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Steven L.Stephenson

Steven L.Stephenson

Phone: 575-2869
FAX: 479-575-4010
slsteph@uark.edu

Degrees:

Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1977

Research Interests:

My research interests center around (1) the distribution and ecology of myxomycetes (plasmodial slime molds) in terrestrial ecosystems and (2) the community ecology of plants and fungi. Primary emphasis of my research on myxomycetes has been on analyzing patterns of microhabitat occupation, species composition, species diversity, and taxonomic diversity of these organisms in different types of ecosystems throughout the world. My research program has been carried out on six continents and from the tropics to high-latitude regions of both Hemispheres. Much of my previous research on community ecology has been directed towards the upland forests of the mid-Appalachians, particularly those dominated by various oak species. More recently, I've been studying the upland forests of the Ozarks. I am looking for students who are interested in studying some aspect of the community ecology of plants, fungi, or myxomycetes.

Academic Interests:

Community ecology; mycology; distribution, ecology and biodiversity of myxomycetes in terrestrial ecosystems.

Lab Website:

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Recent Publications:

Vasilyeva, L. N., and S. L. Stephenson. 2005. Pyrenomycetes of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. II. Diatrypella (Ces et de Not.) Nitschke and Cryptovalsa Ces et De Not. (Diatrypaceae). Fungal Diversity 19:189-200.

Fortney, R. H., S. L. Stephenson, J. S. Rentch, W. N. Grafton, H. S. Adams, R. B. Coxe, and H. H. Mills. 2005. Vegetation patterns within the lower Bluestone River Gorge in southern West Virginia. Castanea 70:184-203.

Stephenson, S. L., M. Schnittler, and C. Lado. 2004. Ecological characterization of a tropical myxomycete assemblage—Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador. Mycologia 96:488-497.

Moncalvo, J.-M., T. J. Baroni, R. P. Bhatt, and S. L. Stephenson. 2004. Rhodocybe paurii, a new species from the Indian Himalaya. Mycologia 96:859-865.

Stephenson, S. L., M. Schnittler, C. Lado, A. Estrada-Torres, D. Wrigley de Basanta, J. C. Landolt, Y. K. Novozhilov, J. Clark, D. L. Moore, and F. W. Spiegel. 2004. Studies of Neotropical mycetozoans. Systematics and Geography of Plants 74:87-108.