Ecological Restoration Institute

Daniel Laughlin

Research Specialist

Education

Graduate Certificate, Applied Statistics, Northern Arizona University, 2006
M.S. Ecology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2002
B.S. Biology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1999

Research Interests

Plant community ecology; ecosystem restoration; and multivariate analysis

Experience

2002 – present, Research Specialist, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2000 – 2002, Teaching and Research Assistant, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1999, Faculty Assistant, The Oregon Extension, Lincoln Oregon
1999, Field Botanist, The Nature Conservancy and the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri

Selected Publications

Laughlin, D.C., J.D. Bakker, M.L., Daniels, M.M. Moore, C.A. Casey, J.D. Springer. 2008. Restoring plant species diversity and community composition in a ponderosa pine-bunchgrass ecosystem. Plant Ecology. In press.
Laughlin, D.C. and P.Z. Fulé. 2008. Wildland fire effects on understory plant communities in two fire-prone forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:133-142.
Laughlin, D.C., S.R. Abella, W.W. Covington, and J.B. Grace. Plant species richness and soil properties in a Pinus ponderosa forest: a structural equation modeling analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 18:231-242.
Fulé, P.Z. and D.C. Laughlin. 2007. Wildland fire effects on forest structure over an altitudinal gradient, Grand Canyon National Park, USA. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:136-146.
Laughlin, D.C. and J.B. Grace. 2006. A multivariate model of plant species richness in forested systems: old-growth montane forests with a long history of fire. Oikos 114:60-70.
Laughlin, D.C., M.M. Moore, J.D. Bakker, C.A. Casey, J.D. Springer, P.Z., Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2006. Assessing targets for the restoration of herbaceous vegetation in ponderosa pine forests. Restoration Ecology 14:548-560.
Moore, M.M., C.A. Casey, J.D. Bakker, J.D. Springer, P.Z. Fulé, W.W.Covington, and D.C. Laughlin. 2006. Herbaceous response to restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest, 1992-2004. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:135-144.
Laughlin, D.C., J.D. Bakker, and P.Z. Fule. 2005. Understorey plant community structure in lower montane and subalpine forests, Grand Canyon National Park, USA. Journal of Biogeography 32: 2083-2102.
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.

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