ELKE NAUMBURG

Elke Naumburg
Dr. Naumburg has over 20 years experience encompassing the following areas:
  • Effects of fluctuating groundwater levels on vegetation
  • Natural vegetation responses to environmental stresses such as drought & shade
  • Modeling of plant physiological and biomass responses to a range of environmental factors
  • Sampling of vegetation conditions & surveys of forest, range & shrub ecosystems
  • Evaluation of vegetation dynamics over time
  • Plant propagation & greenhouse maintenance
  • Chemical analyses of plant tissues for nutritional quality and secondary compounds
  • Statistical analyses & data management
Professional Development And Education:
  • BS Forest Management, Northern Arizona University, 1994
  • MS Forest Ecology, Northern Arizona University, 1996
  • PhD, Plant Physiological Ecology, Duke University 2000
  • Thesis: Canopy architecture, photosynthetic dynamics and the importance of sunflecks for understory sapling performance in ambient and elevated CO2

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