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Ph.D. dissertation:

• Conner, W. H. 1988. Natural and artificial regeneration of baldcypress in the Barataria and Lake Verret Basins of Louisiana. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1976. Productivity and composition of a baldcypress-water tupelo site and a bottomland hardwood site in a Louisiana swamp. American Journal of Botany 63:1354-1364.
• Conner, W. H., G. N. Cramer, and J. W. Day, Jr. 1980. Vegetation of the north shore marshes and west shore swamps of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Science 43:139-145.
• Conner, W. H., J. G. Gosselink, and R. T. Parrondo. 1981. Comparison of the vegetation of three Louisiana swamp sites with different flooding regimes. American Journal of Botany 68:320-331.
• Cramer, G. N., J. W. Day, Jr., and W. H. Conner. 1981. Productivity of four marsh sites surrounding Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. American Midland Naturalist 106:65-72.
• Conner, W. H. and C. E. Sasser. 1985. Vegetational composition of the upper Barataria basin swamp, Louisiana. Northeast Gulf Science 7(2):163-166.
• Kemp, G. P., W. H. Conner, and J. W. Day, Jr. 1985. Effects of flooding on decomposition and nutrient cycling in a Louisiana swamp forest. Wetlands 5:35-51.
• Conner, W. H. 1986. Comparison of a logged and unlogged forest stand in a Louisiana swamp. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Science 49:7-14.
• Conner, W. H., C. E. Sasser, and N. Barker. 1986. Floristics of the Barataria Basin wetlands, Louisiana. Castanea 51:111-128.
• Conner, W. H., J. R. Toliver, and F. H. Sklar. 1986. Natural regeneration of cypress in a Louisiana swamp. Forest Ecology and Management 14:305-317.
• Conner, W. H. and J. R. Toliver. 1987. Vexar seedling protectors did not reduce nutria damage to planted baldcypress seedlings. USDA Tree Planter's Note 38:26-29.
• Day, J. W., Jr., W. H. Conner, F. Ley-Lou, R. H. Day, and A. M. Navarro. 1987. Productivity and composition of mangrove forests, Laguna de Terminos, Mexico. Aquatic Botany 27:267-284.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1988. Rising water levels in coastal Louisiana: implications for two forested wetland areas in Louisiana. Journal of Coastal Research 4:589-596.
• Conner, W. H. and M. Brody. 1989. Rising water levels and the future of southeastern Louisiana swamp forests. Estuaries 12(4):318-323.
• Conner, W. H. and K. Flynn. 1989. Growth and survival of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) planted across a flooding gradient in a Louisiana bottomland forest. Wetlands 9(2):207-217.
• Conner, W. H., J. W. Day, Jr., R. H. Baumann, and J. Randall. 1989. Influence of hurricanes on coastal ecosystems along the northern Gulf of Mexico. Wetlands Ecology and Management 1(1):45-56.
• Conner, W. H. and J. R. Toliver. 1990. Observations on the regeneration of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L) Rich) in Louisiana swamps. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 14:115-118.
• Conner, W. H. and J. R. Toliver. 1990. Long-term trends in the baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) resource in Louisiana. Forest Ecology and Management 33/34:543-557.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1991. Variations in vertical accretion in a Louisiana swamp. Journal of Coastal Research 7(3):617-622.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1991. Leaf litter decomposition in three Louisiana freshwater forested wetland areas with different flooding regimes. Wetlands 11(2):303-312.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1992. Diameter growth of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. and Nyssa aquatica L. from 1979-1985 in four Louisiana swamp stands. American Midland Naturalist 127(2):290-299.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1992. Water level variability and litterfall productivity of forested freshwater wetlands in Louisiana . American Midland Naturalist 128:237-245.
• Conner, W. H. and G. R. Askew. 1992. Response of baldcypress and loblolly pine seedlings to short-term saltwater flooding. Wetlands 12(3):230-233.
• Conner, W. H. and G. R. Askew. 1993. Impact of saltwater flooding on red maple, redbay, and Chinese tallow seedlings. Castanea 58(3):214-219.
• Conner, W. H. and G. R. Askew. 1993. Cypress restoration in salt-killed wetland systems (South Carolina). Restoration and Management Notes 11(2):156.
• Conner, W. H., J. W. Day, Jr., and W. R. Slater. 1993. Bottomland hardwood productivity: case study in a rapidly subsiding, Louisiana, USA, watershed. Wetland Ecology and Management 2(4):189-197.
• Conner, W. H., J. R. Toliver, and G. R. Askew. 1993. Artificial regeneration of baldcypress in a Louisiana crayfish pond. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 17(1):54-57.
• Conner, W. H. 1994. Effect of forest management practices on southern forested wetland productivity. Wetlands 14(1):27-40.
• Conner, W. H. 1994. The effect of salinity and waterlogging on growth and survival of baldcypress and Chinese tallow seedlings. Journal of Coastal Research 10(4):1045-1049.
• Conner, W. H. 1995. Woody plant regeneration in three South Carolina Taxodium/Nyssa stands following Hurricane Hugo. Ecological Engineering 4:277-287.
• Hesse, I. and W. H. Conner. 1996. Primary productivity of Sabal minor L. in a Louisiana forested wetland. Gulf of Mexico Science 14(1):7-10.
