Joel Ralston

Past NE CSC Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Consortium Institution: 

University of Massachusetts

Affiliations: 

Department of Environmental Conservation

Education: 

B.S.: Oswego State University, Oswego, NY, 2006
Ph.D.: University at Albany, Albany, NY, 2011

Website: 

http://joelralston.weebly.com/

Experience: 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Massachusetts, 2014 to 2015
Visiting Assistant Professor, Utica College, 2011 to 2013
Research Fellow, New York State Museum, 2008 to 2011

Research Interests: 

I am broadly interested in the ecology, evolution, and biogeography of birds. More specifically, my research focuses on how historic and ongoing climate change alter species’ abiotic and biotic environments, and how these changes influence community structure and intraspecific genetic diversity. Currently I am working on a project to identify potential spruce-fir forest refugia where spruce-fir obligate bird species may persist into the future despite ongoing climate change.

 

Joel Ralston is now an Assistant Professor at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN.

Recent Publications

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Population trends influence species ability to track climate change, Ralston, Joel, Deluca William V., Feldman Richard E., and King David I. , Global Change Biology, Sep-21-2016, Volume 23, Issue 4, (2016)
Realized climate niche breadth varies with population trend and distribution in North American birds, Ralston, Joel, Deluca William V., Feldman R.E., and King David I. , Global Ecology and Biogeography, Jul-16-2016, Volume 25, Issue 10, p.1173, (2016)
Realized climate niche breadth varies with population trend and distribution in North American birds, Ralston, Joel, Deluca William V., Feldman Richard E., and King David I. , Global Ecology and Biogeography, Jul-16-2016, Volume 25, Issue 10, p.1173 - 1180, (2016)
Analysis of combined data sets yields trend estimates for vulnerable spruce-fir birds in northern United States, Ralston, Joel, King David I., Deluca William V., Niemi Gerald J., Glennon Michale J., Scarl Judith C., and J. Lambert Daniel , Biological Conservation, Volume 187, (2015)
Analysis of combined data sets yields trend estimates for vulnerable spruce-fir birds in northern United States, Ralston, Joel, King David I., Deluca William V., Niemi Gerald J., Glennon Michale J., Scarl Judith C., and J. Lambert Daniel , Biological Conservation, 07/2015, Volume 187, p.270 - 278, (2015)
Predicted range shifts in North American boreal forest birds and the effect of climate change on genetic diversity in blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata), Ralston, Joel, and Kirchman Jeremy J. , Conservation Genetics, 4/2013, Volume 14, p.543 - 555, (2013)