DAVIS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES & DESIGN
DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Division of Forestry and Natural Resources

James Anderson

Home » Faculty and Staff » James Anderson
image of Anderson

James T. Anderson, Ph.D.

Professor of Wildlife & Fisheries
Director, Environmental Research Center
Davis-Michael Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources

Contact Information

West Virginia University
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125

Telephone: (304) 293-3825
Fax: (304) 293-2441
Email: jim.anderson@mail.wvu.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1997, Texas Tech University
Major: Wildlife Science
Dissertation: Invertebrate communities in vegetated playa wetlands.

M.S., 1994, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Major: Range and Wildlife Management
Minor: Statistics
Thesis: Wetland use and selection by waterfowl wintering in coastal Texas.

B.S., 1991, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Major: Wildlife
Minors: Environmental Law Enforcement and Resource Management

Professional Employment

Professor and Director, Environmental Research Center
West Virginia University
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program
August 2009 – Present

Associate Professor and Associate Director, Natural Resource Analysis Center
West Virginia University
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program
August 2007 – August 2009

Associate Professor
West Virginia University
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program
August 2004 – August 2007

Assistant Professor
West Virginia University
Division of Forestry
Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program
January 1999 – August 2004

Post-doctoral Research Associate/Instructor
Texas Tech University
Department of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
August 1997-December 1998

Research Assistant
Texas Tech University
Department of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
May 1994-August 1997

Graduate Fellow
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
June 1991-April 1994

Courses Taught

Advanced Wildlife and Fisheries Management
Renewable Resource Policy and Governance
The Tradition of Hunting
Waterfowl Ecology
Applied Wetlands Ecology and Management
Big Game Ecology and Management
Restoration Ecology

Research Interests

Wetlands ecology, management, and restoration; wildlife-habitat relations; wildlife damage; invasive species; climate change science; watershed and water quality improvement; and riparian ecology and management.

Current Research
  • Development of a wetland rapid assessment protocol for West Virginia
  • Assessing differences in wildlife, soils, hydrology, and ecological processes between mitigated and natural wetlands
  • Reducing and mitigating ecological impacts from road construction
  • Double-crested cormorant management
  • Wild turkey ecology
  • Biochar from poultry litter
  • Stream and riparian improvement and mitigation banking options
  • Habitat restoration and wildlife assessment in areas dominated by Morrow’s honeysuckle

Professional Affiliations

The Wildlife Society
Society of Wetland Scientists
Waterbird Society
West Virginia Academy of Sciences

Selected Publications

Selego, S. M., C. L. Rose, G. T. Merovich, Jr., S. A. Welsh, and J. T. Anderson. 2012. Community-level response of fish and aquatic macroinvertebrates to stream restoration in a third-order tributary of the Potomac River, USA. International Journal of Ecology. Article ID 753634, 9 pages. Doi: 10.1155/2012/753634. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijeco/aip/753634/

Gingerich, R. T., and J. T. Anderson. 2011. Decomposition trends of five plant litter types in mitigated and reference wetlands in West Virginia, USA. Wetlands 31:653-662.

Gingerich, R. T., and J. T. Anderson. 2011. Litter decomposition in created and reference wetlands in West Virginia, USA. Wetlands Ecology and Management 19:449-458.

Strager, M. P., J. T. Anderson, J. D. Osbourne, and R. Fortney. 2011. A three-tiered framework to select, prioritize, and evaluate potential wetland and stream mitigation banking sites. Wetlands Ecology and Management 19:1-18.

Cooey, C. K., J. A. Fallon, M. L. Avery, J. T. Anderson, E. A. Falkenstein, and H, Klandorf. 2010. Refinement of biomarker pentosidine methodology for use on aging birds. Human-Wildlife Interactions 4:304-314.

Hedrick, L. B., S. A. Welsh, J. T. Anderson, L. Lin, Y. Chen, and X. Wei. 2010. Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed. Hydrobiologia 641:115-131.

Veselka, W. V., J. T. Anderson, and W. S. Kordek. 2010. Using dual classifications in the development of avian wetlands indices of biological integrity for wetlands in West Virginia, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 164:533-548.

Love, J. P., and J. T. Anderson. 2009. Seasonal effects of four control methods on the invasive Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) and initial responses of understory plants in a Southwestern Pennsylvania old field. Restoration Ecology 17:549-559.