Michael Steinberg

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Michael Steinberg
mksteinberg@as.ua.edu
Blog: Geographer on the Road


Education:

  • M.A. - University of Missouri, 1992
  • Ph.D. - Louisiana State University, 1999

Research Focus:

  • Threatened and endangered species
  • Ethnobotany and traditional agriculture
  • Natural history and landscape studies

Specialty Fields :

  • Biogeography
  • Cultural Ecology
  • Environmental Conservation
  • Conflict and the Environment

Selected Publications

  • Steinberg, M.K. Highland Forest Habitat Preference by Endemic Hawaiian Honeycreepers: A Preliminary Assessment. Yearbook of the Pacific coast Geographers. In press.
  • Steinberg, M.K. and M. Taylor. 2007. Marginalizing a Vulnerable Cultural and Environmental Landscape: Opium Poppy Production in Highland Guatemala.  Mountain Research and Development 27(4): 318-321.
  • Stalking the Ghost Bird: The Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Louisiana.  Louisiana State University Press.  2008.