Our group investigates the ecological impacts of climate variability and climate change on ecosystems in the US desert southwest, tallgrass prairie in Kansas, and savanna grasslands in South Africa.

Congratulations to Kina Murphy, PhD!!!

Submitted by scollins on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 11:12
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On 11 May 2016, Kina Murphy successfully defended her dissertation, "Mitigating the Impacts of Human Land-Use Change on Biodiversity: with a focus on large migratory species." Her presentation was well-attended and she handled questions with aplomb! She will now work on the final revisions to her dissertation, and preparing manuscripts for publication before getting back to her professional life applying her knowledge to help make the world a better place to live.

Mechanisms of shrub encroachment under climate and land use change investigated using a cellular automata model

Submitted by scollins on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 23:00
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Here's a cool approach to modeling shrub encroachment by creosotebush. Further encroachment is likely under future climate scenaarios. Here's the abstract:

Tallgrass prairie is relatively resistant to increased precipitation variability

Submitted by scollins on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 15:06
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Three Cheer for Syd Jones! Chapter 1 of her PhD dissertation has just been published in Scientific Reports. Here's the abstract:

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