Joel K. Abraham is an American ecologist and professor at California State University Fullerton.[1] His work focuses on how plant traits and competition shape invasion success by non-native plant species in California.
Career and Research
editAbraham completed his undergraduate degree at Howard University in 2000 and his PhD at University of California Berkeley.[2] He conducted his PhD work with Wayne Sousa and Carla D’Antonio, producing a dissertation titled “On the Importance of Plant Phenology and Resource Use in the Invasion of California Coastal Grasslands”.[3] His dissertation notably contains a recipe for one of his study species (fennel).[3] Abraham is currently an associate professor at California State University Fullerton.[1] In addition to the topics of plant traits and invasion, Abraham's research also spans urban agriculture and biology education,[1] and he served as the science consultant on the children's book “The Answer is Armadillos”.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Joel K. Abraham - Associate Professor". CSU Fullerton University. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "Joel K. Abraham - CV". Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ a b "On the importance of plant phenology and resource use in the invasion of California coastal grasslands". ProQuest. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "Biology Expert Adds to Children's Book on Endangered Giraffes". 30 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
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