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Phillips, Susan

Phillips, Susan
Natural Resource Manager
Email: sue_phillips@usgs.gov
Ph: 541-750-1033; Fax:
777 NW 9th St., Suite 400
Corvallis, OR 97330-6169

Education:
B.S. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80402. 1986; Environmental, Population and Organismal Biology major with an emphasis in Plant Ecology
M.S. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. 1996; Biology major with an emphasis in Plant Physiological Ecology
Associates Certification, George Washington University, 2009; Project Management

Research Interests:
Plant and soil ecology; global change ecology; desert ecology; effects of disturbance on arid and semi arid ecosystems; ; plant physiological ecology; land use ecology; science management and project management

View all Publications Select Publications:
Belnap, J., Reynolds, R.L., Reheis, M., Phillips, S.L., Urban, F.E., Goldstein, H.L., 2009, Sediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA: Aeolian Research, v. 1, p. 27-43. [FullText] Catalog No: 2311
Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L., Witwicki, D.L., Miller, M.E., 2008, Visually assessing the level of development and soil surface stability of cyanobacterially dominated biological soil crusts: Journal of Arid Environments, v. 72, p. 1257-1264. [FullText] Catalog No: 2312
Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L., Flint, S., Money, J., Caldwell, M.M., 2008, Global change and biological soil crusts- effects of ultraviolet augmentation under altered precipitation regimes and nitrogen additions: Global Change Biology, v. 14, p. 670-686. [FullText] Catalog No: 2314
Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L., Troxler, T., 2006, Soil lichen and moss cover and species richness can be highly dynamic- The effects of invasion by the annual exotic grass Bromus tectorum, precipitation, and temperature on biological soil crusts in SE Utah: Applied Soil Ecology, v. 32, p. 63-76. [FullText] Catalog No: 2306
Bowker, M., Belnap, J., Davidson, D.W., Phillips, S.L., 2005, Evidence for micronutrient limitation of biological soil crusts- Importance to arid-lands restoration: Ecological Applications, v. 15, no. 6, p. 1941-1951. [FullText] Catalog No: 2308
Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L., Miller, M.E., 2004, Response of desert biological soil crusts to alterations in precipitation frequency: Oecologia, v. 141, p. 306-316. [FullText] Catalog No: 2309
Bowker, M., Reed, S.C., Belnap, J., Phillips, S.L., 2002, Temporal variation in community composition, pigmentation, and Fv/Fm of desert cyanobacterial soil crusts: Microbial Ecology, v. 43, no. 1, p. 13-25. [Highlight] [Abs] [FullText] Catalog No: 1134
Davidson, D.W., Bowker, M., George, D., Phillips, S.L., Belnap, J., 2002, Treatment effects on performance of N-fixing lichens in disturbed crusts of the Colorado Plateau: Ecological Applications, v. 12, no. 5, p. 1391-1405. [FullText] Catalog No: 1392
Brooks, J.R., Buchmann, N., Phillips, S.L., Ehleringer, B., Evans, R.D., Lott, M., Martinelli, L.A., Pockman, W.T., Sandquist, D.R., Sparks, J.P., Sperry, L., Williams, D., Ehleringer, J.R., 2002, Heavy and light beer- A carbon isotope approach to detect C4 carbon in beers of different origins, styles, and prices: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, v. 50, p. 6413-6418. [FullText] Catalog No: 2320

Brief Description of Position:
Aridlands Research Manager

Personal Interests:
Gardening, childlike shenanigans with 6 yr old daughter, cycling, swimming, reading

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