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Joshua Leffler

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Title

Associate Professor

Office Building

Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Lab

Office

141C

Mailing Address

McFadden Biostress Laboratory 141C
Natural Resource Management-Box 2140B
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

I joined the Department of Natural Resource Management in 2015 with a background in plant physiological ecology and ecosystem ecology with a research focus in aridland and Arctic systems.

If you would like my CV or more information, please feel free to contact me at my sdstate email address noted above. Thank you!

Education

1994 BS Biology, University of Utah
1999 PhD Biology, University of New Mexico

Academic Interests/Expertise

I am interested in the role that physiological processes play in higher levels of ecological organization.

Plant Physiological Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology

Professional Memberships

Ecological Society of America
Society for Range Management
American Geophysical Union

Area(s) of Research

Current work examines the role of phenological mismatch in Arctic wetland carbon exchange, the climate change influences on the nutritional landscape of North Slope caribou, and the linkage between grazing, plant community structure, and carbon exchange.

Department(s)

Links

Joshua in Google Scholar