We are interested in understanding and predicting the the response of plant populations and communities to global change and human management across space and time. Our work relies heavily on statistical inference to integrate ecological models and data.
News
June 2023
Where can managers resist climate-driven transformation in PJ woodlands? Check out our new paper in Global Change Biology!
March 2023
Sage Ellis was awarded the Nevada Native Plant Society Margaret Williams Research Grant and Northern California Botanists Scholarship for her research on the endemic Tahoe draba!
February 2023
Elise Pletcher was awarded 3rd place in the student poster competition at the Society for Range Management meeting!
September 2022
Uncertainty about how ecosystems will respond to changing climate swamps uncertainty about what future climate will be. Check out our new paper in Ecology Letters.
August 2022
4 of 5 pinyon-juniper species are declining in warm-dry parts of their range. New paper in Global Ecology and Biogeography!
April 2022
Congrats to Ph.D. student Otis Clyne on being awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
January 2022
Restoration thinning is likely to reduce tree mortality in dry ponderosa pine forest! New papers in collaboration with the USGS and TNC in Journal of Applied Ecology and Forest Ecology and Management.
September 2021
Welcome to new EECB Ph.D. Students Otis Clyne and Elise Pletcher!
Two new papers! Understanding the future of big sagebrush regeneration (here) and linking life history strategies with ecosystem sensitivity to environmental variability (here)
July 2021
Welcome to new postdoc Emily Schultz! Read more about Emily here.
Two new papers! Quantifying the demographic vulnerability of Pinyon-Juniper woodlands using FIA data (here), and drivers of the sensitivity of NPP to precipitation (here).
January 2021
Two new papers: The impacts of landscape aspect on demographic rates in bluebunch wheatgrass (Paper here), and structured population modeling methods led by the Doak lab (Paper here)
November 2020
New paper on latitudinal gradients in population growth and climate in Ecological Applications. Paper here
August 2020
New paper in Restoration Ecology comparing growth rates of planted and seeded sagebrush. Paper here
News
June 2023
Where can managers resist climate-driven transformation in PJ woodlands? Check out our new paper in Global Change Biology!
March 2023
Sage Ellis was awarded the Nevada Native Plant Society Margaret Williams Research Grant and Northern California Botanists Scholarship for her research on the endemic Tahoe draba!
February 2023
Elise Pletcher was awarded 3rd place in the student poster competition at the Society for Range Management meeting!
September 2022
Uncertainty about how ecosystems will respond to changing climate swamps uncertainty about what future climate will be. Check out our new paper in Ecology Letters.
August 2022
4 of 5 pinyon-juniper species are declining in warm-dry parts of their range. New paper in Global Ecology and Biogeography!
April 2022
Congrats to Ph.D. student Otis Clyne on being awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
January 2022
Restoration thinning is likely to reduce tree mortality in dry ponderosa pine forest! New papers in collaboration with the USGS and TNC in Journal of Applied Ecology and Forest Ecology and Management.
September 2021
Welcome to new EECB Ph.D. Students Otis Clyne and Elise Pletcher!
Two new papers! Understanding the future of big sagebrush regeneration (here) and linking life history strategies with ecosystem sensitivity to environmental variability (here)
July 2021
Welcome to new postdoc Emily Schultz! Read more about Emily here.
Two new papers! Quantifying the demographic vulnerability of Pinyon-Juniper woodlands using FIA data (here), and drivers of the sensitivity of NPP to precipitation (here).
January 2021
Two new papers: The impacts of landscape aspect on demographic rates in bluebunch wheatgrass (Paper here), and structured population modeling methods led by the Doak lab (Paper here)
November 2020
New paper on latitudinal gradients in population growth and climate in Ecological Applications. Paper here
August 2020
New paper in Restoration Ecology comparing growth rates of planted and seeded sagebrush. Paper here
Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge that the University of Nevada, Reno is situated on the traditional homelands of the Numu (Northern Paiute), Wašiw (Washoe), Newe (Western Shoshone), Nuwu (Southern Paiute) peoples. These lands continue to be a gathering place for Indigenous Peoples and we recognize their deep connections to these places. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno 89557
We acknowledge that the University of Nevada, Reno is situated on the traditional homelands of the Numu (Northern Paiute), Wašiw (Washoe), Newe (Western Shoshone), Nuwu (Southern Paiute) peoples. These lands continue to be a gathering place for Indigenous Peoples and we recognize their deep connections to these places. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno 89557
