At the University of Alberta, Vitt was from 1970 to 1975 an assistant professor, from 1975 to 1980 an associate professor, and from 1980 to 2000 a full professor. He became in 1970 a curator at the University of Alberta's Cryptogamic Herbarium and has continued the curatorial appointment to the present. From 1992 to 2000 he was the director of the Devonian Botanic Garden, now called the University of Alberta Botanic Garden. From 2000 to 2011 at Southern Illinois University, he was a professor and chair of the plant biology program. He retired as professor emeritus in 2011. He was a visiting professor in 1971 at the University of Michigan Biological Station and in 1981 at the University of Minnesota and at the University of New South Wales.[4]
Vitt has collected mosses not only in the United States and Canada, but also in the Canary Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Fiji, Brazil, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, China, Japan, and Asiatic Russia. He has been a co-collector with Richard Edward Andrus, Diana Gail Horton, and Timo Juhani Koponen.[3] In July 1971 while collecting mosses on Devon Island, Vitt suffered two broken ribs from an encounter with a musk ox. In the winter of 1971–1972 he went to the Auckland Islands on a two-month expedition led by Henry Imshaug. On this expedition Vitt climbed a tree to escape an attack from a sea lion.[2]
Dr. Vitt's interests include ecosystem dynamics, biogeochemistry and paleoecology of peatlands, particularly as related to climatic changes. He also has a continuing interest in all aspects of research related to biosystematics and taxonomy (emphasizing bryophytes), including ecological and systematic studies of mosses in tropical, temperate and arctic areas.[4]
A recognised authority on peatlands, he provided the subject section in the 2008 Encyclopedia of Ecology (edited by S.E. Jorgensen and B. Fath). He has published four books and more than 200 papers over the course of his career, as well as chapters and other articles. He was editor-in-chief of The Bryologist for over ten years from 1994 and has served in editorial positions and on the editorial boards of several other publications.[3]
On September 4, 1966 in Madison, Missouri, he married Sandra Faye Mouser. She served as his office/lab manager and assisted him in organizational and editorial work. They have two sons.[2]
Selected publicationsEdit
ArticlesEdit
Gressitt, J. L.; Samuelson, G. A.; Vitt, D. H. (1968). "Moss growing on Living Papuan Moss-forest Weevils". Nature. 217 (5130): 765–767. Bibcode:1968Natur.217..765G. doi:10.1038/217765a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4276949. This 1968 article is "the first report of insects camouflaging their backsides with bryophytes."[2]
Vitt, Dale H.; Chee, Wai-Lin (1990). "The relationships of vegetation to surface water chemistry and peat chemistry in fens of Alberta, Canada". Vegetatio. 89 (2): 87–106. doi:10.1007/BF00032163. S2CID 25071105.
Rochefort, Line; Vitt, Dale H.; Bayley, Suzanne E. (1990). "Growth, Production, and Decomposition Dynamics of Sphagnum under Natural and Experimentally Acidified Conditions". Ecology. 71 (5): 1986–2000. doi:10.2307/1937607. JSTOR 1937607.
Vitt, Dale H.; Chee, Wai-Lin (1990). "The relationships of vegetation to surface water chemistry and peat chemistry in fens of Alberta, Canada". Vegetatio. 89 (2): 87–106. doi:10.1007/BF00032163. S2CID 25071105.
Vitt, D. H.; Halsey, Linda A.; Zoltai, Stephen C. (1994). "The bog landforms of continental western Canada in relation to climate and permafrost patterns". Arctic and Alpine Research. 26 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1080/00040851.1994.12003032.
Vitt, D. H. (1994). "An overview of factors that influence the development of Canadian peatlands". The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 126 (S169): 7–20. doi:10.4039/entm126169007-1.
Halsey, Linda A.; Vitt, Dale H.; Zoltai, Stephen C. (1995). "Disequilibrium response of permafrost in boreal continental western Canada to climate change". Climatic Change. 30 (1): 57–73. Bibcode:1995ClCh...30...57H. doi:10.1007/BF01093225. S2CID 154162870.
