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Dr. Jason Philip Martina

  • Associate Professor - Biology

Biography and education

Jason Martina is an assistant professor at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX (started fall 2019). His primary research interests involve better understanding global change phenomena in wetland and grassland ecosystems. Before coming to Texas State, he was the program coordinator of the EEB and ABS programs at Texas A&M University and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. He received his Ph.D. at Michigan State University with Drs. Steve Hamilton and Merritt Turetsky and completed a postdoc at the University of Michigan with Drs. Deborah Goldberg and Bill Currie.

Research Interests

  • Martina, Jason Philip (Principal), Percent Contribution: %55, Williamson, Paula S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %45. Developing a landowner outreach program for endangered Leavenworthia texana and Physaria pallida in East Texas, TPWD, State, $99292. (Submitted: March 2020, Funded: January 2021 - December 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip. Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College of Natural Science, MSU, $6000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip. Dissertation Continuation Fellowship, College of Natural Science, MSU, $6000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Small Grant, $1500. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip, Prajapati, Sabina. Ann Miller Gonzalez Graduate Research Grant, State. (Funded: 2024 - Present). Grant.
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  • Spohn, M., Bagchi, L., Biederman, L., Borer, E., Brathen, K., Bugalho, M., … Yahdjian, L. (2023). The positive effect of plant diversity on soil organic carbon depends on climate. Nature Communications, 14(1).
  • Wilfahrt, P., Seabloom, E., Bakker, J., Biederman, M., Bugalho, M., Cadotte, M., … Borer, E. (2023). Nothing lasts forever: dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 111, 2472–2482.
  • Garbowski, M., Boughton, E., A, E., Fay, P., Hautier, Y., Holz, H., … Harpole, W. S. (2023). Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal beta-diversity in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 111, 2134–2145.
  • Rogan, J., Parker, M. R., Hancock, Z. B., Earl, A. D., Buchholtz, E. K., Chyn, K., … Fitzgerald, L. A. (2023). Genetic and demographic consequences of range contraction patterns during biological annihilation. Scientific Reports, 13.
  • Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Martina, J. P., Dohnalik, E., & Vielleux, G. (2023). Factors influencing the timing and frequency of litters in captive fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda). Animal Reproduction Science, 248.
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  1. Graduate Advisor

    Aquatic Resources and Integrative Biology

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Wetlands Ecology and Management

  3. Member

    Department Chair Search Committee

  4. Member

    Promotion for NTL Faculty Committee

  5. Attendee / Participant

    NASA Carbon Monitoring System Panel

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    Scientific Reports

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