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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