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Bio
Dr. Timothy Kittel is a research ecologist and climate scientist. After receiving his PhD in Ecology from the University of California, Davis, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University. Dr. Kittel has since held research positions at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (Colorado State University), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), before joining INSTAAR in 2004.Ìý
Dr. Kittel has worked for more than 30 years in the field of global change science, with contributions to our understanding of climate-biosphere interactions and historical climatic change and to the modeling of regional ecosystem and climate dynamics. Dr. Kittel's work on climate change impacts has been included in IPCC and US National Assessments. His current research is on approaches for handling climate change uncertainty in biodiversity conservation and on the nature of recent climate change in high mountain regions. Dr. Kittel has published more than 85 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in ecology and climate dynamics, along with 39 climatic and ecological public-access datasets.
Dr. Kittel's teaching emphasizes field instruction in ecology and conservation biology. He has taught field courses for the University of Colorado-Boulder, Columbia University of New York, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Semester-at-Sea (University of Pittsburgh/University of Virginia-Charlottesville). He currently teaches Winter Field Ecology and Field Methods in Vegetation Ecology in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and study abroad courses on conservation in practice in Brazil.
Education
- PhD Ecology: University of California, Davis, 1986
Research
Research interests
- Global environmental change—conservation planning in the context of climate change
- Earth system science—terrestrial biosphere-climate interactions
- Climate analysis—climate change in high mountain systems
- Ecosystem geography
Research highlights
Biodiversity conservation planning and climate change.
- Assessment of the complexity of species and system vulnerability to climate change (key publications: ).
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Development and implementation of a framework to address highly uncertain futures - through integration of scenario planning, vulnerability assessment, and no-regrets approaches (key publications:;).
Climate change in Colorado's Front Range (Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program, NWT-LTER).
- Analysis of elevational, seasonal, and decadal dependence in surface temperature and precipitation trends in subalpine vs. alpine sites ().
Development of climate data quality and analysis protocols for agency monitoring programs.
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Publications
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Publication Date: 2000-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Schimel D; Melillo J; Tian HQ; McGuire AD; Kicklighter D; Kittel T; Rosenbloom N; Running S; Thornton P; Ojima D...
- Schimel D
- Melillo J
- Tian HQ
- McGuire AD
- Kicklighter D
- Kittel T
- Rosenbloom N
- Running S
- Thornton P
- Ojima D
Publication Date: 2000-03-17
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1999-12-01
Type: Journal Article
Land-atmosphere interactions
Type: Conference Proceeding
Publication Date: 1999-07-27
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1998-11-27
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1998-07-27
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1998-06-01
Type: Journal Article
Pan YD; Melillo JM; McGuire AD; Kicklighter DW; Pitelka LF; Hibbard K; Pierce LL; Running SW; Ojima DS; Parton WJ...
- Pan YD
- Melillo JM
- McGuire AD
- Kicklighter DW
- Pitelka LF
- Hibbard K
- Pierce LL
- Running SW
- Ojima DS
- Parton WJ
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Effects of climatic variability on herbaceous phenology and observed species richness in temperate montane habitats, Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada
Type: Journal Article
Intercomparison of regional biases and doubled CO2-sensitivity of coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model experiments
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Type: Journal Article
A gridded historical (1895-1993) bioclimate dataset for the conterminous United States
Type: Conference Proceeding
Schimel DS; Emanuel W; Rizzo B; Smith T; Woodward FI; Fisher H; Kittel TGF; McKeown R; Painter T; Rosenbloom N...
- Schimel DS
- Emanuel W
- Rizzo B
- Smith T
- Woodward FI
- Fisher H
- Kittel TGF
- McKeown R
- Painter T
- Rosenbloom N
Publication Date: 1997-05-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1996-03-20
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1996-03-20
Type: Journal Article
VEGETATION ECOSYSTEM MODELING AND ANALYSIS PROJECT - COMPARING BIOGEOGRAPHY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY MODELS IN A CONTINENTAL-SCALE STUDY OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO CLIMATE-CHANGE AND CO2 DOUBLING
MELILLO JM; BORCHERS J; CHANEY J; FISHER H; FOX S; HAXELTINE A; JANETOS A; KICKLIGHTER DW; KITTEL TGF; MCGUIRE AD...
- MELILLO JM
- BORCHERS J
- CHANEY J
- FISHER H
- FOX S
- HAXELTINE A
- JANETOS A
- KICKLIGHTER DW
- KITTEL TGF
- MCGUIRE AD
Publication Date: 1995-12-01
Type: Journal Article
Kittel TGF; Rosenbloom NA; Painter TH; Schimel DS; Melillo JM; Pan YD; Kicklighter DW; McGuire AD; Neilson RP; Chaney J...
- Kittel TGF
- Rosenbloom NA
- Painter TH
- Schimel DS
- Melillo JM
- Pan YD
- Kicklighter DW
- McGuire AD
- Neilson RP
- Chaney J
Publication Date: 1995-07-01
Type: Journal Article
SENSITIVITY OF A PRAIRIE WETLAND TO INCREASED TEMPERATURE AND SEASONAL PRECIPITATION CHANGES
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1995-03-01
Type: Journal Article
PARTON WJ; SCURLOCK JMO; OJIMA DS; SCHIMEL DS; HALL DO; Coughenour MB; Garcia Moya E; Gilmanov TG; Kamnalrut A; Kinyamar...
- PARTON WJ
- SCURLOCK JMO
- OJIMA DS
- SCHIMEL DS
- HALL DO
- Coughenour MB
- Garcia Moya E
- Gilmanov TG
- Kamnalrut A
- Kinyamario JI
Publication Date: 1995-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1993-10-01
Type: Journal Article
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Teaching
Dr. Kittel is the Faculty Director for the CU Boulder Education Abroad Program global seminar .