SAMMY L. KING
Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
LSU
124 School of Renewable Natural Resources
Baton Rouge, LA 70783
(225) 578-7564
sking16@lsu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1994.
M.S.--Zoology and Wildlife Science, Auburn University, 1990.
B.S.--Biology, Nicholls State University, 1987.
EMPLOYMENT
January 2003 – present. Leader, Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and
Adjunct Associate Professor, LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources.
August 2000-January 2003. Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Department of
Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
November 1994 - August 2000. Ecologist, United States Geological Survey (USGS),
Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA.
July 1994 - November 1994. Post-doctoral Ecologist, U.S. Forest Service, Charleston, SC
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Wetland, floodplain, and forest ecology and management; restoration of degraded ecosystems
particularly riparian, bottomland hardwood, and other wetland systems; wildlife/habitat
relationships particularly of amphibians and waterbirds; disturbance and plant succession.
COURSES TAUGHT AT LSU (2003 – Present):
RNR 7029 (1 hr) – Wetlands in Peril (Graduate Seminar)
RNR 7029 (3 hrs) – Floodplain Ecology and Management (Spring 2004/2006/2011)
RNR 7029/7017 (4 hrs) – Restoration, Ecology, and Management of Wetlands (Fall
2004/2006/2008/2009/2011)
RNR 7029 (3 hours) – Wetlands of the Intermountain West (Summer 2009)
RNR 4013 (4 hours) – Wetlands and Wildlife Ecology (Fall 2010/2012)
RNR 7029 (3 hours) – Wetlands of the Rio Grande (Spring 2011)
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (selected)
King, S. L. 1995. Effects of flooding regimes on two impounded bottomland hardwood stands.
Wetlands 15:272-284.
King, S. L. 1996. The effects of flooding regimes on bottomland hardwood seedlings planted on
lignite mine spoil in East Texas. Texas Journal of Science 48:75-84.
King, S. L., and J. A. Allen. 1996. Plant succession and greentree reservoir management:
Implications for management and restoration of bottomland hardwood wetlands. Wetlands
16:503-511.
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (selected;continued)
King, S. L. and W. E. Grant. 1996. A simulation model of the impacts of green-tree reservoir
management on bottomland hardwood seedling growth and survival. Ecological
Modelling 87:69-82.
King, S. L., J. A. Allen, and J. McCoy. 1998. Long-term effects of a lock and dam and
greentree reservoir management on a bottomland hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and
Management 112:213-226.
King, S. L., and B. D. Keeland. 1999. Evaluation of reforestation of the Lower Mississippi River
Alluvial Valley. Restoration Ecology 7:348-359.
King, S. L., and T. J. Antrobus. 2001. Canopy disturbance patterns in a bottomland hardwood
forest in Northeast Arkansas, USA. Wetlands 21:543-553.
Gorham, L. E., S. L. King, B. D. Keeland, and S. Mopper. 2002. Effects of canopy gaps and
flooding on homopterans in a bottomland hardwood forest. Wetlands 22(3):541-549.
Burke, M. K., S. L. King, D. Gartner, and M. H. Eisenbies. 2003. Vegetation, soil, and flooding
relationships in a blackwater floodplain forest. Wetlands 23:988-1002.
Fredrickson, L. H., S. L. King, and R. M. Kaminski, eds. 2005. Ecology and management of
bottomland hardwood systems: the state of our understanding. University of MissouriColumbia. Gaylord Memorial Laboratory Special Publication No. 10. Puxico, Missouri.
(Note: Publications 17 and 20 are chapters within this book)
King, S. L., and T. J. Antrobus. 2005. Gapmaker-gapfiller relationships in an Arkansas
floodplain forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 16:471-480.
Laughban, M. K., S. L. King, and L. H. Fredrickson. 2005. Managing wetlands for wildlife.
