Peter Soulé

Dr. Soule Dr. Peter Soulé, Professor
351 Rankin Science West
828-262-7056
soulept@appstate.edu

Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1989

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Interests and Research:

Pete's main area of research deals with aspects of vegetation change. In August 2009 he began work on a multi-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to determine if Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forests of the Northern Rockies USA will grow faster under conditions of an increasingly CO2-rich atmosphere and a projected warmer and drier climate. This project will investigate the growth responses of these two co-occurring and economically important western USA conifers growing under natural conditions to changing environmental variables. In support of his tree-ring research, Pete operates the Department of Geography and Planning’s Dendroecology lab. Pete is currently sharing the lab with Dr. Saskia van de Gevel and any graduate students interested in pursuing tree-ring research.

Pete teaches Climate Change, Introduction to Physical Geography, Weather and Climate, Global Climates and Meteorology, and graduate courses in Natural Hazards and Quantitative Methods.

Recent Publications:

2009 J. T. Maxwell and P. T. Soulé. “Drought in the United States during 2007: Historical perspectives.” Climate Research. V. 38: 95-104. (pdf)

2008 P.A. Knapp and P.T. Soulé. "Use of Atmospheric CO2-sensitive Trees May Influence Dendroclimatic REconstructions." Geophysical Research Letters. Doi: 10.1029/2008GL035664. (pdf)

2008 P. T. Soulé and P. A. Knapp. Does an August Singularity Exist in the Northern Rockies of the United States? Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. (DOI;0.1175/2007Jamc1735.1) (pdf)

2007 P. T. Soulé and P. A. Knapp. “Topoedaphic and Morphologic Complexity of Mortality and Foliar Damage Within Western Juniper Woodlands Following an Extreme Meteorological Event. Journal of Biogeography. V. 34: 1927-1937. (pdf)

2007 P. A. Knapp and P. T. Soulé. “Trends in mid-latitude cyclone frequency and occurrence during fire season in the Northern Rockies: 1900-2004.” Geophysical Research Letters. 34, L20707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031216. (pdf)

2006 P. T. Soulé and P. A. Knapp. "Radial growth rate increases in naturally occurring ponderosa pine trees: a late-20 th century CO 2 fertilization effect?" New Phytologist. V. 171 (2006): 379-390 (pdf)

2006 P. T. Soulé. "A Comparison of 30-yr Climatic Normals for the Southeastern United States." Southeastern Geographer. V. 45 (2005): 16-24. (pdf)