Jennifer Chandler

Jennifer Chandler
  • Associate Professor
  • Chair of Biology
  • Department: Biology
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: jchandler@wcupa.edu

Education

  • B.A. Transylvania University
  • B.S. Northern Kentucky University
  • Ph.D. West Virginia University

Research Interests

plant ecologydisturbance ecologyherbaceous plantsnatural and anthropogenic disturbancesmultidimensional responsesmedicinal plantAmerican ginsengtimber harvestnatural canopy disturbanceseastern deciduous forestdominant tundra sedgecottongrassclimate change

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-1023

List of Publications

  • History, Conservation, and Cultivation of American Ginseng, North America’s Most Famous Medicinal Plant, Oct 2020 Demographic hallmarks of an overbrowsed population state in American ginseng, Aug 2018 A slow opportunist: physiological and growth responses of an obligate understory plant to patch cut harvesting, Mar 2017 Demographic stimulation of the obligate understorey herb, Panax quinquefolius L., in response to natural forest canopy disturbances, Nov 2016 Variable effects of timber harvest on the survival, growth, and reproduction of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.), May 2015 Flipping the Biostatistics Classroom, With a Twist, Apr 2015 Tiller population dynamics of reciprocally transplanted Eriophorum vaginatum L. ecotypes in a changing climate, Jan 2015 Disturbances as Hot Spots of Ecotypic Variation: A Case Study with Dryas octopetala, Aug 2014 Ecology and conservation of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in a changing world, May 2013 Evaluating the ecotypic response of Eriophorum vaginatum L. to shifts in high latitude climate patterns using a Leslie matrix model of tiller populations, Aug 2012 A test of the adaptational lag hypothesis using a long-term reciprocal transplant study with an arctic sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum), Aug 2012