Dr. Julie E. Korb Associate Professor of Biology 752 Berndt Hall korb_j@fortlewis.edu (970) 382-6905

Course Links:

Biology 496/7--Senior Seminar/Thesis

Biology 250--Ecology of the Southwest

Global Fire EGC 302

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Fall 2009 Schedule: Call to make an appointment if you cannot meet during office hours (6095)\

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00-9:00	X	Course prep	X	Course prep	Research/Course prep
9:05-10:00	X	↓		Bio 497
10:15-11:10	X	OFFICE HOURS	Research	Course prep	↓
11:15-12:35	X	Bio 250	↓	Bio 250	↓
12:20-1:25	Course prep	X	X	Department Meeting	↓
1:25-3:35	↓	Bio 250 Lab	Course Prep	OFFICE HOURS	X
3:35-4:30	X	Bio 250 Lab	X	Course prep	X

 

RESEARCH

Warm, dry mixed conifer forest restoration on the San Juan National Forest

Research Interests

plant community ecology - restoration ecology - fire ecology -exotic species

Recent Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1) Korb, J.E. and R. Wu.  Invited book chapter: Fire, Climate, and Forest Health.  In: The Eastern San Juan Mountains.  University of Colorado Press, Boulder, Colorado in press.

2) Korb, J.E. and P.Z. Fulé 2008.  Intra and inter-annual vegetation change: implications for long-term research.  Restoration Ecology, 16(1): 5-11.

3) Korb, J.E., Daniels, M.L., Laughlin, D.C. and P.Z. Fulé. 2007.  Understory communities of warm-dry, mixed-conifer forests in southwestern Colorado.  Southwestern Naturalist, 52(4): 493-503.

4) Korb, J.E., P.Z. Fulé, and B. Gideon 2007.  Soil disturbance and herbaceous response associated with different harvest systems and intensities.  Ecological Restoration, 25(1): 43-49.   

5) Korb, J.E., J.D. Springer, J.D., S.R., Powers, and M.M. Moore.  Soil seed banks in southwestern US Pinus ponderosa forests: Clues to site history and restoration potential.  Journal of Vegetation Science, 8: 103-112. 

6) Korb, J.E., N.C. Johnson, and W. W. Covington. 2004. The effects of slash pile burning on soil abiotic and biotic properties and native plant establishment: recommendations for amelioration.  Restoration Ecology 12(1): 52-62. 

7) Korb, J.E., W.W. Covington, and P.Z. Fulé. 2003.  Choosing the appropriate sampling technique to detect change-- An example from ponderosa pine restoration. Restoration Ecology 11(4): 1-12. 

8) Korb, J.E., N.C. Johnson and W.W. Covington. 2003. Arbuscular mycorrhizal propagule densities respond rapidly to ponderosa pine restoration treatments.  Journal of Applied Ecology, 40(1): 101-110.  

9) Korb, J.E. and J.D. Springer. 2003.  Invited book chapter: Herbaceous understory response to ponderosa pine restoration thinning and prescribed burning.  In: Ecological Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests.  Island Press, Washington, D.C. 

10) Korb, J.E. and J.D. Springer. 2002. Technique for estimating plant biomass reduces destruction, cost, and sampling time.  Ecological Restoration 19(5): 105-6.   

11) Korb, J.E. and T. Ranker. 2001.  Changes in stand composition and structure between 1981 and 1996 in four Front Range plant communities in Colorado.  Plant Ecology 147(1): 1-9. 

12) Korb, J.E., N.C. Johnson, and W. W. Covington. 2001.  Preliminary results-The effects of restoration thinning on mycorrhizal fungal propagules in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest.  In: Vance, G.K., W.W. Covington, and C.B. Edminster (compilers), Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation: Steps Toward Stewardship. Proc. RMRS-P-22. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Oral Presentations

Korb, J.E. 2009.  Protecting our National Resources: Plant Invasions at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico.  Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Korb, J.E. 2008. Preserving an outdoor classroom: Oportunities for engaged citizenship and ecological learning.  Ecological Society of America Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Grund, M. and J.E. Korb. 2007.  The spread of two noxious weeds in San Juan, County, Colorado.  ESRI Annual International Conference.  San Diego, California.

Korb, J.E. and S. Zwisler. 2006.  The effects of pre-fire aspen abundance and burn severity on aspen regeneration in southwest Colorado.  Third International Fire Ecology and Congress.  San Diego, California.

Wu, R., P. Brown, and J.E. Korb. 2006.  Global climate change and fire ecology in Southwest Colorado.  Climate Change and Variability workshop.  Durango, Colorado.

Daniels, M., and J. E. Korb 2004.  Diversity of warm, dry mixed conifer stands, San Juan National Forest, Colorado.  Mountain Studies Institute.  Silverton, Colorado.   

Korb, J. E. 2004.  Historical photographs from southwest Colorado-implications for reference conditions.  Landscape Scale- a fire behavior modeling and fuels treatment workshop.  U.S.D.A. San Juan National Forest, Durango, Colorado.  

Fulé, P., J. Springer, W. Covington and J. E. Korb 2004.  Changes in tree structure, forest floor, and plant communities following restoration treatments in Arizona. Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting.  Portland, Oregon.  

Korb, J. E.  2003.   Forest types and fire in southwestern Colorado—implications for land-use planning.  Firewise Workshop.  Durango, Colorado.  Springer, J., Daniels, M., Laughlin, D., McGlone, C., Korb, J., Gildar, C, Powers, S. and Fisher, M.  2003.  Plant Community: An Overview with an Emphasis on Exotic Species and Soil Seed Banks in Northern Arizona.  Grand Canyon National Park Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona.   

Korb, J.E. 2002.  Organized symposium.  Lessons from the Missionary Ridge Fire: Where do we go from here?  Biology Department Lecture Series, Fort Lewis College.  Durango, Colorado.   

Korb, J.E. 2002.  Invited symposium speaker.  Adaptive management experimentation in ponderosa pine forest restoration.  Ecological Society of America and Society of Ecological Restoration joint annual meeting.  Tuscon, Arizona. 

Korb, J.E., J.D. Springer, W.W. Covington, and P.Z. Fulé. 2001.  Is your vegetation sampling design influencing your results? —An example from ponderosa pine restoration.  6^th Biennial Colorado Plateau Conference.  Flagstaff, Arizona.  

Korb, J.E., N.C. Johnson, and W.W. Covington. 2001.  Mycorrhizal fungal responses to ponderosa pine restoration thinning and prescribed burning treatments. Ecological Society of America annual meeting.  Madison, Wisconsin.  

Korb, J.E., N.C. Johnson, and W.W. Covington. 2001.  The effects of slash pile burning on AM propagule densities and seedling emergence.  Society for Ecological Restoration Colorado Rockies Chapter annual  meeting.  Keystone, Colorado.  

Korb, J.E., W.W. Covington, and P.Z. Fulé. 2000.  The role of the soil seed bank in ponderosa pine restoration.  Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Snowbird, Utah. 

Korb, J.E. 1997.  Vegetation dynamics in four ecosystems along an elevational gradient in the Front Range, Colorado.  Walker van Riper Professional Lecture Series. Boulder, Colorado.  es