education and training
- Ph.D. in Botany, University of Georgia - (Athens, Georgia, United States) 2002
selected publications
Academic Articles57
- Wonkka, C. L., Twidwell, D., West, J. B., & Rogers, W. E. (2016). Shrubland resilience varies across soil types: implications for operationalizing resilience in ecological restoration.. Ecological Applications. 26(1), 128-145.
- West, J. B., Ehleringer, J. R., & Cerling, T. E. Geography and vintage predicted by a novel GIS model of wine delta18O.. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55(17), 7075-7083.
- Cerling, T. E., Barnette, J. E., Bowen, G. J., Chesson, L. A., Ehleringer, J. R., Remien, C. H., ... West, J. B. Forensic Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science. 44(1), 175-206.
- Gimeno, T. E., Oge, J., Royles, J., Gibon, Y., West, J. B., Burlett, R., ... Wingate, L. Bryophyte gas-exchange dynamics along varying hydration status reveal a significant carbonyl sulphide (COS) sink in the dark and COS source in the light.. New Phytologist. 215(3), 965-976.
- West, J. B., & Donovan, L. A. Effects of individual bunchgrasses on potential C and N mineralization of longleaf pine savanna soils. 131(2), 120-125.
Books4
- Kelly, J. F., Bearhop, S., Bowen, G. J., Hobson, K. A., Norris, D. R., Wassenaar, L. I., West, J. B., & Wunder, M. B. (). Future Directions and Challenges for Using Stable Isotopes in Advancing Terrestrial Animal Migration Research. Elsevier.
- Williams, D. G., Evans, R. D., West, J. B., & Ehleringer, J. R. (). Applications of Stable Isotope Measurements for Early-Warning Detection of Ecological Change. Elsevier.
Chapters5
- West, J. (2014). Constructing the firm marginal abatement curve. LONG HEDGE: PRESERVING ORGANISATIONAL VALUE THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION. 300-306.
- West, J. Case study for CO2 mitigation. LONG HEDGE: PRESERVING ORGANISATIONAL VALUE THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION. 295-+.
- Bowen, G. J., West, J. B., & Dawson, T. E. Isoscapes in a Rapidly Changing and Increasingly Interconnected World. ISOSCAPES: UNDERSTANDING MOVEMENT, PATTERN, AND PROCESS ON EARTH THROUGH ISOTOPE MAPPING. 425-432. Springer Nature.
- West, J. B., Kreuzer, H. W., & Ehleringer, J. R. Approaches to Plant Hydrogen and Oxygen Isoscapes Generation. ISOSCAPES: UNDERSTANDING MOVEMENT, PATTERN, AND PROCESS ON EARTH THROUGH ISOTOPE MAPPING. 161-178. Springer Nature.
- Ehleringer, J. R., Cerling, T. E., & West, J. B. Forensic Science Applications of Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis. Forensic Analysis on the Cutting Edge. 399-422. Wiley.
Conference Papers4
- Lee, H., Zhao, L., Bowen, G. J., Miller, C. C., Kalangi, A., Zhang, T., & West, J. B. Enabling online geospatial isotopic model development and analysis. Proceedings of the 2011 TeraGrid Conference: Extreme Digital Discovery. 1-8.
- West, J. B. Botanical isoscapes: emerging stable isotope tools for geographic sourcing and authentication. Planta Medica. 78(11), 1031-1031.
- West, J. B., Hurley, J. M., & Ehleringer, J. R. Stable isotope ratios of marijuana. I. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes describe growth conditions.. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 54(1), 84-89.
- West, J. B., Kreuzer, H. W., & Ehleringer, J. R. Dissecting the large-scale spatiotemporal variation in Ricinus communis (Castor Bean) seed oil 2H. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. 74(12), A1127-A1127.
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Principal Investigator1
Co-Principal Investigator3
- State Water Resources Research Institute Program Funds awarded by Department of Interior 2011 - 2016
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- BICH491 Hnr-research Instructor
- BICH491 Research Instructor
- ECCB491 Research Instructor
- ECCB691 Research Instructor
- ECCB691 Research: In-ab Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Zhang, Yang (2016-05). Effects of Climate and Forest Management on Wood Decomposition. (Master's Thesis)
- Wilson, Elizabeth Susan (2014-07). The Drought Response of Physiological and Structural Traits in Loblolly Pine (P. (taeda L.) Clones with a Focus on Mesophyll Conductance to CO_(2). Master's Thesis)
- Mattox, April Marie (2013-07). Effects of Woody Vegetation Removal on Soil Water Dynamics in a South Texas Shrubland. (Master's Thesis)
- Kui, Li (2012-10). Ecohydrological Controls and Effects of Rhizome Integration on the Performance of Arundo donax in a Rio Grande Riparian Zone. (Master's Thesis)
- Li, Fan (2012-07). Effects of the Arundo donax L. (on Hydrological Regime of the Rio Grande Basin. Master's Thesis)
Email
jbwest@tamu.edu
First Name
Jason
Last Name
West
mailing address
Texas A&M Agrilife Research; Ecosystem Science & Management; 2126 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2126
USA