Lisa M. Schile

PhD Candidate

Education

2001 - BS, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution - University of California, San Diego -

2003 - MS, Biology - University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Research Interests

Wetland Ecology, Climate Change Modeling

Research Description

My research focuses on the monitoring and restoration of tidal wetlands in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. Combining field experiments and remote sensing, I'm examining how predicted sea-level rise might affect tidal wetland plant species distributions.

Selected Publications

Schile, L., V. T. Parker, J. Callaway, and M. Vasey. In press. Productivity of the halophytic plant Sarcocornia pacifica along a salinity gradient in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. Wetlands.

Stralberg, D., M. Brennan, J. Callaway, J. Wood, L. Schile, et al.. In press. Evaluating tidal marsh sustainability in the face of sea-level rise: a hybrid modeling approach applied to San Francisco Bay. PLoS ONE.

Parker, V. T., L. Schile, M. Vasey, and J. Callaway. 2011. Efficiency in assessment and monitoring methods: scaling down gradient-directed transects. Ecosphere 2(9):99. doi: 10.1890/ES11-00151.1

Tuxen, K., L. Schile, D. Stralberg, S. Siegel, V. T. Parker, M. Vasey, J. Callaway, and M. Kelly. 2011. Mapping changes in tidal wetland vegetation composition and pattern across a salinity gradient using high spatial resolution imagery. Wetlands Ecology and Management 19:141-157.

Schile, L. and S. Mopper.  2006.  The deleterious effects of salinity stress on leafminers and their freshwater host.  Ecological Entomology 31:345-351.

 

Honors and Awards

2011 - Best Student poster - State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, CA

2008 - Northern California Botanists Scholarship

2007 - CALFED Science Pre-Doctoral Fellowship