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Ellis B. Cowling
Distinguished Professor of Forestry and Plant Pathology
Education:
B.S. Syracuse University (1954)
M.S. Syracuse University (1956)
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin (1959)
Research Interests:
Biochemistry of wood decay; conservation of essential elements by forest trees; diseases of forest trees and deteriaoration of timber products; role of nitrogen in coevolution of forest trees and wood-destroying fungi; integrated management of plant diseases; man-induced changes in the chemical climate and their effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; role of scientists in public decision making.
Contact:
NC State University
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Raleigh, NC 27695
Tel: 919 515-7564
E-mail: ellis_cowling@ncsu.edu
Publications
- Zuiches, J., Cowling, E., Clark, J., Clayton, P., Helm, K., Henry, B., Morris, T., Moore, S. E., Navey-Davis, S., Schulze, S., Thornton, C., & Warren, A. (2008). Attaining Carnegie's community engagement classification. Change (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 40(1), 42-45.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E. B., & Furiness, C. S. (2006). Potentials for win-win alliances among animal agriculture and forest products industries: Application of the principles of industrial ecology and sustainable development. Science in China. Series C, Life Sciences, 48, 697-709.
Publication type: Article - Galloway, J. N., Aber, J. D., Erisman, J. W., Seitzinger, S. P., Howarth, R. W., Cowling, E. B., & Cosby, B. J. (2003). The nitrogen cascade. BioScience, 53(4), 341-356.
Publication type: Article - Ginsburg, E. O., & Cowling, E. B. (2003). Future directions in air-quality science, policy, and education. Environment International, 29(2-3), 125-135.
Publication type: Article - Solomon, P. A., Chameides, W., Weber, R., Middlebrook, A., Kiang, C. S., Russell, A. G., Butler, A., Turpin, B., Mikel, D., Scheffe, R., Cowling, E., Edgerton, E., St John, J., Jansen, J., McMurry, P., Hering, S., & Bahadori, T. (2003). Overview of the 1999 Atlanta Supersite Project. Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 108(D7), 8413-1.
Publication type: Article - Solomon, P. A., Cowling, E. B., & Weber, R. (2003). Preface to special section: Southern Oxidants Study 1999 Atlanta Supersite Project (SOS3). Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 108(D7), 8428-1.
Publication type: Article - Melillo, J. M., & Cowling, E. B. (2002). Reactive nitrogen and public policies for environmental protection. Ambio, 31(2), 150-158.
Publication type: Article - Galloway, J. N., & Cowling, E. B. (2002). Reactive nitrogen and the world: 200 years of change. Ambio, 31(2), 64-71.
Publication type: Article - Galloway, J. N., Cowling, E. B., Seitzinger, S. P., & Socolow, R. H. (2002). Reactive nitrogen: Too much of a good thing?. Ambio, 31(2), 60-63.
Publication type: Article - Galloway, J., Cowling, E., & Kessler, E. (2002). Reactive nitrogen. Ambio, 31(2), 59.
Publication type: Article - Galloway, J., Cowling, E., Oenema, O., Roy, R., & Smil, V. (2002). Optimizing nitrogen management in food and energy production, and environment change - Reponse. Ambio, 31(6), 497-498.
Publication type: Article - Solomon, P., Cowling, E., Hidy, G., & Furiness, C. (2000). Comparison of scientific findings from major ozone field studies in North America and Europe. Atmospheric Environment, 34(12-14), 1885-1920.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E. B., Chameides, W. L., Kiang, C. S., Fehsenfeld, F. C., & Meagher, J. F. (2000). Introduction to special section: Southern Oxidants Study Nashville/Middle Tennessee Ozone Study, Part 2. Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 105(D7), 9075-9077.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E. B., & Kelman, A. (1999). George Henry Hepting: Pioneer leader in forest pathology. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 37(1999), 19-28.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E. B., Chameides, W. L., Kiang, C. S., Fehsenfeld, F. C., & Meagher, J. F. (1998). Introduction to special section: Southern Oxidants Study Nashville Middle Tennessee Ozone Study. Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 103(D17), 22209-22212.
Publication type: Article - Meagher, J. F., Cowling, E. B., Fehsenfeld, F. C., & Parkhurst, W. J. (1998). Ozone formation and transport in southeastern United States: Overview of the SOS Nashville Middle Tennessee Ozone Study. Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 103(D17), 22213-22223.
Publication type: Article - Erisman, J. W., Brydges, T., Bull, K., Cowling, E., Grennfelt, P., Nordberg, L., Satake, K., Schneider, T., Smeulders, S., Van Der Hoek, K. W., Wisniewski, J. R., & Wisniewski, J. (1998). Nitrogen, the confer-N-s - First International Nitrogen Conference 1998 - Summary statement. Environmental Pollution, 102(1998), 3-12.
Publication type: Article - Furiness, C., Smith, L., Ran, L. M., & Cowling, E. (1998). Comparison of emissions of nitrogen and sulfur oxides to deposition of nitrate and sulfate in the USA by state in 1990. Environmental Pollution, 102(Suppl.1), 313-320.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E. B., Erisman, J. W., Smeulders, S. M., Holman, S. C., & Nicholson, B. M. (1998). Optimizing air quality management in Europe and North America: justification for integrated management of both oxidized and reduced forms of nitrogen. Environmental Pollution, 102(Suppl.1), 599-608.
Publication type: Article - Saylor, R. D., Chameides, W. L., & Cowling, E. B. (1998). Implications of the new ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards for compliance in rural areas. Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 103(D23), 31137-31141.
Publication type: Article - Chameides, W. L., Saylor, R. D., & Cowling, E. B. (1997). Ozone pollution in the rural United States and the new NAAQS. Science, 276(5314), 916.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E., & Nilsson, J. (1995). Acidification research: Lessons from history and visions of environmental futures. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 85(1), 279.
Publication type: Article - Cowling, E. B. (1989). Recent changes in chemical climate and related effects on forests in North America and Europe. Ambio, 18(3), 167.
Publication type: Article - Robarge, W. P., Bruck, R. I., & Cowling, E. B. (1989). Throughfall and stemflow measurements at Mt. Mitchell, N.C. during the summer of 1986. In Proceedings of the U.S.-F.R.G. Symposium on Forest Decline (Technical publication #120). (pp. 111-117). USDA Forest Service.
Publication type: Conference paper - Robarge, W. P., Smithson, P. C., Modena, S. A., Bruck, R. I., & Cowling, E. B. (1987). Study of cloud originated stemflow and throughfall collections from red spruce and Fraser fir trees at Mt. Mitchell, NC. In American Chemical Society Annual Meeting. (pp. 171-184).
Publication type: Conference paper - Cowling, E. B. (1982). A status report on acid precipitation and its biological consequences as of April 1981. In F. M. D'Itri (Ed.), Acid precipitation, effects on ecological systems. (pp. 3). Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ann Arbor Science.
Publication type: Chapter - Cowling, E. B. (1982). An historical resume of progress in scientific and public understanding of acid precipitation and its biological consequences. In F. M. D'Itri (Ed.), Acid precipitation, effects on ecological systems. (pp. 43). Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ann Arbor Science.
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