Conservation Ecologist / Team Leader

11935 Old Cutler Road
Miami, FL 33156 USA
Phone 305/667-1651, ext. 3416
Fax 305/665-8032
jmaschinski@fairchildgarden.org

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Education

Northern Arizona University, Ph.D., Botany, 1989
University of Arizona, M.Ed., Reading Education, 1981
University of Arizona, B.S., Secondary Education, Biology, 1978

Roles at Center for Tropical Plant Conservation

• Coordinates multifaceted South Florida Endangered and Threatened Flora Program
• Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with local and international agencies and individuals 

Fields of Interest

• Rare plant biology and conservation ecology
• Restoration, reintroductions, plant demography, hybridization, herbivory, fragmentation, habitat destruction, timber harvest, fire, trampling
• Population viability modeling (PVA)
• Impacts of climate change on rare plant populations
• Impacts of human activities on rare plants and communities
• Management solutions for the conservation of rare species and their habitats 

Current Research Projects

• Habitat restoration and its impacts on rare, native and exotic species in communities
• Plant demography and population viability modeling of endangered species (Linum carteri var. carteri, Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus and Purshia subintegra)
• Factors influencing success or failure of reintroductions of rare plants
• Threats of hybridization on rare species (Lantana depressa varieties and Purshia subintegra)
   

Recent Publications 

Lane, C., S.J. Wright, J. Roncal, and J. Maschinski. 2008. Characterizing environmental gradients and their influence on vegetation zonation in a subtropical coastal sand dune system.  Journal of Coastal Research 24: 213-224.

Maschinski, J., E. Sirkin and J.Fant. In Press. Using genetic and morphological analysis to distinguish endangered taxa from their hybrids with the cultivated exotic pest plant Lantana camara. Conservation Genetics.

Maschinski, J. and J. Duquesnel. 2006. Successful reintroductions of the endangered long-lived Sargent’s cherry palm, Pseudophoenix sargentii, in the Florida Keys. Biological Conservation 134:122-129.

Maschinski, J. and S. J. Wright.  2006.  Using Ecological Theory to Plan Restorations of the Endangered Beach Jacquemontia in Fragmented Habitats.  Journal for Nature Conservation 14: 180-189.

Maschinski, J. 2006.  Implications of Population Dynamic and Metapopulation Theory for Restoration. In Foundations of Restoration Ecology, D. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler (editors). Island Press, Washington, DC.

Maschinski, J., J. E. Baggs, Quintana-Ascencio, P.F, and E.S. Menges. 2006. Using PVA to examine effects of climate change on the population viability of an endangered limestone endemic shrub, Arizona cliffrose.  Conservation Biology 20:218-228.

Possley, J., J. Maschinski, C. Rodriguez, and J. Dozier.  2009.  Alternatives for reintroducing a rare ecotone species: manually thinned forest edge versus restored habitat remnant.  Restoration Ecology 17:668-677.

Possley, J., Woodmansee, S., Maschinski, J. 2008. Patterns of plant diversity in fragments of globally imperiled pine rockland forest: effects of recent fire frequency and fragment size.  Natural Areas Journal 28:379-394.

Possley, J., K. Hines, J. Maschinski, J. Dozier, and C. Rodriguez.  2007.  A common passion: multiple agencies and volunteers unite to reintroduce goatsfoot passionflower to rockland hammocks of Miami, Florida, USA. Native Plants Journal 8:252-258.

Possley, J. and J. Maschinski. 2006. Competitive effects of the invasive grass Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E. Hubb. On native pine rockland vegetation.  Natural Areas Journal 26:390-394.

Thornton, H.E.B., J. Roncal, C. E. Lewis, J. Maschinski, and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2008. Genetic structure and diversity of Jacquemontia reclinata, an endangered coastal morning glory species from Southern Florida: Implications for conservation management.  Biotropica 40: 507-514.

Travis, S.E., J.E. Baggs, and J. Maschinski. 2007.  Disentangling the role of hybridization in the evolution of the endangered Arizona cliffrose  (Purshia subintegra; Rosaceae): a molecular and morphological analysis. Conservation Genetics 9:1183-1194.

Wendelberger, K.S., J. Maschinski. 2009. Linking GIS, observational and experimental studies to determine optimal seedling microsites of an endangered plant in a subtropical urban fire-adapted ecosystem. Restoration Ecology 17: 845-853.

Wendelberger, K. S., M. Q.N. Fellows and J. Maschinski. 2007. Rescue and restoration: Experimental translocation of Amorpha herbacea Walter. var. crenulata (Rybd.) Isley into a novel urban habitat.  Restoration Ecology 16:542-552.