Resilience and Adaptation
How do phenomena such as changing climates, land-use, human needs, and invasive species affect global change and how can we use our understanding of these effects to predict future responses?
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Harris, L. B., Scholl, A. E., Young, A. B., Estes, B. L., & Taylor, A. H.
JULY 22, 2019
Baums, I. B., Baker, A. C., Davies, S. W., Grottoli, A. G., Kenkel, C. D., Kitchen, S. A., ... Shantz, A. A.
APRIL 15, 2019
Ivory, S., Russell, J., Early, R., & Sax, D. F.
APRIL 1, 2019
A trait-based approach to predict population genetic structure in bees
Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Jha, S., & Soro, A.
MARCH 1, 2019
Invasive shrub removal benefits native plants in an eastern deciduous forest of North America
Maynard-Bean, E., & Kaye, M. W.
MARCH, 2019
Abrams, M. D., & Nowacki, G. J.
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Wardrop, D. H., Hamilton, A. T., Nassry, M. Q., West, J. M., & Britson, A. J.
FACULTY IN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION:
Marc Abrams
Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology Community, historical and physiological ecology of tree species; global change biology.
Paul Bartell
Associate Professor of Avian Biology The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
Iliana Baums
Professor of Biology Molecular ecology and evolution of reef invertebrates.
Terrence Bell
Assistant Professor of Phytobiomes Soil and root-associated microbiomes, microbiome assembly, microbiome manipulation, disturbance.
Elizabeth Boyer
Professor of Water Resources Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Water Quality, and Atmospheric Deposition.
Charles Andrew Cole
Professor of Landscape Architecture Ecosystem ecology: wetlands, hydrology, restoration, seed banks, plant communities, historical ecology.
Patrick Drohan
Professor of Pedology Soil formation and biogeochemistry due to land use and ecosystem change; soil and water degradation, and the remediation of soil physical and chemical properties in urban environments.
Christina Grozinger
Director of the Center for Pollinator Research; Director of the Insect Biodiversity Center; Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology Genomics of social behavior and health in bees
Peter Hudson
Former Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Willaman Professor of Biology Population dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and the dynamics of parasite community structure.
Margot Kaye
Professor of Forest Ecology Vegetation dynamics; global change ecology; interactions among vegetation, climate and human land use; dendrochronology; disturbance history; environmental change.
Tracy Langkilde
Professor of Biology; Dean of the Eberly College of Science The interface of ecology and evolution to understand how an organism's traits are matched to its environment and responds to novel selective pressures imposed by global environmental change, and the consequences of this adaptation.
Margarita Lopez-Uribe
Associate Professor of Entomology How environmental change and human management shape bee health and long-term persistence of their populations in agricultural areas.
Bronwen Powell
Associate Professor of Geography, African Studies and Anthropology
Katriona Shea
Professor of Biology; Alumni Professor in the Biological Sciences The use of ecological theory in population management.
Erica Smithwick
Professor of Geography Understanding how a wide range of disturbances, especially fire, affect ecosystem function at landscape scales.
