Howard Ferris
Professor and Nematologist
Department: Nematology
Location: University of California, Davis, CA 95616
Telephone: (530) 752 8432
E-mail: hferris@ucdavis.edu
Education:
B.S. University College of Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1964 Botany
and Zoology
M.S. University of London 1968 Zoology; Nematology
Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1972 Plant Pathology
General Research Interest Statement:
Soil ecology; decomposition and nutrient cycling; contribution
of nematodes to the structure and function of the soil food
web.
Population biology and population assessment of soil nematodes;
integrated pest management.
Research
Interest Pertaining to SAFS Project:
Awaiting updated info
Selected
Publications:
Poudel, D.D., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, W.R. Horwath, K.M. Scow,
A.H.C. van Bruggen,W.T. Lanini, J.P. Mitchell, and S.R. Temple.
2001. The sustainable agriculture farming system project in
California's Sacramento Valley. Outlook on Agriculture 30:109-116.
Chen, J., H. Ferris, K. M. Scow, and K. J. Graham. 2001.
Fatty acid composition and dynamics of selected fungal-feeding
nematodes and fungi. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
130:135-144.
Ferris, H., T. Bongers, and R. G. M. de Goede. 2001. A framework
for soil food web diagnostics: extension of the nematode faunal
analysis concept. Applied Soil Ecology 18:13-29.
Okada, H., and H. Ferris. 2001. Temperature effects on growth
and nitrogen mineralization of fungi and fungal-feeding nematodes.
Plant and Soil 234:253-262.
Ferris, H., T. Bongers and R. G. M. de Goede. 2001. Nematode
faunal profiles of soil ecosystems. Journal of Nematology
33:257.
Zasada, I.A. and H. Ferris. 2001. Changes in nematode community
structure after the application of plant amendments. Journal
of Nematology 33:284.
Ferris, H. T. Bongers and R. de Goede. 2002. Nematode faunal
analyses to assess food web enrichment and connectance. Nematology
4:149.
Ruess, L. and H. Ferris. 2002. Decomposition pathways and
successional changes. Nematology 4:159.
Tenuta, M and H. Ferris. 2002. The nematode spin on soil food
webs. Proceedings American Society of Entomology, Western
Section.
Ferris, H. and M. Matute. 2003. Structural and functional
succession in the nematode fauna of a soil food web. Applied
Soil Ecology 23:93-110.
Berkelmans, R., H. Ferris, M. Tenuta, A.H.C. van Bruggen.
2003. Effects of long-term crop management on nematode trophic
levels other than plant feeders disappear after one year of
disruptive soil management. Applied Soil Ecology 23:223-235.
Ferris, H., R.C. Venette and K.M. Scow. 2004. Soil management
to enhance bacterivore and fungivore nematode populations
and their nitrogen mineralization function. Applied Soil Ecology
24:19-35.
Brown, D.H., H. Ferris, S. Fu and R. Plant. 2004. Positive
feedback in a model food web. Theoretical Population Biology
65:143-152.
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