James F. Reynolds

Postdocs Mentored   

• Weijun Shen   
  
• Fernando Maestre   
  
• Mark Bradford   
  

Ph.D. Students Supervised   

• Roberto J. Fernández-Aldúncin   
  Current position: Assistant Prof. IFEVA-Ecologia, Departmento Agronomia, Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina Grass decline in the Chihuahuan Desert: the role of plant functional diversity and herbivore selectivity.
• Paul Leadley   
  Current position: C4 (full) Professor; University of Paris, Orsay A hierarchical model for the response of arctic tundra ecosystems to climate change.
• Bernard Ostendorf   
  Current position: Senior Lecturer, School of Earth & Environ Sci, Univ of Adelaide, Australia Static and dynamic models of arctic landscapes: The relationships of plants communities to physical variables of the environment.
• Renate Gebauer   
  Current position: Assoc. Prof. Biology and Environmental Studies, Keene State College, Keene, NH The effect of waterlogging on photosynthesis, nutrient status, and growth of the arctic species Eriophorum vaginatum and E. angustifolium.
• Jaques Brisson   
  Current position: Associate Prof., University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada Competition in desert communities: Mathematical models of plant performance & interference.
• Bertrand Ostendorf   
  Major advisor: Joint doctoral program San Diego State University and Univ. of California, Davis Static and dynamic models of arctic landscapes: The relationships of plants communities to physical variables of the environment.
• David N Hamill   
  Current position: Research Triangle Institute, NC Development of population models from life history characteristics: a theoretical approach.
• J. Heiner Lieth   
  Current position: Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis Light interception, growth dynamics and dry-matter partitioning in a phytotron-growth snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop: a modeling analysis with reference to air pollution effects.

MS & Ph.D. students as primary supervisor   

• Ye Jiansheng   
  Modeling climate impacts on the vegetation of the Tibet Plateau.
• Kiona Ogle   
  Current position: Assistant Professor, Departments of Botany & Statistics Desert dogma revisited : physiological and growth responses of Larrea tridentata (creosotebush).
• Colin J. Saunders   
  Current position: Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida Soil accumulation in a Chesapeake Bay salt marsh : modeling 500 years of global change, vegetation change, and rising atmospheric CO₂.

Current Graduate Students (PhD./M.S.) as primary advisor   

• Min Zhang   
  Masters degree

Other   

• Debbi Waldecker   
  M.S. Biology. Current position: State Park Service, California Effects of elevated CO2 and soil nitrogen pretreatments on litter decomposition in the tallgrass prairie.
• Shireen S. Dadmehr   
  M.S., Applied Mathematics Program Mathematical modeling of water flux through soil during evaporation.
• Ellen Shakir   
  M.S. Applied Mathematics Program Applying the Crank-Nicholson scheme for water flux in dry soils of the Jornada Basin.
• Bertrand O. Static and dynamic models of arctic landscapes: The relationships of plants communities to physical   
  Major Advisor in Joint Doctoral Program: San Diego State University and Univ. of California, Davis Static and dynamic models of arctic landscapes: The relationships of plants communities to physical variables of the environment.