Research Ecologist
Ecosystem Health and Restoration, Public Lands Ecology Section, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station

Education:
B.A., (Biology), Wesleyan University, 1976
Ph.D., (Zoology), The University of Texas-Austin, 1984
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Berkeley, 1990

Research Interests:
Oak savanna restoration, avian ecology and foraging behavior, butterfly ecology, herpetofauna ecology, endangered species biology, carcinogenesis

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station
1100 North Mineral Springs Road
Porter, IN 46304

E-mail: rgrundel@usgs.gov

Phone: (219) 926-8336, ext. 422

Fax: (219) 929-5792

Grundel, Ralph, Krystalynn J. Frohnapple, Robert P. Jean, and Noel B. Pavlovic. 2011. Effectiveness of bowl trapping and netting for inventory of a bee community. Environmental Entomology 40(2): 374-380.
Contribution # 1610 [Abstract]

Grundel, Ralph, Robert P. Jean, Krystalynn J. Frohnapple, Jason Gibbes, Gary A. Glowacki, and Noel B. Pavlovic. 2011. A survey of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Indiana Dunes and northwest Indiana, USA. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 84(2): 105-138.
Contribution # 1655 [Abstract]

Pavlovic, Noel B., Stacey A. Leicht-Young, and Ralph Grundel. 2011. Short-term effects of burn season on flowering phenology of savanna plants. Plant Ecology 212(4): 611-625.
Contribution # 1611 [Abstract]

Grundel, Ralph, Robert P. Jean, Krystalynn J. Frohnapple, Gary A. Glowacki, Peter E. Scott, and Noel B. Pavlovic. 2010. Floral and nesting resources, habitat structure, and fire influence bee distribution across an open-forest gradient. Ecological Applications 20(6): 1678-1692.
Contribution # 1564 [Abstract] [PDF 730 KB]

Leicht-Young, Stacey A., Noel B. Pavlovic, Krystalynn J. Frohnapple, and Ralph Grundel. 2010. Liana habitat and host preferences in northern temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management 260(9): 1467-1477.
Contribution # 1602 [Abstract]

Leicht-Young, Stacey A., Noel B. Pavlovic, Ralph Grundel, and Krystalynn J. Frohnapple. 2009. A comparison of seed banks across a sand dune successional gradient at Lake Michigan Dunes (Indiana, USA). Plant Ecology 202(2): 299-308.
Contribution # 1484 [Abstract]

Pavlovic, Noel B. and Grundel, Ralph. 2009. Reintroduction of wild lupine (Lupinus perennis L.) depends on variation in canopy, vegetation, and litter cover. Restoration Ecology 17(6): 807-817.
Contribution # 1329 [Abstract]

Grundel, Ralph and Noel B. Pavlovic. 2008. Using conservation value to assess land restoration and management alternatives across a degraded oak savanna landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology 45(1): 315-324.
Contribution # 1440 [Abstract]

Pavlovic, Noel B., Stacey A. Leicht-Young, Krystalynn J. Frohnapple, and Ralph Grundel. 2008. Effect of removal of Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket) on species cover of forest understory vegetation in NW Indiana. American Midland Naturalist 161(1): 165-176.
Contribution # 1490 [Abstract]