Research Specialist

Education

• B.S. Biology, Humboldt State University, California, 1997
• M.S. Quaternary Studies, Northern Arizona University, 2001

Professional Experience

• 2002 – Current, Research Specialist, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 2000 – 2002, Research Technician, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 1999 – 2000, Research Aide, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 1997 – 2000, Teaching Assistant, Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University
• 1995 – 1997, Tutor, Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University

Research Interests

• Plant community ecology, especially the long-term response of vegetation to changing climatic and/or disturbance regimes; restoration ecology.

Publications and Presentations

• Daniels, M.L., R.S. Anderson, and C. Whitlock. 2005. Vegetation and fire history since the Late Pleistocene from the Trinity Mountains, northwestern California, USA. The Holocene 15:1062-1071.
• Daniels, M.L. and J.E. Korb. 2004. Ecological restoration in the warm, dry mixed conifer forest of southwestern Colorado. Presentation to the Mountain Studies Institute “State of the San Juans” conference, Silverton, CO, Sept. 24-25.
• Laughlin, D.C., J.D. Bakker, M.T. Stoddard, M.L. Daniels, J.D. Springer, C.N. Gildar, A.M. Green, and W.W. Covington. 2004. Toward reference conditions: wildfire effects on flora in an old-growth ponderosa pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management 199:137-152.
• Fulé, P.Z., J.E. Crouse, M.L. Daniels, J.D. Springer, T.A. Heinlein, M.M. Moore, W.W. Covington, and G.J. Verkamp. 2002. Mixed-Severity Fire Regime in a High-Elevation Forest: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program, CA-1200-99-009-NAU 04 (Part 1).
• Daniels, M.L., J.D. Springer, J.E. Korb, P.Z. Fulé and W.W. Covington, 2002. Monitoring understory response to ecological restoration treatments in Southwestern forests requires multiple years of data. Presentation given at the 2002 ESA/SER joint conference in Tucson, AZ, August 8.
• Daniels, M.L., R.S. Anderson, C. Whitlock, and J. Mohr. 2000. Late Pleistocene and Holocene fire and vegetation history from the Trinity Mountains, California. American Quaternary Association, Abstracts of Biennial Meeting, Fayetteville, AR.