• Day, J. W., Jr., C. CoronadoMolina, F. R. VeraHerrera, R. Twilley, V. H. RiveraMonroy, H. AlvarezGuillen, R. Day, and W. H. Conner. 1996. A 7 year record of above-ground net primary production in a southeastern Mexican mangrove forest. Aquatic Botany 55:39-60.
• McLeod, K. W., J. K. McCarron, and W. H. Conner. 1996. Effects of inundation and salinity on photosynthesis and water relations of four southeastern coastal plain forest species. Wetlands Ecology and Management 4(1):31-42.
• Conner, W. H., K. W. McLeod, and J. K. McCarron. 1997. Flooding and salinity effects on growth and survival of four common forested wetland species. Wetlands Ecology and Management 5:99-109.
• Flynn, K. and W. H. Conner. 1997. Preface. Wetlands Ecology and Management 4:219-221.
• Flynn, K. and W. H. Conner, eds. 1997. Ecology and Management of Southern Forested Wetlands.  Wetlands Ecology and Management (Special Issue), Vol. 4.
• Keeland, B. D., W. H. Conner, and R. R. Sharitz. 1997. A comparison of wetland tree growth response to hydrologic regime in Louisiana and South Carolina. Forest Ecology and Management 90(2,3):237-250.
• Megonigal, J. P., W. H. Conner, S. Kroeger, and R. R. Sharitz. 1997. Aboveground production in southeastern floodplain forests: a test of the subsidy-stress hypothesis. Ecology 78(2):370-384.
• Nuttle, W. K., M. M. Brinson, D. Cahoon, J. C. Callaway, R. R. Christian, G. L. Chmura, W. H. Conner, R. H. Day, M. Ford, J. Grace, J. C. Lynch, R. A. Orson, R. W. Parkinson, D. Reed, J. M. Rybczyk, T. J. Smith III, R. P. Stumpf, and K. Williams. 1997. Conserving coastal wetlands despite sea level rise. EOS 78(25):257, 260-261.
• McCarron, J. K., K. W. McLeod, and W. H. Conner. 1998. Flood and salinity stress of wetland woody species, buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) and swamp tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora). Wetlands 18:165-175.
• Messina, M. G. and W. H. Conner, eds. 1998. Southern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management. Lewis Publishers/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
• Conner, W. H., K. W. McLeod, and J. K. McCarron. 1998. Survival and growth of four bottomland oak species in response to increased flooding and salinity. Forest Science 44(4):618-624.
• Keeland, B. D. and W. H. Conner. 1999. Regeneration potential of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. in Lake Chicot, Louisiana, after 44 years of flooding. Wetlands 19(1): 149-155
• Cao, F. L. and W. H. Conner. 1999. Selection of flood-tolerant Populus deltoides clones for reforestation projects in China. Forest Ecology and Management 117:211-220.
• Funderburke, E. L. and W. H. Conner. 1997. Use of root pruning to facilitate planting of wetland species in a thermally impacted area. Tree Planters Notes 48(3&4):76-80 (although it has a 1997 date, it was printed  September 1999).
• Lockaby, B. G. and W. H. Conner. 1999. N:P balance in wetland forests: productivity across a biogeochemical continuum. Botanical Review 65(2): 171-185.
• McLeod, K. W., J. K. McCarron, and W. H. Conner. 1999. Photosynthesis and water relations of four oak species: impact of flooding and salinity. Trees 13: 178-187.
• Burke, M. K., B. G. Lockaby, and W. H. Conner. 1999. Aboveground primary production and nutrient circulation across a flooding gradient in a South Carolina coastal plain forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29:1402-1418.
• Barton, C., E.A. Nelson, R.K. Kolka, K.W. McLeod, W.H. Conner, M. Lakly, D. Martin, J. Wigginton, C.C. Trettin, and J. Wisniewski. 2000. Restoration of a severely impacted riparian wetland system ? the Pen Branch Project. Ecological Engineering 15(Suppl. 1):S3-S15.
• Conner, W. H., L. W. Inabinette, and E. L. Funderburke. 2000. The use of tree shelters in restoring forest species to floodplain delta: 5-year results. Ecological Engineering 15(Suppl. 1):S47-S56.
• Zhang, X., S. E. Feagley, J. W. Day, W. H. Conner, I. D. Hesse, J. M. Rybczyk, and W. H. Hudnall. 2000. A water chemistry assessment of wastewater remediation in a natural swamp. Journal of Environmental Quality 29(6):1960-1968.
• Baker, T. T., III, W. H. Conner, B. G. Lockaby, J. A. Stanturf, and M.K. Burke. 2001. Fine root productivity and dynamics on a forested floodplain in South Carolina.  Soil Science Society of America Journal 65(2):545-556.
• Baker, T. T., III, B. G. Lockaby, W. H. Conner, C. Meir, J. A. Stanturf, and M.K. Burke. 2001. Leaf litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in four southern forested floodplain communities. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65(4): 1334-1347.
• Conner, W. H., L. W. Inabinnette, C. C. Lucas. 2001. Effects of flooding on early growth and competitive ability of two wetland tree species and Chinese tallow. Castanea 66(3):237-244.
• Rybczyk, J. M., J.W. Day and W.H. Conner. 2002. The impact of wastewater effluent on accretion and decomposition in a subsiding forested wetland. Wetlands 22(1): 18 -32.