Vitt, Dale H.; Bayley, Suzanne E.; Jin, Tai-Long (1995). "Seasonal variation in water chemistry over a bog-rich fen gradient in Continental Western Canada". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 52 (3): 587–606. doi:10.1139/f95-059.
Kuhry, Peter; Vitt, Dale H. (1996). "Fossil Carbon/Nitrogen Ratios as a Measure of Peat Decomposition". Ecology. 77 (1): 271–275. doi:10.2307/2265676. JSTOR 2265676.
Vitt, Dale H.; Halsey, Linda A.; Bauer, Ilka E.; Campbell, Celina (2000). "Spatial and temporal trends in carbon storage of peatlands of continental western Canada through the Holocene". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 37 (5): 683–693. doi:10.1139/e99-097.
Turetsky, Merritt R.; Wieder, R. Kelman; Vitt, Dale H. (2002). "Boreal peatland C fluxes under varying permafrost regimes". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34 (7): 907–912. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00022-6.
Turetsky, M. R.; Wieder, R. K.; Vitt, D. H.; Evans, R. J.; Scott, K. D. (2007). "The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal north America: Effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes". Global Change Biology. 13 (9): 1922–1934. Bibcode:2007GCBio..13.1922T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01381.x. S2CID 84206753.
Turetsky, Merritt R.; Crow, Susan E.; Evans, Robert J.; Vitt, Dale H.; Wieder, R. Kelman (2008). "Trade-Offs in Resource Allocation among Moss Species Control Decomposition in Boreal Peatlands". Journal of Ecology. 96 (6): 1297–1305. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01438.x. JSTOR 20143576.
Books and monographsEdit
Iwatsuki, Zennoske; Vitt, Dale H.; Gradstein, S. Robbert (1976). Bryological herbaria: a guide to the bryological herbaria of the world. Bryophytorum Bibliotecha. Vol. 8. Vaduz: Published for the International Association of Bryologists [by] J. Cramer.
Vitt, D. H.; Gradstein, S. R.; Iwatsuki, Z. (1985). Compendium of bryology: a world listing of herbaria, collectors, bryologists, and current research. Bryophytorum bibliotheca. Vol. 30. Braunschweig: Published for the International Association of Bryologists [by] J. Cramer. ISBN3768214346; vii+355 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Vitt, Dale H.; Marsh, Janet E.; Bovey, Robin B. (1988). Mosses, lichens & ferns of northwest North America. Edmonton, Alta.: Lone Pine ; Seattle, Wash. : Univ. of Washington Press. ISBN0295966661; 296 pages; illustrations (some color). Field guide includes detailed descriptions of 370 species, each illustrated in colour. Covers geographic area from Alaska to southern Oregon, and from the Pacific Ocean to Montana and Saskatchewan{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Johnson, Derek; Goward, Trevor; Vitt, Dale H. (1995). Plants of the western boreal forest & aspen parkland. Edmonton, Alta./Redmond, Wash.: Lone Pine. ISBN1551050587; 392 pages: illustrations (some color){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Buck, William R.; Vitt, Dale Hadley; Malcolm, William McLagan (2002). Key to the genera of Australian mosses. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series, No. 14. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Wieder, R. K.; Vitt, D. H., eds. (16 October 2006). Boreal Peatland Ecosystems. Ecological Studies. Vol. 188. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN978-3-540-31913-9.
Vitt, Dale H.; Bhatti, Jagtar S., eds. (2012). Restoration and rec8lamation of boreal ecosystems: attaining sustainable development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN9781139576826.
"Index of Botanists. Vitt, Dale Hadley". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries.
