William Niering

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William Niering is affiliated with the following schools: Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University, Connecticut College, University of Connecticut

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William Niering

Biology

#5986

World Rank

#8598

Historical Rank

#1980

USA Rank

Botany

#281

World Rank

#1001

Historical Rank

#81

USA Rank

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William Niering's Degrees

Bachelors Botany University of Connecticut

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According to Wikipedia, William Albert Niering was an American botanist and wetlands expert who was the Lucretia L. Allyn Professor of Botany at Connecticut College and director of the Connecticut College Arboretum. Early life and education Niering was born in Scotrun, Pennsylvania, to George and Emma Everitt Niering. He attended Pennsylvania State University in 1942. His education was interrupted by World War II, when he served in the army from 1942 to 1945; his active service took place in the South Pacific and he attained the rank of staff sergeant. After the war, he returned to Penn State. There, he received his undergraduate degree in biology in 1948 and his master's degree in botany in 1950. He received his PhD in plant ecology from Rutgers University in 1952.

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William Niering's Published Works

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Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: A Gradient Analysis of the South Slope (1965) (472)
VEGETATION OF THE SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. V. BIOMASS, PRODUCTION, AND DIVERSITY ALONG THE ELEVATION GRADIENT' (1975) (429)
The Saguaro: A Population in Relation to Environment. (1963) (335)
Vegetation Change on a Northeast Tidal Marsh: Interaction of Sea‐Level Rise and Marsh Accretion (1993) (334)
Vegetation Patterns and Processes in New England Salt Marshes (1980) (272)
Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains (1963) (235)
Salt Marsh Restoration in Connecticut: 20 Years of Science and Management (2002) (209)
Creation of Relatively Stable Shrublands with Herbicides: Arresting "Succession" on Rights-of-Way and Pastureland (1974) (168)
Development of a tidal marsh in a New England river valley (1987) (130)
Four decades of old field vegetation development and the role of Celastrus orbiculatus in the northeastern United States (1999) (125)
Terrestrial Ecology of Kapingamarangi Atoll, Caroline Islands (1963) (119)
Interpreting Sea Level Rise and Rates of Vertical Marsh Accretion in a Southern New England Tidal Salt Marsh (1998) (110)
Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. I. Ecological Classification and Distribution of Species (1964) (109)
Restoration of an impounded salt marsh in New England (1990) (106)
Tidal energy subsidy and standing crop production of Spartina alterniflora (1976) (103)
BIOCHEMICAL AND TRANSPLANTATION STUDIES OF THE GROWTH FORM OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA ON CONNECTICUT SALT MARSHES (1975) (97)
Ecology and Reclamation of Devastated Land (1973) (95)
Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona: IV. Limestone and Acid Soils (1968) (93)
The Effects of Pesticides (1968) (83)
Comparison of created and natural freshwater emergent wetlands in Connecticut (USA) (1992) (81)
Bulletin No. 22: Our Dynamic Tidal Marshes: Vegetation Changes as Revealed by Peat Analysis (1977) (80)
Vegetation Dynamics (Succession and Climax) in Relation to Plant Community Management (1987) (75)
A SOIL AND VEGETATION PATTERN IN THE SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA (1968) (70)
Concepts of Ecology (1970) (68)
A Shrub Community of Viburnum Lentago, Stable for Twenty‐Five Years (1955) (66)
The Past and Present Vegetation of High Point State Park, New Jersey (1953) (63)
The Vegetation of Micronesia (1962) (63)
Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains: community types and dynamics (1984) (54)
Stability of a Viburnum lentago shrub community after 30 years (1986) (52)
Structure, pattern, and diversity of a mallee community in New South Wales (1979) (51)
The Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers, eastern region (1979) (48)
Vegetation change in a topogenic bog following beaver flooding1 (1993) (44)
Our dynamic tidal marshes, vegetation changes as revealed by peat analysis [Connecticut] (1977) (42)
Vegetation change in created emergent wetlands (1988–1996) in Connecticut (USA) (1999) (40)
Effects of prescribed burning on Andropogon scoparius in postagricultural grasslands in Connecticut. (1989) (38)
Tidal marsh restoration: trends in vegetation change using a geographical information system (GIS) (1993) (38)
Ecological Studies in the Connecticut Arboretum Natural Area I. Introduction and a Survey of Vegetation Types (1962) (30)
Evaluation of two herbicide techniques on electric transmission rights-of-way: Development of relatively stable shrublands (1986) (30)
Bulletin No. 34: Tidal Marshes of Long Island Sound: Ecology, History and Restoration (1995) (29)
Vegetation of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona III. Species Distribution and Floristic Relations on the North Slope (1968) (29)
Two Decades of Vegetation Change in the Connecticut Arboretum Natural Area (1983) (28)
Fir‐Spruce‐Birch Forest in Northern Minnesota (1957) (28)