• Day, J. W., Jr., T. J. Butler, and W. H. Conner. 1977. Productivity and nutrient export studies in a cypress swamp and lake system in Louisiana. Pages 255-269 in M. L. Wiley, ed. Estuarine Processes, Vol. II. Academic Press, NY.
• Sklar, F. H. and W. H. Conner. 1979. Effects of altered hydrology on primary production and aquatic animal populations in a Louisiana swamp forest. Pages 191-208 in J. W. Day, Jr., D. D. Culley, Jr., R. E. Turner, and A. J. Mumphrey, Jr., eds. Proc. Third Coastal Marsh and Estuary Management Symposium. Louisiana State University Division of Continuing Education, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Gosselink, J. G., S. E. Bayley, W. H. Conner, and R. E. Turner. 1981. Ecological factors in the determination of riparian wetland boundaries. Pages 197-219 in J. R. Clark and J. Benforado, eds. Wetlands of Bottomland Hardwoods. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Gosselink, J. G., W. H. Conner, J. W. Day, Jr., and R. E. Turner. 1981. Classification of wetland resources: land, timber, and ecology. Pages 28-48 in B. D. Jackson and J. L. Chambers, eds. Timber Harvesting in Wetlands. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1982. The ecology of forested wetlands in the southeastern United States. Pages 69-87 in B. Gopal, R. E. Turner, R. G. Wetzel, and D. F. Whigham, eds. Wetlands: Ecology and Management. International Scientific Publishers, Jaipur, India.
• Day, J. W., Jr., C. S. Hopkinson, and W. H. Conner. 1982. An analysis of environmental factors regulating community metabolism and fisheries production in a Louisiana estuary. Pages 120-136 in V. S. Kennedy, ed. Estuarine Comparisons. Academic Press, NY.
• Day, J. W., Jr., F. H. Sklar, C. S. Hopkinson, G. P. Kemp, and W. H. Conner. 1982. Modeling approaches to understanding and management of freshwater swamp forests in Louisiana (USA). Pages 75-105 in D. O. Logofet and N. K. Lyckyanov, compilers. Ecosystem dynamics in freshwater wetlands and shallow water bodies, Vol. 2. Center of International Projects, Moscow, USSR.
• Sklar, F. H., R. Costanza, J. W. Day, Jr., and W. H. Conner. 1983. Dynamic simulation of aquatic material flows in an impounded swamp habitat in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana. Pages 741-749 in W. K. Lauenroth, G. V. Skogerboe, and M. Flug, eds. State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1988. The impact of rising water levels on tree growth in Louisiana. Pages 219-224 in D. D. Hook et al., eds. The ecology and management of wetlands, Vol. 2: Management, use, and value of wetlands. Croom Helm Ltd Publishers, England.
• Taylor, N. C., J. W. Day, Jr., G. Neusaenger, and W. H. Conner. 1988. Preliminary water management plan for Jean Lafitte National Park. Pages 234-239 in D. D. Hook et al., eds. The ecology and management of wetlands, Vol. 2: Management, use, and value of wetlands. Croom Helm Ltd Publishers, England.
• Brody, M., W. H. Conner, L. Pearlstine, and W. Kitchens. 1989. Modeling bottomland forest and wildlife habitat changes in Louisiana's Atchafalaya basin. Pages 991-1004 in R. R. Sharitz and J. W. Gibbons, eds. Freshwater Wetlands and Wildlife Symposium: Perspectives on Natural, Managed and Degraded Ecosystems. CONF-8603101, DOE Symposium Series No. 61, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, TN.
• Conner, W. H., R. T. Huffman, and W. Kitchens. 1990. Composition and productivity in bottomland hardwood forests. Pages 455-479 in J. G. Gosselink, L. C. Lee, and T. A. Muir, eds., Ecological Processes and Cumulative Impacts: Illustrated by Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Ecosystems. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI.
• Day, J. W., Jr., W. H. Conner, R. Costanza, G. P. Kemp, and I. Mendelssohn. 1993. Impacts of sea level rise on coastal systems with special emphasis on the Mississippi River deltaic plain. Pages 276-296 in R. A. Warick, E. M. Barrow, and T. M. L. Wigley, eds. Climate and Sea Level Change: Observations, Projections and Implications. Cambridge University Press, NY.
• Day, J. W., Jr., F. H. Sklar, C. Neill, W. H. Conner, C. S. Hopkinson, G. P. Kemp, and R. Costanza. 1994. Modeling of Louisiana swamp forests (USA). Pages 95-128 in B. C. Patten, ed. Wetlands and Shallow Continental Water Bodies, Vol. 2. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands.
• Conner, W. H. 1998. Impact of hurricanes on forests of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Pages 271-277 in A.D. Laderman (ed.) Coastally Restricted Forests. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
• Conner, W. H. and M. Buford. 1998. Southern deepwater swamps. Chapter 11 in M. G. Messina and W. H. Conner, eds. Southern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management. Lewis Publishers/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1998. The effect of sea level rise on coastal wetland forests: the Mississippi Delta as a model. Pages 278-292 in A.D. Laderman (ed.) Coastally Restricted Forests. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

• Conner, W. H., R. E. Noble, and J. W. Day, Jr. 1975. Plant species checklist for the Lac des Allemands swamp area in Louisiana. Louisiana State University, LSU Forestry Notes No. 113. 5p.
• Conner, W. H. 1977. Public administration of Louisiana coastal wetlands: 1820-1976. Louisiana State University, Center for Wetland Resources, Baton Rouge, Sea Grant Publ. No. LSU-T-77-01.
