Linda A. Joyce, PhD			240 West Prospect Ft. Collins, CO 80526 Phone: (970) 498-2560 FAX: (970) 498-1314 ljoyce@fs.fed.us
	Research Project Leader
	Provides scientific and administrative leadership.
	Quantitative Ecologist: Research includes climate change on forest and rangeland resources and metrics for ecosystem health.

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, 1981, Range Ecology
Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, OH, 1974
Bachelor of Science, Grand Valley State College, MI, 1972, Mathematics

Professional Experience

February 1996 to Present, Research Project Leader of Research Work Unit RM-4451, “Sustaining Alpine and Forest Ecosystems Under Atmospheric and Terrestrial Disturbances”.

Faculty Affiliate, Graduate Degree Program of Ecology (GDPE), Colorado State University.

Faculty Affiliate, Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Colorado State University.

2005, Member, Climate Change Subcommittee, NEON Science and Human Dimensions Committee.

2002-2005, Member, Scientific Steering Group for the US Carbon Cycle Science Plan.

2001-2004, Member, National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC) National Technical Advisory Committee.

2000-2002, Member, Ad hoc Working Group, National Leadership Team, Forest Service, Development of guidelines for Science Consistency Evaluations.

1990-present. National Issue Manager for Climate Change, Resource Planning Assessment, Strategic Planning Staff, Forest Service.

1998-2001, Member, National Assessment Synthesis Team, convened by the National Science Technology Council and the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to summarize the impact of climate change and variability on the United States.

March 1998, Visiting Scientist, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand.

June 1993 - February 1996, Research Project Leader, Effects of Atmospheric Change on Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems, Research Work Unit RM-4452, Fort Collins, CO.

Selected Recent Publications

Coulson, D.P.; Joyce, L.A. 2003. United States state-level population estimates: Colonization to 1999. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-111WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 55 p. 

Parson, E.A.; Corell, R.W.; Barron, E.J.; Burkett, V.; Janetos, A.; Joyce, L.; Karl, T.R.; MacCracken, M.C.; Melillo, J.; Morgan, M.G.; Schimel, D.S.; Wilbanks, T. 2003. Understanding climatic impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation in the United States: building a capacity for assessment. Climatic Change. 57: 9-42.

Omi, P.N.; Joyce, L.A., tech. eds. 2003. Fire, fuel treatments, and ecological restoration: Conference proceedings; 2002 April 16-18; Fort Collins, CO. Proc. RMRS-P-29. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 475 p. 

Joyce, L.A. 2003. Improving the flow of scientific information across the interface of forest science and policy. Forest Policy and Economics. 5: 239-247.

Marland, G.; Pielke Sr., R.A.; Apps, M,; Avissar, R.; Betts, R.A.; Davis, K.; Frumhoff, P.C.; Jackson, S.T.; Joyce, L.; Kauppi, P.; Katzenberger, J.; MacDicken, K.G.; Neilson, R.; Niles, J.O.; Niyogi, D.S.; Norby, R.J.; Pena, N.; Sampson, N.S.; and Xue Y. 2003. The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon management, and the implications for climate-change mitigation policy. Climate Policy. 3: 149-157.

Rueth, H.M.; Baron, J.S.; Joyce, L.A. 2002. Natural resource extraction: past, present, and future. In: Baron, J.S., ed. Rocky Mountain futures. Washington, DC: Island Press: 85-112.

Perez-Garcia, J.; Joyce, L.A.; McGuire, A.D.; Xiao, X. 2002. Impacts of climate change on the global forest sector. Climatic Change. 53: 439-461.

Lindner, M.; Sohngen, B.; Joyce, L.A.; Price, D.T.; Bernier, P.Y.; Karjalainen, T. 2002. Integrated forestry assessment for climate change impacts. Forest Ecology and Management. 162: 117-136.

Perez-Garcia, J.; Joyce, L.A.; McGuire, A.D. 2002. Temporal uncertainties of integrated ecological/economic assessments at the global and regional scales. Forest Ecology and Management. 163: 105-115.

Dale, V.H.; Joyce, L.A.; McNulty, S.; Neilson, R.P; Ayres, M.P.; Flannigan, M.D.; Hanson, P.J.; Irland, L.C.; Lugo, A.E.; Peterson, C.J.; Simberloff, D.; Swanson, F.J.; Stocks, B.J.; Wotton, B.M. 2001. Climate change and forest disturbances. BioScience. 51: 723-734.

Dale, V.H.; Joyce, L.A.; McNulty, S.; Neilson, R.P. 2000. The interplay between climate change, forests, and disturbances. The Science of the Total Environment. 262: 201-204.

Joyce, L.A.; Mitchell, J.E.; Loftin, S.R. 2000. Applicability of Montreal Process Criterion 3 – maintenance of ecosystem health—to rangelands. The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 7(2): 107-127.

Joyce, L.A. 2000. Applicability of Montreal Process Criterion 5 – maintenance of rangeland contribution to global carbon cycles. The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 7(2): 138-149.

Joyce, L.A.; Ojima, D.; Seielstad, G.A.; Harriss, R.; Lackett, J. 2000. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the Great Plains. In: National Assessment Synthesis Team, comps. Climate change impacts on the United States: the potential consequences of climate variability and change: foundation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 191-217.

Joyce, L.A.; Aber, J.; McNulty, S.; Dale, V.H.; Hansen, A.; Irland, L.C.; Neilson, R.P.; Skog, K. 2000. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the forests of the United States. In: National Assessment Synthesis Team, comps. Climate change impacts on the United States: the potential consequences of climate variability and change: foundation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 489-522.

Joyce, L.A.; Birdsey, R. 2000. The impact of climate change on America’s forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-59. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 133 p.