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Sandy Tartowski

Rangeland Management Specialist, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico  88003-0003
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Education
1999 Cornell University, NY, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ph.D.
1979

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Environmental Science, B.S. cum laude

 

Professional Experience
2003-Present Rangeland Management Specialist, USDA, ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM
2000-2002

Post-Doctoral Associate, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

      
1997-2000 Research Associate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1997-1999 Instructor, Ecosystem Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Bard College (summer), Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1994-1997 Post-Doctoral Associate, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
1991-1993 Teaching Assistant, Ecosystem Ecology/Functional Ecology, Cornell University
1987-1991 Research Associate, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, South Australia

 

Primary Research Interests

Ecological restoration

Synergistic Activities (last 5 years)

 

Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Rango, A., Tartowski, S.L., Laliberte, A., Wainwright, J., Parsons, A. 2006. Islands of hydrologically enhanced biotic productivity in natural and managed arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 65:235-252.
  2. Synder, K.A., Tartowski, S.L. 2006. Multi-scale temporal variation in water availability: Implications for vegetation dynamics in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 65(2):219-234.
  3. Additional Publications

  4. Schlesinger, W.H., Tartowski, S.L., Schmidt. S.M. 2006. Nutrient cycling within an arid ecosystem. In: Havstad, K.M., Huenneke, L.F., Schlesinger, W.H., editors. Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem. The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Site. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press p. 133-149.

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