Scott Franklin
Professor and Department Chair
School of Biological Sciences
College of Natural and Health Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
College of Natural and Health Sciences
1995-1996, Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Research Fellow. J. William Fulbright Fellowship; Teaching, Research
1996-1997, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Lecturer, Teaching
1997-2003, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Assistant Professor; Teaching, Research, Service
2003-2008, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Associate Professor; Teaching, Research, Service
2008-2011, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Assistant Professor; Teaching, Research, Service
2011-2014, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Associate Professor; Teaching, Research, Service
2014-pres, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Professor; Teaching, Research, Service
2014-2015, Interim Associate Dean of Research, College of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado
2015 Fall, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanic Garden, China, International Visiting Scholar; Research, Taught short course
2016 Spring, Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, International Visiting Scholar; Research
My research interests settle around the dynamics of vegetation in relation to disturbance. I am interested in the short and long-term response of vegetation communities to natural and applied (restoration) disturbance. I am also interested in the spatial and temporal patterns of disturbances, which have an obvious effect on their severity. The two main disturbances that I have researched are fire and flooding. In addition, I am interested in clonal plant ecology.
Fois, Mauro, Corrado Marcen貌 and Scott B. Franklin. 2023. Editorial: Floristic and Vegetation Studies at the Era of Big Data: Challenges, Trends and Applications. Front. Ecol. Evol. - Biogeography and Macroecology 11:1220026. . Intro to Special Issue.
Mercado, Javier E., Robert T. Walker, Scott Franklin, Shannon L. Kay, Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, and S. Karen Gomez. 2023. Xylem traumatic resin duct formation in response to stem fungal inoculation in Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine. Forests 14:502. .
Wang, W. & Scott B. Franklin & Zhijun Lu. 2023. Small-scale spatial patterns of bamboos Bashania fargesii and Fargesia qinlingensis in the Qinling Mountains, China. Advances in Bamboo Science 2:100018. .
Lu, Zhijun & Scott B. Franklin. 2022. Revisiting ramet connection under homogeneous water availability environments. Flora (Special issue: Ecological Implications for Plant Clonality) 296: 10.1016/j.flora.2022.152163
Lu, Zhijun & Scott B. Franklin. 2022. Clonal integration and regeneration in bamboo Bashania fargesii. Forest Ecology & Management 523:120504.
Shuman, J.K. J.K. Balch, R.T. Barnes, P.E. Higuera, C.I. Roos, D.W. Schwilk, E.N. Stavros, T. Banerjee, M.M. Bela, J. Bendix, S. Bertolino, S. Bililign, K.D. Bladon, P. Brando, R.E. Breidenthal, B. Buma, D. Calhoun, L.M.V. Carvalho, M.E. Cattau, K.M. Cawley, S. Chandra, M.L. Chipman, J. Cobian-I帽iguez, E. Conlisk, J.D. Coop, A. Cullen, K.T. Davis, A. Dayalu, F. De Sales, M. Dolman, L.M. Ellsworth, S. Franklin, C.H. Guiterman, M. Hamilton, E.J. Hanan, W.D. Hansen, S. Hantson, B.J. Harvey, A. Holz, T. Huang, M.D. Hurteau, N.T. Ilangakoon, M. Jennings, C. Jones, A. Klimaszewski-Patterson, L.N. Kobziar, J. Kominoski, B. Kosovic, M.A. Krawchuk, Paul Laris, J. Leonard, S.M. Loria-Salazar, M. Lucash, H. Mahmoud, E. Margolis, T. Maxwell, J.L. McCarty, D.B. McWethy, R.S. Meyer, J.R. Miesel, W.K. Moser, R.C. Nagy, D. Niyogi, H.M. Palmer, A. Pellegrini, B. Poulter, K. Robertson, A.V. Rocha, M. Sadegh, F. Santos, F. Scordo, J.O. Sexton, A.S. Sharma, A.M.S. Smith, A.J. Soja, C. Still, T. Swetnam, A.D. Syphard, M.W. Tingey, A. Tohidi, A.T. Trugman, M. Turetsky, J.M. Varner, Y. Wang, T. Whitman, S. Yelenik & X. Zhang. 2022. Reimagine Fire Science for the Anthropocene. PNAS Nexus 1:1-14. .