• Day, J. W., Jr., W. H. Conner, and G. P. Kemp. 1980. Contribution of wooded swamps and bottomland forests to estuarine productivity. Pages 35-50 in P. L. Fore and R. D. Peterson, eds. Proc. of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems Workshop, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, NM. FWS/OBS-80/30.
• Day, J. W., Jr., W. H. Conner, G. P. Kemp, and D. G. Chambers. 1981. The relationship of estuarine productivity to wooded swamps and bottomland forests in the southeastern U.S. Pages 193-213 in R. C. Carey, P. S. Markovits, and J. B. Kirkwood, eds. Proc. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Workshop on Coastal Ecosystems of the Southeastern United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Washington, D.C. FWS/OBS-80/59.
• Sklar, F. H. and W. H. Conner. 1984. Swamp forest communities and their relation to hydrology: the impact of artificial canals. Pages 245-272 in R. J. Varnell, ed. Water Quality and Wetland Management Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, LA.
• Conner, W. H., G. E. Fairers, A. L. Jackson, G. J. McCabe, Jr., J. D. McLaughlin, R. A. Muller, N. L. Tucker, and T. E. Williams. 1984. A climatic perspective of Louisiana floods during 1982-1983. Studies in Geography and Anthropology, Geoscience Publications, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
• Boumans, R., J. W. Day, Jr., and W. H. Conner. 1987. Marsh creation using sedimentation fields in St. Charles and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana. Pages 197-208 in N. V. Brodtmann, Jr., ed. Fourth Water Quality and Wetlands Management Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr., eds. 1987. The ecology of Barataria Basin, Louisiana: an estuarine profile. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Biol. Rep. 85(7.13). 164 p.
• Conner, W. H. and R. A. Muller. 1987. The relationship between weather and cypress regeneration. Pages 261-271 in G. C. Jacoby, Jr., and J. W. Hornbeck, compilers. Proc. International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY. CONF-8608144.
• Day, J. W., Jr., C. J. Madden, W. H. Conner, and R. Costanza. 1987. Management implications of research in the Atchafalaya delta region. Pages 445-467 in N. V. Brodtmann, Jr., ed. Fourth Water Quality and Wetlands Management Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Conner, W. H. and J. R. Toliver. 1988. The problem of planting Louisiana swamplands when nutria (Myocastor coypus) are present. Pages 42-49 in N. R. Holler, ed. Proc. Third Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference. Ala. Coop. Ext. Serv., Auburn Univ.
• Day, J. W., Jr., W. H. Conner, F. Ley-Lou, R. H. Day, and A. M. Navarro. 1988. Productivity and composition of mangrove forests at Boca Chica and Estero Pargo. Pages 237-258 in A. Yanez-Arancibia and J. W. Day, Jr., eds. Ecology of coastal ecosystems in the southern Gulf of Mexico: the Terminos Lagoon region. Inst. Cienc. del Mar y Limnol. UNAM, Coast. Ecol. Inst. LSU. Editorial Universitaria, Mexico D.F.
• Day, J. W., Jr., W. H. Conner, F. Ley-Lou, R. H. Day, and A. M. Navarro. 1988. Productivity and composition of mangrove forests at Boca Chica and Estero Pargo. Pages 237-258 in A. Yanez-Arancibia and J. W. Day, Jr., eds. Ecology of coastal ecosystems in the southern Gulf of Mexico: the Terminos Lagoon region. Inst. Cienc. del Mar y Limnol. UNAM, Coast. Ecol. Inst. LSU. Editorial Universitaria, Mexico D.F.
• Conner, W. H. 1989. The nutria problem: a reply to a rebuttal. Aquaphyte 9(1):14.
• Conner, W. H. and J. W. Day, Jr. 1989. Response of coastal wetland forests to man-made and natural changes in the environment with emphasis on hydrology. Pages 34-43 in D. D. Hook and R. Lea, eds. Proc. of the Symposium: Forested Wetlands of the Southern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-50. Asheville, NC: U.S. Dept. Agric., For. Serv., SE For. Expt. Sta.
• Conner, W. H. 1990. Forested wetland research at the Louisiana State University Center for Wetland Resources. Pages 73-93 in Best Management Practices for Forest Wetlands: Concerns, Assessment, Regulation and Research, NCASI Technical Bulletin 583.
• Conner, W. H. 1991. Use of the FORFLO model for predicting the future of forested wetlands in Louisiana and South Carolina. Pages 383-392 in Scientific-Technical Committee Data Inventory Workshop Proceedings, Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuarine Program Publ. 5, Thibodaux, LA
• Conner, W. H. 1993. Implications of sea level rise on coastal forests of the southern United States. Pages 472-477, Vol. 1, in P. Bruun, ed., Proceedings of the Hilton Head Island South Carolina U.S.A. International Coastal Symposium, Hilton Head, SC, 6-9 June.
• Conner, W. H. 1993. Artificial regeneration of baldcypress in three South Carolina forested wetland areas after Hurricane Hugo. Pages 185-188 in J. C. Brissette, ed., Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-93.
• Conner, W. H. 1993. Cypress regeneration in coastal Louisiana and the impact of nutria upon seedling survival. Pages 130-136 in M. C. Landin, ed., Wetlands: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA. South Central Chapter, Society of Wetland Scientists, Utica, MS.
