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Veldman, Joseph Associate Professor
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- Assistant Professor, Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
In the Veldman Lab at Texas A&M University, we study relationships among plant species, ecosystem functions, and human-induced environmental change. Fire - both as an ancient ecological force and as a management tool - is central to our research on the conservation and restoration of tropical and subtropical savannas and forests. Through interdisciplinary collaborations and outreach to environmental organizations, we work to improve public policies that impact fire-dependent ecosystems and human livelihoods.
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Publications
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academic article
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Orrock, J. L., Brudvig, L. A., Damschen, E. I., Mattingly, W. B., Cruz, J., Veldman, J. W., Hahn, P. G., & Larsen-Gray, A. L.
(2023).
Long-term, large-scale experiment reveals the effects of seed limitation, climate, and anthropogenic disturbance on restoration of plant communities in a biodiversity hotspot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
120(7), e2201943119.
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Nerlekar, A. N., Munje, A., Mhaisalkar, P., Hiremath, A. J., & Veldman, J. W.
(2023).
Tillage agriculture and afforestation threaten tropical savanna plant communities across a broad rainfall gradient in India. Journal of Ecology.
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Silveira, F., Ordonez-Parra, C. A., Moura, L. C., Schmidt, I. B., Andersen, A. N., Bond, W., ... Pennington, R. T.
(2022).
Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration. 59(8), 1967-1975.
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Erds, L., Trk, P., Veldman, J. W., Btori, Z., Bede-Fazekas, . ., Magnes, M., Krel-Dulay, G., & Tlgyesi, C.
(2022).
How climate, topography, soils, herbivores, and fire control forest-grassland coexistence in the Eurasian forest-steppe. Biological Reviews.
97(6), 2195-2208.
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Overbeck, G. E., Velez-Martin, E., Menezes, L., Anand, M., Baeza, S., Carlucci, M. B., ... Muller, S. C.
(2022).
Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.
56, 125687-125687.
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Fleischman, F., Coleman, E., Fischer, H., Kashwan, P., Pfeifer, M., Ramprasad, V., Rodriguez Solorzano, C., & Veldman, J. W.
(2022).
Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people. Nature.
607(7918), E5-E6.
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Dobson, A., Hopcraft, G., Mduma, S., Ogutu, J. O., Fryxell, J., Anderson, T. M., ... Sinclair, A.
(2022).
Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks. Science.
375(6579), 392-392.
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Novak, E. N., Bertelsen, M., Davis, D., Grobert, D. M., Lyons, K. G., Martina, J. P., ... Veldman, J. W.
(2021).
Season of prescribed fire determines grassland restoration outcomes after fire exclusion and overgrazing. Ecosphere.
12(9),
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Haddad, T. M., Viani, R., Cava, M., Durigan, G., & Veldman, J. W.
(2020).
Savannas after afforestation: Assessment of herbaceous community responses to wildfire versus native tree planting. Biotropica.
52(6), 1206-1216.
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Nerlekar, A. N., & Veldman, J. W
(2020).
High plant diversity and slow assembly of old-growth grasslands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
117(31), 18550-18556.
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Fadrique, B., Veldman, J. W., Dalling, J. W., Clark, L. G., Montti, L., Ruiz-Sanchez, E., ... Rockwell, C. A.
(2020).
Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring. Biotropica.
52(3), 427-443.
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Fleischman, F., Basant, S., Chhatre, A., Coleman, E. A., Fischer, H. W., Gupta, D., ... Veldman, J. W.
(2020).
Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions. BIOSCIENCE.
70(11), 947-950.
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Veldman, J. W., Aleman, J. C., Alvarado, S. T., Anderson, T. M., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., ... Zaloumis, N. P.
(2019).
Comment on "The global tree restoration potential". Science.
366(6463), eaay7976.
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Temperton, V. M., Buchmann, N., Buisson, E., Durigan, G., Kazmierczak, L., Perring, M. P., ... Overbeck, G. E.
(2019).
Step back from the forest and step up to the Bonn Challenge: how a broad ecological perspective can promote successful landscape restoration. RESTORATION ECOLOGY.
27(4), 705-719.
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Buisson, E., Le Stradic, S., Silveira, F., Durigan, G., Overbeck, G. E., Fidelis, A., ... Veldman, J. W.
(2019).
Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands. Biological Reviews.
94(2), 590-609.
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Fargione, J. E., Bassett, S., Boucher, T., Bridgham, S. D., Conant, R. T., Cook-Patton, S. C., ... Griscom, B. W.
(2018).
Natural climate solutions for the United States. Science Advances.
4(11), eaat1869.
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Veldman, J. W., Silveira, F., Fleischman, F. D., Ascarrunz, N. L., & Durigan, G
(2017).
Grassy biomes: An inconvenient reality for large-scale forest restoration? A comment on the essay by Chazdon and Laestadius. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.
104(5), 649-651.
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Griffith, D. M., Lehmann, C., Strmberg, C., Parr, C. L., Pennington, R. T., Sankaran, M., ... Bond, W. J.
(2017).
Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes". Science.
358(6365), eaao1309.
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Veldman, J. W
(2016).
Clarifying the confusion: old-growth savannahs and tropical ecosystem degradation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
371(1703), 20150306-20150306.
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Varner, J. M., Kane, J. M., Hiers, J. K., Kreye, J. K., & Veldman, J. W.
