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Joseph B. Yavitt
Professor
16 Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-6601
Fx: 607-255-0349
e.mail:
jby1@cornell.edu
website
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Joseph B. Yavitt
Ph.D - University of Wyoming - 1984
M.S. - University of Arizona - 1979
B.A. - University of California, Santa Barbara - 1977
Joseph Yavitt joined the Department of Natural Resources in 1988. He is an ecosystem
ecologist, and his general scientific interest is in the ecological causes and consequences
of changing climate, biodiversity, and pollution.
Professor Yavitt also advises in the environmental science major
Science of Natural and Environmental Systems (SNES).
Research
His current research examines (i) microbial methane production and cycling in northern
peatland ecosystems, (ii) soil resources and the maintenance of plant species diversity in
lowland tropical forests, (iii) mercury pollution in forests and wetlands, and (iv) the
impact of non-native earthworms on forest nutrient cycles.
Teaching
Selected Publications
- Cadillo-Quiroz, H., J.B. Yavitt, and S.H. Zinder (2009) Methanosphaerula palustris
gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a minerotrophic fen
peatland. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59, 928-935.
- Kulkarni, M.V., P.M. Groffman, and J.B. Yavitt (2008) Solving the global nitrogen
problem: it's a gas! Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6, 199-206.
- Yavitt, J.B., and S.J. Wright (2008) Seedling growth responses to water and nutrient
augmentation in the understorey of a lowland moist forest, Panama. Journal of
Tropical Ecology 24, 19-26.
- Demers, J.D., C.T. Driscoll, T.J. Fahey, and J.B. Yavitt (2007) Mercury cycling in
litter and soil in different forest types in the Adirondack region, New York, USA.
Ecological Applications 17, 1341-1351.
- John, R., J.W. Dalling, K.E. Harms, J.B. Yavitt, R.F. Stallard,
M. Mirabello, S.P. Hubbell, R. Valencia, H. Navarette, M. Vallejo, and
R.B. Foster (2007) Soil nutrients influence spatial distribution of tropical
tree species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America. 104, 864-859.
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