Education
B.S. Range and Wildlife, 1978, Texas Tech University
M.S. Ecology, 1982, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Forest Ecology, 1986, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests/Duties
Tropical Ecosystems Ecology and Restoration; Fire Ecology;
Wetlands/Riparian Ecology and Restoration; Disturbance Ecology; Ecology and
effects of large herbivores on ecosystems
Current Emphases, Studies, Projects
Fire Effects and vegetation dynamics along gradients of climate and disturbance in Hawaiian lowland mesic/wet ecosystems.
Interactions of burn season and ecological condition on ecosystem response to fire in mountain big sagebrush communities: information necessary for
restoration and postfire rehabilitation.
Dynamics of biomass C, and nutrient pools in Costa Rican primary forests and changes associated with land conversion and abandonment
Selected Publications
Jaramillo, V.J.; Kauffman, J.B.; Rentería-Rodríguez, L.; Cummings,
D.L.; Ellingson, L.J. 2003. Biomass, carbon, and nitrogen pools in
Mexican tropical dry forest landscapes. Ecosystems. 6: 609-629.
Kauffman, J. B., M..D. Steele, D.L. Cummings and V. J. Jaramillo.
2003 Biomass Dynamics Associated with Deforestation, Fire, and, Conversion to
Cattle Pasture in a Mexican Tropical Dry Forest. Forest Ecology and Management.
176:1-12.
Brookshire, E.N.J., J. B. Kauffman, D. Lytjen and N. Otting.
2002. Cumulative effects of wild ungulate and livestock herbivory on riparian
willows. Oecologia. 132:559-566.
Cummings, D.L., J. B. Kauffman, D.A. Perry, and R.F. Hughes.
2002. Aboveground biomass and structure of rainforest in the Southwestern
Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management 163:293-307.
Kauffman, J. B. M. Mahrt, L. A Mahrt, and W. D. Edge. 2001.
Wildlife of riparian habitats. pp 361-388 In: Johnson, D.A. and T.A. O’Neill
(editors): Wildlife-Habitat relationships in Oregon and Washington: Oregon
State University Press, Corvallis, OR.
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