Kevin Potter
KP
Bio
Education
B.A. Drake University (1993)
M.S. North Carolina State University (2002)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (2006)
Research Interests
Landscape genetics; Evolutionary ecology; Forest tree population genetics; Gene conservation; Landscape ecology; Biodiversity; Forest health; Invasive species.
Area(s) of Expertise
Conservation Genetics, Landscape Ecology, Forest Health, Landscape Genetics, Biodiversity, Evolutionary Ecology
Publications
- Coastal carbon sentinels: A decade of forest change along the eastern shore of the US signals complex climate change dynamics , PLOS CLIMATE (2025)
- Generalist Pests Cause High Tree Infestation, but Specialist Pests Cause High Mortality , Forests (2025)
- Old‐Growth Forest Area Projected to Increase on United States Federal Lands Under Alternative Future Scenarios , Earth's Future (2025)
- United States forests are increasingly invaded by problematic non-native plants , Forest Ecology and Management (2025)
- Do Experimental Forests and Ranges of the Southeastern United States Represent the Climate, Ecosystem Structure, and Ecosystem Functions of the Region? , Journal of Forestry (2024)
- Forest plant invasions in the eastern United States: evidence of invasion debt in the wildland-urban interface , Landscape Ecology (2024)
- Indicator 3.1 , (2024)
- Range-Wide Assessment of Recent Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) Area and Regeneration Trends , Forests (2024)
- Broad-scale patterns of forest fire occurrence across the United States and the Caribbean territories, 2021 , (2023)
- Broad-scale patterns of insect and disease activity across the United States from the National Insect and Disease Survey, 2021 , (2023)