Education

Research Scientist: Plant and Fire Ecology Program – Tall Timbers Research Station, Florida
Post-Doctoral Fellow – University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ph.D. – University of Illinois at Chicago (Biology-Ecology)
M.A. – University of Iowa (Botany)
B.A. – University of Iowa (Zoology)

Research & Teaching Interests

Community ecology, ecological restoration, disturbance and fire ecology, conservation and management of native habitats and species of special concern.

Selected Publications

Hermann, S.M., J.S. Kush, and J.C. Gilbert.  In press.  A decision tree approach using silvics to guide planning for restoration of an open-canopy forest: an example from fire-suppressed montane longleaf pine stands.  Proceedings 15th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference.

Glitzenstein, J.S., D.R. Streng, R.E. Masters, K.M. Robertson, and S.M. Hermann.  2012.  Fire-frequency effects on vegetation in north Florida pinelands: Another look at the long-term Stoddard Fire Research Plots at Tall Timbers Research Station.  Forest Ecology and Management 264:197-209.

Barlow, R.J., J.S. Kush, S.M. Hermann, and W.D. Boyer. 2011. Impacts of fire on longleaf pine stand dynamics with different seasonal and fire return intervals. pp. 127-132 in K.M. Robertson, K.E.M., Galley, and R.E. Masters, R.E. (Eds.) Proceedings 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference:  The Future of Prescribed Fire.  Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Elder, T., J.S. Kush, and S.M. Hermann. 2011. Thermogravimetric analysis of forest understory grasses.  Thermochimica Acta 512(1-2):170-177.

Hermann, S.M. and J.S. Kush. 2010. Initial effects from re-introducing fire in Alabama montane longleaf pine stands: fifty years since last burn.  Pp 263-266 in (J.A. Standturf, ed.) Proceedings 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference.  Gen Tech Rep SRS-121. USDA Forest Service.

Levi, M.R., J.N. Shaw, C.W. Wood, S.M. Hermann, E.A. Carter, and Y. Feng. 2010. Land Management Effects on Near-Surface Soil Properties of Southeastern US Coastal Plain Kandiudults. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74(1):258-271.

Steen, D.A., A.E.R. McGee, S.M. Hermann, J.A. Stiles, S.H. Stiles, and C. Guyer. 2010. Effects of forest management on amphibians and reptiles: Generalist species obscure trends among native forest associates. Open Environmental Journal 4:24-30.

Johnson, V.M. C. Guyer, S.M. Hermann, and W.K. Michener. 2009. Patterns of dispersion and burrow use support scramble competition polygyny in Gopherus polyphemus. Herpetologica 65:214-218.

Kesler, H.C., J.L. Trusty, S.M. Hermann, and C. Guyer. 2008. Demographic responses of Pinguicula ionantha to prescribed fire: a regression-design LTRE approach. Oecologia 156(3):545-557.

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