Researchers at MO
	Matthew A Albrecht, Ph.D. Assistant Curator of Conservation Biology Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA office phone: + 1-314-577-0262 fax: + 1-314-577-9596 email: matthew.albrecht@mobot.org Ph.D., Ohio University, 2006 B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, 1999 General Research Interests Conservation Biology Fire Ecology Plant Demography
	Restoration Ecology Temperate forest ecology Research Emphases Demography and population ecology of rare and economically important plants Ex situ conservation of rare and endangered species in the Midwest, USA Factors influencing seed germination and dormancy in selected endangered plants Selected Publications Albrecht, M.A. and K.A. McCue. 2009. Changes in demographic processes over long time scales reveal the challenge of restoring an endangered plant. Restoration Ecology. In press. Albrecht, M.A. and B.C. McCarthy. 2009. Seedling recruitment limitation shapes the distribution of shade-adapted forest herbs across a topographical moisture gradient. Journal of Ecology 97: 1037-1049. Albrecht, M.A. and B.C. McCarthy. 2007. Effects of dry storage on seed dormancy and survivorship in goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) and black cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.). Seed Science and Technology 35:412-422. Albrecht, M.A. and B.C. McCarthy. 2006. Comparative analysis of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) population re-growth following human harvest: implications for conservation. American Midland Naturalist 156: 229-236. Albrecht, M.A. and B.C. McCarthy. 2006. Effects of prescribed fire and thinning on tree recruitment patterns in central hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 226: 88-103. Albrecht, M.A. and B.C. McCarthy. 2006. Seed germination and dormancy in the medicinal woodland herbs Dioscorea villosa L. (Dioscoreaceae) and Collinsonia canadensis L. (Lamiaceae). Flora 201: 24-31. McGraw, J.B., Furedi, M.A., Maiers, K., Carroll, C., Kauffman, G., Lubbers, A., Wolf, J., Anderson, R.C., Anderson, M.R., Wilcox, B., Drees, D., Van der Voort, M.E., Albrecht, M.A., Nault, A., MacCullock, H. and Gibbs, A. 2004. Berry ripening and harvest season in wild American ginseng. Northeastern Naturalist 12: 141-152. This page was last revised 08/13/09.