Faculty, Department of Geography, UNCG

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Paul A. Knapp, Professor

Ph.D. Georgia, 1989
Biogeography, climatology, dendroecology

Dr. Knapp's academic interests include biogeography, climatology, and dendroecology with a regional focus in the American West. Dr. Knapp's research has focused on examining the influence of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment on the growth rates of woody species in arid and semiarid environments, and the paleoclimatology of the interior Pacific Northwest.
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Carolina Tree-Ring Science Laboratory

Recent Publications:

2008	Soulé, P.T. and Knapp, P.A. Does an August singularity exist in the Northern Rockies of the United States? Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. In press.
2007	Knapp, P.A., and Soulé, P.T. Trends in midlatitude cyclone frequency and occurrence during fire season in the Northern Rockies: 1900-2004, Geophysical Research Letters 34:L20707 doi:10.1029/2007GL031216.
2007	Soulé, P.T. and Knapp, P.A. Topoedaphic and morphologic complexity of foliar damage and mortality within western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) woodlands following an extreme meteorological event. Journal of Biogeography 34:1927-1937.
2006	Soulé, P.T. and Knapp, P.A. Radial growth rate increases in naturally-occurring ponderosa pine trees: a late 20th century CO₂ fertilization effect? New Phytologist 171:379-390.
2005	Knapp, P.A. and Soulé, P.T. Impact of an extreme early season freeze event in the interior Pacific Northwest (October 30th-November 3, 2002) on Western Juniper Woodlands. Journal of Applied Meteorology 44:1152-1158.
2004	Knapp, P.A. Window of opportunity: The climatic conditions of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85:1289-1303.
2004	Knapp, P.A., Soulé, P.T., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D. Occurrence of sustained droughts in the interior Pacific Northwest (AD 1733-1980) inferred from tree-ring data. Journal of Climate 17:140-150.
2004	Soulé, P.T., Knapp, P.A., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D. Human agency, environmental drivers, and western juniper establishment history during the late Holocene. Ecological Applications 14:96-112.
2003	Soulé, P.T., Knapp, P.A., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D. Comparative rates of western juniper afforestation in south-central Oregon and the role of anthropogenic disturbance. The Professional Geographer 55:43-55.
2002	Knapp, P.A., Grissino-Mayer, H.D., and Soulé, P.T. Climatic regionalization and the spatio-temporal occurrence of extreme single-year drought events (1500-1998) in the interior Pacific Northwest, USA. Quaternary Research 58:226-233.
2001	Knapp, P.A., Soulé, P.T., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D. Detecting potential regional effects of increased atmospheric CO₂ on growth rates of western juniper. Global Change Biology 7:903-917.
2001	Knapp, P.A., Soulé, P.T., and Grissino Mayer, H.D. Post drought growth responses of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis ) in central Oregon. Geophysical Research Letters 28:2657-2660.