Item talk:Q163580

USGS Staff Profile:

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 '@type': Person
 affiliation:
 - '@type': Organization
   name: American Bryological and Lichenological Society
 - '@type': Organization
   name: Nevada Native Plant Society
 - '@type': Organization
   name: Society for Ecological Restoration
 - '@type': Organization
   name: Society for Range Management
 award:
 - Star Award, Department of the Interior, 2020
 description:
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   abstract: Research Ecologist with the Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
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   abstract: "Dr. Lea Condon is studying how we can maintain and restore native plant\
     \ communities with an emphasis on biological soil crusts in the presence of\
     \ land management and disturbance with the U.S. Geological Survey\u2019s Western\
     \ Ecological Research Center."
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 - '@type': TextObject
   abstract: Lea sees disturbances such as fire, floods, and human manipulations
     of the environment as opportunities to test our understanding of ecosystem function
     and plant community dynamics. She works closely with land managers, providing
     science to support their management questions and needs. Having a diverse background
     of employment, from private consultant for industry to federal research ecologist,
     she is well-equipped to execute advanced tools for ecosystem restoration, as
     well as identify and create new analytical and survey tools moving forward.Lea
     has recent research filling the knowledge gap related to biological soil crusts
     (biocrusts) in the Great Basin ecoregion. This region has been prone towards
     increasing fire and invasion by non-native annual grasses that provide the fuel
     for those fires. The negative association between the abundance of biocrusts
     and non-native annual invasive grasses is one of the most consistent tools that
     we have in understanding how to minimize these grasses, which are threatening
     the existence of sagebrush ecosystems. This work encompasses related topics
     such as the successful restoration of biocrusts, the identification of land
     management practices that allow for the maintenance of biocrusts, the response
     of various morphogroups of biocrusts to disturbances as well identifying the
     associations between morphogroups and plant communities.
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 email: lcondon@usgs.gov
 hasCredential:
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: Ph.D., Botany, Oregon State University 2016
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: M.S., Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada
     Reno 2007
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: A.B. and B.A. in Plant Biology and Nature and Culture, University of California
     Davis 2001
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   affiliatedOrganization:
     '@type': Organization
     name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   roleName: Research Ecologist
   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:46:06.426589'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 2020-present
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Research Ecologist (post-doctoral fellow), U.S. Geological Survey, 2016-2020
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Graduate Research Assistantship, Oregon State University, 2012-2016
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Sabbatical Replacement, Topics in Wildland Fire, 2015
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, 2011-2012
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Senior Plant Ecologist, Otis Bay Ecological Consultants, 2007-2011
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada Reno 2005-2007
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Contracted Botanist, Bureau of Land Management, 2003-2005
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Biological Science Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, 2001-2003
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   propertyID: ORCID
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 jobTitle: Research Ecologist
 knowsAbout:
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Adaptive Management
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Biological Soil Crusts
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Desert Community Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Disturbance Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Fire Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Invasive Species Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Natural Resource Management
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Plant Community Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Plant Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Rangeland Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Riparian and Wetland Ecology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Restoration Ecology
 memberOf:
   '@type': OrganizationalRole
   member:
     '@type': Organization
     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:46:06.423871'
 name: Lea A Condon, PhD
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lea-a-condon