
1983 BA-Biology, Grinnell College
1990 PhD Ecology, Cornell University
Ecological restoration of agricultural landscapes; forb establishment dynamics in tallgrass prairie reconstruction.
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Riebkes, J. L., M. E. Sherrard, and L. L. Jackson. 2018. Supplemental seed increases native seedling establishment in roadside prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/rec.12699
Pellish, C.A., M. E. Sherrard, P. A. Leytem* and L. L. Jackson. 2018. Small vertebrate granivores reduce seedling emergence in native tallgrass prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology DOI 10.1111/rec.12557
Thogmartin, WE, L. López-Hoffman, J. Rohweder, J. Diffendorfer, R. Drum, D. Semmens, S. Black, I. Caldwell, D. Cotter, P. Drobney, L. L. Jackson, M. Gale, D. Helmers, S. Hilburger, E. Howard, K. Oberhauser, J. Pleasants, O. Taylor, P. Ward, J. Weltzin, B. Semmens, M. Steele, and R. Wiederholt. 2017. Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ‘all hands on deck.’ Environmental Research Letters 12 (2017) 074005. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7637
Jackson, L.L. and D. D. Keeney. 2010. Perennial farming systems that resist flooding. Pages 215-225 in Mutel, Cornelia, editor. A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City.
Jackson, L. L. 2008. Who "designs" the agricultural landscape? Landscapes Journal 27:23-40. Special Theme Issue on Metropolitan Design.
Williams, D. W., L. L. Jackson and D. D. Smith. 2007. Effects of mowing on survival and persistence of forbs seeded into a species-poor grassland. Restoration Ecology 15:24-33.
Jackson, D. L. and L. L. Jackson, Editors. 2002. The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems. Island Press, Covelo, California.
Jackson, L. L., D. Keeney and E. Gilbert. 2000. Swine manure management plans in North-Central Iowa: nutrient loading and policy implications. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 55:205-212