Associate Professor in Restoration Ecology, School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, scott.abella [at] unlv.edu   UNLV Conservation Ecology Lab

Editor, Ecological Restoration journal

Founder and Ecologist, Natural Resource Conservation LLC, 1400 Colorado Street, Boulder City, Nevada 89005, abellaNRC [at] gmail.com

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Research Summary:

Developing new knowledge and innovations in ecological and natural resources science contributing to practical applications in conservation and restoration ecology.  Key areas of expertise:  ecological restoration, plant ecology, community ecology, fire ecology and management, forest science and health, desert ecology, and biological invasions.  Our scientific research is published in journals such as Ecological Monographs, Restoration Ecology, Biological Conservation, Plant Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, and Forest Ecology and Management.  

I seek to complete projects that advance a foundation of ecological knowledge contributing to effective natural resource and habitat conservation.  I have a B.S. in Natural Resources Management (Chemistry minor), M.S. in Forest Resources (Experimental Statistics minor), and a PhD in Forest Science (Restoration Ecology emphasis).  I have worked extensively with managers in government land management agencies, non-profits, and private companies.  I also actively engage students in research projects, including with land management agencies.

For examples of current projects, please see our UNLV Conservation Ecology Lab and Natural Resource Conservation LLC websites linked above. Our UNLV lab is presently not considering new, unsolicited graduate student applications. Such inquiries to the program, which are encouraged, should not be directed to Dr. Abella who is not presently able to consider new, unsolicited graduate student applications.