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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:05:48.378346'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lesley-defalco
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: ldefalco@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - desert ecosystems
   - ecological competition
   - ecological processes
   - human impacts
   - endangered species
   - flowering plants
   - herbivores
   - invasive species
   - plants (organisms)
   - species diversity
   - vegetation
   - field methods
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dr. Lesley DeFalco is a Plant Ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Western
     Ecological Research Center.
   name: Lesley DeFalco
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-7542-9261
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   organization_name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   personal_statement: RESEARCH INTERESTSRestoration of AridlandsConservation biologyDesert
     Community EcologyEcological monitoringEffects of Anthropogenic DisturbanceEvaluation
     of managementFire ecologyGlobal climate changeInvasive species ecologyPhysiological
     plant ecologyPlant ecologySpecies interactionsThreatened and endangered speciesEDUCATIONPhD,
     Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 2003MS,
     Botany, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1995BS, Biological Sciences,
     Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1989COMMITTEESBotanical Society
     of AmericaCalifornia Native Plant Society (Mojave Chapter)Ecological Society
     of AmericaNevada Native Plant SocietySociety for Ecological Restoration (Southwest
     Chapter)
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Plant Ecologist