Matthew LaFevor
Assistant Professor
- email: mclafevor@ua.edu
- phone (205) 348-4198
- office location Farrah Hall 310
- Website
Education
- Postdoctorate, University of Maryland - College Park, 2016
- PhD, University of Texas - Austin, 2014
- MA, Universidad de las Americas - Puebla, Mexico, 2003
- BA, Rhodes College - Memphis, TN, 1998
Research Areas
- Human-environment interactions
- agriculture
- watershed management
- environmental history
- Mexico
- Caribbean
Bio
Selected Publications
LaFevor, M. C. and Magliocca, N. R. (2020) Farmland size, chemical fertilizers, and irrigation management effects on maize and wheat yield in Mexico. Journal of Land Use Science. DOI:10.1080/1747423X.2020.1800849
Weber, J. and LaFevor, M.C. (2020) Reconstructing Nevada’s Arrowhead Trail from Submerged Cultural Resources. Geographical Review. DOI:10.1080/00167428.2020.1800409
Ramos-Scharrón, C. and LaFevor, M. C. (2018) Effects of Forest Roads on Runoff Initiation in Low-Order Ephemeral Streams. Water Resources Research 54: 1-19. DOI:10.1029/2018WR023442
LaFevor, M. C., Cissell, J., Misfeldt, J. (2018) Agave Cultivation, Terracing, and Conservation in Mexico. Focus on Geography 61(1). DOI:10.21690/foge/2017.61.1f
Ramos-Scharrón, C. E. and LaFevor, M. C., (2016) The Role of Unpaved Roads as Active Source Areas of Precipitation Excess in Small Watersheds Drained by Ephemeral Streams. Journal of Hydrology 533: 168-79. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.051
Suding, K., Higgs, E., Palmer, M., Callicott, J. B., Anderson, C. B., Baker, M., Gutrich, J. J., Hondula, K. L., LaFevor, M. C., Larson, B.. M., Randall, A., Ruhl, J. B., Schwartz, K. Z., (2015) Committing to Ecological Restoration: Efforts Around the Globe Need Legal and Policy Clarification. Science 350(6235): 638-640. DOI:10.1126/science.aaa4216
LaFevor, M. C., (2015) Environmental Concerns Facing the U.S. and Mexico: An International Perspective. In Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations, 3rd Edition. Michael J. LaRosa and Frank O. Mora, eds. (Roman and Littlefield): 265-276.
LaFevor, M. C., (2014) Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Terraces: Rebuilding Landscape Structure and Process. Journal of Environmental Management 138: 32-42. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.019
Hudson, P. F., Sounny-Slitine, A., LaFevor, M. C., (2014) A New Longitudinal Approach to Assess Hydrologic Connectivity: Embanked Floodplain Inundation along the Lower MississippiRiver. Hydrological Processes 27: 2187-2196. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9838
LaFevor, M. C., (2012) Building a Colonial Resource Monopoly: The Expansion of Sulphur Mining in New Spain (1600-1820). Geographical Review 102(2): 202-224. *Recipient of the Wrigley-Fairchild Award from the American Geographical Society. DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2012.00143.x