Mercado, Javier E., Robert T. Walker, Scott Franklin, Shannon L. Kay, Susana Karen Gomez and Robert M. Hubbard. 2021. Changes in transpiration and leaf water potential in Douglas-fir trees following Douglas-fir beetle attack and mechanical girdling. Forests 12, 1722. .
Hunter, John, Scott Franklin, Sarah Luxton & Javier Loidi. 2021. Terrestrial biomes: a conceptual review. Vegetation Classification and Survey 2:73-85. doi: 10.3897/VCS/2021/61463. Received Editor鈥檚 Choice Award.
Franklin, Scott B., Tomas Herben, Rob Salguero-Gomez, Jitka Klimesova, Zdenek Janovsky, Peter Alpert & Vladimir Douhovnikoff. 2021. Next-gen plant clonal ecology. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 49:125601.
George P. Malanson, Michelle L. Talal, Elizabeth R. Pansing, and Scott B. Franklin. 2021. Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences. Progress in Physical Geography 45: 446-459.
Franklin, Scott B., Michael Schiebout and Jozef 艩ibik. 2020. Vegetation Classification Exercise for the Pawnee National Grasslands, USA. Vegetation Classification and Survey 1:123-137. doi: 10.3897/VCS/2020/38629
Malanson, George, Scott B. Franklin, Michelle L. Talal and Elizabeth R. Pansing. 2020. Human Dimensions: Vegetation Ecology. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. DOI:10.1002/bes2.1776.
Franklin, Scott B., Pawe艂 Olejniczak, Ewa Samulak, M谩ria 艩ib铆kov谩, Tom谩拧 Bacig谩l, Juraj Nechaj & Jozef 艩ib铆k. 2020. Clonal plants in disturbed mountain forests: heterogeneity enhances ramet integration. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 44: 125533.
Hobohm, Carsten, Monika Jani拧ov谩, Manuel Steinbauer, Sara Landi, Richard Field, Sula Vanderplank, Carl Beierkuhnlein, John-Arvid Grytnes, Ole Reidar Vetaas, Alessandra Fidelis, Lea de Nascimento, Vincent Ralph Clark, Jos茅 Mar铆a Fern谩ndez-Palacios, Scott Franklin, Riccardo Guarino, Jihong Huang, Pavel Krestov, Keping Ma,Vladimir Onipchenko, Mike W. Palmer, Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, Christian Stolza, Alessandro Chiarucci. 2019. Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation..
Xu, Yaozhan, Haiyan Huang, Xiujuan Qiao, Zhijun Lu, Scott Franklin, Zheng Shi, Yoshiko Iida, Dachuan Bao, Yiqi Luo & Mingxi Jiang. 2019. Linkages between tree architectural designs and life-history strategies in a subtropical montane moist forest. Forest Ecology & Management 438: 1-9.
Bretfeld, Mario,Scott B. Franklin & Robert K. Peet. 2019. Long-term vegetation dynamics of mixed aspen forests in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12712.
Ke Guo, Chang-Cheng Liu, Zong-Qiang Xie, Frank Yonghong Li, Scott B. Franklin, Zhi-Jun Lu & Ke-Ping Ma. 2018. China Vegetation Classification: concept, approach and applications. Phytocoenologia 48: DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2017/0166.
De C谩ceres, M., Franklin, Scott B., Hunter, John T., Landucci, Flavia, Dengler, J眉rgen, Roberts, David W. 2018. Global overview of plot-based vegetation classification approaches. Phytocoenologia 48: 1-12. DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2018/0256. (SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTION)
Ahn, Jehwoo, Scott B. Franklin & Vladimir Douhovnikoff. 2017. Epigenetic variation in clonal stands of aspen. Folia Geobotanica 52: 443-449.
Meng, H., X. Wei, S. B. Franklin, H. Wu, M. Jiang. 2017. Geographical variation and the role of climate in leaf traits of a relict tree species across its distribution in China. Plant Biology 19: 552鈥�561.
Franklin, S.B., Xiujuan Qiao & Zhijun Lu. 2017. Spatial Patterns of Species Biodiversity in Terrestrial Environments. Oxford Bibliographies DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0179.
