Faculty Profile
Marjorie Holland
Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (662)915-5874
Email: mholland@olemiss.edu
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/biology/people/faculty/holland/index.php
Key Words: Plant Ecology and Systematics, Wetlands Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Ecology of Riparian Systems, Biogeochemical Cycles, Ecological Functioning of Constructed Wetland Systems
Research Description: Honors students that have worked with me have assisted with plant field sampling in long term monitoring plots at the University of Mississippi Field Station. These plots were established in 1996, so current students assess changes in the plots over the last 18 years. Students are involved in field sampling, plant identification, data analyses, and report/thesis preparation. In the past, students have presented their final papers at symposia organized within the Biology Department, various other UM departments, and at various professional regional and national scientific conferences.
Honors Theses:
Tharp, Mitchell Ben (2022) Species Diversity and Growth Rates of Overstory Vegetation Over 25 Years in Response to Physical and Chemical Properties in Long-term Monitoring Plots at the University of Mississippi Field Station (full text)
Kang, Sean Woo (2016) Vegetation Effects on Rhizosphere Microbial Communities in Coastal Wetlands of South Mississippi. (full text)
Smith, Mollie Kristine (2001) "Distribution of Woody Vegetation at the University of Mississippi Field Station"
Available Research Projects:
field sampling in long-term monitoring plots at the UM Field Station
Project Description: Biology students have been involved in collecting data about vegetation growing in wetland and forested plots at the University of Mississippi Field Station since 1996. These students have included several Honors students, UM graduate students, and students from various botany classes. Comparisons are now possible over a seventeen year timespan. Data synthesis and analysis is undertaken each year, and opportunities to work with this long-term dataset are always available. Possibilities exist for comparison of these data from north Mississippi to data from other field stations across the globe.
Desired Student Qualifications: BISC 160, 161, 162, and 163, plus a course in ecology or botany [or both].
Project Timeline: field sampling can be conducted from late March to mid-October, and literature review and data analysis can be undertaken during any month of the year.
Duties of Student Researcher: field sampling, data compilation and analysis, and write up of results. There is the possibility of submission to a journal.
Last Updated on 2015-10-21 17:42:07