Alexa McKerrow

Researcher
Biology
The U.S. Geological Survey
United States Virgin Islands

Professor General Science
Biography

Alexa McKerrow has a B.S. in Biology from Colorado State University, a Master of Science in Forestry and a Ph.D. in Botany from North Carolina State University. Her involvement in the GAP program started at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. She made the move to North Carolina in 1996 and continued to work on state and regional Gap projects. Currently Alexa helps coordinate the land cover mapping and species habitat distribution modeling. In addition, she coordinates the National Aquatic Gap Analysis Program and is the Implementation Manger for the U.S. National Vegetation Classification.

Research Intrest

biodiversity biogeography ecological processes ecosystems habitat alteration

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