JONATHAN EVANS

Professor of Biology

ADDRESS:

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
University of the South
Sewanee, TN 37383-1000

OFFICE: G-10 Woods Laboratories
PHONE: (931) 598-1304
FAX: (931) 598-1145
E-MAIL: jevans@sewanee.edu

TEACHING PROGRAM:

BIO 114 Introduction to Botany
BIO 115 Biological Conservation
BIO 131 Principles of Biology I
BIO 140 Readings in Island Ecology
BIO 206 Plant Ecology
BIO 209 Conservation Biology
BIO 210 Ecology
BIO 240 Island Ecology
BIO 310 Plant Evolution and Systematics
BIO 444 Undergraduate Research

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

· Forest change in the southern United States:

I am the Director of Sewanee's Landscape Analysis Laboratory which serves as a focal point for an interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff and students engaged in the study of land-use in the southeast and its ecological and socio- economic implications. Central to the Laboratory's mission is its Geographical Information System (GIS), equipped with the hardware and software necessary for the processing and analysis of an extensive spatial data archive that we maintain for the region. The Landscape Analysis Laboratory (LAL) has a multi-pronged outreach program designed to connect landscape-level, scientific information and GIS/remote-sensing technology to a broad range of constituencies including: federal, state and local government agencies and officials; environmental advocacy groups, the forest-products industry, public schools, land trusts, and the media.

From 2000-2002, I served as Principal Investigator on a grant from the U.S. EPA and US Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct the Small Area Assessment Forestry Demonstration Project for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment. This project examined the ecological consequences of native hardwood conversion to pine plantations on the Cumberland Plateau and developed cost-effective, technologically accessible tools for monitoring forest change at a scale appropriate for local land-use decision-making. This research provided some of the first spatial and temporal documentation of native forest loss due to the spread of pine plantations in the Southeast – a land-use activity that has increased substantially over the past decade in this region.

· Plant Conservation Biology:

I am the Director of the Sewanee Herbarium which promotes the awareness and conservation of plant biodiversity in southeastern Tennessee through guided nature walks, public presentations, a quarterly newsletter (The Plant Press), a website and the maintenance of comprehensive plant databases and collections.

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