Sharon K. Collinge

Associate Professor

sharon.collinge@colorado.edu
303-735-3242
Ramaley N228
Collinge Lab

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995

Research Interests

My research program centers on the role of landscape spatial heterogeneity in shaping ecological processes, including responses of individual organisms, populations, and communities to spatial variation in landscape structure. My work integrates theories and methods of conservation biology, restoration ecology, and landscape ecology to examine ecological consequences of spatial structure in landscapes under varying degrees of human influence. In my laboratory, we primarily conduct independent and integrated research related to two major projects: 1) spatial aspects of vernal pool ecology and restoration, and 2) landscape change and disease dynamics in grassland ecosystems

Recent Publications

Johnson, W.C. and S.K. Collinge . 2004. Landscape effects on black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Biological Conservation

Collinge , S.K., K. Prudic, and J. Oliver. 2003. Effects of local habitat characteristics and landscape context on grassland butterfly diversity. Conservation Biology 17:178-187.

Collinge , S.K. (Editor). 2001. Special Issue: Spatial Ecology and Biological Conservation. Biological Conservation 100(1): 1-150.

Collinge , S.K. 2000. Effects of grassland fragmentation on insect species loss, recolonization, and movement patterns. Ecology 81(8):2211-2226.

Collinge , S.K. and R.T.T. Forman. 1998. A conceptual model of land conversion processes: predictions and evidence from a microlandscape experiment with grassland insects. Oikos 82:66-84.

Collinge , S.K. 1996. Ecological consequences of habitat fragmentation: implications for landscape architecture and planning. Landscape and Urban Planning 36:59-77.