Teaching Responsibilities

• FOR 3354 Urban Forestry and Arboriculture
• FOR 4454 Urban Forest Management and Policy
• HORT 3584 Special Topics - Tree Care

Selected Research Activities

• Demonstration and research of overhead utility compatible trees. Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Grant Program. Virginia Department of Forestry.
• Earthworm ecology and applied technology in landscape tree soils. The John Z. Duling Grant Program. Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund, The International Society of Arboriculture.
• Arboricultural management program for Virginia’s Roadsides. Virginia Department of Transportation.

• Potential Impacts of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) on the structure, function, and value of municipal street tree populations in Virginia.  Virginia Department of Forestry.

• Crown pruning effects on fine root development of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.).  The John Z. Duling Grant Program.  Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund, The International Society of Arboriculture.

• Modeling tree growth to better predict canopy coverage in urban environments.  The John Z. Duling Grant Program.  Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund, The International Society of Arboriculture.

Selected Publications

Refereed Publications

• Appleton, B.L., C.M. Cannella, P.E. Wiseman, and A.A. Alvey. 2008. Tree stabilization: current products and practices. Arboriculture and Urban Forestry 34(1):54-58.

• Kirwan, J.L., P.E. Wiseman and J.R. Seiler. 2007. Trees on K-12 school campuses in Virginia. Virginia Journal Science 58(1):3–16.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Best Management Practices-Integrated Pest Management. Champaign, IL: International Society of Arboriculture. 29 p.

• Wiseman, P.E. and C.E. Wells. 2005. Soil inoculum potential and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of Acer rubrum in forested and developed landscapes. Journal of Arboriculture 31(6): 296-302.

• Gough, C.M., J.R. Seiler, P.E. Wiseman, and C.M. Maier. 2005. Soil CO2 efflux in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations on the Virginia Piedmont and South Carolina Coastal Plain over a rotation-length chronosequence. Biogeochemistry. 73(1):127-147.

• Wiseman, P.E. and J.R. Seiler. 2004. Soil CO2 efflux across four age classes of plantation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) on the Virginia Piedmont. Forest Ecology and Management 192: 297-311.             

Non-Referred Publications   

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Integrated pest management: IPM concepts. Arborist News 16(6):12-18.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2008. Integrated pest management: IPM tactics. Arborist News 17(1):12-17.

• Dorr, J.L., J.K. Otey, and P.E. Wiseman. 2007. Tinker Air Force Base Urban Tree Inventory. Conservation Management Institute and Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. CMI-MLD R-48. 71 p.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Geospatial applications in urban forestry: a case study of the Virginia Tech campus. The Virginia Geospatial Newsletter 5(3):1+.
• Kirwan, J.L. and P.E. Wiseman. 2006. Do we really value urban and community trees? Virginia Forests 62(1):10-14.

Selected Presentations     

Invited Professional Presentations   

• Wiseman, P.E. 2008. Pruning Woody Landscape Plants.  The 2008 Winter-Spring Seminar Series at Hahn Horticulture Garden.  Blacksburg, VA.  March 8th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2008. Integrated pest management–IPM concepts.  North Carolina Urban Forest Council Workshop.  Charlotte and Raleigh, NC.  May 15th and 16th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2008. Integrated pest management–IPM tactics.  North Carolina Urban Forest Council Workshop.  Charlotte and Raleigh, NC.  May 15th and 16th.

• Wiseman, P.E., J.K. Otey, and P. Revell. 2007. Urban forest inventory and assessment using i-Tree. Virginia Department of Forestry Resource Management Academy. Wirtz, VA. September 27th.

• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Preventing and treating root problems in young trees. Connecticut Tree Protective Association's Young Tree Care Workshop. Burlington, CT. March 15th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2007. Survival during development: tree preservation and protection. The 2007 Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association Short Course. Richmond, VA. January 5th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2006. Tree hazards: knowing when to preserve and when to cull. The 2006 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Tree Care Symposium. Richmond, VA. February 16th.
• Wiseman, P.E. 2006. Landscape tree inventory: the basis of sound management. The 2006 Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course. Virginia Beach, VA. January 30th. 

   

Invited Research Presentations   

   

• Wiseman, P.E. and J.K. Otey. 2008. A web-based GIS of Virginia Tech’s urban forest. The 6th Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference. Orlando, FL. March 25th.
• Alvey, A.A and P.E. Wiseman. 2007. Stabilizing trees in the landscape. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Mobile, AL. February 4th.
• Wiseman, P.E. and C.E. Wells. 2007. Infectivity of mycorrhizal products marketed for trees in urban and landscape soils. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Mobile, AL. February 5th.

   

Invited Poster Presentations

• Rhoads, M.S., B.B. Levy, and P.E. Wiseman. 2008. An assessment of public street trees in Radford, Virginia. The 13th Annual Engagement Expo at Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA. April 24th.
• Wiseman, P.E., J.R. Harris, and J.A. Peterson. 2008. Crown pruning effects on fine root development of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). International Society of Arboriculture’s 84th Annual Conference and Trade Show. St. Louis, MO. July 28-30.
• Wiseman, P.E. and J.K. Otey*. 2007. A web-based GIS of Virginia Tech’s urban forest. Virginia Association for Mapping and Land Information Systems 2007 Annual Conference. Richmond, VA. May 7-8th.
• Alvey, A.A. and P.E. Wiseman. 2006. Staking, guying, and anchoring: the efficacy of tree stabilization systems installed on recently transplanted trees. International Society of Arboriculture’s 82nd Annual Conference and Trade Show. Minneapolis, MN. July 29-31.

Professional Achievements

• Douglas R. Phillips Award for Outstanding Graduate Student. 2003. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Clemson University.
• Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society, Alpha Beta Chapter. 2003. Clemson University.
• Certified Arborist #SO-1599A. 1998. International Society of Arboriculture.