• Burke, M. K. and W. H. Conner. 1995. Aboveground productivity values across a flooding gradient in a South Carolina coastal plain forest. Pages 124-126 in M. C. Landin, ed., Proc. National Interagency Workshop on Wetlands: Technology Advances for Wetlands Science, Technical Report, Wetlands Research and Technology Center, US Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.
• Conner, W. H. 1995. Baldcypress seedlings for planting in flooded sites. Pages 430-434 in M. B. Edwards, compiler. Proc. Eighth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-1.
• Conner, W. H., J. M. Bryant, and L. W. Inabinette. 1996. Impact of complete submergence upon three common wetland species. Pages 148-152 in K.M. Flynn, ed. Proceedings Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management Conference, Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
• Hesse, I. D., W. H. Conner, and J. W. Day, Jr. 1996. Herbivory impacts on the regeneration of forested wetlands. Pages 23-28 in K.M. Flynn, ed. Proceedings Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management Conference, Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
• Hesse, I. D., W. H. Conner, and J. M. Visser. 1997. Nutria: another threat to Louisiana's vanishing coastal wetlands. Aquatic Nuisance Species 2(1):4-5.
• Allen, J. A., W. H. Conner, R. A. Goyer, and J. L. Chambers. 1998. Freshwater forested wetlands and global climate change. Pages 33-44 in G. R. Guntenspergen and B. A. Vairin (eds.) Vulnerability of coastal wetlands in the Southeastern United States: climate change research results, 1992-97. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR-1998-0002.
• Conner, W. H., R. Todd, and L. W. Inabinette. 1998. Pocotaligo Swamp planting demonstration project. Pages 281-283 in T. A. Waldrop, ed. Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC. General Technical Report SRS-20.
• Kolka, R. K., C. C. Trettin, E. A. Nelson, and W. H. Conner. 1999. Tree seedling establishment across a hydrologic gradient in a bottomland restoration. Pages 89-102 in P. J. Cannizzaro, ed. Proc. 25th Annual Conference on Ecosystems Restoration and Creation, Hillsborough Community College, Plant City, FL.
• Conner, W. H., K. W. McLeod, L. W. Inabinette, V. H. Parrish, and M. R. Reed. 1999. Successful planting of tree seedlings in wet areas. Pages 201-204 in J.D. Haywood (ed.) Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Stattion, Asheville, NC.  General Technical Report SRS-30.
• Day, J. W., Jr., L. Cardoch, J. M. Rybczyk, and W. H. Conner. 2000. An ecological and economic overview of wetland wastewater assimilation in coastal Louisiana. Pages 161-170 in J. L. Means and R. E. Hinchee (eds.) Wetlands and Remediation: An International Conference. Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH.
• Conner, W.H., N.L. Hill, E.M. Whitehead, W.S. Busbee, M.A. Ratard, M. Ozalp, D.L. Smith, and J.P. Marshall. 2001. Forested wetlands of the southern United States: a bibliography. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-43. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 133 p.

 

• CONNER, W. H., J. W. Day, Jr., I. D. Hesse, S. E. Feagley, and J. Rybczyk. 1991. The use of forested wetlands for improving water quality in Louisiana - the Thibodaux experience. Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, 11-13 February.
• HESSE, I. D., S. E. Feagley, W. H. Conner, and J. W. Day, Jr. 1991. Baseline characterization and nutrient cycling in a receiving basin for waste water. Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, 11-13 February.
• CONNER, W. H., J. W. Day, Jr., I. D. Hesse, S. E. Feagley, R. Hartman, and J. Rybczyk. 1991. Ecological characterization of a Louisiana swamp forest before wastewater application. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Boone, NC, 10-13 April.
• CONNER, W. H. 1991. Restoration of a hurricane-damaged cypress forest in South Carolina, USA. Invited paper at Coastal Forests and Forested Wetlands, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 18-20 April.
• CONNER, W. H. 1991. Response of wetland forests on Hobcaw Barony to Hurricane Hugo's storm surge. Society of Wetland Scientists, Ann Arbor, MI, 28-31 May.
• CONNER, W. H. 1991. Wetlands management and managing old growth. Managing Forest Structure and Composition Short Course, Litchfield Beach, SC, 7 October.
• CONNER, W. H. 1991. Spatial characteristics of forested wetlands and using the FORFLO model to predict changes. 2nd Annual USC Landscape Ecology Modeling Workshop, Georgetown, SC, 8 October.
• CONNER, W. H. 1991. Use of the FORFLO model for predicting the future of forested wetlands in Louisiana and South Carolina. Invited paper at Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuarine Project Data Inventory Workshop, Thibodaux, LA, 29-30 October.
• CONNER, W. H., P. Megonigal, S. Kroeger, and R. R. Sharitz. 1992. Comparison of structure, litterfall, and tree growth across a flooding gradient in a Gulf and Atlantic coast floodplain forest. Poster at Seventh Annual U.S. Landscape Ecology Symposium, Corvallis, OR, 8-11 April.
• CONNER, W. H. 1992. Cypress regeneration in coastal Louisiana and the impact of nutria upon seedling survival. Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA, 31 May-5 June.
• CONNER, W. H. 1992. Effect of forest management practices on southern forested wetland productivity: natural versus managed sites. Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA, 31 May-5 June.
• CONNER, W. H. and T. H. Williams. 1992. Recovery of a South Carolina forested wetland damaged by a saltwater storm surge. INTECOL's IV International Wetlands Conference, Columbus, OH, 13-17 September.
