Odum School Faculty
D.A.
Crossley, Jr.
Research Professor Emeritus
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Ecology Annex
Athens, GA 30602-2360
(706) 542-7832
Fax: (706) 583-0646
e-mail: soilmite@earthlink.net
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Education
Ph.D. - University of Kansas
Research Interests
Soil ecology
Biodiversity of soil fauna
Nutrient cycling
Agroecosystem ecology
Forest ecology
Insect ecology
Research Projects
The importance of invertebrate fauna in terrestrial ecosystems is my general
area of research. Current efforts are focused on the soil fauna, and the
microarthropods in particular, with emphasis on their biodiversity and
its consequences. Research areas include the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
in the southern Appalachians and the Horseshoe Bend Agroecosystem Facility
at the University of Georgia.
Selected Publications
Lamoncha, K.L., and D. A. Crossley, Jr. 1998. Oribatid mite diversity
along an elevation gradient in a southeastern Appalachian forest.
Pedobiologia. 42:43-55.
Crossley, D. A. Jr. and David C. Coleman. 1999. Microarthropods. pp.
C59-C65 in Malcolm E. Sumner (ed.-in-chief). 1999. Handbook of Soil
Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Andre, Henri, Xavier Ducarme, Jo Anderson, D. A. Crossley, Jr., Hartmut
Koehler, Maurizio Paoletti and Philip Lebrun. 2001. Skilled eyes are needed
to go on studying the richness for the soil. Nature 409:761.
Garrett, Carol. J., D. A. Crossley, Jr., David C. Coleman, Paul F. Hendrix,
Keith W. Kisselle and Robert L. Potter. 2001. Impact of the rhizosphere
on soil microarthropods in agroecosystems on the Georgia Piedmont.
Applied Soil Ecology 16:141-148.
Coleman, D.C., D.A. Crossley, Jr., and P.F. Hendrix. 2004. Fundamentals
of Soil Ecology, 2nd Edition, Elsevier Publishing, San Diego, CA.
Last Updated: January 19, 2007
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