James G. Bockheim

PROFESSOR EMERIT

Pedology, biogeochemistry, forest soils, polar and alpine soils

Program Affiliations

• Department of Soil Science
• Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
• Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Education

• A.A. Journalism, 1963, Grand Rapids Jr. College, Michigan
• B.S. Forestry, 1966, University of Maine
• M.S. Soils, 1968, University of Maine
• Ph.D. Forest Soils, 1972, University of Washington

Selected Publications

Bockheim, J.G., M.R. Prentice, and M. McLeod. 2008. Distribution of glacial deposits, soils and permafrost in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Res. 40:279-286.

Bockheim, J.G. and M. McLeod. 2008. Early Pliocene glaciations from expansion of the East Antarctic ice sheet, upper Wright Valley, Antarctica. Geografiska Annaler 90A(3):187-199.

Scharenbroch, B.C. and J.G. Bockheim. 2008. The effects of gap disturbance on nitrogen cycling and retention in late successional northern hardwood-hemlock forests. Biogeochemistry 87:231-245.

Scharenbroch, B.C. and J.G. Bockheim. 2008. Gaps and soil C dynamics in old growth northern hardwood-hemlock forests. Ecosystems 11:426-441.

Lindroth, R. and J.G. Bockheim. 2008. Independent, interactive, and species-specific responses of leaf litter decomposition to elevated CO2 and O3 in a northern hardwood forest. Ecosystems 11:505-519.

Bockheim, J.G. and M. McLeod. Long-term cryoturbation impacts on pedogenesis in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica. Catena:submitted Sep 2008.

Bockheim, J.G., A. Coronato, J. Rabassa, B. Ercolano, and F. Ponce. Relict sand wedges in southern Patagonia and their stratrigraphic and paleoenvironmental significance. Quat. Sci. Rev.:submitted Sep 2008.

Bockheim, J.G., I.B. Campbell, and M. McLeod. 2008. Use of soil chronosequences for testing the existence of high-water-level lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Catena 74:144-152.