• CONNER, W. H. 1992. Wetlands ecosystems management. Managing Forest Structure and Composition Short Course, Litchfield Beach, SC, 28 September.
• CONNER, W. H. 1992. Artificial regeneration of baldcypress in three South Carolina forested wetland areas after Hurricane Hugo. Seventh Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Mobile, AL, 17-19 November.
• CONNER, W. H. 1992. Forested wetlands - ecology, value, and management. Stewardship Cross-Training Workshop, Florence and Orangeburg, SC, 8-10 December.
• HESSE, I. D. and W. H. Conner. 1993. Water quality improvement: nutrient removal from municipal wastewater by a southern Louisiana forested wetland. 2nd Biennial Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, Baton Rouge, LA, 22-24 February.
• CONNER, W. H. and B. D. Keeland. 1993. Regenerative potential of baldcypress in Lake Chicot, LA after 50 years of flooding. Society of Wetland Scientists, Edmonton, Canada, 30 May-3 June.
• CONNER, W. H. 1993. Implications of sea level rise on coastal forests of the southern United States. Invited paper at Hilton Head Island International Symposium, Hilton Head, SC, 6-9 June.
• MCLEOD, K. W., J. K. McCarron, and W. H. Conner. 1993. Inundation and salinity stress of wetland woody species. 44th AIBS Annual Meeting, Ames, IA, 1-5 August.
• CONNER, W. H. 1993. Wetlands ecosystems management. Managing Forest Structure and Composition Short Course, Litchfield Beach, SC, 6 October.
• HESSE, I. D., J. W. Day, Jr., and W. H. Conner. 1993. Improving water quality in Louisiana coastal waters through the use of watersheds: a case history involving municipal wastewater in Thibodaux, LA. 12th Biennial International Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Hilton Head, SC, 14-18 November.
• CONNER, W. H. 1994. The latest in wetland research. Joint Meeting of NC Society of Consulting Foresters and SC Chapter- Association of Consulting Foresters. Wilmington, NC, 6-8 April.
• BURKE, M. K. and W. H. Conner. 1994. Comparison of productivity values across a flooding gradient in a South Carolina coastal plain forest. Workshop on Harvesting Impacts on Southern Bottomland Hardwood Ecosystems, Stoneville, MS, 18-19 May.
• CONNER, W. H., B. D. Keeland, and J. P. Megonigal. 1994. Forested wetland productivity: a study of regional processes. Workshop on Harvesting Impacts on Southern Bottomland Hardwood Ecosystems, Stoneville, MS, 18-19 May.
• MCKEE, W. H. and W. H. Conner. 1994. Harvesting impacts on soils and nutrient cycling. Invited paper at Workshop on Harvesting Impacts on Southern Bottomland Hardwood Ecosystems, Stoneville, MS, 18-19 May.
• CONNER, W. H. 1994. Growth and survival of six common forested wetland species after flooding with saltwater. VI International Congress of Ecology, Manchester, England, 21-26 August.
• CONNER, W. H. 1994. Wetlands ecosystems management. Managing Forest Structure and Composition Short Course, Litchfield Beach, SC, 21 September.
• BURKE, M. K. and W. H. Conner. 1995. A comparison of aboveground productivity values across a flooding gradient in a South Carolina coastal plain forest. National Interagency Workshop on Wetlands, New Orleans, LA, 3-7 April.
• FUNDERBURK, E. L. and W. H. Conner. 1995. Restoration techniques for a thermally altered forested wetland. South Carolina Academy of Science, Greenville, SC, 7-8 April.
• FUNDERBURK, E. L. and W. H. Conner. 1995. Growth and survival of forested wetland species planted in Pen Branch Delta on Savannah River Site, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Knoxville, TN, 19-21 April.
• MCCARRON, J. K., W. H. Conner, and K. W. McLeod. 1995. Inundation and salinity stress of a wetland woody species, buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). Association of Southeastern Biologists, Knoxville, TN, 19-21 April.
• MCLEOD, K. W., J. K. McCarron, and W. H. Conner. 1995. Effects of inundation and salinity on three woody coastal species. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Knoxville, TN, 19-21 April.
• CONNER, W. H. 1995. Outstanding research questions in the area of bottomland hardwood restoration - a university perspective. Invited paper at Artificial Regeneration of Bottomland Hardwoods: Reforestation/Restoration Research Needs Workshop, Stoneville, MS, 11-12 May.
• MCLEOD, K. W., J. K. McCarron, and W. H. Conner. 1995. Effects of inundation and salinity on four bottomland oak species. Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT, 31 July-3 August.
• BAKER, T. T., B. G. Lockaby, W. H. Conner, M. K. Burke, and J. A. Stanturf. 1995. Spatial variability in decomposition processes within forested floodplains: vegetation community linkages to regional decomposition. International Conference on Plant Litter Quality and Decomposition, Wye, England, 18-21 September.
• CONNER, W. H. 1995. Wetlands ecosystems management. Managing Forest Structure and Composition Short Course, Litchfield Beach, SC, 25 September.
• STANTURF, J. A., T. T. Baker III, B. G. Lockaby, W. H. Conner, and M. K. Burke. 1995. Fine root dynamics in a blackwater floodplain forest: a pilot study. Dynamics of Physiological Processes in Woody Roots, Ithaca, NY, 8-12 October.
