Lauren M. Hallett

Graduate Student

Education

2010    MSc in Natural Resources, University of Western Australia

2008    BS in Biology, Yale University

 

Research Interests

plant community ecology, restoration ecology

Research Description

I am an ecologist interested in how temporal variability shapes plant communities. I care about this in relation to species conservation, and am studying whether precipitation variability drives transient invasion patterns in serpentine prairies. I also care about this in relation to ecosystem services, and am testing whether and to what degree species trade-offs maintain grassland productivity in variable-precipitation environments. I also have a keen interest in restoration ecology, and am leading a team to select and plant species along Strawberry Creek, which cuts through the UC Berkeley campus.

Selected Publications

Cleland, E.E., S.L. Collins, T.L. Dickson, E.C. Farrer, K.L. Gross, L.A. Gherardi, L.M. Hallett, R.J. Hobbs, J.S. Hsu, K.N. Suding, L. Turnbull. Accepted. Sensitivity of grassland plant community composition to spatial versus temporal variation in precipitation. Ecology.

Hallett, L.M., S. Diver, M.V. Eitzel, J.J. Olson, B.S. Ramage, H. Sardinas, Z. Statman-Weil, K.N. Suding. In press. Do we practice what we preach? Goal setting for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology.

Shackelford, N., R.J. Hobbs, N. Heller, L.M. Hallett, T. Seastedt. 2013. Finding a middle-ground: The native/non-native debate. Biological Conservation. 158(2): 55-62.

Hallett, L.M., R.J. Standish, K.B. Hulvey, M.A. Gardener, K.N. Suding, B.M. Starzomski, S.M. Murphy, J.A. Harris. 2013. Toward a conceptual framework for novel ecosystems. Hobbs, R.J., E. Higgs, and C.A. Hall, eds. Novel Ecosystems: when and how do we intervene in the new ecological world order? Wiley-Blackwell.

Eitzel, M.V., S. Diver, H. Sardiñas, L.M. Hallett, J.J. Olson, A. Romero, G.L.T. Oliveira, A.T. Schuknecht, R. Tidmore, and K.N. Suding. 2012. Insights from a cross-disciplinary seminar: 10 pivotal papers for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology 20(2): 147-152.

La Pierre, K.J., S. Yuan, C. Chang, M.L. Avolio, L.M. Hallett, T.K. Schreck, and M.D. Smith. 2011. Explaining temporal variation in above-ground productivity in a mesic grassland: the role of climate and flowering. Journal of Ecology 99(5): 1250-1262.

Hallett, L.M., R.J. Standish, and R.J. Hobbs. 2011. Seed mass and summer drought survival in a Mediterranean-climate ecosystem. Plant Ecology 212(9): 1479-1489.

Hobbs, R.J., L.M. Hallett, P.R. Ehrlich, and H.A. Mooney. 2011. Intervention ecology: applying ecological science in the 21st century. Bioscience 61(6): 442-450.  

 

Honors and Awards

2010-2012    Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study, UCB

2008                Fulbright Scholar to Australia

2008                Edgar J. Boell Prize for excellence in biology, Yale University