William Dvorak
Bio
Education
B.S. Michigan State University (1974)
M.S. North Carolina State University (1982)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (1990)
Research Interests
Gene conservation; evolution of tropical and subtropical pines; provenance testing; population genetics; root morphology and variation.
Courses
FOR 583 – Tropical Forestry
Area(s) of Expertise
Tropical Pine Gene Conservation
Publications
- Growth and modulus of elasticity of pine species and hybrids three years after planting in South Africa , SOUTHERN FORESTS (2020)
- Tree breeding model to assess financial performance of pine hybrids and pure species: deterministic and stochastic approaches for South Africa , NEW FORESTS (2017)
- Provenance variation and within-provenance genetic parameters in Eucalyptus urophylla across 125 test sites in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa and Venezuela , TREE GENETICS & GENOMES (2015)
- Utilization and transfer of forest genetic resources: A global review , FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2014)
- Visualising the environmental preferences of Pinus tecunumanii populations , TREE GENETICS & GENOMES (2014)
- Selection of Provenances to Adapt Tropical Pine Forestry to Climate Change on the Basis of Climate Analogs , FORESTS (2013)
- Comparisons between laboratory and field results of frost tolerance of pines from the southern USA and Mesoamerica planted as exotics , SOUTHERN FORESTS-A JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE (2012)
- Growth potential and genetic parameters of four Mesoamerican pines planted in the Southern Hemisphere , SOUTHERN FORESTS-A JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE (2012)
- Susceptibility of provenances and families of Pinus maximinoi and Pinus tecunumanii to frost in South Africa , NEW FORESTS (2012)
- The potential use of near infrared spectroscopy to discriminate between different pine species and their hybrids , JOURNAL OF NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (2012)