Lesley DeFalco
Dr. Lesley DeFalco is a Plant Ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Western Ecological Research Center.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Restoration of Aridlands
- Conservation biology
- Desert Community Ecology
- Ecological monitoring
- Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance
- Evaluation of management
- Fire ecology
- Global climate change
- Invasive species ecology
- Physiological plant ecology
- Plant ecology
- Species interactions
- Threatened and endangered species
EDUCATION
PhD, Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 2003
MS, Botany, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1995
BS, Biological Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1989
COMMITTEES
- Botanical Society of America
- California Native Plant Society (Mojave Chapter)
- Ecological Society of America
- Nevada Native Plant Society
- Society for Ecological Restoration (Southwest Chapter)
Science and Products
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The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
No abstract available at this time
Authors
S.J. Scoles, L.A. DeFalco
Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species
No abstract available at this time
Authors
L.A. DeFalco
Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat
No abstract available at this time
Authors
D.F. Haines, T. C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.J. Scoles, M.L. Brooks, R. H. Webb
Are Mojave Desert annual species equal? Resource acquisition and allocation for the invasive grass Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens (Poaceae) and two native species Are Mojave Desert annual species equal? Resource acquisition and allocation for the invasive grass Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens (Poaceae) and two native species
Abundance of invasive plants is often attributed to their ability ot outcompete native species. We compared resource acquisition and allocation of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens with that of two native Mojave Desert annuals, Vulpia octoflora and Descurainia pinnata, in a glasshouse experiment. Each species was grown in monoculture at two densities and two...
Authors
Lesley A. DeFalco, David R. Bryla, Vickie Smith-Longozo, Robert S. Nowak
Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates
We report the results of standardized surveys to determine the effects of wildfires on desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) and their habitats in the northeastern Mojave Desert and northeastern Sonoran Desert. Portions of 6 burned areas (118 to 1,750 ha) were examined for signs of mortality of vertebrates. Direct effects of fire in desert habitats included animal mortality and loss of...
Authors
T. C. Esque, C.R. Schwalbe, L.A. DeFalco, R.B. Duncan, T.J. Hughes
Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Perennial vegetation data from 68 permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, are given for the period of 1963 through 2002. Dr. Janice C. Beatley established the plots in 1962 and then remeasured them periodically from 1963 through 1975. We remeasured 67 of these plots between 2000 and 2003; the remaining plot was destroyed at some time between 1975 and 1993. The plots...
Authors
Robert H. Webb, Marilyn B. Murov, Todd C. Esque, Diane E. Boyer, Lesley A. DeFalco, Dustin F. Haines, Dominic Oldershaw, Sara J. Scoles, Kathryn A. Thomas, Joan B. Blainey, Philip A. Medica
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 66
The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
No abstract available at this time
Authors
S.J. Scoles, L.A. DeFalco
Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species
No abstract available at this time
Authors
L.A. DeFalco
Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat
No abstract available at this time
Authors
D.F. Haines, T. C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.J. Scoles, M.L. Brooks, R. H. Webb
Are Mojave Desert annual species equal? Resource acquisition and allocation for the invasive grass Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens (Poaceae) and two native species Are Mojave Desert annual species equal? Resource acquisition and allocation for the invasive grass Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens (Poaceae) and two native species
Abundance of invasive plants is often attributed to their ability ot outcompete native species. We compared resource acquisition and allocation of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens with that of two native Mojave Desert annuals, Vulpia octoflora and Descurainia pinnata, in a glasshouse experiment. Each species was grown in monoculture at two densities and two...
Authors
Lesley A. DeFalco, David R. Bryla, Vickie Smith-Longozo, Robert S. Nowak
Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates
We report the results of standardized surveys to determine the effects of wildfires on desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) and their habitats in the northeastern Mojave Desert and northeastern Sonoran Desert. Portions of 6 burned areas (118 to 1,750 ha) were examined for signs of mortality of vertebrates. Direct effects of fire in desert habitats included animal mortality and loss of...
Authors
T. C. Esque, C.R. Schwalbe, L.A. DeFalco, R.B. Duncan, T.J. Hughes
Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Perennial vegetation data from 68 permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, are given for the period of 1963 through 2002. Dr. Janice C. Beatley established the plots in 1962 and then remeasured them periodically from 1963 through 1975. We remeasured 67 of these plots between 2000 and 2003; the remaining plot was destroyed at some time between 1975 and 1993. The plots...
Authors
Robert H. Webb, Marilyn B. Murov, Todd C. Esque, Diane E. Boyer, Lesley A. DeFalco, Dustin F. Haines, Dominic Oldershaw, Sara J. Scoles, Kathryn A. Thomas, Joan B. Blainey, Philip A. Medica