Autumn Sabo
Assistant Professor of Biology
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112 General Classroom Building
Monaca, PA - axs182@psu.edu
- 724-773-3885
Research Summary
How anthropogenic stressors affect plant communities, conservation, and restoration options. Recent work has focused on how deer and silvicultural techniques impact forest understories, with future projects likely extending to rare and invasive plant biology as well as climate change adaptation.
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Deer Understory Herbivores Herbivory Plant Communities Temperate Forests Temperate Forest Environmental Factors Overstory Hardwood Forests Species Abundance Plant Community Seedlings Seedling Environmental Factor Species Diversity Experiments Canopy Gap Earthworms Ungulate Tick Earthworm Species Richness Chemical Analysis HardwoodMost Recent Publications
Northern hardwoods seedlings respond to a complex of environmental factors when deer herbivory is limited
Phillip D. Jones, Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, David J. Mladenoff, Marc E. McDill, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
Scale matters: Variation in Ixodes scapularis abundance influenced by understory, deer density, coarse woody debris and earthworms in northern temperate forests of the US
Scott Larson, Autumn Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere on p. 13
Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales
Scott R. Larson, Autumn E. Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan M. Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere
SAF National Convention Proceedings
Autumn Sabo, David Mladenoff, Jodi Forrester, 2021, Journal of Forestry on p. 1
Impacts of Browsing and Grazing Ungulates on Plant Characteristics and Dynamics
Autumn Sabo, 2019,
Ungulate exclusion accentuates increases in woody species richness and abundance with canopy gap creation in a temperate hardwood forest
Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, Julia I. Burton, Phillip D. Jones, David J. Mladenoff, Eric L. Kruger, 2019, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 386-395
Deer-mediated changes in environment compound the direct impacts of herbivory on understorey plant communities
Autumn E. Sabo, Katie L. Frerker, Donald M. Waller, Eric L. Kruger, 2017, Journal of Ecology on p. 1386-1398
Long-term regional shifts in plant community composition are largely explained by local deer impact experiments
Katie Frerker, Autumn Sabo, Donald Waller, 2014, PLoS One
Book review of Biocultural Diversity Conservation: A Global Handbook
Autumn Sabo, 2011, Ecological Restoration on p. 315-316
Robinia pseudoacacia Invasions and Control in North America and Europe
Autumn Sabo, 2000, Restoration and Reclamation Review on p. 9
Most-Cited Papers
Long-term regional shifts in plant community composition are largely explained by local deer impact experiments
Katie Frerker, Autumn Sabo, Donald Waller, 2014, PLoS One
Deer-mediated changes in environment compound the direct impacts of herbivory on understorey plant communities
Autumn E. Sabo, Katie L. Frerker, Donald M. Waller, Eric L. Kruger, 2017, Journal of Ecology on p. 1386-1398
Ungulate exclusion accentuates increases in woody species richness and abundance with canopy gap creation in a temperate hardwood forest
Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, Julia I. Burton, Phillip D. Jones, David J. Mladenoff, Eric L. Kruger, 2019, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 386-395
Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales
Scott R. Larson, Autumn E. Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan M. Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere
Northern hardwoods seedlings respond to a complex of environmental factors when deer herbivory is limited
Phillip D. Jones, Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, David J. Mladenoff, Marc E. McDill, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
SAF National Convention Proceedings
Autumn Sabo, David Mladenoff, Jodi Forrester, 2021, Journal of Forestry on p. 1
Scale matters: Variation in Ixodes scapularis abundance influenced by understory, deer density, coarse woody debris and earthworms in northern temperate forests of the US
Scott Larson, Autumn Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere on p. 13
Impacts of Browsing and Grazing Ungulates on Plant Characteristics and Dynamics
Autumn Sabo, 2019,
News Articles Featuring Autumn Sabo
Aug 19, 2022
Graduate students in entomology and ecology win prestigious fellowships
Two graduate students who work in the laboratory of an entomology faculty member in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently received prestigious fellowships to further their graduate education and research.
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Jul 15, 2020
Ecology Institute announces grant recipients
The Ecology Institute has awarded 11 proposals from across the University as part of its Flower Grant program, including five projects submitted by faculty at Commonwealth Campuses.
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