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USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@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: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Research Ecologist with the Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject 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." additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@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. additionalType: personal statement 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 hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole 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 identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q163580 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0002-9357-3881 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
