John C. Stella
Assistant Professor
344 Illick Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 470-4902
stella@esf.edu

Highest Education:

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Environmental Science, Policy and Management), 2005

Areas of Study:

Riparian and stream ecology; Physical/biological linkages in watersheds; Water resources and watershed management; Mediterranean ecology; River corridor restoration; Plant ecophysiology; Dendrochronology.

Courses Taught:

Watershed Ecology and Management; Restoration Ecology; Climate Change Effects on Natural Resources; Weather, Climate and Global Change

Most Recent Publications:

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.

Stella, J.C., J.J. Battles, J.R. McBride, B.K. Orr. (in review, Restoration Ecology) Riparian seedling response to experimental seasonal drought and applications to river restoration in a semi-arid ecosystem.

Rodríguez-González, P.M., J.C. Stella, F. Campelo, T, Ferreira, A. Albuquerque. (in review, Ecology) Hydrologic drivers of structure and growth in wetland forests: chronic stress and the strategy of persistence.

Stillwater Sciences. 2006. Restoring recruitment processes for riparian cottonwoods and willows: a field-calibrated predictive model for the lower San Joaquin Basin. Prepared for CALFED Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Program, Sacramento, California. Prepared by Stillwater Sciences and Dr. J.C. Stella, in conjunction with Dr. J.J. Battles and Dr. J.R. McBride, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley.

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, CA. March 2001.

Stella, J.C., M.K. Hayden, J.J. Battles, H. Piégay, S. Dufour and A. Fremier. (in prep.) A conceptual model of geomorphically-driven riparian forest dynamics along the middle Sacramento River, California.

Stella, J.C., J.J. Battles, J.R. McBride, B.K. Orr. (in prep) Growth, and physiology of riparian tree seedlings in response to simulated river stage decline.

Stella. J.C., Z.E. Diggory, J.J. Battles. (in prep) Survival and growth of riparian trees planted on floodplain dredger spoils along the Merced River, CA.