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 Reports

• Abella, S.R., J. Gunn, M.L. Daniels, J.D. Springer, and S.E. Nyoka. 2009. Using a diverse seed mix to establish native plants on a Sonoran Desert burn. Native Plants Journal 10(1):21-31.
• Marlon, J.R. , P.J. Bartlein, M.K. Walsh, S.P. Harrison, K.J. Brown, M.E. Edwards, P.E. Higuera, M.J. Power, R.S. Anderson, C. Briles, A. Brunelle, C. Carcaillet, M. Daniels, F.S. Hu, M. Lavoie, C. Long, T. Minckley, P.J.H. Richard, A.C. Scott, D.S. Shafer, W. Tinner, C.E. Umbanhowar, Jr., and C. Whitlock. 2009. Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(8):2519–2524.
• Daniels, M.L., J.D. Springer, C.M. McGlone, and A. Wilkerson. 2008. Seeding as Part of Forest Restoration Promotes Native Species Establishment in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (Arizona). Ecological Restoration 26(3):188-190.
• Laughlin, D.C., J.D. Bakker, M.L. Daniels, M.M. Moore, C.A. Casey, and J.D. Springer. 2008. Restoring plant species diversity and community composition in a ponderosa pine-bunchgrass ecosystem. Plant Ecology 197(1):139–151.
• Korb, J.E., M.L Daniels, D.C. Laughlin, and P.Z. Fulé. 2007. Understory communities of warm-dry, mixed-conifer forests in southwestern Colorado. Southwestern Naturalist 52(4):493-503.
• Stoddard, M.T., J.D. Springer, M.L. Daniels, D.C. Laughlin, P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2006. Flagstaff Urban Wildland Interface (FUWI) Fort Valley Experimental Blocks: Plant Community Response Five Years After Tree Thinning and Burning. Final Report to the USDA Forest Service, 05-CR-11031600-079.
• 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.
• 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).

Presentations

• 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.
• 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.