James J. Ebersole 

Recent Publications
(* indicates undergraduate co-author)

           In revision  *Kempes, C. P., D. D. Breshears, O. B. Myers, and J. J. Ebersole. A comparison of moisture indices relating climate to tree growth: an assessment using Pinus edulis dendrochronology. Journal of Arid Environment

 

          2006 Lostroh, C. P., and J. J. Ebersole. 2006. Bio 2010-Evolution as an alternative organizing theme. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 26:153-155.

 

          2006 *Bay, R. F. and J. J. Ebersole. Success of alpine turf transplants in restoring alpine trails, Colorado, USA.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 38:173-178.

 

          2003 *McCain, E. B., *J. I. Zlotoff, and J. J. Ebersole.  Effects of elk browsing on aspen stand characteristics, Rampart Range, Colorado. Western North American Naturalist 63:129-132.

 

   2002 Ebersole, J. J. Recovery of alpine vegetation on small, denuded plots, Niwot Ridge,

   Colorado, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 34:389-397.

 

   2002 Ebersole, J. J., *R. F. Bay, and *D. K. Conlin.  Restoring high-alpine social trails on         Colorado Fourteeners, U. S. A.  pp. 389-391 in K. M. Urbanska and J. C. Chambers.

   High-elevation ecosystems. in A. J. Davy and M. Perrow, eds.  Handbook of Restoration

   Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

 

2001 *Conlin, D. B., and J. J. Ebersole. Restoration of an alpine disturbance: differential

success of species in turf transplants, Colorado, U.S.A.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 33:340-347.

 

   2001 Forbes, B. C., J. J. Ebersole, and B. Strandberg.  Anthropogenic disturbance and patch

   dynamics in circumpolar arctic ecosystems.  Conservation Biology 15:954-969.

 

        2000  *Reynolds, J. L., and  *T. N. Feinstein, and J. J. Ebersole.  Seedlings of Gambel oak near the      northeastern limit of its range. Western North American Naturalist 60:225-227.

 

 1999 *Terranella, A. C., *L. Ganz, and J. J. Ebersole.  Western harvester ants prefer

 nest sites near roads and trails.  The Southwestern Naturalist 44:382-384.

 

 1997 *Tonnesen, A. S. and J. J. Ebersole.  Human trampling effects on regeneration and age structures of Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma, Garden of the Gods, Colorado.  Great Basin Naturalist 57:50-56.

 Bennett, J. P., R. L. Anderson, M. L. Mielke, and J. J. Ebersole. 1994. Foliar injury air pollution surveys of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.): A review. Environmental Assessment and Monitoring 30:247-274.

*Enquist, B. J. and J. J. Ebersole. 1994. Effects of added water on photosynthesis of Bistorta vivipara: The importance of water relations and leaf nitrogen in two alpine plant communities, Pikes Peak, Colorado, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research 26:29-34.

Ebersole, J. J. and M. A. Farris, eds. 1993. Ideas and exercises for actively involving students in ecology classes. Available via anonymous ftp at sunsite.unc.edu in directory pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/ teaching/workshop.esa/ 172 Kbytes (ca. 70 pp.)

Ebersole, J. J. 1989. Role of the seed bank in providing colonizers on a tundra disturbance in northern Alaska. Canadian Journal of Botany 67:466-471.

Recent External Grants and Contracts
Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation Department. With three other investigators. Reclamation plan of the Garden of the Gods. 1999

National Science Foundation Research Opportunity Award. Through Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Long-Term Ecological Research Program. "Long-Term Recovery of Arctic Vegetation." 1995

National Science Foundation Research Opportunity Award. Through University of Colorado, Boulder, Long-Term Ecological Research Program. "Long-Term Recovery of Alpine Vegetation." 1994