"Dale H. Vitt - Publications". Chemistry Tree (academictree.org). (many online links to Vitt's articles)
October 22, 2023
dale, hadley, vitt, born, february, 1944, american, bryologist, peatland, ecologist, recognized, leading, expert, peatlands, from, 1989, 1991, president, american, bryological, lichenological, society, contents, biography, selected, publications, articles, boo. Dale Hadley Vitt born February 9 1944 is an American bryologist and peatland ecologist 1 2 recognized as a leading expert on peatlands 3 From 1989 to 1991 he was the president of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected publications 2 1 Articles 2 2 Books and monographs 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditDale Vitt grew up in Washington Missouri in a financially struggling family due to the death of his father when Dale was eleven years old After graduating from high school in 1962 he worked for a year at the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation which was renamed in 1967 McDonnell Douglas on manufacturing for Project Gemini In autumn 1963 he matriculated at Southeast Missouri State University and graduated there with B S in December 1966 2 He then matriculated at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1967 with M S and in 1970 with Ph D 4 His doctoral dissertation supervised by Howard A Crum 2 is entitled The Family Orthotrichaceae Musci in North America North of Mexico 3 While still a graduate student in the winter of 1969 1970 Vitt went on a two and a half month expedition to the New Zealand outlying island named Campbell Island 2 At the University of Alberta Vitt was from 1970 to 1975 an assistant professor from 1975 to 1980 an associate professor and from 1980 to 2000 a full professor He became in 1970 a curator at the University of Alberta s Cryptogamic Herbarium and has continued the curatorial appointment to the present From 1992 to 2000 he was the director of the Devonian Botanic Garden now called the University of Alberta Botanic Garden From 2000 to 2011 at Southern Illinois University he was a professor and chair of the plant biology program He retired as professor emeritus in 2011 He was a visiting professor in 1971 at the University of Michigan Biological Station and in 1981 at the University of Minnesota and at the University of New South Wales 4 Vitt has collected mosses not only in the United States and Canada but also in the Canary Islands Australia New Zealand Vanuatu Fiji Brazil Peru Sweden Switzerland the United Kingdom Jamaica China Japan and Asiatic Russia He has been a co collector with Richard Edward Andrus Diana Gail Horton and Timo Juhani Koponen 3 In July 1971 while collecting mosses on Devon Island Vitt suffered two broken ribs from an encounter with a musk ox In the winter of 1971 1972 he went to the Auckland Islands on a two month expedition led by Henry Imshaug On this expedition Vitt climbed a tree to escape an attack from a sea lion 2 Dr Vitt s interests include ecosystem dynamics biogeochemistry and paleoecology of peatlands particularly as related to climatic changes He also has a continuing interest in all aspects of research related to biosystematics and taxonomy emphasizing bryophytes including ecological and systematic studies of mosses in tropical temperate and arctic areas 4 A recognised authority on peatlands he provided the subject section in the 2008 Encyclopedia of Ecology edited by S E Jorgensen and B Fath He has published four books and more than 200 papers over the course of his career as well as chapters and other articles He was editor in chief of The Bryologist for over ten years from 1994 and has served in editorial positions and on the editorial boards of several other publications 3 On September 4 1966 in Madison Missouri he married Sandra Faye Mouser She served as his office lab manager and assisted him in organizational and editorial work They have two sons 2 Selected publications EditArticles Edit Gressitt J L Samuelson G A Vitt D H 1968 Moss growing on Living Papuan Moss forest Weevils Nature 217 5130 765 767 Bibcode 1968Natur 217 765G doi 10 1038 217765a0 ISSN 0028 0836 S2CID 4276949 This 1968 article is the first report of insects camouflaging their backsides with bryophytes 2 Vitt Dale H Chee Wai Lin 1990 The relationships of vegetation to surface water chemistry and peat chemistry in fens of Alberta Canada Vegetatio 89 2 87 106 doi 10 1007 BF00032163 S2CID 25071105 Rochefort Line Vitt Dale H Bayley Suzanne E 1990 Growth Production and Decomposition Dynamics of Sphagnum under Natural and Experimentally Acidified Conditions Ecology 71 5 1986 2000 doi 10 2307 1937607 JSTOR 1937607 Vitt Dale H Chee Wai