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

Education:
B.S. (Biological Sciences), University of Notre Dame, 2001
Ph.D. (Ecology), University of Connecticut, 2005

Research Interests:
Invasive species, plant ecology, biology/ecology of lianas, statistical analysis

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

E-mail: sleichtyoung@usgs.gov

Phone: (219) 926-8336, ext. 427

Fax: (219) 929-5792

Leicht-Young, Stacey A., Hillary O'Donnell, Andrew M. Latimer, and John A. Silander Jr. 2009. Effects of an invasive plant species, Celastrus orbiculatus, on soil composition and processes. American Midland Naturalist 161(2): 219-231.
Contribution # 1524 [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]

Leicht-Young, Stacey A., Noel B. Pavlovic, Ralph Grundel, and Krystalynn J. Frohnapple. Distinguishing native (Celastrus scandens L.) and invasive (C. orbiculatus Thunb.) bittersweet species using morphological characteristics. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134(4): 441-450.
Contribution # 1450 [Abstract]

Leicht-Young, Stacey. A., Noel B. Pavlovic, Ralph Grundel and Krystalynn J. Frohnapple. 2007. Distinguishing native (Celastrus scandens) and invasive (C. orbiculatus) bittersweet species using morphological characteristics. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134(4): 441-450.
Contribution # 1450 [Abstract]