(2016).
SUITES OF FIRE-ADAPTED TRAITS OF OAKS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA: MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FOR PERSISTENCE. FIRE ECOLOGY.
12(2), 48-64.
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Fuentes-Ramirez, A., Veldman, J. W., Holzapfel, C., & Moloney, K. A.
(2016).
Spreaders, igniters, and burning shrubs: plant flammability explains novel fire dynamics in grass-invaded deserts. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.
26(7), 2311-2322.
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Varner, J. M., Kane, J. M., Hiers, J. K., Kreye, J. K., & Veldman, J. W.
(2016).
Suites of Fire-Adapted traits of Oaks in the Southeastern USA: Multiple Strategies for Persistence. FIRE ECOLOGY.
12(2), 48-64.
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Mattingly, W. B., Orrock, J. L., Collins, C. D., Brudvig, L. A., Damschen, E. I., Veldman, J. W., & Walker, J. L.
(2015).
Historical agriculture alters the effects of fire on understory plant beta diversity. Oecologia.
177(2), 507-518.
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Veldman, J. W., Buisson, E., Durigan, G., Fernandes, G. W., Le Stradic, S., Mahy, G., ... Bond, W. J.
(2015).
Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
13(3), 154-162.
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Veldman, J. W., Overbeck, G. E., Negreiros, D., Mahy, G., Le Stradic, S., Fernandes, G. W., ... Bond, W. J.
(2015).
Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. BIOSCIENCE.
65(10), 1011-1018.
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Veldman, J. W., Overbeck, G. E., Negreiros, D., Mahy, G., Le Stradic, S., Fernandes, G. W., ... Bond, W. J
(2015).
Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes. Science.
347(6221), 484-485.
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Veldman, J. W., Brudvig, L. A., Damschen, E. I., Orrock, J. L., Mattingly, W. B., & Walker, J. L.
(2014).
Fire frequency, agricultural history and the multivariate control of pine savanna understorey plant diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science.
25(6), 1438-1449.
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Brudvig, L. A., Orrock, J. L., Damschen, E. I., Collins, C. D., Hahn, P. G., Mattingly, W. B., Veldman, J. W., & Walker, J. L.
(2014).
Land-use history and contemporary management inform an ecological reference model for longleaf pine woodland understory plant communities. PLoS ONE.
9(1), e86604-e86604.
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Veldman, J. W., Mattingly, W. B., & Brudvig, L. A
(2013).
Understory plant communities and the functional distinction between savanna trees, forest trees, and pines. ECOLOGY.
94(2), 424-434.
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Veldman, J. W., & Putz, F. E.
(2011).
Grass-dominated vegetation, not species-diverse natural savanna, replaces degraded tropical forests on the southern edge of the Amazon Basin. Biological Conservation.
144(5), 1419-1429.
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Garcia, M. G., Silva, R. S., Carniello, M. A., Veldman, J. W., Rossi, A., & de Oliveira, L. O.
(2011).
Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation, historical range expansion, and recent intraspecific hybridization in the Neotropical seasonal forest tree Cedrela fissilis (Meliaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
61(3), 639-649.
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Veldman, J. W., & Putz, F. E.
(2010).
Long-distance Dispersal of Invasive Grasses by Logging Vehicles in a Tropical Dry Forest. Biotropica.
42(6), 697-703.
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Veldman, J. W., Mostacedo, B., Pena-Claros, M., & Putz, F. E.
(2009).
Selective logging and fire as drivers of alien grass invasion in a Bolivian tropical dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management.
258(7), 1643-1649.
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Veldman, J. W., Murray, K. G., Hull, A. L., Garcia-C., J. M., Mungall, W. S., Rotman, G. B., Plosz, M. P., & McNamara, L. K.
(2007).
Chemical defense and the persistence of pioneer plant seeds in the soil of a tropical cloud forest. Biotropica.
39(1), 87-93.
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Orrock, J. L., Brudvig, L. A., Damschen, E. I., Mattingly, W. B., Cruz, J., Veldman, J. W., Hahn, P. G., & Larsen-Gray, A. L.
(2023).
Long-term, large-scale experiment reveals the effects of seed limitation, climate, and anthropogenic disturbance on restoration of plant communities in a biodiversity hotspot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
120(7), e2201943119.
Research
principal investigator on
- Collaborative Research: The Nature of Fire-Vegetation Relationships in Tropical Savanna-Forest Mosaics awarded by Directorate for Biological Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2025
- Fire ecology of American savannas and grassland-forest mosaics awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2023
investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ECCB303 Fire Ecology & Biogeochemistry Instructor
- ECCB417 Prescribed Fire Instructor
- ECCB485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECCB691 Research Instructor
- ESSM416 Fire Ecol & Nat Resc Mgt Instructor
- ESSM417 Prescribed Fire Instructor
- ESSM484 Internship Instructor
- ESSM485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ESSM489 Sptp: Prescibed Fire Instructor
- ESSM626 Fire & Natrl Resc Mgmt Instructor
- ESSM681 Seminar Instructor
- ESSM685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ESSM691 Research Instructor
- WFSC484 Internship Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Botany, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States)
Contact
first name
- Joseph
has last name
- Veldman
mailing address
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TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH
Ecosystem Science & Management
2138 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2138
USA
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- veldman@tamu.edu