Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies DepartmentUniversity
of California, Santa Cruz
I study community and ecosystem
ecology with emphasis on the consequences of changing biological
diversity, and the link between ecological condition and
human well-being. My
research spans ecosystems from boreal forest to temperate grassland
to subtropical islands. Recent and current projects include
California grassland responses to climate and atmospheric changes;
influences of plant community structure and diversity on susceptibility
to biological invasions; wildfire effects on the provision
of ecosystem services in rural Alaska; barriers to California
oak regeneration; and island ecosystem responses to the removal
of exotic mammals. In much of my work, I strive to bridge
ecological theory and research to sound conservation and management
practice. To that end, my research incorporates collaboration
with conservation practitioners and elements of economics,
public policy, and anthropology.
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