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Scott.Abella@unlv.edu

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University of Nevada,

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Las Vegas, Nevada

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· Fall 2009

USDA working to manage invasive annual grasses, effects of heat and smoke on red brome soil seed bank, how burial depth and substrate affect germination of Sahara mustard and red brome, environmental effects of the southern Nevada groundwater project

 

· Summer 2009

BLM and wildfire protection in the mojave, studies of the sticky ringstem flowering phenology in Lake Mead NRA, restoration work within gypsum soils, post-fire response synthesis for Mojave and Sonoran deserts

 

· Spring 2009

California desert managers group, vegetation monitoring in Death Valley, undergraduate research symposium at UNLV, response of Sahara mustard to water and disturbance, JFS update

 

· Winter 2008

Mojave desert collaborative projects, fire history in spring mountains, Northshore road rehabilitation, wildfires and invasive plants in American deserts conference, weed sentry surveys

 

· Fall 2008

Effects of wildfires in Joshua Tree National Park, Blackbrush masting volunteer seed collection effort, new book chapter on Mojave revegetation, Natural Areas Association presentations

 

· Summer 2008

Soil climate project, rare plant monitoring, JFS update, granivory and Sahara mustard

 

· Spring 2008

Post-fire restoration, fire chronosequence study, Joint Fire Science update, Weed Sentry program and DNWR surveys

 

 

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