Bretfeld, M., Scott B. Franklin & Robert M. Hubbard. 2017. Initial evidence for simultaneous, bi-directional sap flow in roots of interconnected aspen ramets (Populus tremuloides). Folia Geobotanica 52:345-352.
Hao, Wu, Scott B. Franklin, Jianming Liu & Zhijun Lu. 2017. Relative importance of density dependence and topography on tree mortality in a subtropical mountain forest. Forest Ecology & Management 384: 169-179.
Wang Q., Punchi-Manage R., Lu Z., Franklin S., Wang Z., Li Y., Chi X., Bao D., Guo Y., Lu J., Xu Y., Qiao X. and Jiang M. 2016. Effects of topography on structuring species assemblages in a subtropical forest. J Plant Ecol, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw047
Franklin, S.B., Hunter, J., De C谩ceres, M., Dengler, J., Krestov, P., Landucci, F. 2016. Introducing the IAVS Vegetation Classification Working Group. Phytocoenologia 46: 5-8. DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2016/0116.
Wang, Wei, Scott B. Franklin, Zhijun Lu & Brian J. Rude. 2016. Delayed Flowering in Bamboo: Evidence from in the Qinling Mountains of China. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:151. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00151.
Bretfeld, M., Scott B. Franklin & Robert K. Peet. 2016. A multiple-scale assessment of long-term aspen persistence and elevational range shifts in the Colorado Front Range. Ecological Monographs 86:244-260. DOI: 10.1890/15-1195.1.
Qiao, Xiujuan, Junmeng Lu, Qianxi Li, Qinggang Wang, Zhiyao Tang, Scott Franklin, Jiaxin Zhang, Zhijun Lu, Dachuan Bao, Yili Guo, Haibo Liu, Yaozhan Xu, & Mingxi Jiang. 2015. Beta diversity determinants in Badagonshan, a subtropical forest in central China. Scientific Reports 5:17043. DOI: 10.1038/srep17043.
Xu Y., J. Zhang, S.B. Franklin, J. Liang, P. Ding, Y. Luo, Z. Lu, D. Bao and M. Jiang. 2015. Improving allometry models to estimate the above- and belowground biomass of subtropical forest, China. Ecosphere 6(12): 289. DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00198.1
De C谩ceres, Miquel; Chytry, Milan; Agrillo, Emiliano; Attorre, Fabio; Botta-Duk谩t, Zolt谩n; Capelo, Jorge; Cz煤cz, Balint; Dengler, J眉rgen; Ewald, Joerg; Faber-Langendoen, Don; Enrico, Feoli; Franklin, Scott; Gavil谩n, Rosario; Gillet, Fran莽ois; Jansen, Florian; Jim茅nez-Alfaro, Borja; Krestov, Pavel; Landucci, Flavia; Lengyel, Attila; Loidi, Javier; Mucina, Ladislav; Peet, Robert; Roberts, Dave; Role膷ek, Jan; Schamin茅e, Joop; Schmidtlein, Sebastian; Theurillat, Jean-Paul; Tich媒, Lubom铆r; Walker, Donald; Wildi, Otto; Willner, Wolfgang; Wiser, Susan. 2015. A comparative framework for broad-scale plot-based vegetation classification. Applied Vegetation Science 18:543-560. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12179
Bretfeld, Mario, James Doerner & S.B. Franklin. 2015. Radial growth response and vegetative sprouting of aspen following release from competition due to insect-induced conifer mortality. Forest Ecology & Management 347: 96-106.
Beverly, Daniel & S.B. Franklin. 2015. Separation of heterotrophic and autotrophic contributions to soil CO2 efflux under simulated dormancy conditions. Open Journal of Forestry 5: 274-286. DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2015.53024.
ESA Panel [Franklin, S.B. et al.]. 2015. How can a national vegetation classification help ecological research and management? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13:185-186.
Rayle, Courtney M., S.B. Franklin & Zhijun Lu. 2015. Fire occurrence in relation to bamboo dominance in the Qinling Mountains of China: Evidence from phytolith and charcoal records in Holocene sediments. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences 58: 1182鈥�1190. .
