Jeff Ott 

Ph.D. student working with Robert Peet
Biology Program

Phone: 919-962-693

Fax: 919-962-6930

Email: jeott@email.unc.edu

Office: 409 Coker Hall

Mailing Address:
Department of Biology, CB#3280, Coker Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280

Research Interests: Plant Community Ecology, Biogeography, Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Quantitative Methods

Current research at the University of North Carolina focuses on interpreting patterns of plant distribution at regional spatial scales, especially looking at the influence of phylogenetic niche conservatism.

Parallel work with the U.S. Forest Service involves sampling and analysis of vegetation in the Intermountain region.

 

 

Publications, Posters, & Reports:

Ott, J.E. 2007. A Comparative Study of Plant Niches at Zion National Park. Poster presented at the 9th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, AZ. (references)

Ott, J.E., S.C. Sanderson and E.D. McArthur. 2006. Coalition clustering of plant communities at Zion National Park, Utah . Poster presented at the 91 st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Sanderson, S.C., J.E. Ott, E.D. McArthur, and K.T. Harper. 2006. RClus, a new program for clustering associated species: a demonstration using a Mojave Desert plant community dataset. Western North American Naturalist 66:285-297.

Ott, J.E. 2003. Land Cover Classification and Forest Patch Distribution at Iracambi, MG, Brazil.

Ott, J.E. 2002. Vegetation Survey of a Secondary-growth Forest Patch at Fazenda Iracambi, MG, Brazil.

Ott, J.E., E.D. McArthur, and B.A. Roundy. 2003. Vegetation of chained and non-chained seedings after wildfire in Utah. Journal of Range Management 56:81-91.

Ott, J.E., S.C. Sanderson, and E.D. McArthur. 2001. Plant community dynamics of burned and unburned sites in the sagebrush and pinyon-juniper zones of the Great Basin. p. 177-191 In McArthur, E.D., and D.J. Fairbanks, compilers. Proceedings of the 11th Wildland Shrub Symposium: Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah.