Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science
Peter Weisberg

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Dr. Peter Weisberg, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
University of Nevada/Mail Stop 186
1000 Valley Road
Reno,  Nevada   89512

 

Office: (775) 784-7573
Email: pweisberg@cabnr.unr.edu
Building: Knudtsen Resource Center,  Office 126
Personal Web: http://www.cabnr.unr.edu/weisberg/

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EDUCATION

B.S., 1992, SUNY College of Env. Science and Forestry (Forest Biology)
M.S., 1994, University of Wyoming (Biogeography)
PhD, 1998 Oregon State University (Forest Ecology)

 
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH INTEREST

I am interested in the causes and consequences of landscape change, including natural disturbances, effects of anthropogenic land use, ungulate-landscape interactions, and invasive species. My research often considers past landscape change as a guide to understanding present and future condition, and integrates field studies, GIS, remote sensing and simulation modeling. Ongoing research projects within my lab group address disturbance ecology, woodland expansion, post-fire succession, and ecological restoration in Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodlands; fire history and ecology of mountain big sagebrush communities; fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada (Lake Tahoe Basin); and the ecology of tamarisk invasions along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
 
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Py, C., J. Bauer, F. Biondi, and P.J. Weisberg. 2006. Radial growth responses of singleleaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) to wildfire. Dendrochronologia 24: 39-46.

Weisberg, P.J., M.B. Coughenour, and H. Bugmann. 2006. Modeling of large herbivore-vegetation interactions in a landscape context. Book Chapter in: Danell, K., Bergstrom, R., Duncan, P., Pastor, J. (eds.), Large Herbivore Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics, Cambridge Univ. Press

Weisberg, P.J., F. Bonavia, and H. Bugmann. 2005. Modeling the interacting effects of browsing and shading on mountain forest tree regeneration (Picea abies). Ecological Modelling 185:213-230

Holdenrieder, O., M. Pautasso, P.J. Weisberg, and D. Lonsdale. 2004. Tree diseases and landscape processes: the challenge of landscape pathology. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 19: 446-452.

Weisberg, P.J. 2004. Importance of non-stand-replacing fire for development of forest structure in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Forest Science 50: 245-258.

Weisberg, P.J. and M.B. Coughenour. 2003. Model-based assessment of aspen responses to elk herbivory in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Environmental Management 32: 152-169.

Weisberg, P.J. and H. Bugmann. 2003. Forest dynamics and ungulate herbivory: from leaf to landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 181: 1-12.

Weisberg, P.J. and F.J. Swanson. 2003. Regional synchroneity in fire regimes of western Oregon and Washington, U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management 172: 17-28.

Weisberg, P.J., N.T. Hobbs, J.E. Ellis, and M.B. Coughenour. 2002. An ecosystem approach to population management of ungulates. Journal of Environmental Management 65: 181-197.

Weisberg, P.J. and F.J. Swanson. 2001. Fire dating from tree rings in Western Cascades Douglas fir forests: An error analysis. Northwest Science 75: 145-156.

Cissel, J.H., F.J. Swanson, P.J. Weisberg. 1999. Landscape management using historical fire regimes: Blue River, Oregon. Ecological Applications 9: 1217-1231.

 

Bulletin/Reports
Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T. 2008, "Monitoring vegetation of desert springs: a literature review" Death Valley National Park, USDI National Park Service.(pp. 36 p.)  
Journals
Weisberg, P. J., Ko, D., Py, C., Bauer, J. 2008, "Modeling fire and landform influences on the distribution of old-growth pinyon-juniper woodland." Landscape Ecology, 23, 931-943.