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James Patrick Cronin, Ph.D.

James Cronin's research uses analytical tools to identify ecological processes operating in natural systems and aid decision makers in conserving and restoring natural landscapes. His projects generally focus on (1) translating human knowledge and beliefs about how the world works into causal models and (2) using causal models to inform large-scale restoration efforts.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Pittsburgh

B.A., Biology, St. John's University

BACKGROUND

2018-Present: Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center (formerly National Wetland Research Center), Lafayette, LA, USA

2014-2018: Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center (formerly National Wetland Research Center), Lafayette, LA, USA

2013-2014: Research Scientist I, Five Rivers Services LLC, USGS National Wetland Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA

2006-2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate Infectious Disease Ecology, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

1999-2006: Ph.D. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; NSF Gk-12 Teaching Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

1996-1999: B.A. Biology, St. John’s University, MN

Science and Products

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Ground-water resources of the Ainsworth unit, Cherry and Brown Counties, Nebraska Ground-water resources of the Ainsworth unit, Cherry and Brown Counties, Nebraska

The Ainsworth unit, so named by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, is in north-central Nebraska and is in the drainage basin of the Niobrara River. It is an area of about 1,000 square miles in the east-central part of Cherry County and northern part of Brown County. The east-west length of the area is about 60 miles and the width ranges from 9 to 21 miles. About 80 percent of the area...
Authors
James G. Cronin, Thomas G. Newport, R. A. Krieger

Non-USGS Publications**

Cronin JP, MA Rua, and CE Mitchell. 2014. Why is living fast dangerous? Disentangling the role of resistance and tolerance of disease. The American Naturalist. 184, 172-187 doi: 10.1086/676854
Cronin, JP, Rúa MA and Mitchell CE. 2014. Data from: Why is living fast dangerous? Disentangling the roles of resistance and tolerance of disease. American Naturalist, Dryad Digital Repository: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8mq2q.
Welsh ME, Cronin JP, and Mitchell CE. 2016. The role of habitat filtering in the leaf economics spectrum and plant susceptibility to pathogen infection. Journal of Ecology 104, 1768–1777
Welsh ME, Cronin JP and Mitchell CE. 2016. Data from: the role of habitat filtering in the leaf economics spectrum and plant susceptibility to pathogen infection. Dryad Digital Repository, http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.356v3
Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Mitchell CE and Cronin JP. 2014. Multiple nutrients and herbivores interact to govern diversity, productivity, composition, and infection in a successional grassland. Oikos. 123, 214-224
Cronin JP, Han BA, Keesing F, Kilpatrick AM, Metcalf CJE, and Welsh ME. 2012. Towards trait-based disease ecology: Integrating theory and data across kingdoms. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 93, 95-99
Cronin JP, Tonsor SJ, and Carson WP. 2010. A simultaneous test of trophic interaction models: Which vegetation characteristic explains herbivore control over plant community mass? Ecology Letters. 13, 202-212
Cronin JP, Welsh ME, Dekkers MG, Abercrombie ST, and Mitchell CE. 2010. Host physiological phenotype explains pathogen reservoir potential. Ecology Letters, 13, 1221-1232
Carson WP, Cronin JP, and Long ZT. 2004. A general rule for predicting when insects will have strong top-down effects on plant communities: On the relationship between insect outbreaks and host concentration. Pages 193-212 in Weisser WW and E Siemann (eds). Insects and Ecosystem Function. Ecological Studies Series Vol. 173. Springer-Verlag
Cronin JP and Carson WP. Competition. 2002. In Macmillian Science Library: Biology Macmillan Reference USA, Gale Group. New York, NY. (Invited)

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Science and Products

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Filter Total Items: 13

Ground-water resources of the Ainsworth unit, Cherry and Brown Counties, Nebraska Ground-water resources of the Ainsworth unit, Cherry and Brown Counties, Nebraska

The Ainsworth unit, so named by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, is in north-central Nebraska and is in the drainage basin of the Niobrara River. It is an area of about 1,000 square miles in the east-central part of Cherry County and northern part of Brown County. The east-west length of the area is about 60 miles and the width ranges from 9 to 21 miles. About 80 percent of the area...
Authors
James G. Cronin, Thomas G. Newport, R. A. Krieger

Non-USGS Publications**

Cronin JP, MA Rua, and CE Mitchell. 2014. Why is living fast dangerous? Disentangling the role of resistance and tolerance of disease. The American Naturalist. 184, 172-187 doi: 10.1086/676854
Cronin, JP, Rúa MA and Mitchell CE. 2014. Data from: Why is living fast dangerous? Disentangling the roles of resistance and tolerance of disease. American Naturalist, Dryad Digital Repository: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8mq2q.
Welsh ME, Cronin JP, and Mitchell CE. 2016. The role of habitat filtering in the leaf economics spectrum and plant susceptibility to pathogen infection. Journal of Ecology 104, 1768–1777
Welsh ME, Cronin JP and Mitchell CE. 2016. Data from: the role of habitat filtering in the leaf economics spectrum and plant susceptibility to pathogen infection. Dryad Digital Repository, http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.356v3
Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Mitchell CE and Cronin JP. 2014. Multiple nutrients and herbivores interact to govern diversity, productivity, composition, and infection in a successional grassland. Oikos. 123, 214-224
Cronin JP, Han BA, Keesing F, Kilpatrick AM, Metcalf CJE, and Welsh ME. 2012. Towards trait-based disease ecology: Integrating theory and data across kingdoms. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 93, 95-99
Cronin JP, Tonsor SJ, and Carson WP. 2010. A simultaneous test of trophic interaction models: Which vegetation characteristic explains herbivore control over plant community mass? Ecology Letters. 13, 202-212
Cronin JP, Welsh ME, Dekkers MG, Abercrombie ST, and Mitchell CE. 2010. Host physiological phenotype explains pathogen reservoir potential. Ecology Letters, 13, 1221-1232
Carson WP, Cronin JP, and Long ZT. 2004. A general rule for predicting when insects will have strong top-down effects on plant communities: On the relationship between insect outbreaks and host concentration. Pages 193-212 in Weisser WW and E Siemann (eds). Insects and Ecosystem Function. Ecological Studies Series Vol. 173. Springer-Verlag
Cronin JP and Carson WP. Competition. 2002. In Macmillian Science Library: Biology Macmillan Reference USA, Gale Group. New York, NY. (Invited)

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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