18-24.

1995. Luken, J.O. and J.W. Thieret. Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii; Caprifoliaceae): Its ascent, decline, and fall. Sida 16: 479-503.

1996. Luken, J.O., T.W. Tholemeir, B.H. Kunkel, and L.W. Kuddes. Performance, plasticity, and acclimation potential of Lonicera maackii in contrasting light environments. Canadian Journal of Botany 73:1953-1961

1995. Luken, J.O., T.W. Tholemeier, B.H. Kunkel, and L.W. Kuddes. Branch architecture plasticity in Amur honeysuckle: Initial response in extreme light environments. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 3:190-195.

1995. Luken, J.O. and N. G. Goessling. Seedling distribution and potential persistence of the exotic shrub Lonicera maackii in fragmented forests. American Midland Naturalist 133:624-630.

1994. Luken, J.O. Valuing plants in natural areas. Natural Areas Journal 14:295-299.

1994. Luken, J.O. Target/non-target discrimination of four herbicides applied to vegetation in a power-line corridor. Environmental Management 18:251-255.

1994. Luken, J.O., D.A. Porter, and D.G. Agard. Growth/climate relationships of rural and urban white ash. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 55:102-107.

1993. Luken, J.O., S.W. Beiting, and R.L. Kumler. Target/non-target effects of herbicides in power-line corridor vegetation. Journal of Arboriculture 19:299-302.

1993. Luken, J.O. and J. W. Thieret. Invasion and spread of Erucastrum gallicum in North America. Sida 16:569-582

1992. Luken, J.O., A.C. Hinton and D.G. Baker. Responses of exurban forests in northern Kentucky to high-frequency disturbance. Ecological Applications. 2:356-362.

1992. Luken, J.O., and R.W. Blanchard. Growth responses of Acer saccharinum to flurprimidol injection. Journal of Arboriculture. 18:69-72

1992. Luken, J.O., S.W. Beiting, S.K. Kareth, R.L. Kumler, J.H. Liu, and C.A. Seither. Bark girdling by herbivores as a potential biological control of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia in power-line corridors. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 53:26-28

1991. Luken, J.O. Managing power-line corridor plant communities: seeing the forest or the trees. Journal of Arboriculture. 17:318-321.

1991. Luken, J.O., A.C. Hinton, and D.G. Baker. An assessment of frequent cutting as a plant community management technique in power-line corridors. Environmental Management 15:381-388.

1991. Luken, J.O., A.C. Hinton and D.G. Baker. Forest edges associated with power-line corridors and implications for corridor siting. Landscape and Urban Planning 20:315-324.

1991. Luken, J.O. and D.T. Mattimiro. Habitat-specific resilience of the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle during repeated clipping. Ecological Applications 1:104-109.

1990. Luken, J.O. Gradual and episodic change in the structure of Rhus typhina clones. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 117:221-225.

1989. Luken, J.O., and P.J. Kalisz. Soil disturbance by the emergence of periodical cicadas. Soil Science Society of America Journal 53:310-313.

1989. Muller, R.N., P.J. Kalisz, and J.O. Luken. Fine root production of astringent phenolics. Oecologia 79:563-565.

1988. Luken, J.O. Population structure and biomass allocation of the naturalized shrub Lonicera maackii in forest and open habitats. American Midland Naturalist 119:258-267.

1988. Luken, J.O. and J.W. Thieret. A life-form spectrum for Ohio. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 49:38-39.

1988. Luken, J.O. The scientific method in biology: a concept rather than a topic. Journal of College Science Teaching February: 274-279.

1987. Luken, J.O. Interactions between seed production and vegetative growth in staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina L.). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 114:247-251.

1987. Luken, J.O. Potential patch dynamics on a roadside embankment: interactions between crownvetch (Coronilla varia) and Kentucky 31 tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). Reclamation and Revegetation Research 6:177-186.

1987. Luken, J.O. Does biotechnology have a place in introductory biology? The American Biology Teacher 49:351-354.

1986. Luken, J.O. and W.D. Billings. Succession and biomass allocation as controlled by Sphagnum in an Alaskan bog. Canadian Journal of Botany 63:1500-1507.

1986. Luken, J.O., and W.D. Billings. The influence of microtopographic heterogeneity on carbon dioxide efflux from a subarctic bog. Holarctic Ecology 8:306-312.