Pages 797-838 in C. E. Braun, ed. Techniques for wildlife investigation and
management. 6th edition. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
Oswalt, S., and S. L. King. 2005. Channelization and floodplain forests: impacts of accelerated
sedimentation and valley plug formation on floodplain forests of the Middle Fork Forked
Deer River, Tennessee, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 215:69-83.
Winstead, N. A., and S. L. King. 2006. Secretive marsh bird distribution among structurally
different vegetation types in managed wetlands of northwest Tennessee. Wetlands
26:619-623.
King, S. L., D. J. Twedt, and R. R. Wilson. 2006 (invited). The role of the Wetland Reserve
Program in conservation efforts in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley. The Wildlife
Society Bulletin 34(4):914-920.
Lichtenberg, J. S., S. L. King, J. B. Grace, and S. C. Walls. 2006. Habitat associations of
chorusing anurans in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley. Wetlands 26:736-744.
LMVJV Forest Resource Conservation Working Group. 2007. Restoration, management, and
monitoring of forest resources in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Recommendations for
enhancing wildlife habitat. Edited by R. Wilson, K. Ribbeck, S. L. King, and D. Twedt.
88 pp.
Pierce, A. R., and S. L. King. 2007. The influence of valley plugs in channelized streams on
floodplain sedimentation dynamics over the last century. Wetlands 27:631-643.
Pierce, A. R., and S. L. King. 2008. Spatial dynamics of overbank sedimentation in floodplain
systems. Geomorphology 100:256-268.
Pierluissi, S., and S. L. King. 2008. Relative nest density, nest success, and site occupancy of
King Rails in southwestern Louisiana rice fields. Waterbirds 31:530-540.
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (selected;continued)
Perkins, M., S. L. King, S. E. Travis, and J. Linscombe. 2009. The use of morphometric
measurements to differentiate between species and sex of king and clapper rails.
Waterbirds 32:579-584.
King, S. L., R. R. Sharitz, J. W. Groninger, and L. L. Battaglia. (2009 invited). The ecology,
restoration, and management of southeastern floodplain ecosystems: A synthesis.
Wetlands 29:624-634.
Newell, P., S. King, and M. Kaller. 2009. Foraging behavior of pileated woodpeckers in partial
cut and uncut bottomland hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 258:14561464.
Newell, P. and S. King. 2009. Relative abundance and species richness of Cerambycid beetles
in partial cut and uncut bottomland hardwood forests. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 39(11):2100-2108.
Pierluissi, S., S. L. King, and M. D. Kaller. 2010. Waterbird nest density and nest survival in
rice fields of southwestern Louisiana. Waterbirds 33(3):323-330.
Perkins, M., S. L. King, and J. Linscombe. 2010. Effectiveness of capture techniques for rails in
emergent marsh and agricultural wetlands. Waterbirds 33(3):376-380.
King, S. L., C. S. Elphick, D. Guadagnin, O. Taft, and T. Amano. 2010; invited. Effects of
landscape features on waterbird use of rice fields. Waterbirds 33 (Special Publication 1):
151-159.
King, S. L., A. R. Pierce, K. Hersey, and N. Winstead. 2010. Migration patterns and
movements of sandhill cranes wintering in central and southwestern Louisiana, USA.
Pages 57-61 in B. K. Hartup and R. P. Urbanek, eds. Proceedings of the 11th North
American Crane Workshop, Dells, Wisconsin.
Pierce, A. R. and S. L. King. 2010 (online). A comparison of avian communities and habitat
characteristics in floodplain forests along channelized and unchannelized streams. River
Research and Applications. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rra.1429/pdf
Laughban, M. K., S. L. King, and L. H. Fredrickson. In Press. Managing wetlands for wildlife.
In N. Silvy, ed. Techniques for wildlife investigation and management. 7th edition. The
Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland. (note: this is an update to publication #18)
Potential Interactions with Idlewild
I would be able to interact with Idlewild on riparian and wetland issues.
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