• CONNER, W. H., K. W. McLeod, and J. K. McCarron. 1995. Response of forested wetland species to increased flooding and salinity. Invited paper at Estuarine Research Federation's 13th Biennial International Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, 12-16 November.
• CONNER, W. H., L. W. Inabinette, and E. Funderburk. 1996. The use of root pruning and tree shelters in regenerating forested wetlands in Pen Branch. Invited presentation at Savannah River Technology Center's Mini-symposium on the Restoration of Pen Branch, Aiken, SC, 13 February.
• BAKER, T. T., B. G. Lockaby, W. H. Conner, M. K. Burke, and J. A. Stanturf. 1996. Belowground productivity and dynamics on the Coosawhatchie River floodplain: A pilot study. Southern Forested Wetlands workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• CONNER, W. H., J. Bryant, and L. W. Inabinette. 1996. Impact of complete submergence upon three common wetland species. Southern Forested Wetlands Workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• Burke, M. K., W. H. Conner and K. MILLER. 1996. Two years of litter, seed, and stemwood production in four forested communities in the South Carolina Coastal Plain. Southern Forested Wetlands workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• CONNER, W. H. and M. Buford. 1996. Southern deepwater swamps. Invited paper at Southern Forested Wetlands workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• FUNDERBURK, E. and W. H. Conner. 1996. Survival and growth of planted forested wetland species, Pen Branch Delta, Savannah River Site, S. C. Southern Forested Wetlands workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• HESSE, I. D., W. H. Conner, and J. W. Day, Jr. 1996. Herbivory impacts on the regeneration of forested wetlands. Southern Forested Wetlands workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• Megonigal, J. P., W. H. CONNER, S. Kroeger, and R. R. Sharitz. 1996. Aboveground production in Southeastern floodplain forests: A test of the subsidy-stress hypothesis. Southern Forested Wetlands workshop, Clemson, SC, 25-27 March.
• BAKER, T. T., W. H. Conner, B. G. Lockaby, M. K. Burke, and J. A. Stanturf. 1996. Fine root dynamics in a floodplain forest. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Providence, RI, 11-15 August.
• BURKE, M. K. and W. H. Conner. 1996. Phenology and partitioning of aboveground production in four deciduous communities along a wetness gradient in the ACE Basin, SC, USA. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Providence, RI, 11-15 August.
• CONNER, W. H. 1996. Forested wetlands management. Managing Forest Ecosystems Short Course, Litchfield Beach, SC, 23 September.
• CONNER, W. H., R. Todd, and L. W. Inabinette. 1997. Pocotaligo Swamp forest planting demonstration project. Ninth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Conference, Clemson, SC, 25-27 February.
• CONNER, W. H. 1997. Comparison of primary productivity of eight forested wetlands in South Carolina. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Greenville, SC, 16-19 April.
• MCCARRON, J. K., K. W. McLeod and W. H. Conner. 1997. Effects of flooding and salinity stress on swamp tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) and buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). Association of Southeastern Biologists, Greenville, SC, 16-19 April.
• MCLEOD, K. W., J. K. McCarron, and W. H. Conner. 1997. Flooding and salinity effects on four bottomland oak species. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Greenville, SC, 16-19 April.
• BAKER, T. T., W. H. Conner, B. G. Lockaby, M. K. Burke, and J. A. Stanturf. 1997. Fine root dynamics, leaf litter decomposition, and implications for nutrient cycling in the Southern region. The Coosawhatchie Bottomland Ecosystem Study Workshop, Charleston, SC, 13 May.
• CONNER, W. H., R. Todd, and L. W. Inabinette. 1998. Pocotaligo swamp forest restoration project: preliminary results. Goal Setting and Success Criteria for Coastal Restoration, Charleston, SC, 13-15 January.
• CONNER, W. H. 1998.  Influence of hydrology on wetland forest productivity. Invited seminar, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL. 13 February.
• Baker, T. T. III, W. H. CONNER, B. G. Lockaby, M. K. Burke, and J. A. Stanturf. 1998. Fine root dynamics in a mixed oak community. USFS Information and Cooperator's Meeting, Charleston, SC 25-26 February.
• Baker, T. T. III, B. G. Lockaby, W. H. CONNER, J. A. Stanturf, and M. K. Burke. 1998. Spatial variability in litter decomposition processes. USFS Information and Cooperator's Meeting, Charleston, SC 25-26 February.
• BURKE, M. K., B. G. Lockaby, and W. H. Conner. 1998. Aboveground production and nutrient circulation across a flooding gradient in a South Carolina coastal plain forest. USFS Information and Cooperator's Meeting, Charleston, SC 25-26 February.
• CONNER, W. H. and L. W. Inabinette. 1998. Response of three forested wetland species to flooding and competition. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Monroe, LA, 15-18 April.
• KOLKA, R. L., C. C. Trettin, E. A. Nelson, and W. H. Conner. 1998. Tree seedling survival across a hydrology gradient in a bottomland restoration. Annual Conference on Ecosystems Restoration and Creation, Tampa, FL, 14-15 May.
• CONNER, W. H. 1998. Feasibility of relating tree rings to Everglades hydrology. Invited presentation at Tree Islands of the Greater Everglades Symposium, Boca Raton, FL, 14-15 July.
