Mark W. Paschke
Assistant Professor
Restoration Ecology

Phone: (970) 491-0760
Fax: (970) 491-2339
Office: 237 Natural Resources

Mark.Paschke@colostate.edu

Education:

Additional training: Universidad De Costa Rica / Organization for Tropical Studies field course 90-4 Tropical Managed Ecosystems. Summer, 1990.

Academic Interests:
Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems, soil and rhizosphere biology, ecology of invasive plant species, nitrogen biogeochemistry, biology of Frankia and actinorhizal plants, ecology of plant-microbe interactions.

Restoration Ecology Laboratory - click here

Selected Publications:
Perry, L.G., G. Thelen, W. Ridenour, T.L. Weir, R.M. Callaway, M.W. Paschke and J.M. Vivanco.  2005.  Dual role for an allelochemical: (±)-catechin from Centaurea maculosa root exudates regulates conspecific seedling establishment.  Journal of Ecology 93:( in press ).

Sullivana, T.S., M.E. Stromberger and M.W. Paschke.  2005.  Parallel shifts in plant and soil microbial communities in response to biosolids in a semi-arid grassland.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry ( in press ).

Paschke, M.W., K. Topper, R.B. Brobst and E.F. Redente.  2005.  Long-term effects of biosolids on revegetation of disturbed sagebrush steppe in Northwestern Colorado.  Restoration Ecology 13(3): (545-551) .

Paschke, M.W., A. Valdecantos and E.F. Redente.  2005.  Manganese toxicity thresholds for important restoration grass species of the Western United States.  Environmental Pollution 135:313-322.

Meyer, V.F., E.F. Redente, K.A. Barbarick, R. Brobst, M.W. Paschke and A. Miller.  2004.  Plant and soil responses to biosolids application following forest fire.  J. Environmental Quality 33:873-881.

Klein, D.A. and M.W. Paschke.  2004.  Filamentous fungi: the indeterminate lifestyle and microbial ecology.  Microbial Ecology.  47: 224-235.

Paschke, M.W., E.F. Redente, and S.L. Brown.  2003.  Biology and establishment of mountain shrubs on mining disturbances in the Rocky Mountains, USA.  Land Degradation and Development 14:459-480.

Paschke, M.W., C. DeLeo and E.F. Redente.  2000.  Revegetation of roadcut slopes in Mesa Verde National Park.  Restoration Ecology 8:276-282.

Paschke, M.W., T. McLendon and E.F. Redente.  2000.  Nitrogen availability and old-field succession in a shortgrass steppe.  Ecosystems 3:144-158

Paschke, M.W.  1997.  Actinorhizal plants in rangelands of the western United States.  Journal of Range Management.  50:62-72.

Paschke, M.W. and J.O. Dawson.  1993.  Avian dispersal of Frankia .  Canadian J. Botany 71:1128-1131.

Paschke, M.W., J.O. Dawson and M.B. David.  1989.  Soil nitrogen mineralization in plantations of Juglans nigra interplanted with actinorhizal Elaeagnus umbellata or Alnus glutinosa . Plant and Soil 118:33-42.

COURSES TAUGHT:  Refer to CSU catalog ("Courses of Instruction") for course descriptions & prerequisites
RS478 - Restoration Ecology
RS578 - Ecology of Disturbed Lands

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