Postdocs

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Enric is broadly interested in ecosystem responses to disturbance under global change scenarios and its potential effects on landscape structure at several spatial and temporal scales.

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My main research interests involve the study of eco-evolutionary dynamics and adaptation of organisms to environmental change through life history strategies, life history evolution, dispersal strategies and evolutionary processes in the wild.

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My academic background is in agronomy, and I have been working on chemical ecology and behavior of orchard pests since I started my PhD in 2002. My interest is focused on the research and implementation…[read more]

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Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) behavior, chemical ecology, nestmate recognition in social insects, the learning process, inter-specific interactions, urban entomology, exploring and developing novel urban pest management strategies by exploiting innate / learned behaviors of pestiferous insects

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I am broadly interested in applying field measurements and numerical models to understand the influences of surface cover and land management on atmospheric processes.  I have an interdisciplinary background emphasizing atmospheric science, hydrology, and biogeochemistry.

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I am broadly interested in plant-soil feedbacks, specifically in reference to exotic plant invasion and wildland restoration.

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My background is in plant and soil ecology, biogeochemical cycling in reference to ecosystem functions, and fire ecology. Currently, I am testing how land management practices, land use history and environmental conditions interact to influence…[read more]

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Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology, Remote Sensing and GIS, Biodiversity and Conservation, Coupled Human and Natural Systems

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I am interested in diverse aspects of landscape ecology including: multi-scale structure of ecosystems and scaling of ecological processes from local to regional and global levels; the role of spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem response to disturbance,…[read more]

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I am using empirical data to test the effects of climate change over the last 100 years on the distributions of songbirds in the California Coast Range—from the Oregon border south to San Luis Obispo…[read more]

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My general research interests include the study of dispersal and connectivity, fragmented populations, metapopulation dynamics, effects of climate change, and the application of population genetics to estimating dispersal and other population parameters.

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forest ecology, invasion biology, conservation biology, and quantitative methods in ecology

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Global change biology, plant-soil microbe interactions, alpine tundra, plant invasion

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My research is broadly aimed at understanding the interactions that structure plant communities in space and time. These range from competition, facilitation, interactions with soil microbes, and climatic and environmental pressures. My research also focuses…[read more]

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Juyoung is currently studying the role of mass transfer limitations of substrates, metabolites and oxygen at the scale of soil aggregates in controlling Se cycling and mobility under diffusive conditions mimicking in situ conditions. Our project is…[read more]

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My primary research interest is to understand how local and regional agro-ecological landscapes influence plant and pollinator communities, their gene flow processes, and their ability to provide ecosystem services.  Broadly, this research program covers topics…[read more]

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I am a historian of energy, technology, and environment.

I research the ways that we have come to use and depend on fossil fuel energy sources and how these decisions have transformed the relationships between humans, technology, and nature.

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Modelling and analysis of data on population dynamics.

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I am a Malaysian forest mensurationist who works in the area of sampling, silviculture and data analysis, likes field work, and enjoys living in different cultures to learn their ways of seeing and managing forests.

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stream ecology; hydrology; biological monitoring and assessment; water quality; flow modelling; climate change; benthic macroinvertebrates

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My research follows three lines: 1) development of metrics and analysis techniques for biological monitoring and assessment of water quality; 2) habitat manipulations to examine flow-alteration and ecological-response relationships; and 3) environmental flow modelling to…[read more]

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I am a community ecologist broadly interested in above and belowground linkages and ecosystem functioning. My research aimed at understanding the role of plant-soil interactions and feedbacks on ecosystem functioning in grasslands, specifically in reference to species invasion, climate and land-use changes.

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I am interested in conservation of natural land and restoration within agroecosystems.

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I use population genetic and geospatial analysis and occupancy modeling to identify climate change refugia in Yosemite National Park and throughout the Sierra Nevada. My research also examines the shifts in ground squirrel populations in…[read more]

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Helene mostly works on problems at the interface between ecology and evolution. She combines theory and empirical work to understand the processes underlying current biodiversity patterns.

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I am interested in the causes and consequences of barriers to gene flow among natural populations. Gene flow can be reduced by factors such as physical barriers that prevent dispersal, by interspecific interactions such as…[read more]

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I’m interested in the intersection of soils, climate, geochemistry, geochronology, and geomorphology, and what we can learn about Earth and other planets combining techniques from these disciplines.

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Speciation, colonization, adaptation to novel environments, competition, community assembly

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Applied ecology, conservation biology, modeling animal distribution and abundance

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Food web interactions and multi-species conservation

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My primary research interest is the role of food web interactions in multi-species conservation. Increasingly, we are facing conservation dilemmas in which endangered species eat each other or compete for resources; thus, actions which help…[read more]

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I work on fundamental questions related to population biology.

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My research is focused at the intersection of community ecology, disturbance ecology, forest management, and conservation. I investigate the community-level effects of forest disturbances, both natural and anthropogenic, and develop management strategies that balance conservation goals…[read more]

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My research interests involve understanding the mechanisms (i.e., adaptive genetic change, local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity) underlying species’ responses to rapid environmental change, and the potential of those mechanisms to compensate for the effects of environmental…[read more]

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I’m interested in how species form and diversify. In my research, I combine tools from phylogenetics, population genetics and animal communication to examine what promotes speciation and diversification in evolutionary radiations. My primary geographic focus is the Hawaiian…[read more]

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My research is motivated by the documented pauperization of worldwide biodiversity and what this entails for the quality of human life on Earth.

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I am currently a postdoctoral scholar in Katharine Suding’s lab at the University of California, Berkeley. I am an ecologist interested in how species interactions structure plant communities. Much of my research has focused on…[read more]

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I am a plant ecologist broadly interested in the patterns, causes, and consequences of diversity with an emphasis on grassland ecosystems. My main research interests are directed towards understanding the influence of species interactions, especially…[read more]

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My general interests focus on the conservation of African wildlife and include basic research on behavior, physiology and ecology.

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My research generally focuses on selection on reproductive traits, strategies of dispersal and parental care, and survival in tropical birds.

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I am interested in wildlife and disease ecology, with a focus on African savanna ecosystems.

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My research is focused on the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy in terrestrial ecosystems. I am specifically interested in the effects of land use change and extreme events (e.g. drought) on…[read more]

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biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology

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I am broadly interested in how human activities are changing how natural and managed ecosystems function and how ecosystem responses to global change can feedback to drive or slow future global change. My research is…[read more]

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Ecohydrology of an oak savanna