Dr. Joseph Pettit
Assistant Professor
Office: Cyril Moore 219
Email: joseph.pettit@minotstateu.edu
Phone: 858-3067
Dr. Joseph Pettit, Assistant Professor (BA, Metropolitan State College of Denver, MS, Indiana State University, PhD, Indiana State University, Post Doc, Czech University of Life Sciences) has been at MSU since 2020. Dr. Pettit is a plant ecologist that focuses on plant animal interactions. Pollination ecology of spring herbs and forests as habitat for wildlife are two main avenues of research for Dr. Pettit.
Courses:
- BIOL 151 – General Biology II
- BIOL 154 – Botany
- BIOL 240 – Biometry
- BIOL 301 – Evolution
- BIOL 347 – Ecology
- BIOL 360 – Morphology of Vascular Plants
- BIOL 439 – Conservation Biology
- BIOL 448 – Systematic Botany
Recent Publications:
Pettit, JL; Pettit, JM; Janda, P; Rydval, M; Čada, V; Schurman, JS; Nagel, TA; Bače, R; Saulnier, M; Hofmeister, J. Both Cyclone‐induced and convective storms drive disturbance patterns in European primary beech forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. e2020JD033929. 2021
Kameniar, Ondrej; Baláž, Michal; Svitok, Marek; Reif, Jiří; Mikoláš, Martin; Pettit, Joseph L; Keeton, William S; Pettit, Jessika M; Vostarek, Ondřej; Langbehn, Thomas. Historical natural disturbances shape spruce primary forest structure and indirectly influence bird assemblage composition. Forest Ecology and Management. 481 118647. 2021
Kozák, Daniel; Svitok, Marek; Wiezik, Michal; Mikoláš, Martin; Thorn, Simon; Buechling, Arne; Hofmeister, Jeňýk; Matula, Radim; Trotsiuk, Volodymyr; Bače, Radek. Historical disturbances determine current taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetle communities in temperate primary forests Ecosystems. 24(1) 37-55. 2021
Čada, Vojtěch; Trotsiuk, Volodymyr; Janda, Pavel; Mikoláš, Martin; Bače, Radek; Nagel, Thomas A; Morrissey, Robert C; Tepley, Alan J; Vostarek, Ondřej; Begović, Krešimir. Quantifying natural disturbances using a large‐scale dendrochronological reconstruction to guide forest management. Ecological Applications. 30(8) e02189. 2020
O’Keefe, Joy M; Pettit, Joseph L; Loeb, Susan C; Stiver, William H. White-nose syndrome dramatically altered the summer bat assemblage in a temperate Southern Appalachian forest. Mammalian Biology. 98(1) 146-153. 2019
Pettit, Joseph L; Derose, R Justin; Long, James N. Climatic drivers of ponderosa pine growth in central Idaho. Tree-ring research. 74(2) 172-184. 2018
Pettit, Joseph L; O'Keefe, Joy M. Impacts of white-nose syndrome observed during long-term monitoring of a midwestern bat community. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 8(1) 69-78. 2017
Pettit, Joseph L.; O'Keefe, Joy M. Day of year, temperature, wind, and precipitation predict timing of bat migration. Journal of Mammalogy. 2017