Bioecology of Kapingamarangi Atoll, Caroline Islands: Terrestrial Aspects (1956) (26)
Equilibrium biogeography and the size of nature preserves: An avian case study (1981) (24)
Prescribed burning in southern New England: introduction to long-range studies. (1970) (23)
A pollen diagram from southeastern Connecticut (1961) (20)
Ecosystem Restoration and Management: Scientific Principles and Concepts (1998) (18)
Endangered, Threatened and Rare Wetland Plants and Animals of the Continental United States (1988) (18)
The Human Ecosystem (1979) (18)
Influence of environment, history and vegetative interactions on stand dynamics in a Connecticut forest1 (2005) (17)
Plant Communities. A Textbook of Plant Synecology. Rexford Daubenmire. Harper and Row, New York, 1968. xiv + 300 pp., illus. $9.75 (1968) (15)
ON THE REHABILITATION OF THE COASTAL DUNES OF KWAZULU-NATAL (1996) (13)
Restoration of Salt and Brackish Tidelands in Southern New England (2002) (12)
FORCES THAT SHAPED THE FORESTS OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (1998) (11)
Riparian Restoration (1997) (10)
Bulletin No. 21: Energy Conservation on the Home Grounds: The Role of Naturalistic Landscaping (1975) (9)
The Life of the Marsh: The North American Wetlands (1967) (9)
Human‐Dominated Ecosystems and the Role of Restoration Ecology (1997) (7)
Landscape Concept Development for Confined Dredged Material Sites. (1975) (7)
Wetlands of North America (1991) (7)
Science and restoration. (1993) (5)
The New England Forests (1992) (5)
Inland wetlands of the United States (1975) (5)
Bulletin No. 11: A Roadside Crisis: The Use and Abuse of Herbicides (1959) (4)
Observations on Puluwat and Gaferut, Caroline Islands with Historical and climatic information on Gaferut Island (1961) (4)
Restoration of an Impounded Salt Marsh in (1990) (4)
Bulletin No. 9: Six points of Especial Botanical Interest in Connecticut (1956) (3)
Bulletin No. 14: Creating New Landscapes with Herbicides, A Homeowner's Guide (1963) (3)
Cryptogams of Kapingamarangi Atoll, Caroline Islands II: Ecology and Phytogeography (1956) (2)
Robert Harding Whittaker (1981) (2)
The Earth in Transition: Human Impacts on the South Florida Wetlands: The Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp (1991) (2)
Bulletin No. 26: Recycling Mycelium - A Fermentation Byproduct Becomes an Organic Resource (1981) (2)
Principles of sound right-of-way vegetation management (1958) (2)
Bulletin No. 28: The Connecticut Arboretum: Its First Fifty Years 1931 - 1981 (1982) (2)
Nature in the metropolis : conservation in the Tri-State New York Metropolitan Region (1960) (2)
Recreational Use of Wild Land (1962) (2)
Vegetation of a Raised Bog Near Itasca Park, Minnesota (1953) (2)
Inland Wetlands: Their Ecological Role and Environmental Status (1974) (1)
Human Ecology, and Connecticut's Two Roadside Bulletins@@@A Roadside Crisis: The Use and Abuse of Herbicides@@@Chemical Control of Weeds and Brush along Roadsides (1960) (1)
Bulletin No. 23: Plants and Animals of the Estuary (1978) (1)
Marshland ecology. (1978) (1)
Bulletin No. 15: The Flora of Connecticut Arboretum (1965) (1)
Bulletin No. 24: Garden Guide to Woody Plants: A Plant Handbook (1979) (1)
Habitat Development Field Investigations, Nott Island Upland Habitat Development Site. Connecticut River, Connecticut. Appendix C: Post-Propagation Monitoring of Vegetation and Wildlife. (1978) (1)
The Ecology of the Watchung Reservation, Union County, New Jersey. A Description of the Biotic Communities and Recommendations for Their Management. (1957) (1)
An Open Letter to the AIBS (1971) (1)
Atoll Geography and Ecology (1963) (1)
Bulletin No. 19: Inland Wetland Plants of Connecticut (1973) (0)
Popular Ecology@@@The Life of the Cave.@@@The Life of the Ocean.@@@The Life of the Seashore.@@@The Life of the Forest.@@@The Life of the Desert.@@@The Life of the Marsh.@@@The Life of the Pond.@@@The Life of Rivers and Streams.@@@The Life of Prairies and Plains. (1970) (0)
Aquatic Plants of the U.S. Southwest (1976) (0)
William A. Niering 1924–1999 (2002) (0)
Bulletin No. 10: The Connecticut Arboretum (1947) (0)
Estuarine Biology The Biology of Estuaries and Coastal Waters E. J. Perkins (1976) (0)
Riparian Restoration (1997) (0)
On the Trail of John Torrey #1 (1986) (0)
Mercer Award for 1977: Douglas G. Sprugel (1978) (0)
Ecology Ecology and Reclamation of Devastated Land Russell J. Hutnik Grant Davis (1975) (0)
Bulletin No. 30: Native Shrubs for Landscaping (1987) (0)
Letter to the editor : Science and restoration. (1993) (0)
Trees, shrubs and vines for attracting birds: A manual for the northeast: Richard M. DeGraaf and Gretchin M. Witman. Drawings by Abigail Rorer. Univ. Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1979. 256 pp., cloth, illus., US$ 12.50, ISBN 0-87023-266-5 (1981) (0)
Bulletin No. 25: Salt Marsh Plants of Connecticut (1980) (0)
Bulletin No. 8: The Mamacoke Acquisition and Our Research Program (1955) (0)
Letters to the editor. (1972) (0)
Bulletin No. 27: Birds of Connecticut Salt Marshes - 50th Anniversary (1981) (0)
World Modeling (1972) (0)
Tide-Marsh Animals (1982) (0)
PATTERNS OF VEGETATION AND MACROINVERTEBRATE POPULATION RECOVERY ON EIGHT CONNECTICUT TIDAL MARSHES FOLLOWING RESTORATION OF TIDAL FLOODING : PRELIMINARY FINDINGS (2006) (0)
Bulletin No. 17: Preserving Our Freshwater Wetlands (1970) (0)
Restoring Coastal Communities (1984) (0)
Ecosystem diversity panel report (1978) (0)
Prairie (1987) (0)
Human Ecology in New Guinea's Central Highlands (1969) (0)

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