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Veldman, Joseph

Joseph Veldman

Assistant Professor, Faculty Chair of Society for Ecological Restoration
Office:
WFES 310
Email:
veldman@tamu.edu
Phone:
(979) 862-2652
Resume/CV
https://sites.google.com/site/josephveldman/
Undergraduate Education
B.S. Biology, Hope College
Graduate Education
Ph.D. Botany, University of Florida
Courses Taught
ECCB 417 Prescribed Fire
ECCB 303 Biogeochemistry and Global Change

Research Interests and Specializations

Fire ecology of savannas and forests, restoration ecology, conservation biology

The Veldman Lab

In the Veldman Lab at Texas A&M University, we study relationships among plant species, ecosystem functions, and human-induced environmental change. Fire – both as an ancient ecological force and as a management tool – is central to our research on the conservation and restoration of tropical and subtropical savannas and forests.  Through interdisciplinary collaboration and outreach to environmental organizations, we work to improve public policies that impact fire-independent ecosystems and human livelihoods.

Select Publications

Veldman, J.W., E. Buisson, G.W. Fernandes, G. Durigan, S. Le Stradic, G. Mahy, D. Negreiros, G.E. Overbeck, R.G. Veldman, N.P. Zaloumis, F. E. Putz, and W.J. Bond. 2015. Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13:154–162. DOI: 10.1890/140270

Veldman, J.W. 2016. Clarifying the confusion: old-growth savannahs and tropical ecosystem degradation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371:20150306. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0306

Nerlekar, A.N., J.W. Veldman. 2020. High diversity and slow recovery of old-growth grasslands. 2020. Proceedings of the Nation Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117: 18550–18556. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922266117

Novak, E.N., M. Bertelsen, D. Davis, D.M. Grobert, K.G. Lyons, J.P. Martina, W.M. McCaw, M. O’Toole, and J.W. Veldman. Season of prescribed fire determines grassland restoration outcomes after fire exclusion and overgrazing. Ecosphere 12:e03730. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3730

Veldman, J.W., J.C. Aleman, S.T. Alvarado, T. M. Anderson, S. Archibald, W.J. Bond, T.W. Boutton, N. Buchmann, E. Buisson, J.G. Canadell, M.S. Dechoum, M.H. Diaz-Toribio, G. Durigan, J.J. Ewel, G.W. Fernandes, A. Fidelis, F. Fleischman, S.P. Good, D.M. Griffith, J.M. Hermann, W.A. Hoffmann, S. Le Stradic, C.E.R. Lehmann, G. Mahy, A.N. Nerlekar, J.B. Nippert, R.F. Noss, C.P. Osborne, G.E. Overbeck, C.L. Parr, J.G. Pausas, R.T. Pennington, M.P. Perring, F.E. Putz, J. Ratnam, M. Sankaran, I.B. Schmidt, C.B. Schmitt, F.A.O. Silveira, A.C. Staver, N. Stevens, C. Still, C.A.E. Strömberg, V.M. Temperton, J.M. Varner, N.P. Zaloumis. 2019. Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”. Science 366: eaay7976. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay7976

 

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