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Joseph O'Brien
Joseph O'Brien 

Employee Information
Name: Joseph O'Brien 
Title: Research Ecologist
Unit: Center for Forest Disturbance Science (4156)
Phone: 706-559-4336
Fax: 706-559-4317 - Unit Fax
706-559-4287 - 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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