Publications



    Publications

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. and M. J. McGrath. 1998. Experimental production and analysis of microscopic charcoal from wood, leaves, and grass. The Holocene 8:341-346.

  • Estrella, D. and C.E. Umbanhowar Jr. 1997. Sexual allocation in Carex stricta: A monoecious, perennial, tussock-forming sedge. Prairie Naturalist 29:16-24.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. 1996. Recent fire history of the Northern Great Plains. American Midland Naturalist 135:115-121.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. 1995. Revegetation of earthen mounds along a topographic-productivity gradient in a northern mixed prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science 6:637 - 646.


    In Press

  • Umbanhowar, Jr. C.E., D.R. Engstrom and E.K. Bergman. 2003. Reconstructing eutrophication and phosphorus loading for Lake Volney, Minnesota: Combining lake sediments and land-use history to establish ‘natural’ baselines for management and restoration. Lake and Reservoir Management. In press.

  • Geiss, C.E., C.E. Umbanhowar Jr., P. Camill and S. Banerjee. 2003. A regional model for the Upper Midwestern U.S.A. that interprets sediment magnetic properties in terms of climate change. Journal of Paleolimnology. In press.


    Manuscripts in Review

  • Umbanhowar, Jr., C.E. Interaction of fire, climate, and vegetation change at a large landscape scale in the Big Woods of Minnesota, USA. In Review.

  • Camill, P., C.E. Umbanhowar, Jr., R. Teed, C.E. Geiss, J. Aldinger, L. Dvorak, J. Kenning, J. Limmer, and K. Walkup. Late glacial and Holocene climatic effects on fire and vegetation dynamics at the prairie-forest ecotone in south-central Minnesota. In Revision


    Presentations

  • Umbanhowar, Jr. C.E. Paleoecology and the interaction of fire, climate and vegetation along the prairie-forest border of Minnesota. University of Minnesota-Morris. 2003.

  • Umbanhowar, Jr. C.E. Blue skies and green lakes: Reconstructing the impacts of land-use changes on lake productivity. Minnesota Academy of Sciences, St. Peter, MN. 2002.

  • Umbanhowar, Jr. C.E. and C.E. Geiss. Impacts of climate change and Euroamerican agriculture on magnetic properties of sediments from 17 lakes in southern Minnesota. American Geophysical Union Meetings, San Francisco, CA. 2002.

  • Umbanhowar, Jr. C.E., P. Camill, R. Teed, C.E. Geiss, L. Dvorak, J. Kenning, J. Limmer and K. Walkup. Climate, fire, and vegetation change over the past 10,000 years at two sites along the prairie-forest border in south central Minnesota. Ecol. Soc. Amer. Meetings. Tucson, AZ. 2002.

  • Geiss, C.E., C.E. Umbanhowar Jr., P. Camill and S. Banerjee. Multi-proxy study of lake sediments reveals high resolution record of Mid-Holocene aridity. Geological Society of America Meetings. Boston, Mass. 2001.

  • Umbanhowar, Jr. C.E. and B. Werner. Simulation of the impact of fire on the location and structure of the Prairie-Forest border in Minnesota. Ecol. Soc. Amer. Meetings. Madison, WI. 2001.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E., D.R. Engstrom and E. Bergman. Reconstruction of whole-lake phosphorus loading related to land-use history based on analysis of sediment phosphorus for Lake Volney, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Ecol. Soc. Amer. Meetings. Snowbird, Utah. 2000.

  • Umbanhowar, Jr., C.E. Fire history of the Big Woods. Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. 11 November 1999.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. Fire history of the Big Woods based on microscopic charcoal: A test of ideas and methods. Ecol. Soc. Amer. Meetings. Spokane, Washington. 1999.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. Teaching biology students about the Big Woods: how to run GIS on a MacIntosh. LMIC EPIC Conference, Earle Brown Center Oct. 25-26, 1999.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. 1996. Recent Fire History of the Northern Great Plains. Duke Department of Botany. 1996.


    Technical Reports and Letters

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. and M. McKone. 2000. Report on Rice County roadside prairie remnants. Final Report to Rice County Integrated Roadside Committee.

  • Umbanhowar Jr., C.E. and M. Olsen. 1997. Soils and classification of dry prairies in SE Minnesota. Preliminary report to the MN County Biological Survey.