Dr. Adam D. Polinko

Dr. Adam D. Polinko

Title

  • Assistant Professor

Contact Information

adam.polinko@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-3510
Thompson Hall, Rm 359

Overview

Education

  • University of British Columbia, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Forestry

Research Interests

Pine Silviculture

Publications

Year Publications
2024

Willis, J. L., Bragg, D., Cannon, J., Gandhi, K., Kidd, K., Polinko, A. D., Puhlick, J., Saenz, D., Sayer, M., Schalk, C., Self, A. B., Siegert, C. M., Varner, J. M. 2024. Assessing the potential impact of retaining native off-site tree species in woodland restoration. Restoration Ecology

2023

Collins, D., Granger, J., Dicke, S., Poudel, K. P., Polinko, A. D., Willis, J. 2023. Crown Lifting of Low-Density Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Plantations on Nonindustrial Private Forest Lands. Forest Science 69(1):94 - 100.

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2023

Aryal, S., McConnell, E., Poudel, K. P., Polinko, A. D. 2023. Whole Stand Variable Density Yield Equations for Oak-Gum-Cypress Bottomland Hardwood Forests. Journal of Forestry 121(4):333 - 342.

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2023

Tanger, S., da Silva, B., Polinko, A. D., McConnell, E., McDill, M. 2023. Estimating stand level carbon supply curves for loblolly pine and Douglas-fir plantations. Journal of Forestry 121(2):125-134.

2023

Arko, A., Himes, A., Cannon, J., Polinko, A. D. 2023. The effects of a moderate severity hurricane on gap characteristics in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 551:121502.

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2022

Baach, E., Himes, A., Polinko, A., Granger, J. J., Zhou, Q. 2022. Diversity-productivity relationships in forests of the southeastern United States: Leveraging national inventory data and tree functional traits. Forest Ecology and Management 521:120426.

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2022

Polinko, A. D., Willis, J., Sharma, A., Guldin, J. 2022. Stand-level structural characteristics dictate hurricane resistance and resilience more than silvicultural regime in longleaf pine woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 526.

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2022

Magalhaes, J., Polinko, A. D., Amoroso, M., Kohli, G., Larson, B. 2022. The Predicting Tree Growth App: an algorithmic approach to modelling individual tree growth. Ecological Modelling 467.

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2022

Polinko, A. D., Rapp, M., Sanchez Meador, A., Graves, A., Ryerson, D., Waring, K. 2022. Western Spruce Budworm Effects on Forest Resilience. Plants 11(23).

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2021

Himes, A., Leavengood, S., Polinko, A. D. 2021. Variation in Wood Properties of Hybrid Poplar Lumber by Radial and Vertical Position in Stem; A case study from Boardman, OR. Wood and Fiber Science 53(3):161-177.

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Graduate Students

  • Baylor Doughty
  • Jabryan Pegues
  • Avery Holbrook
  • Gabriel Nyen

Awards & Honors

  • Peoples Choice Award
    Mississippi State University Three Minute Thesis
  • First Place - Oral Presentation
    Mississippi State University Graduate Research Symposium
  • 1st Place Graduate Student Poster
    ISFRE
  • Outstanding graduate student poster
    22nd Biennial Silviculture Research Conference
  • Third Place - Poster Presentation
    Mississippi State University Graduate Research Symposium

Society Memberships

  • Ecological Society of America
  • Mississippi Forestry Association
  • Society of American Foresters