Lin 1990 The relationships of vegetation to surface water chemistry and peat chemistry in fens of Alberta Canada Vegetatio 89 2 87 106 doi 10 1007 BF00032163 S2CID 25071105 Vitt D H Halsey Linda A Zoltai Stephen C 1994 The bog landforms of continental western Canada in relation to climate and permafrost patterns Arctic and Alpine Research 26 1 1 13 doi 10 1080 00040851 1994 12003032 Vitt D H 1994 An overview of factors that influence the development of Canadian peatlands The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 126 S169 7 20 doi 10 4039 entm126169007 1 Halsey Linda A Vitt Dale H Zoltai Stephen C 1995 Disequilibrium response of permafrost in boreal continental western Canada to climate change Climatic Change 30 1 57 73 Bibcode 1995ClCh 30 57H doi 10 1007 BF01093225 S2CID 154162870 Vitt Dale H Bayley Suzanne E Jin Tai Long 1995 Seasonal variation in water chemistry over a bog rich fen gradient in Continental Western Canada Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52 3 587 606 doi 10 1139 f95 059 Kuhry Peter Vitt Dale H 1996 Fossil Carbon Nitrogen Ratios as a Measure of Peat Decomposition Ecology 77 1 271 275 doi 10 2307 2265676 JSTOR 2265676 Vitt Dale H Halsey Linda A Bauer Ilka E Campbell Celina 2000 Spatial and temporal trends in carbon storage of peatlands of continental western Canada through the Holocene Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 37 5 683 693 doi 10 1139 e99 097 Turetsky Merritt R Wieder R Kelman Vitt Dale H 2002 Boreal peatland C fluxes under varying permafrost regimes Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34 7 907 912 doi 10 1016 S0038 0717 02 00022 6 Turetsky M R Wieder R K Vitt D H Evans R J Scott K D 2007 The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal north America Effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes Global Change Biology 13 9 1922 1934 Bibcode 2007GCBio 13 1922T doi 10 1111 j 1365 2486 2007 01381 x S2CID 84206753 Turetsky Merritt R Crow Susan E Evans Robert J Vitt Dale H Wieder R Kelman 2008 Trade Offs in Resource Allocation among Moss Species Control Decomposition in Boreal Peatlands Journal of Ecology 96 6 1297 1305 doi 10 1111 j 1365 2745 2008 01438 x JSTOR 20143576 Books and monographs Edit Iwatsuki Zennoske Vitt Dale H Gradstein S Robbert 1976 Bryological herbaria a guide to the bryological herbaria of the world Bryophytorum Bibliotecha Vol 8 Vaduz Published for the International Association of Bryologists by J Cramer Vitt D H Gradstein S R Iwatsuki Z 1985 Compendium of bryology a world listing of herbaria collectors bryologists and current research Bryophytorum bibliotheca Vol 30 Braunschweig Published for the International Association of Bryologists by J Cramer ISBN 3768214346 vii 355 pages a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link Vitt Dale H Marsh Janet E Bovey Robin B 1988 Mosses lichens amp ferns of northwest North America Edmonton Alta Lone Pine Seattle Wash Univ of Washington Press ISBN 0295966661 296 pages illustrations some color Field guide includes detailed descriptions of 370 species each illustrated in colour Covers geographic area from Alaska to southern Oregon and from the Pacific Ocean to Montana and Saskatchewan a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link Johnson Derek Goward Trevor Vitt Dale H 1995 Plants of the western boreal forest amp aspen parkland Edmonton Alta Redmond Wash Lone Pine ISBN 1551050587 392 pages illustrations some color a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link Buck William R Vitt Dale Hadley Malcolm William McLagan 2002 Key to the genera of Australian mosses Flora of Australia Supplementary Series No 14 Canberra Australian Biological Resources Study Wieder R K Vitt D H eds 16 October 2006 Boreal Peatland Ecosystems Ecological Studies Vol 188 Springer Science amp Business Media ISBN 978 3 540 31913 9 Vitt Dale H Bhatti Jagtar S eds 2012 Restoration and rec8lamation of boreal ecosystems attaining sustainable development Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781139576826 The standard author abbreviation Vitt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 5 References Edit Expert Q amp A Dr Dale Vitt Biohabitats XVI Edition 3 Peatlands 2018 a b c d e f g Vitt Dale H March 16 2020 The Challenges of Learning to be a Peatland Ecologist a b c d Vitt Dale Hadley JSTOR Global Plants a b c Dale H Vitt Emeritus Faculty Department of Plant Biology Southern Illinois University International Plant Names Index Vitt External links Edit nbsp Data related to Dale Hadley Vitt at Wikispecies Index of Botanists Vitt Dale Hadley Harvard University Herbaria 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