Ralph Grundel, PhD
My research focuses on reducing extinction risk in animals and restoration of landscapes.
I lead a team that focuses on improving the scientific basis for conservation of pollinators and savanna landscapes, improving landscape connectivity, reducing extinction risk for threatened and endangered species, and documenting the effects of climate change on species and landscapes, especially in the Great Lakes region and in support of national parks. I work out of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center’s Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station within Indiana Dunes National Park.
Professional Experience
2019- present Chief, Restoration and Conservation Sciences Branch, USGS Great Lakes Science Center.
1993- present Research Animal Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey (Including National Biological Survey).
1992-93 Research Animal Ecologist, National Park Service.
Education and Certifications
Postdoctoral, 1992 Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. 1984, Zoology, University of Texas at Austin
B.A. 1976, Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Abstracts and Presentations
Grundel, R., and Hess, A.N., 2022, Conservation Lessons from Studies of the Endangered Karner Blue Butterfly: Oral Presentation, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pollinator Community of Practice Webinar Series, November 15, 2022.
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First report of fasciation in Pitcher's Thistle, Cirsium pitcheri (Asteraceae)
To burn or not to burn Oriental bittersweet: A fire manager's conundrum
A survey of bees (hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana dunes and Northwest Indiana, USA
Short-term effects of burn season on flowering phenology of savanna plants
Effectiveness of bowl trapping and netting for inventory of a bee community
Liana habitat and host preferences in northern temperate forests
Floral and nesting resources, habitat structure, and fire influence bee distribution across an open-forest gradient
A comparison of seed banks across a sand dune successional gradient at Lake Michigan dunes (Indiana, USA)
Effect of removal of hesperis matronalis (Dame's rocket) on species cover of forest understory vegetation in NW indiana
Using conservation value to assess land restoration and management alternatives across a degraded oak savanna landscape
Resource availability, matrix quality, microclimate, and spatial pattern as predictors of patch use by the Karner blue butterfly
Distinctiveness, use, and value of midwestern oak savannas and woodlands as avian habitats
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First report of fasciation in Pitcher's Thistle, Cirsium pitcheri (Asteraceae)
To burn or not to burn Oriental bittersweet: A fire manager's conundrum
A survey of bees (hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana dunes and Northwest Indiana, USA
Short-term effects of burn season on flowering phenology of savanna plants
Effectiveness of bowl trapping and netting for inventory of a bee community
Liana habitat and host preferences in northern temperate forests
Floral and nesting resources, habitat structure, and fire influence bee distribution across an open-forest gradient
A comparison of seed banks across a sand dune successional gradient at Lake Michigan dunes (Indiana, USA)
Effect of removal of hesperis matronalis (Dame's rocket) on species cover of forest understory vegetation in NW indiana
Using conservation value to assess land restoration and management alternatives across a degraded oak savanna landscape
Resource availability, matrix quality, microclimate, and spatial pattern as predictors of patch use by the Karner blue butterfly
Distinctiveness, use, and value of midwestern oak savannas and woodlands as avian habitats
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**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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