Office: 133 Walster
Phone: (701) 231-5828
E-mail: amy.ganguli@ndsu.edu

Research interests:
Invasive Plant Species Ecology and Management
Restoration of Native Ecosystem Structure and Function
Plant Community Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Ecosystem Management

Training/Education:
Ph.D, Rangeland Ecology (Crop Science) – Oklahoma State University, 2005
M.S., Range Science – Texas Tech University, 1999
B.S, Wildlife Biology and Management – University of Rhode Island, 1997

Courses taught:
Range Sciences, 336, Introduction to Range Management
Range Sciences, 458/658, Grazing Ecology
Range Sciences, 456/656, Range Habitat Management

Publications:

Ganguli, A.C., M. Hale, and K.L. Launchbaugh.  2010.  Seasonal change in nutrient composition of spotted knapweed and preference by sheep.  Small Ruminant Research 89:47-50.

Ganguli, A.C. , D.M. Engle, P.M. Mayer, and E.C. Hellgren. 2008. Plant community diversity and composition provide little resistance to Juniperus expansion. Botany 86:1416-1426. doi:10.1139/B08-110.

Ganguli, A.C. , D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and P.M. Mayer. 2008. When are native species inappropriate for conservation planting? Rangelands 30:27-32.

Haufler, J.B., and A.C. Ganguli. 2006. Benefits of Farm Bill grassland conservation practices to wildlife. Pages 64-82 in: Fish and wildlife response to farm bill conservation practices. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Horncastle, V.J., E.C. Hellgren, P.M. Mayer, A.C. Ganguli, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2005. Community structure of small mammals: implications of invasion by eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) in the Great Plains. Mammalogy 86:1144-1155.

Vermeire, L.T., A.C. Ganguli, and R.L. Gillen. 2002. A robust visual obstruction model for estimating standing crop across rangeland regions. Journal of Range Management 55:494-497.