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Thomas W Patterson

Data and Visualization Librarian/Assistant Professor

Thomas W Patterson
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I am the data visualization librarian for the F. D. Bluford Library at NCA&T. I am driven to enhance how your data are visually communicated, and want to support your research and data needs surrounding software, design aesthetics, and data exploration.

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in the ways that environmental conditions are imprinted in forest ecology. In turn, I use field-collected forest data (tree rings and mast) as proxy information to extend historical records beyond our instrumental era. My research spans dendrochronology (tree-ring science), climatology, and biogeography, and I have been extremely fortunate to have worked with talented students and colleagues on projects within these fields of research. The majority of my past research has examined longleaf pine ecosystems of the Southeastern US; however, my current research examines acorn production and extreme climate in Appalachian forest ecosystems.

Recent Publications

  • Thomas Patterson, Cathryn Greenberg, Andrew Hacket-Pain (2023). (Acorn production, climate, and tree-ring growth of five oak species in southern Appalachian forests). 546, pp. 121310. Forest Ecology and Management.
  • Maegen Rochner, Thomas Patterson, Karen Heeter, Grant Harley (2023). (Increased Growth Synchrony of Red Spruce in Response to Acid Deposition Recovery and Climate Change across its Southern Range Extent, Southeastern USA). (1) 63, pp. 78-97. Southeastern Geographer.
  • L. Grant, D. Matthew, T. Justin, Arvind Bhuta, C. Joshua, J. Karen, Thomas Patterson, Maegen Rochner, T. Monica, Michael Stambaugh, E. Nicole, Jan Altman, Savannah A Collins-Key, M. Christopher, Christopher Guiterman, M. Jean, J. Daniel, J. Daniel, R. Evan, Caroline Leland, Hung Nguyen, Neil Pederson, J. Joshua, Palat Mukund, Milagros Rodriguez-Caton, B. John, Neelratan Singh, S. Clay, de Gevel Saskia L van, L. April, Sarir Ahmad (2023). (The Longleaf Tree-Ring Network: Reviewing and expanding the utility of Pinus palustris Mill. Dendrochronological data). (4) 47, pp. 570-596. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment.
  • Monica Rother, Thomas Patterson, Paul Knapp, Tyler Mitchell, Nell Allen (2022). (A tree-ring record of historical fire activity in a piedmont longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland in North Carolina, USA). (1) 18, pp. 34. Fire Ecology.
  • Andrew Hacket-Pain, Jessie Foest, Ian Pearse, Jalene LaMontagne, Walter Koenig, Giorgio Vacchiano, Michał Bogdziewicz, Thomas Caignard, Paulina Celebias, Joep van Dormolen, Marcos Fernández-Martínez, Jose Moris, Ciprian Palaghianu, Mario Pesendorfer, Akiko Satake, Eliane Schermer, Andrew Tanentzap, Peter Thomas, Davide Vecchio, Andreas Wion, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Tingting Xue, Katharine Abernethy, Marie-Claire Acuña, Marcelo Barrera, Jessica Barton, Stan Boutin, Emma Bush, Sergio Calderón, Felipe Carevic, Carolina Volkmer de Castilho, Juan Cellini, Colin Chapman, Hazel Chapman, Francesco Chianucci, Patricia da Costa, Luc Croisé, Andrea Cutini, Ben Dantzer, R. DeRose, Jean-Thoussaint Dikangadissi, Edmond Dimoto, Fernanda Lopes da Fonseca, Leonardo Gallo, Georg Gratzer, David Greene, Martín Hadad, Alejandro Herrera, Kathryn Jeffery, Jill Johnstone, Urs Kalbitzer, W. Kantorowicz, Christie Klimas, Jonathan Lageard, Jeffrey Lane, Katharina Lapin, Mateusz Ledwoń, Abigail Leeper, Maria Lencinas, Ana Lira-Guedes, Michael Lordon, Paula Marchelli, Shealyn Marino, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Andrew McAdam, Ludovic Momont, Manuel Nicolas, Lúcia Helena de Oliveira Wadt, Parisa Panahi, Guillermo Pastur, Thomas Patterson, Pablo Peri, Łukasz Piechnik, Mehdi Pourhashemi, Claudia Quezada, Fidel Roig, Karen Rojas, Yamina Rosas, Silvio Schueler, Barbara Seget, Rosina Soler, Michael Steele, Mónica Toro-Manríquez, Caroline Tutin, Tharcisse Ukizintambara, Lee White, Biplang Yadok, John Willis, Anita Zolles, Magdalena Żywiec, Davide Ascoli (2022). (MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents). (9) 28, pp. 3066-3082. Global Change Biology.