Hobohm, Carsten, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Christine B枚rtitz, V. Ralph Clark, Nadja El Balti, Andreas Fichtner, Scott Franklin, Thomas Gaens, Werner H盲rdtle, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Monika Jani拧ov谩, Jan Jansen, Martin Lindner, Michaela Moro-Richter, Volker M眉ller-Benedict, Konrad Ott, Karl Christoph Reinmuth, Nils van Rooijen, Mattias Sandberg, Joop H. J. Schamine茅, Cindy Q. Tang, Hans-Christoph Vahle & Sula E. Vanderplank. 2021. Land Use Change and the Future of Biodiversity. In: Hobohm C. (ed) Perspectives for Biodiversity and Ecosystems. Environmental Challenges and Solutions. Springer, Cham.
Franklin, Scott B., Jack W. Grubaugh & Rick Adams. 2010. Ecology Lab Book. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 110 p.
Richards, Mary-Anne & Scott Franklin. 2009. Science and Technical Writing: A Guide to the Types of Science and Technical Writing, with a Grammar Review. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 226 p.
Fralish, James S. & Scott B. Franklin. 2002. Taxonomy and ecology of woody plants in North American forests (excluding Mexico). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY, 612 p.
Franklin, S.B., Pawel Olejniczak & Jozef Sibik. 2018. Clonal Plant Response to Disturbance in the Montane Spruce Forests of the Tatras, Central Europe. Clonal Plant Conference, Brunswick, ME, USA.
Franklin, S.B., Pawel Olejniczak & Jozef Sibik. 2018. Clonal Plant Response to Disturbance in the Montane Spruce Forests of the Tatras, Central Europe. Rocky Mountain National park Symposium, Estes Park, CO, USA.
Franklin, Scott B., Don Faber-Langendoen & Jozef Sibik. 2017. Division Level Examples for a Global Vegetation-based Biome Classification. International Association of Vegetation Science, Palermo, Sicily.
Franklin, Scott B., Mario Bretfeld, Robert K. Peet, Kimberly Kaufeld, James Doerner & Megan Heier. 2015. Forty years of change in aspen forests, Rocky Mountain National Park (CO). Clonal Plant Workshop, T艡ebo艌, Czech Republic.
Lupardus, Randi & Scott Franklin. 2015. Potential Environmental Impacts of Shale Development on Proximate Flora. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Franklin, Scott B., Bretfeld, Mario, Peet, Robert K., Kaufeld, Kimberly, & Doerner, James. 2015. Forty years of change in aspen forests, Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Rocky Mountain National Park Research Conference, Estes Park, CO.
Kaufeld, K., Scott B. Franklin & James E. Moore. 2014. Community dynamics along a disturbance gradient. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.
Bretfeld, Mario, Scott B. Franklin & Robert K. Peet. 2014. Assessing 40 years of change in aspen forests of the Rocky Mountain National Park (CO). Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. (Mario won the Vegetation Section Oral Presentation Award for this talk 鈥� Damman Award)
Franklin, Scott B., Pawel Olejniczak, Ewa Samulak, Maria Sibikova, Tomas Basigal, Juraj Nechaj & Jozef Sibik. 2018. Clonal Plant Response to Disturbance in the Montane Spruce Forests of the Tatras (Slovakia). International Association of Vegetation Science, Bozeman, MT, USA.
Franklin, Scott B. & Don Faber-Langendoen. 2017. NVC Review Board: Engaging vegetation ecologists in support of the USNVC. Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Portland, OR.
Franklin, S.B., Hunter, J., De C谩ceres, M., Dengler, J., Krestov, P., Landucci, F. 2016. Introducing the IAVS Vegetation Classification Working Group. International Association of Vegetation Science Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy.
Franklin, Scott B., Don Faber-Langendoen, Robert K. Peet, Todd Keeler-Wolf, David W. Roberts, Esteban Muldavin & Janet Franklin. 2015. USNVC peer review: maintaining a dynamic and comprehensive classification. International Association of Vegetation Science Annual Meeting. Brno, Czech Republic.
Schiebout, Michael H., Amber Brandt & Scott B. Franklin. 2014. Vegetative classification
of the Pawnee National Grassland, USA.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA.
Beverly, D. & Scott B. Franklin. 2014. Separation of heterotrophic and autotrophic contributions to soil CO2 efflux under simulated dormancy conditions. Ecological Soceity of America Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA.
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