Shanon Hankin

Program Affiliations

Biological Systems Engineering

Education and Certificates

• B.S. – Biology & Environmental Studies, North Central College
• M.S. – Forest Biology & Management, University of Alberta

Fields of Interest

• Designing international networks to address the degradation of agricultural lands and soil systems
• Ecological restoration
• Mycorrhizal fungal community ecology
• Diatom communities as ecological indicators
• Arboriculture

Publications

• Hankin S.L. & G. Watson. 2020. Oak taproot growth disruption differentially impacts root architecture during nursery production. Forests. 11: 798. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11080798
• Hankin S.L., G. Watson, M. Lo, and F. Balestri. 2019. Tree seedling root architecture alteration by tap root pruning. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 37: 50-54. https://doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-37.2.50
• Pec G.J., N.M. Scott, S. Hupperts, S.L. Hankin, S. Landhäusser, and J. Karst. 2019. Restoration of belowground fungal communities in reclaimed landscapes of the Canadian boreal forest. Restoration Ecology. 27: 1369-1380. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12990
• Hankin S.L., J. Karst, and S.M. Landhäusser. 2015. Influence of tree species and salvaged soils on the recovery of ectomycorrhizal fungi in upland boreal forest restoration after surface mining. Botany. 93: 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2014-0132
• Hankin S.L., C.L. Weilhoefer, J.E. Kaldy, and T.H. DeWitt. 2012. Sediment diatom species and community response to nitrogen addition in Oregon estuarine tidal wetlands. Wetlands. 32: 1023-1031. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-012-0332-6