Joseph O'Brien |
| Name: |
Joseph O'Brien |
| Title: |
Research Ecologist |
| Unit: |
Center for Forest Disturbance Science (4156)
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| Phone: |
706-559-4336 |
| Fax: |
706-559-4317 - Unit Fax
706-559-4317 - Location Fax |
| E-Mail: |
jjobrien@fs.fed.us |
Location Information |
Mailing
Address: |
USDA-Forest Service
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
320 Green Street
Athens, GA 30602-2044 |
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Research Information |
Education: |
Ph.D., 2001, Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
MS, 1997, Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
BS, 1986, Biology, State University of New York at Geneseo |
Current Research: |
| I am currently examining the physiological mechanisms behind the high mortality of ancient long leaf pines after fires are reintroduced to long unburned stands. I am also studying the impact of combining prescribed fire with slash pine plantation management practices in Florida to reduce dangerous fuel loads. I am developing a research program on the fire ecology of tropical pine forest ecosystems in southern Florida and the Bahama Archipelago. Generally, I am interested in the relationship between fire and plant ecophysiology, population dynamics and ecosystem properties. |
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