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• B.A. - University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1977
• M.S. - University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1981
• Ph.D. - University of Colorado, 1986

Research Focus

• Biogeography
• Bioclimatology
• Geomorphology

Recent Publications

• Cao, S., Chen, L., Shankman, D., Wang, C., Wang, X., and Zhang, H. 2011. Afforestation in China’s arid and semi-arid regions: lessons in ecological restoration. Earth Science Reviews 104: 240–245.

• de Leeuw. J., Shankman, D., Wu, G., de Boer, W.F., Burnham, J., He, Q., Yesouand, H.,  Xiao, J. 2010. Strategic assessment of the magnitude and impacts of sand mining in Poyang Lake, China. Regional Environmental Change 10: 95–102. PDF

• Shankman, D. and Davis, L. and de Leeuw, J. 2009. River management, landuse change, and future flood risk in China’s Poyang Lake region. International Journal of River Basin Management 7: 423–431. PDF

• Shankman, D. 2008. China’s Changjiang: dealing with the deluge. Education about Asia 13: 45–49.

• Shankman, D. and Hart. J.L. 2007. The Fall Line: a physiographic-forest vegetation boundary. Geographical Review 97: 502–519. PDF

• Shankman, D., Keim, B.D., and Song, J. 2006. Flood frequency in China's Poyang Lake region: trends and teleconnections. International Journal of Climatology 26: 1255–1266. PDF

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