Linda A. Joyce, PhD
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240 West Prospect
Ft. Collins, CO 80526
Phone: (970) 498-2560
FAX: (970) 498-1314
ljoyce@fs.fed.us |
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Research Project
Leader |
Provides scientific and administrative leadership. |
Quantitative Ecologist: Research includes climate
change on forest and rangeland resources and metrics for ecosystem
health. |
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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.![Go to research page!](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514080820im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/landscapes/common/images/go.png)
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. ![View paper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514080820im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/landscapes/common/images/view.png)
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. ![View paper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514080820im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/landscapes/common/images/view.png)
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. ![View paper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514080820im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/landscapes/common/images/view.png)
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