Steve Archer
Professor, School of Natural Resources
PhD, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, 1983
Office: Biological Sciences East, Room 325 [Map]
Phone: (520) 626-8791
Email: sarcher@ag.arizona.edu
Steve Archer’s research focuses on interactions between grasses and woody plants in relation to soils, climate and disturbance. He uses population, transition probability and dynamic ecosystem simulation models in conjunction with remote sensing, GIS, dendrochronology and stable isotope chemistry to reconstruct vegetation history and to examine potential, impending changes. Field and laboratory experiments on the population biology of grasses and shrub growth forms are emphasized in the context of landscape ecology, succession, and historical land-use practices