Department of Geography
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0322
(205) 348‑1534 office Fax: (205) 348-2278
(205) 345-8471 home E-mail: shankman@bama.ua.edu
Current Position
Professor of Geography and Environmental Science Program Director, University of Alabama
Education
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1986
M.S. University of Memphis, 1981
Selected Publications
Shankman, D., Keim, B.D., and Song, J. 2006. Flood frequency in China's Poyang Lake region: trends and teleconnections. International Journal of Climatology 26: 1255-1266.
Hart, J.L. and Shankman, D. 2005. Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) at its southern range boundary. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 602-612.
Shankman, D. and Smith, L.J. 2004. Stream Channelization and Swamp Formation in the U.S. Coastal Plain. Physical Geography 25: 22-38.
Shankman, D. and Liang, Q. 2003. Landscape changes and increasing flood frequency in China's Poyang Lake region. Professional Geographer 55: 434-446.
Shankman, D. and James, A. 2002. Appalachia and the Eastern Cordillera. In: The Physical Geography of North America (ed. A. Orme). Oxford University Press.
Shankman, D. 1996. Stream channelization and changing vegetation patterns in the U.S. Coastal Plain. Geographical Review 86: 216-232.
Shankman, D. and Wills Jr., K.M. 1995. Pre-European settlement forest communities of the Talladega Mountains, Alabama. Southeastern Geographer 35: 118-131.
Shankman, D. and Kortright, R.M. 1994. Hydrogeomorphic conditions limiting the distribution of baldcypress. Physical Geography 15: 285-297.
Shankman, D. 1993. Channel migration and vegetation patterns in the southeastern Coastal Plain. Conservation Biology 7: 176-183.
Shankman, D. and Pugh, B. 1992. Discharge response to channelization of a Coastal Plain stream. Wetlands 12: 157-162.
Last updated: July 2006