  • Thomas Patterson, Grant Harley, David Holt, Raymond Doherty, Daniel King, Karen Heeter, Ashley Chasez, Alyssa Crowell, Ian Stewart (2021). (Latewood Ring Width Reveals CE 1734 Felling Dates for Walker House Timbers in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA). (6) 12, Forests.
  • Thomas Patterson (2021). (The Percentage of Trees Bearing Cones as a Predictor for Annual Longleaf Pine Cone Production). 4, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
  • Thomas Patterson (2020). (Longleaf Pine Cone Production and the Influence of Super-Producing Trees). (4) 60, pp. 332-344. Southeastern Geographer.
  • Tyler Mitchell, Paul Knapp, Thomas Patterson (2020). (The importance of infrequent, high-intensity rainfall events for longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) radial growth and implications for dendroclimatic research). 1, pp. 100009. Trees, Forests and People.
  • T. Mitchell, P. Knapp, Thomas Patterson (2019). (Changes in southeastern USA summer precipitation event types using instrumental (1940–2018) and tree-ring (1790–2018) data). (11) 1, pp. 111005. Environmental Research Communications.
  • Tyler Mitchell, Thomas Patterson, Paul Knapp (2019). (Comparison of climate–growth responses of montane and piedmont longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) chronologies in North Carolina). (2) 33, pp. 615-620. Trees.
  • KEITH WATKINS, Thomas Patterson, PAUL KNAPP (2018). (Investigating the Climatic Sensitivity of Shortleaf Pine on a Southeastern US College Campus). (2) 58, pp. 146-163. Southeastern Geographer.
  • Thomas Patterson, Paul Knapp (2018). (Longleaf pine cone–radial growth relationships in the southeastern U.S.A.). 50, pp. 134-141. Dendrochronologia.
  • Thomas Patterson, Paul Knapp (2018). (Longleaf pine masting, northern bobwhite quail, and tick-borne diseases in the southeastern United States). 98, pp. 1-8. Applied Geography.
  • Thomas Patterson, PAUL KNAPP (2018). (Longleaf Pine Stump in the Uwharrie Mountains of North Carolina). (1) 58, pp. 1-3. Southeastern Geographer.
  • Thomas Patterson, R. Maxwell, Grant Harley, Joshua Oliver, James Speer, Savannah Collins, Madison Downe, Benjamin Gannon, Lan Ma, Chance Raso, Cody Russell, Aaron Teets (2016). (Climate—Growth Relationships of Pinus rigida (Mill.) at the Species' Northern Range Limit, Acadia National Park, ME). (4) 23, pp. 490-500. Northeastern Naturalist.
  • Thomas Patterson, Lindsay Cummings, Paul Knapp (2016). (Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) Morphology and Climate/Growth Responses Along a Physiographic Gradient in North Carolina). (2) 68, pp. 238-248. The Professional Geographer.
  • Thomas Patterson, Paul Knapp (2016). (Observations on a Rare Old-Growth Montane Longleaf Pine Forest in Central North Carolina, USA). (2) 36, pp. 153-161. Natural Areas Journal.
  • Thomas Patterson, Paul Knapp (2016). (Stand Dynamics Influence Masting/Radial Growth Relationships in Pinus palustris Mill). (4) 81, pp. 314-322. Castanea.
  • Thomas Patterson (2014). (Geographic Pattern Analysis of North Carolina Climate Division Data: 1895–2013). (3) 54, pp. 308-322. Southeastern Geographer.