Dr. Thomas Diggins

Professor

Education
- 1997
  
  Ph D, Biological Sciences
  
  State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
- 1991
  
  MS, Natural Sciences/Environmental Studies
  
  SUNY at Buffalo
- 1986
  
  BA, Political Science
  
  Kent State University
Awards and Honors
- 2023
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Research Professorship
- 2022
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Research Professorship
- 2022
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Distinguished Professor Award in Scholarship
- 2018
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Research Professorship
- 2015
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Faculty Improvement Leave
- 2006
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Research Professorship
- 2005
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Research Professorship
- 2003
  
  Youngstown State University
  
  Research Professorship
- 1997
  
  International Association for Great Lakes Research
  
  IAGLR-Hydrolab Award
- 1996
  
  SUNY at Buffalo
  
  Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award
- 1996
  
  Great Lakes Research Consortium
  
  Don Rennie Memorial Award
Professional Positions
- 2002 - 2029
  
  Biology, Youngstown State University, OH
  
  Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
- 2001 - 2002
  
  Biological Sciences, Hamilton College, Clinton NY
  
  Visiting Assistant Professor
- 2000 - 2001
  
  Biomaterials Department, SUNY at Buffalo
  
  Research Assistant Professor
- 1998 - 2000
  
  Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, SUNY at Buffalo
  
  Research Scientist
- 1997 - 1998
  
  Biological Sciences, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport NY
  
  Adjunct Professor
Intellectual Contributions
- 2024
  
  "Steep slopes and cliff edges are browsing refugia for woody species within temperate deciduous forest."
  
  H. Assour, T. Diggins, e. al.
  
  Natural Areas Journal
- 2024
  
  "Large boulders provide refuge to browse-sensitive species and reveal a legacy of overbrowsing and shifting baselines in temperate old-growth forest."
  
  G. Revenis, T. Diggins, e. al.
  
  Journal of Vegetation Science
- 2023
  
  "Understory plant communities fail to recover after excluding deer for nearly 20 years."
  
  A. Knauer, T. Diggins, e. al.
  
  Canadian Journal of Forest Research, volume 53, p. 379-390
- 2023
  
  "Native tree species prosper while exotics falter during gap-phase regeneration, but only where deer densities are near historical lows"
  
  A. Yacucci, T. Diggins, e. al.
  
  New Forests, volume 55, p. 1083-1100
- 2021
  
  "Punctuated decadal morphodynamics and coupled vegetation succession along a nontidal, wave-dominated Great Lakes barrier spit, Gull Point, Lake Erie, USA"
  
  R. Mattheus, T. Diggins, J. Santoro
  
  Journal of Great Lakes Research, volume 47, p. 1538-1553
- 2014
  
  "Topographic patterns in forest composition and diversity on slopes of Zoar Valley Canyon, western New York State."
  
  T. Diggins, R. Catterlin
  
  Northeastern Naturalist, volume 21, p. 337-350
- 2013
  
  "A 300-year successional sequence in an eastern United States riparian hardwood forest."
  
  T. Diggins
  
  Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, volume 140, p. 65-88
- 2007
  
  "Volume, composition, and orientation of down deadwood in old-growth riparian woodlands in Zoar Valley, New York, USA."
  
  E. Pfeil, T. Diggins, e. al.
  
  Forest Ecology and Management, volume 239, p. 159-168
- 2005
  
  "Canopy and understory composition of old-growth riparian forest in Zoar Valley, New York, USA."
  
  T. Diggins, B. Kershner
  
  Natural Areas Journal, volume 25, p. 219-227