Dr. Joshua J. Granger

Dr. Joshua J. Granger

Title

  • Assistant Professor

Contact Information

joshua.j.granger@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-0596
Thompson Hall, Rm 321

Overview

Education

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Natural Resources
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Master of Science (M.S.), Statistics
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney, Master of Science (M.S.), Biology
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), German

Research Interests

Forest ecology
Quantitative silviculture
Hardwood and pine regeneration
Forest ecosystem resilience

Teaching Interests

FO 2113 - Dendrology
FO 2213 - Forest Measurements
FO 3015 - Forest Description and Analysis

Website

Publications

Year Publications
2023

Goldsmith, C., Alexander, H., Granger, J., Siegert, C. M. 2023. Invasive Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) hinders growth and biomass of hardwood seedlings regardless of light and moisture treatment. Forest Ecology and Management 539:120984.

2023

Ripa, G. N., Demarais, S., Granger, J., Hamrick, R. G., Iglay, R. B. 2023. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) nutritional carrying capacity over two decades after exclusion. Forest Ecology and Management 535:120899.

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2023

Collins, D., Granger, J., Dicke, S., Poudel, K. P., Polinko, A. D., Willis, J. 2023. Crown Lifting of Low-Density Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Plantations on Nonindustrial Private Forest Lands. Forest Science 69(1):94 - 100.

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2023

Ripa, G. N., Demarais, S., Granger, J., Hamrisk, R. G., Iglay, R. B. 2023. 20-year effects of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory on vegetation composition and structure. Forest Ecology and Management 528:120644.

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2022

Baach, E., Himes, A., Polinko, A., Granger, J. J., Zhou, Q. 2022. Diversity-productivity relationships in forests of the southeastern United States: Leveraging national inventory data and tree functional traits. Forest Ecology and Management 521:120426.

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2022

Adeyemo, S., Granger, J. 2022. Habitat suitability model and range shift analysis for American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the United States. . Trees, Forests, and People.

2022

Collins, D., Granger, J., Dicke, S., Poudel , K., Polinko, A., Willis, J. 2022. Crown lifting effects on young loblolly pine (P. taeda). . Forest Science

2022

Hale, C., Granger, J., Siegert, C., Correa, S., DuBien, J., Goldsmith, C., Kruckeberg, W. 2022. Microsite Habitat, Species Associations, and Habitat Suitability Model of a Globally Imperiled Shrub. Natural Areas 42(3):206-217.

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2022

Hale, C., Granger, J., Correa, S., Siegert, C., DuBien, J. 2022. Atlantic White-Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) Response Post- Hurricane Disturbance. Forest Science 68:270-282.

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2022

Dahal, B., Poudel, K. P., Renninger, H. J., Granger, J. J., Leininger, T. D., Gardiner, E. S., Souter, R. A., Rousseau, R. J. 2022. Aboveground biomass equations for black willow (Salix nigra Marsh.) and eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.). Trees, Forests and People 7(100195).

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2021

Poudel, K. P., Avery, S. C., Granger, J. J. 2021. Live Crown Ratio Models for Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) with Beta Regression. Forests 12(10):1409.

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2021

Granger, J., Buckley, D. S. 2021. Performance of white oak (Quercus alba) and three pine species in novel multi-cropped plantations in eastern Tennessee, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 489(119060).

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2020

Granger, J. J., Zobel, J. M., Buckley, D. S. 2020. Differential impacts of emerald ash bore (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) on forest communities containing native ash (Fraxinus spp.) species in eastern North America. Forest Science 66(1):38-48.

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2019

Yang, J., Ren, W., Ouyang, Y., Feng, G., Tao, B., Granger, J., Poudel, K. P. 2019. Projection of 21st century irrigation water requirement across the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Agricultural Water Management 217:60-72.

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2018

Granger, J. J., Buckley, D. S., Sharik, T. L., Zobel, J. M., DeBord, W. W., Hartman, J. P., Henning, J. G., Keyser, T. L., Marshall, J. M. 2018. Northern red oak regeneration: 25-year results of cutting and prescribed fire in Michigan oak and pine stands. Forest Ecology and Management 429:467-479.

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2018

Granger, J. J., Buckley, D. S., Zobel, J. M. 2018. Microsites supporting endemic populations of mountain stewartia (Stewartia ovata) in East Tennessee. Castanea 83(1):140-151.

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Extension Publications

Year Publications

Graduate Students

  • Drew Williams
  • Chuck Burdine
  • Justin Gleason
  • Segun Adeyemo
  • T. J. Gatlin

Society Memberships

  • American Chestnut Cooperators’ Foundation
  • American Chestnut Foundation
  • American Conifer Society
  • American Poultry Association
  • Arbor Day Foundation
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Golden Key International Honor Society
  • International Oak Society
  • International Plant Propagators’ Society
  • International Society of Arboriculture
  • International Society of Forest Resource Economics
  • International Waterfowl Breeders Association
  • Mississippi Forestry Association
  • Mississippi Society of American Foresters
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Natural Areas Association
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Professional Arborist Association of Mississippi
  • Rhode Island Red Club of America
  • Society of American Foresters
  • The Ozark Chinquapin Foundation
  • Xi Sigma Pi