• CONNER, W. H.  1998.  Influence of hurricanes on coastal vegetation.  Invited lecture for Plant Ecology class, Coastal Carolina University, 26, October.
• CONNER, W. H. 1999.  25 years of forested wetland research: where have we been and where are we going? Seminar, Clemson Forestry Seminar Series, Clemson, SC 26 January.
• CONNER, W. H., K. W. McLeod, L. W. Inabinette, V. H. Parrish, and M. R. Reed. 1999. Successful planting of tree seedlings in wet areas. 10th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Shreveport, LA, 16-18 February.
• CONNER, W. H. and R. R. Sharitz. 1999. Forest communities of bottomland hardwoods. Invited paper at Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Ecosystems, Memphis, TN, 11-13 March.
• CONNER, W. H., L. W. Inabinette, and E. F. Brantley. 1999. The use of tree shelters in restoring forest species to Pen Branch delta: 5 year results. Invited paper at The Pen Branch Delta Workshop, Clemson, SC, 12-14 April.
• CONNER, W. H., L. W. Inabinette, and C. Cuthbertson. 1999. Invasion of South Carolina wetland forests by an unwanted exotic ? Chinese tallow. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Wilmington, NC, 14-16 April.
• Baker, T.T., III, B.G. Lockaby, and W.H. CONNER. 1999. Litter decomposition in four forested floodplain communities in the southern United States. Invited paper at Society of Wetland Scientists, Norfolk, VA, 6-11 June.
• MCLEOD, K. W., W. H. Conner, and J. K. McCarron. 1999. Comparative ecophysiological responses to flooding and salinity of ten woody species. Society of Wetland Scientists, Norfolk, VA, 6-11 June.
• MCLEOD, K. W., W. H. Conner, and J. K. McCarron. 1999. Effect of flooding and salinity on photosynthesis. International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MO, August.
• STANTURF, J. A., W. H. Conner, E. S. Gardiner, C. J. Schweitzer, and A. W. Ezell. 1999. Recognizing and overcoming difficult site conditions for afforestation of bottomland hardwoods. The Interaction Between Nursery Management and Silvicultural Operations, IUFRO, Auburn, AL. 28-30 September.
• CONNER, W. H., J. W. Day, Jr., and G. P. Shaffer. 1999. An evaluation of four alternative flooding scenarios for the Bonnet Carre diversion, Mississippi River, Louisiana. Estuarine Research Federation, New Orleans, LA, 25-30 September.
• MIHAILA, I. And W.H. Conner.  1999. The mathematics of nature: environmental modeling. Twelfth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. 4-7 Nov 1999, San Francisco, CA.
• CONNER, W. H. 2000. Swamps ? from wastelands to treasures. Invited presentation for National Estuarine Research Reserve Marshside Chat, Georgetown, SC, 7 March.
• CONNER, W.H. 2000. Swamp ecology. Invited presentation to Lowcountry Chapter of Wildlife Action. Georgetown, SC, 4 April.
• CONNER, W. H., K. W. McLeod, and E. Colodney. 2000. Restoration methods for deepwater swamps.  Invited paper at Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources Conference, Oxford, MS, 23-25 May.
• CONNER, W. H. 2000. Floodplain systems of the southern United States. Invited paper at Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting, Quebec, Canada, 6-12 August.
• CONNER, W.H. 2000. What’s in a wetland? Invited presentation as part of Brookgreen Garden’s Environmental Issues Series, 7 November.
• Conner, W. H. and M. OZALP. 2001. Baldcypress restoration in a saltwater damaged area of South Carolina. 11th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Knoxville, TN, 19-22 March.
• CONNER, W. H. and T. Socha. 2001. The use of native plant species to control erosion on an Intracoastal Waterway spoil bank. Association of Southeastern Biologists, New Orleans, LA, 4-7 April.
• BUSBEE, S. and W. H. Conner. 2001. An ecological characterization of three seasonally flooded isolated ponds on the Waccamaw Neck, South Carolina. Association of Southeastern Biologists, New Orleans, LA, 4-7 April.
• STANTURF, J., E. Gardiner, K. Outcalt, W.H. Conner, and J. Guldin. 2001. Restoration of southern forested ecosystems. Southern Forest Science Conference. Atlanta, GA, 26-28 November.
• CONNER, W.H. 2002.  Longleaf pine restoration. Invited presentation at Congaree Swamp National Monument Science Symposium, Hopkins, SC, 22-24 January.

• Chaired session on Plant Ecology at ASB meeting, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, April 1983.
• Chaired session on Productivity in Natural and Degraded Wetlands at Freshwater Wetlands and Wildlife Symposium, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Ninth Symposium, Charleston, South Carolina, 24-27 March 1986.
• Chaired session on Riverine Systems at U.S. Landscape Ecology Symposium, Corvallis, Oregon, April 1992.
• Program Committee for Workshop on Harvesting Impacts on Southern Bottomland Hardwood Forest Ecosystems, Stoneville, MS, 1994
• Organizing Chairman of Ecology and Management of Southern Forested Wetlands Symposium held 25-27 March 1996, Clemson University.
• Chaired session on Plant Ecology at ASB meeting, Greenville, SC, 16-19 April 1997.
• Peer Review and Edit Committee for Atlantic White-cedar: Ecology and Management Symposium, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, 6-7 August 1997.
• Program Committee, Wetland Restoration -Addressing Asian Issues Through International Collaboration Symposium, September 2002, Nanjing, China.