1985. Luken, J.O. Zonation of Sphagnum mosses: interactions among shoot growth, growth form and water balance. The Bryologist 88:374-379.

1985. Luken, J.O. and W.D. Billings. Hummock-dwelling ants and the cycling of micro-topography in an Alaskan peatland. Canadian Field Naturalist 100:69-73.

1984. Billings, W.D., K.M. Peterson, J.O. Luken, and D.A. Mortensen. Interaction of in creasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and soil nitrogen on the carbon balance of tundra microcosms. Oecologia 65:26-29.

1983. Luken, J.O. and W.D. Billings. Changes in bryophyte production associated with a thermokarst erosion cycle of a subarctic bog. Lindbergia 9:163-158.

1983. Luken, J.O. and R.W. Fonda. Nitrogen accumulation in a chronosequence of red alder communities along the Hoh River, Olympic National Park, Washington. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 6:1228-1237.

1983. Billings, W.D., J.O. Luken, D.A. Mortensen, and K.M. Peterson. Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide: possible effects on arctic tundra. Oecologia 58:286-289.

1982. Billings, W.D., J.O. Luken, D.A. Mortensen, and K.M. Peterson. Arctic tundra: a source or sink for atmospheric carbon-dioxide in a changing environment. Oecologia 53:7-11.

Books and Articles Not Refereed:

2005. Luken, J.O. and R. H. Moore. 101 Wild Things along the Grand Strand. Palmetto Conservation Foundation. (In press.)

2004. Luken, J.O. Universities and the teaching of science. Science 306:230 (Letters)

2004. Luken, J.O. Watching water. South Carolina Wildlife 51:32-35.

2003. Luken, J.O. Cultivating new populations of Venus’ fly trap at Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve (South Carolina). Ecological Restoration 21:225-226.

2003. Luken, J.O. Invaders at the door. Ecology 84:269 (a book review)

1999. Luken, J.O. Managing the cultural landscape. (A review of Habitat Creation and Repair) In: Bioscience 49:332.

1996. Luken, J.O. Bush honeysuckle. IN: Invasive Plants: Weeds of the Global Garden (J.R. Randall and J. Marinelli, eds) Brooklyn Botanic Garden, pp.60-61.

1996. Thoelmeier, T. and J.O. Luken. Unusual dimensions of Amur honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, (Caprifoliaceae). Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 57:127-128.

1996. Luken, J.O. Ecology and Management of Invasive Riverside Plants (Book Review) Lloydiana 1:7-8.

1996. Luken, J.O. The invasion of Amur honeysuckle. The Lady-Slipper 11:5-7.

1994. Luken, J.O. and N. G. Goesling. Tree seedlings flourish following the removal of Amur honeysuckle (Kentucky) Restoration and Management Notes 12:92.

1994. Luken, J.O. How healthy are Kentucky's waters? Kentucky Game and Fish , July 17-20.

1994. Luken, J.O. Foreign fish in Commonwealth waters. Kentucky Game and Fish, March 29-32.

1993. Luken, J.O. Forests and cattle don't mix. Kentucky Afield, January/February 17-18.

1992. Feeback, D.H, and J.O. Luken. Restoration of canebreaks at highway rest areas. Restoration and Management Notes 10:195.

1991. Luken, J.O. Applied Ecology: Where do we go from here? Applied Ecology Section Newsletter. 19:1-3.

1990. Luken, J.O. Forest and pasture communities respond differently to cutting of exotic Amur honeysuckle (Kentucky). Restoration and Management Notes 8:122-123.

1989. Luken, J.O. Canebrakes: Preserving Kentucky's Native Vegetation. Kentucky Living October:10-12.

1989. Luken, J.O. The Kentucky Heritage Land Acquisition Fund. The Guardian, Kentucky Conservation Committee.

1988. Luken, J.O. Viewpoint. Reclamation Newsletter. 2:8.

1986. Luken, J.O. Optimizing plant function and form. Herbarium News 6:69.

1986. Luken, J.O. Hunting for better uses of farmland. The Wall Street Journal (op-editorial), January 20, 1986. Reprinted: The Elgin Review, Elgin, Nebraska. Reprinted: The Scope of Microeconomics, Kendall/Hunt

1986. Luken, J.O. Disturbance and patch dynamics. Ecology 67:585-586.