John Groninger
Professor
groninge@siu.edu
618-453-2469
Agriculture Building 194-E
Forestry
My students and I evaluate silvicultural and agroforestry approaches to achieving a variety of interrelated objectives, including watershed stabilization, fuelwood/biomass, timber, wildlife, and biodiversity ranging from rural to urbanized landscapes. This work supports my teaching in silviculture, agroforestry, urban forestry, and related topics.
Special Interests
Management of afforested and intact forest ecosystems in our region. I also remain engaged in using natural resources management to support vulnerable populations internationally.
Classes
- FOR 310 - Practices of Silviculture
- FOR 431 - Regional Silviculture
- FOR 310C - Forest Resources Summer Camp
- FOR 403 - Agroforestry
- FOR 428 - Urban Forestry
- FOR 510 - Advanced Silviculture and Landscape Rehabilitation
Descriptions available for each of these classes in course listings for Forestry [FOR].
Education
- Ph.D. Virginia Tech
- M.S. Penn State
- B.S. Yale
Recent Publications
- Mahmoodi, M.B., M.N. Shalizi, J.W. Groninger, K. Akamani, and S. Khurram. 2021. Stand characteristics and perceptions of indigenous communities on the management of pistachio (Pistacia vera L) forests in an unstable region of Afghanistan, Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 10.1080/10549811.2021.1978097
- Lovseth, J.T., J.W. Groninger, C.M. Ruffner, B. Bookout, t. Keller, K. Silcox, D. Schnaitman. 2021. Using floristic analysis and dendrochronology to plan landscape-level restoration within a forest-prairie ecotone. Natural Areas Journal 41(4):238-248.
- Plecki, A.F., K. Akamani, J.W. Groninger, J.C. Brenner, and K.L. Gage. 2021. Homeowner perceptions and responses to buffelgrass invasion risks in the Tucson, Arizona wildland urban interface. Heliyon 7 (2021) e07040.
- Hillard, E.M., J. C. Crawford, C.K. Nielsen, J.W. Groninger, and E.M. Schauber. 2021. Hydrogeomorphology influences swamp rabbit habitat selection in bottomland hardwood forests, Journal of Wildlife Management 85(3): 593-601. DOI: 10:1002/jwmg,22005.
- Shalizi, M.N., S. Khurram, J.W. Groninger, K. Akamani, and R.C. Morrissey. 2020. Redbud woodlands conservation status in Afghanistan: Implications for sustaining vulnerable ecosystems under multiple drivers of change. Global Ecology and Conservation 22: e00942.
- Skousen, J., A. Monteleone, M. Tyree, R. Swab, J. Groninger, M. Adams, D. Buckley, P. Wood, R. Williams, S. Eggerud, P. Angel, and C. Zipper. 2019. Establishing small trees and shrubs on mined lands using the Forestry Reclamation Approach. U.S. Office of Surface Mining. Forest Reclamation Advisory #18, 9 p.