Richard T. Conant
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University
Campus Delivery 1499
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499
Telephone: (970) 491-1919 ; FAX: (970) 491-1965
Education
May 1997
Ph.D. Arizona State University, Botany (Ecology).
Dissertation: Carbon pools and fluxes along a semiarid gradient in Northern Arizona.
Dec 1990
B.A. University of Colorado, Environmental Biology
Undergraduate Research: Effects of nutrient amendments on plant nutrient concentrations in two Alpine Tundra communities.
Professional Services/Activities
Journal reviews (last 2 years only): Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Chemosphere, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Modelling, Environmental Management, Environmental Pollution, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, Global Change Biology, Journal of Arid Environments, Pedosphere, Soil & Tillage Research, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Soil Science Society of America Journal.
Proposal reviews (last 2 years only): Kearney Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, National Science Foundation-Ecosystems, Department of Energy-NIGEC, NASA-Earth System Fellowship Panel.
Contributing Author, IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-use Change, and Forestry, 2004.
Contributing Author, IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry, 2000.
Chapter Secretary, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Ecological Society of America 1999-2000.
Co-convener, The Contribution of Terrestrial and Anthropogenic Processes to Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations in the Mid Continent NACP Intensive, Des Moines, IA, September 15-17, 2004.
Co-convener, Reconciling supply and demand of carbon cycle science, Fort Collins, CO, September18-19, 2004.
Co-convener, Taking the PULSE of Colorado’s Front Range, Denver, CO, November17, 2004.
Employment History
2002-
Research Sci. II Natural Resource Ecology Lab Colorado St. Univ.
2001-
Faculty Affiliate Dept. of Forest, Range, and Colorado St. Univ.
Watershed Stewardship
2001 - Faculty Affiliate Grad. Degree Program in Ecology Colorado St. Univ.
2000-2002 Scientist Natural Resource Ecology Lab Colorado St. Univ.
Publications
Conant, R. T., J. Six, and K. Paustian. 2004. Land use effects on soil carbon fractions in the southeastern United States: II. Change in soil carbon fractions along a forest to pasture chronosequence. Biology and Fertility of Soils 40:194-200.
Nabuurs, G.-J., et al (including R. T. Conant). 2004. LUCF-sector good practice guidance. in J. Penman, M. Gytarsky, T. Hirishi, T. Krug, and D. Kruger, editors. IPCC Good Practice Guidance for LULUCF. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan.
Conant, R. T., and K. Paustian. 2004. Grassland management activity data: Current sources and future needs. Environmental Management33:467-473.
Ogle, S. M., R. T. Conant, and K. Paustian. 2004. Deriving grassland management factors for a carbon accounting method developed by the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Environmental Management 33:474-484.
Conant, R. T., J. Six, and K. Paustian. 2003. Land use effects on soil carbon fractions in the southeastern United States: I. Management intensive versus extensive grazing. Biology and Fertility of Soils 36:386-392.
Pielke, R. A. and R. T. Conant. 2003. Best practices in prediction for decision making: Lessons from the atmospheric and earth sciences. Ecology 84:1351-1358.
Conant, R. T. 2003. Grazer-dominated ecosystems. in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing Group, London.
Conant, R. T. and K. Paustian. 2002. Potential soil carbon sequestration in overgrazed grassland ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16: art. no. 1143
Conant, R. T., K. Paustian, and E. T. Elliott. 2002. Pasture land use in the southeastern US: Implications for C sequestration. Pages 423-432 in R. Lal, R. F. Follet, and J. M. Kimble, editors. Agricultural practices and policies for carbon sequestration in soil. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Conant, R. T., Paustian, K., and E. T. Elliott. 2001. Changes in soil carbon from improved grassland management. Ecological Applications 11:343-355.
Sampson, R. M., et al (including R. T. Conant). 2000. Additional human-induced activities - article 3.4. Pages 180-281 in R. T. Watson, I. R. Noble, B. Bolin, N. H. Ravindranath, D. J. Verardo, and D. J. Dokken, editors. Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry. Camridge University Press, Cambridge.
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