Travis Idol
 
Assistant Professor
CTAHR / Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
         M.S. , Wake Forest University, N. Carolina
Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, ID, 2000
CTAHR Website
Idol Website
           idol@hawaii.edu

Research Interests

Forest soils and nutrient cycling
Plant nutrition and growth relationships
Fine root dynamics and nutrient uptake
Tree-crop interactions in agroforestry systems
Resource transfer among clonal plants and within common mycorrhizal networks

Selected Publications

Idol, T.W., Pope, P.E., and F. Ponder, Jr. 2003. N mineralization, nitrification, and N uptake across a 100-year chronosequence of upland hardwood forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 176:509-518.
Idol, T.W., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr. F. 2002. The effects of harvesting on long-term soil productivity in southern Indiana oak-hickory forests. pp. 233-238 In Outcalt, K.W. (Ed.) Proc. 11th Bienn. South. Silvic. Res. Conf. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-48. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv., South. Res. Stn, Asheville, N.C.
Idol, T.W., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr., F. 2002. Changes in Microbial Nitrogen Across a 100-Year Chronosequence of Upland Hardwood Forests. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:1662-1668.
Idol, T.W., Holzbaur, K.A., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr., F. 2002. Control-bag correction for forest floor litterbag contamination. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:620-623.
Idol, T.W., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr., F. 2002. Changes in Microbial Nitrogen Across a 100-Year Chronosequence of Upland Hardwood Forests. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:1662-1668.
Idol, T.W., Holzbaur, K.A., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr., F. 2002. Control-bag correction for forest floor litterbag contamination. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:620-623.
Idol, T.W., Figler, R.A., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr., F. 2001. Characterization of coarse woody debris across a 100 year chronosequence of upland oak-hickory forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 149: 153-161.
Idol, T.W., Pope, P.E., and Ponder, Jr., F. 2000. Fine Root Dynamics Across a Chronosequence of Upland Oak-Hickory Forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 127:153-167.
Kaczmarek, D.J., Pope, P.E., Scott, D.A., and Idol, T.W. 1998. Foliar and belowground nutrient dynamics in mixed hardwood forest ecosystems. pp. 136-142 In Thomas A. Waldrop (Ed.) Proc. 9th Bienn. South. Silvic. Res. Conf. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-48. U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv., South. Res. Stn, Asheville, N.C.