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Education

B.A., Augustana College, 1959
M.A., University of Wisconsin ,1961
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1964

Professor of Botany, 1979
Professor Emeritus, 2000

Statement of Interests

Dr. Knight is now retired, but he often is available to assist students plan their studies. His interests include landscape ecology, the physiological explanation of plant distribution patterns, the effects of disturbances on ecosystems, and the management of terrestrial ecosystems, especially forests.

Representative Publications

• Knight, D.H. 2001. Aspen decline in the west? Pages 441-446 in W. D. Shepperd, D. Binkley, D. Bartos, T. J. Stohlgren, and L. G. Eskew, compilers. Sustaining Aspen in Western Landscapes: Symposium Proceedings.  U.S. Forest Service, Proceedings RMRS-P-18.
• Knight, D.H., W.L. Baker, O. Engelmark, and C. Nilsson. 2001. A landscape perspective on the establishment of exotic tree plantations: lodgepole pine in Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 141: 131-142.
• Tinker, D. B., and D. H. Knight. 2001. Temporal and spatial dynamics of coarse woody debris in harvested and unharvested lodgepole pine forests.  Ecological Modeling 141: 125-149.
• Tinker, D.B., and D.H. Knight. 2000. Coarse woody debris following fire and logging in Wyoming lodgepole pine forests. Ecosystems 3: 472-483.
• Knight, D.H. 1999. Ponderosa and limber pine woodlands. Pages 249-261 in R.C. Anderson, J.S. Fralish, and J.M. Baskin (eds.). Savannas, Barrens, and Rock Outcrop Plant Communities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Knight, D.H., and W.A. Reiners. 1999. Natural patterns in Southern Rocky Mountain landscapes and their relevance to forest management. In R.L. Knight, F. Smith, W. Baker, S. Buskirk, and W. Romme (eds.). Forest Fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.
• Doyle, K.M., D.H. Knight, D.L. Taylor, W.J. Barmore, Jr., and J.M. Benedict. 1998. Seventeen years of forest succession following the Waterfalls Canyon Fire in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. International Journal of Wildland Fire 8: 45-55.
• Knight, D.H., H.M. Vose, V.C. Baldwin, K.C. Ewel, and K. Grodzinska. 1994. Contrasting patterns in pine forest ecosystems. Ecological Bulletins 43: 9-19.
• Knight, D.H. 1994. Mountains and Plains: The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes. Yale University Press, New Haven.
• Parsons, W.F.J., D.H. Knight, and S.L. Miller. 1994. Root gap dynamics in lodgepole pine forest: nitrogen transformations in gaps of different size. Ecological Applicatons 4: 354-362.
• Knight, D.H. and L.L. Wallace. 1989. The Yellowstone Fires: Issues in landscape ecology. BioScience 39: 700 706.
• Knight, D.H. 1987. Parasites, lightning and the vegetation mosaic in wilderness landscapes. In M.G. Turner (ed.). Disturbance and Landscape Heterogeneity. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 57-83.
• Fahey, T.J. and D.H. Knight. 1986. The lodgepole pine ecosystem. BioScience 36: 610 617.