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John C. Stella
Assistant Professor
344 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210
Phone: (315) 470-4902/315-380-9759
Email: stella@esf.edu
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- For Prospective Graduate Students I am currently seeking a new PhD student to start in Fall 2012 to work on beaver impacts on forests in the Adirondack Mountains (NY). Please click HERE for more information about applying to our lab, and HERE for information about the project.
Highest Education
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Environmental Science, Policy and Management), 2005
Publications
- Watershed Ecology and Management (FOR 442/642, Fall)
- Restoration Ecology (FOR 607, Fall of even years)
- Quantitative Methods and Models in R (FOR 796/EFB 796, Fall of odd years)
- Cross-disciplinary Seminar in Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes (FOR 797, Spring)
- Seminar on Climate Change Effects on Natural Resources (FOR 797)
- Degree Sought: MPS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Stella
- Area of Study: Watershed Mgt & Forest Hydrology
- Degree Sought: MPS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Stella
- Area of Study: Water & Wetland Resource Studies
- Undergraduate Institute: SUNY College Cortland (Biology)
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Stella
- Area of Study: Water & Wetland Resource Studies
- Previous Graduate Study: Texas A&m University of College Sta* (Forestry and Related)
Areas of Study
Riparian and stream ecology; plant ecohydrology and dendroecology; aridland and Mediterranean ecosystems; river corridor restoration.
Courses Taught
Selected Publications (*Indicates Student Author)
Stella, J.C., J. Riddle*, H. Piégay, M. Gagnage*, M-L. Trémélo. (invited article in review, Geomorphology). Multi-scale drivers of riparian forest decline along a Mediterranean-climate river.
Stella, J.C., P. Rodríguez-González, S. Dufour, J. Bendix. In press, invited article. Riparian vegetation research in Mediterranean-climate regions: common patterns, ecological processes, and considerations for management. Hydrobiologia.
Singer, M.B., J.C. Stella, S. Dufour, L.B. Johnstone*, H. Piégay, and R.J.S. Wilson In press. Contrasting water uptake and growth responses to drought in co-occurring riparian tree species. Ecohydrology.
Eallonardo, A. S.*, D.J. Leopold, J.D. Fridley and J.C. Stella. In press. Salinity tolerance and the decoupling of resource axis plant traits. Journal of Vegetation Science
Bendix, J., and J.C. Stella. In press. Riparian Vegetation and the Fluvial Environment: A Biogeographic Perspective. In Treatise on Geomorphology 12: Ecogeomorphology (D. Butler and C. Hupp, Eds.). Elsevier, San Diego.
Stella, J.C., J.D. Riddle, J.J. Battles, M.K. Hayden*, and A.K. Fremier. In press. Riparian forest dynamics on a large, regulated river (California, USA): impacts and implications for management. Proceedings of the Integrative Sciences and Sustainable Development of Rivers (IS Rivers) Conference, Lyon, France, 26–28 June 2012.
Beier C.M., Stella J.C., Dovçiak M., McNulty S.A. 2012. Local climatic drivers of changes in phenology at a boreal-temperate ecotone in eastern North America. Climatic Change DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0455-z
Schifman, L.A.*, J.C. Stella, M. Teece and T.A. Volk. 2012. Plant growth and water stress response of hybrid willow (Salix spp.) among sites and years in central New York. Biomass & Bioenergy. Published online 16 Nov. 2011; doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.042 [pdf]
Stella, J.C., M.K. Hayden*, J.J. Battles, H. Piégay, S. Dufour, and A.K. Fremier. 2011. The role of abandoned channels as refugia for sustaining pioneer riparian forest ecosystems. Ecosystems 14: 776-790. [pdf]
Harper, E.B., J.C. Stella, A.K. Fremier. 2011. Global sensitivity analysis for complex ecological models: a case study of riparian cottonwood population dynamics. Ecological Applications 21: 1225-1240. DOI:10.1890/10-0506.1 [pdf]
Downs, P.W., M.S. Singer, B.K. Orr, Z.E. Diggory, T.C. Church, and J.C. Stella. 2011. Restoring ecological integrity in highly regulated rivers: The role of baseline data and analytical references. Environmental Management 48:847-864. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9736-y
Stella, J.C., and J.J. Battles. 2010. How do riparian woody seedlings survive seasonal drought? Oecologia 164:579–590. DOI 10.1007/s00442-010-1657-6 [pdf]
Stella, J.C., J.J. Battles, J.R. McBride, B.K. Orr. 2010. Riparian seedling mortality from simulated water table recession, and the design of sustainable flow regimes on regulated rivers. Restoration Ecology 18: 284-294. DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00651.x [pdf]
Rodríguez-González, P.M., J.C. Stella, F. Campelo, T. Ferreira, A. Albuquerque. 2010. Subsidy or stress? Tree structure and growth in wetland forests along a hydrological gradient in southern Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 2015–2025. [pdf]
Stella, J.C., J.J. Battles, B.K. Orr, J.R. McBride. 2006. Synchrony of seed dispersal, hydrology and local climate in a semi-arid river reach in California. Ecosystems 9:1200-1214. [pdf] [1]
Stella, J.C., J.C. Vick, B.K. Orr. 2004. Riparian vegetation dynamics on the Merced River. The Wilderness Society Riparian Floodplains Conference Proceedings.Sacramento, California. March 2001.[pdf] [2]
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