Julia A. Klein
Assistant Professor

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral position for the Tibetan Plateau Project

Academic Interests:
My research investigates interactions among climate, land use, and the structure and function of grassland, shrubland, and alpine ecosystems. I employ a suite of research tools, including experimental manipulations, space-for-time sampling, and ecosystem modeling. My work considers multiple scales, from species-level investigations to landscape-scale processes. Moreover, I work across disciplines to understand the complex dynamics of the coupled human-environment system in rangeland regions of the world.

Education:

Projects:

• Extreme Weather, State Interventions, and Pastoral Livelihoods: Social and Ecological Impacts of Spring Snowstorms on the Tibetan Plateau
• Experimental Warming and Grazing Effects on Tibetan Rangelands
• Interactions Among Climate Variability, Pastoral Land Use Change, and Ecosystem Dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau: An Integrated Study Approach
• International Tundra Experiment Program (ITEX)
• The Meeting of the Litters
• Precipitation Seasonality in the Colorado Alpine

Selected Publications:
Klein, Julia A., J. Harte & X.Q. Zhao. (2007) Experimental warming, not grazing, decreases rangeland quality on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Applications 17(2): 541–557.

Cornelissen J.H.C., van Bodegom P.M., Aerts R., Callaghan T.V., van Logtestijn R.S.P., Alatalo J., Chapin F.S., Gerdol R., Gudmundsson J., Gwynn-Jones D., Hartley A.E., Hik D.S., Hofgaard A., Jonsdottir I.S., Karlsson S., Klein J.A., Laundre J., Magnusson B., Michelsen A., Molau U., Onipchenko V.G., Quested H.M., Sandvik S.M., Schmidt I.K., Shaver G.R., Solheim B., Soudzilovskaia N.A., Stenstrom A., Tolvanen A., Totland O., Wada N., Welker J.M. & Zhao X.Q. (2007) Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes. Ecology Letters 10(7): 619-627.

Walker M.D., Wahren C.H., Hollister R.D., Henry G.H.R., Ahlquist L.E., Alatalo J.M., Bret-Harte M.S., Calef M.P., Callaghan T.V., Carroll A.B., Epstein H.E., Jónsdóttir I.S., Klein J.A. , Magnússon B.ó., Molau U., Oberbauer S.F., Rewa S.P., Robinson C.H., Shaver G.R., Suding K.N., Thompson C.C., Tolvanen A., Totland Ø., Turner P.L., Tweedie C.E., Webber P.J. & Wookey P.A. (2006) Plant community responses to experimental warming across the tundra biome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(5): 1342-1346.

Klein, Julia A., J. Harte & X.Q. Zhao. (2005) Dynamic and complex microclimate responses to warming and grazing manipulations. Global Change Biology 11(9): 1440-1451.

Klein Julia A., J. Harte & X.Q. Zhao. (2004) Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecology Letters 7(12): 1170-1179.

Courses Taught:   Refer to CSU catalog ("Courses of Instruction") for course descriptions & prerequisites
NR/BZ 380 - Global Change Ecology, Impacts and Mitigation; RS 400 - Rangeland Improvements

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