Dr. Alan R. Johnson

Professor


Alan JohnsonEmail: alanj@clemson.edu
Office: (864) 656-4830

Department:
Department Forestry and Natural Resources

Education:
Ph.D. Univ. Tennessee, Univ. Tennessee - 1988
B.S. Colorado State, Chemistry - 1980

Research interest:
Research Areas Include: 1. Landscape ecology 2. Biogeochemistry and ecotoxicology of metals (especially copper and mercury) and the coupling with cycles of other elements (especially carbon and sulfur) 3. Ecological risk assessment from a population, metapopulation, or landscape perspective

Publications:
Johnson, A.R. and J.H. Rodgers, Jr. 2005. Scaling in ecotoxicology: theory, evidence and research needs. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 8: 353-362.

Allen, C.R., L. Gunderson and A.R. Johnson. 2005. The use of discontinuities and functional groups to assess relative resilience in complex systems. Ecosystems 8: 958-966.

Johnson, A.R., C.R. Allen, C.R. and K.A.N. Simpson. 2004. Estimating functional connectivity of wildlife habitat and its relevance to ecological risk assessment. Pages 41-55 in L.A. Kaputska, H. Galbraith, M. Luxon and G.R. Biddinger (eds), Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat Evaluation: Critical Information for Ecological Risk Assessment, Land-Use Management Activities and Biodiversity Enhancement Practices, ASTM STP 1458, West Conshohocken, PA

Johnson, A.R. 2002. Landscape ecotoxicology and assessment of risk at multiple scales. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 8: 127-146.

Professional society activity:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE)
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Courses:
FOR 815 - Systems Processes in Natural Resources
ENTOX 841 - Ecological Risk Assessment



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