Education

• Ph.D., University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1983

Research Interests

• Invasion biology
• Ecological modeling
• Landscape and community ecology
• Plant physiological ecology

Research Description

My primary research interest is the spatio-temporal modeling of disturbance regimes and plant invasions in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, with an emphasis on land management applications in tropical and sub-tropical environments.

Recent Publications

• Liu, Z., Volin, J.C., Owen, V.D., Pearlstine, L.G., Allen, J.R., Mazzotti, F. J. and Higer, A.L. (2009). Validation and ecosystem applications of the EDEN water-surface model for the Florida Everglades. Ecohydrology 2:182-194.
• Givnish, T.J., Volin, J.C., Owen, V.D., Volin, V.C., Muss, J.D. and Glaser, P.H. (2008). Vegetation differentiation in the patterned landscape of the central Everglades: Importance of local and landscape drivers. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:384-402.
• Volin, J.C., Lott, M.S., Muss, J.D. and Owen, D. (2004). Predicting rapid invasion of the Florida Everglades by old world climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum). Diversity and Distributions 10: 439-446.

Scholarly Activities

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