Research Specialist, Sr.

Education

• B.S. Agricultural Economics, The Ohio State University, 1988
• M.S. Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 1999

Research Interests

• Plant community ecology, conservation biology, revegetation, effects of disturbance on vegetation

Selected Publications

• Abella, S.R., J.D. Springer, and W.W. Covington. 2007. Seed banks of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: responses to environmental gradients and fire cues. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 552-567.
• Fulé, P.Z., J.D. Springer, D.W. Huffman and W.W. Covington. 2001. Response of a rare endemic, Penstemon clutei, to burning and reduced belowground competition. Proceedings: Third Rare and Endangered Plant Conference. Proc. RMRS-P-23. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
• Korb, J.E., J.D. Springer, S.R. Powers, and M.M. Moore. 2005. Soil seed banks in Pinus ponderosa forests in Arizona: clues to site history and restoration potential. Applied Vegetation Science 8:103-112.
• Korb, J.E. and J.D. Springer. 2002. Technique for estimating plant biomass reduces destruction, cost and sampling time (Arizona). Ecological Restoration. 20(1):66-67.
• 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.
• Laughlin, D.C., M. M. Moore, J. D. Bakker, C.A. Casey, J.D. Springer, P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington. 2006. Assessing targets for the restoration of herbaceous vegetation in ponderosa pine forests. Restoration Ecology 14(4): 548-560.
• Moore, M.M., C. Casey, J.D. Bakker, J.D. Springer, P.Z. Fulé, W. W. Covington, D. C. Laughlin. 2006. Herbaceous Vegetation Responses (1992-2004) to Restoration Treatments in a Ponderosa Pine Forest. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59: 135-144.
• Springer, J.D. and D.C. Laughlin. 2004. Seeding with natives increases species richness in a dry ponderosa pine forest (Arizona). Ecological Restoration 22(3): 220-221.