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Mark Paschke

Professor and Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology

Forest & Rangeland Stewardship

Contact Information:

Phone: (970) 491-0760
Email: Mark.Paschke@ColoState.EDU
Website: people.warnercnr.colostate.edu/?mark.paschke
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Bio:

Mark Paschke is the Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at CSU's Warner College of Natural Resources. Throughout his career, Paschke has worked across multiple scales, from the molecular to the ecosystem level, and across multiple disciplines with specialized experience in restoration ecology related to energy development. He currently teaches classes in restoration ecology and ecological restoration. Dr. Paschke has been a faculty member in WCNR since August of 2005. Prior to 2005 he was a Research Scholar at CSU.

Area of Expertise:

Restoration Ecology

Interests & Studies:

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

Education:

MS in Forestry from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign , Urbana, Illinois , 1989

PhD in Biology from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign , Urbana, Illinois , 1993

BS in Forest Science from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign , Urbana, Illinois , 1986

Google Scholar Profile

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Selected Articles:

Outcomes associated with translocation techniques vary between two closely related and critically imperiled plant species
Restoration Ecology , 31: e13914 , 2023
Jonas JL, SL Victor and MW Paschke

Filamentous fungi: the indeterminate lifestyle and microbial ecology
Microbial ecology , 47:224-235 , 2004
DA Klein, MW Paschke

Optimizing seed mixture diversity and seeding rates for grassland restoration
Restoration Ecology , 25:396-404 , 2017
S Barr, JL Jonas, MW Paschke

Metallophytes—a view from the rhizosphere
Plant and Soil , 337:33-50 , 2010
ÉR Alford, EAH Pilon-Smits, MW Paschke

Restoration for multiple use
Restoration Ecology , 27:701-704 , 2019
Paschke, MP, LB Perkins, KE Veblen

Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Vietnam: An exploratory analysis at the national level
Forest policy and economics , 90:128-141 , 2018
Q Van Khuc, BQ Tran, P Meyfroidt, MW Paschke

AM fungal-bacterial relationships: what can they tell us about ecosystem sustainability and soil functioning?
Frontiers in Fungal Biology , 4: doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2023.1141963 , 2023
Hoosein, H, L Neuenkamp, P Trivedi and MW Paschke

Manganese toxicity thresholds for restoration grass species
Environmental Pollution , 135:313-322 , 2005
MW Paschke, A Valdecantos, EF Redente

Nitrogen availability and old-field succession in a shortgrass steppe
Ecosystems , 144-158 , 2000
MW Paschke, T McLendon, EF Redente

Restoration for multiple use
Restoration Ecology , 27:701-704 , 2019
MW Paschke, LB Perkins, KE Veblen

Immobilizing nitrogen to control plant invasion
Oecologia , 163:13-24 , 2010
LG Perry, DM Blumenthal, TA Monaco, MW Paschke, EF Redente

Memberships:

Society for Ecological Restoration

Society for Range Management