Daniel Laughlin
Research Specialist
Education
- Ph.D. Forest Science, Northern Arizona University (2009, in progress)
- 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
- Forest ecology; plant community ecology; ecosystem restoration; and multivariate analysis
Experience
- 2005 – present, Graduate Research Assistant, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
- 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., and M.M. Moore. In press. Climate-induced temporal variation in the productivity-diversity relationship. Oikos.
- 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 197:139-151.
- 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., Abella, S.R. 2007. Abiotic and biotic factors explain independent gradients of community composition in ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Modelling 205: 231-240.
- Laughlin, D.C., S.R. Abella, W.W. Covington, and J.B. Grace. 2007. 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.