Sifneos, Jeannie

Statistics Department
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4606

Voice: (541) 737-1989

Email: sifneosATscienceDOToregonstateDOTedu

Office: Kidder Hall, Room 86B

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Education

1980 B.A. Music, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

1986 M.S. Statistics (minor: Fisheries and Wildlife), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

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Research Interests

Environmental data analysis, classification and regression trees, multivariate analysis

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Selected Publications

Debinski, D. M., M.V. Santelmann, D. White, K.F. Lindsay, and J. Sifneos. 2007. Plant Diversity in From the Corn Belt to the Gulf. Resources for the Future Press, Washington, D.C.

Herlihy, A.R. and J.C. Sifneos. 2008. Developing nutrient criteria and classification schemes for wadeable streams in conterminous

United States

. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(4):932-948.

Herlihy, A., R. Hughes, and J. Sifneos. 2006. Landscape clusters based on fish assemblages in the conterminous USA and their relationship to existing landscape classifications. Pages 87:112 in R.M. Hughes, L. Wang, and P.W. Seelbach (eds.). Influences of landscape on stream habitat and biological assemblages. American Fisheries Society Symposium XX, Bethesda, Maryland.

Herlihy, A., J. Sifneos, C. Bason, A. Jacobs, M. Kentula, and S. Fennessy. 2009. An Approach for Evaluating the Repeatability of Rapid Wetland Assessment Methods: the Effects of Training and Experience. Environmental Management 44:369-377.

Kentula, M.E., R.P. Brooks, S.E. Gwin, C.C. Holland, A.D. Sherman, and J.C. Sifneos. 1992. An Approach to Improving Decision Making in Wetland Restoration and Creation. Island Press. Washington, D.C.

Kentula, M.E., J.C. Sifneos, J.W. Good, M. Rylko, and K. Kunz. 1992. Trends and patterns in Section 404 permitting in Oregon and Washington, USA. Environmental Management 16(1):109-119.

Lindsay, K.F., M.V. Santelmann, J. Sifneos, D. White, and D. Kirk. 2007. Wildlife Habitat in From the Corn Belt to the Gulf. Resources for the Future Press, Washington, D.C.

Lawler, J. J., D. White, J. Sifneos and L.L. Master. 2003. Rare Species and the Use of Indicator Groups for Conservation Planning. Conservation Biology 17:875-882.

Rathert D., D. White, J.C. Sifneos, and R.M. Hughes. 1999. Environmental correlates of species richness for native freshwater fish in Oregon,

USA

. Journal of Biogeography 26:257-273.

Santelmann, M., D. White, K.F. Freemark, J. Nassauer, J. Eilers, K. Vache, B. Danielson, F. Corry, Clark, M., Polasky, S., Cruse, R. J. Sifneos, C. Coiner, J. Wu, and D. Debinski. 2004. Assessing Alternative Futures for Agriculture in the U.S. CornBelt. Landscape Ecology 19:357-374.

Santelmann, M., K.F. Freemark, J.C. Sifneos, and D. White. 2006. Assessing effects of alternative agricultural practices on wildlife habitat in Iowa,

U.S.A.

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 113:243:253.

Santelmann, M.V., D. White, K.F. Lindsay, J.I. Nassauer, J.M. Eilers, K.B. Vache, B.J. Danielson, R.C. Corry, M.E. Clark, S. Polasky, R.M. Cruse, J.C. Sifneos, H. Rustigian, C. Coiner, J. Wu, and D. Debinski. 2007. An Integrated Assessment of Alternative Futures for Iowa Watersheds in From the Corn Belt to the Gulf. Resources for the Future Press, Washington, D.C.

Santelmann, M.V., J.C.Sifneos, D. White, and K.F. Lindsay. 2007. Plant Diversity in From the Corn Belt to the Gulf. Resources for the Future Press, Washington, D.C.

Sifneos, J.C., E.W. Cake, Jr., and M.E. Kentula. 1992. Impacts of Section 404 permitting on freshwaterwetlands in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Wetlands 12(1):28-36.

White, D., P.G. Minotti, M.J. Barczak, J.C. Sifneos, K.E. Freemark, M.V. Santelmann, C.F. Steinitz, A.R. Kiester, E.M. Preston. 1997. Assessing risks to biodiversity from future landscape change. Conservation Biology 11(2):349-360.

White, D. and J.C. Sifneos. 2002. Regression Tree Cartography. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 11:600-614.