Theodore Shear
TS
Bio
Education
B.S. Louisiana State University (1980)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (1985)
Research Interests
Restoration ecology with an emphasis on wetland restoration and creation and reclamation of drastically disturbed lands; Ecology and conservation biology aspects of forest management; Urban natural resource management; Plant physiology and biochemistry.
Area(s) of Expertise
Restoration Ecology and Plant Physiology
Publications
- Estimating landowners' willingness to accept payments for nature-based solutions in eastern North Carolina for flood hazard mitigation using the contingent valuation method , JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION (2023)
- Geospatial Analysis and Land Suitability for “FloodWise” Practices: Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation in Eastern, Rural North Carolina , Land (2022)
- Natural Infrastructure Practices as Potential Flood Storage and Reduction for Farms and Rural Communities in the North Carolina Coastal Plain , Sustainability (2021)
- Effects of Five Growing Media and Two Fertilizer Levels on Polybag-Raised Camden Whitegum (Eucalyptus benthamii Maiden & Cambage) Seedling Morphology and Drought Hardiness , FORESTS (2019)
- Environmental Controls of Reproduction and Early Growth of Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) , CASTANEA (2014)
- How management strategies have affected Atlantic White-cedar forest recovery after massive wind damage in the Great Dismal Swamp (vol 262, pg 1337, 2011) , FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2013)
- Novel ways to assess forested wetland restoration in North Carolina using ecohydrological patterns from reference sites , Ecohydrology (2013)
- How management strategies have affected Atlantic White-cedar forest recovery after massive wind damage in the Great Dismal Swamp , FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2011)
- Identifying ecohydrological patterns in natural forested wetlands useful to restoration design , Ecohydrology (2011)
- The human/nature dilemma in ecological restoration , Global restoration ecology (2009)