Professor
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
University of Nevada, Reno
Mail Stop 370
Reno, Nevada 89557
Phone: (775) 784-1656 or 784-4020
FAX: (775) 784-4789
Email: nowak@cabnr.unr.edu
Education
B.A. 1977 University
of Minnesota, St. Paul MN
M.S. 1980 Utah State University, Logan UT
Ph.D. 1984 Utah State University, Logan UT
Major Research Interests
Plant physiological ecology. Current
research areas: 1) Invasion, competition, and ecology of
exotic annual grasses, especially
cheatgrass and
red brome, in arid ecosystems. 2) Effects of
global changes on vegetation dynamics and on plant
ecophysiology and productivity. 3) Dynamics of water and
nutrients in native plant communities and their effects on
carbon balance, water balance, rooting dynamics, and
competition for soil resources. 4) Ecology, physiology, and
conservation of rare or endemic plant species. 5) Effects of
de-icing
compounds on vegetation in the Lake Tahoe basin.
The Lab
Graduate Students
Chris Holmes
Nevada Desert
Face Facility
PO Box 236
Mercury, NV
89023-0236
Tel.: (702) 295-7498
Fax.: (702)
295-7501
E-mail:
cholmes@cabnr.unr.edu
Lora Perkins
Department of
Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, MS 370
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557
Tel.: (775) 784-6294
Fax: (775) 784-4789
Email:
lperkins@cabnr.unr.edu
Post Docs
Isabel Munck
Department of
Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, MS 370
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557
Tel.: (775) 784-6554
Fax: (775) 784-4789
E-mail: imunck@cabnr.unr.edu
Technicians
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 Scot Ferguson,
Rangeland Ecologist
Department of Natural Resources &
Environmental Sciences, MS 370
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557
Tel.: (775) 784-6294
Fax: (775) 784-4789
ferguso5@unr.nevada.edu |
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Chris Holmes, Rangeland Ecologist
Nevada Desert
Face Facility
PO Box 236
Mercury, NV
89023-0236
Tel.: (702) 295-7498
Fax.: (702)
295-7501
cholmes@cabnr.unr.edu
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