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Bio
Plant community ecology; restoration, invasion biology, environmental change, and conservation.
I am a plant community ecologist working at the interface of ecosystem, landscape and population biology. My goal is to apply cutting-edge “usable” science to the challenges of restoration, species invasion, and environmental change. My research group and I work with a range of conservation groups, government agencies and land managers to provide evidence-based solutions that take into account biodiversity, human well-being, and management opportunities. We employ a combination of long-term monitoring, modeling and experimental approaches in settings that range from alpine tundra to oak woodlands to grasslands. Common themes include plant-soil feedbacks, functional traits, species effects on ecosystem processes, and non-linear and threshold dynamics.
Visit the Suding Lab web site.
Education
- PhD: University of Michigan, 1999
- BS: Williams College, 1994
Awards
- Highly Cited Researcher (2016-2019), Web of Science Group, 2019
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018
- MacArthur Award, Ecological Society of America, 2018
- BFA Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work, Boulder Faculty Assembly, 2018
- Fellow, Ecological Society of America, 2016
Research
Visit the Suding Lab web site. We are plant community ecologists working at the interface of ecosystem, landscape and population biology. Our goal is to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of restoration, invasion, and environmental change.
Publications
Recent publications
Adverse impacts of Roundup on soil bacteria, soil chemistry and mycorrhizal fungi during restoration of a Colorado grassland
de Mesquita CPB; Solon AJ; Barfield A; Mastrangelo CF; Tubman AJ; Vincent K; Porazinska DL; Hufft RA; Shackelford N; Sud...
- de Mesquita CPB
- Solon AJ
- Barfield A
- Mastrangelo CF
- Tubman AJ
- Vincent K
- Porazinska DL
- Hufft RA
- Shackelford N
- Suding KN
Publication Date: 2022-12-30
Type: Journal Article
Climate disequilibrium dominates uncertainty in long-term projections of primary productivity
Publication Date: 2022-10-21
Type: Journal Article
Causes and consequences of differences in soil and seed microbiomes for two alpine plants
Publication Date: 2022-10-12
Type: Journal Article
Four reasons why functional traits are not being used in restoration practice
Publication Date: 2022-10-02
Type: Journal Article
Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems(1)
Rixen C; Hoye TT; Macek P; Aerts R; Alatalo JM; Anderson JT; Arnold PA; Barrio IC; Bjerke JW; Bjorkman MP...
- Rixen C
- Hoye TT
- Macek P
- Aerts R
- Alatalo JM
- Anderson JT
- Arnold PA
- Barrio IC
- Bjerke JW
- Bjorkman MP
Publication Date: 2022-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Forest and Freshwater Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change and Variability at US LTER Sites
Campbell JL; Driscoll CT; Jones JA; Boose ER; Dugan HA; Groffman PM; Jackson CR; Jones JB; Juday GP; Lottig NR...
- Campbell JL
- Driscoll CT
- Jones JA
- Boose ER
- Dugan HA
- Groffman PM
- Jackson CR
- Jones JB
- Juday GP
- Lottig NR
Publication Date: 2022-08-16
Type: Journal Article
Ancient grasslands guide ambitious goals in grassland restoration
Publication Date: 2022-08-05
Type: Journal Article
Global change re-structures alpine plant communities through interacting abiotic and biotic effects
Publication Date: 2022-06-28
Type: Journal Article
Do trade-offs govern plant species' responses to different global change treatments?
Langley JA; Grman E; Wilcox KR; Avolio ML; Komatsu KJ; Collins SL; Koerner SE; Smith MD; Baldwin AH; Bowman W...
- Langley JA
- Grman E
- Wilcox KR
- Avolio ML
- Komatsu KJ
- Collins SL
- Koerner SE
- Smith MD
- Baldwin AH
- Bowman W
Publication Date: 2022-04-17
Type: Journal Article
Seed bank bias: Differential tracking of functional traits in the seed bank and vegetation across a gradient
Publication Date: 2022-03-08
Type: Journal Article
The long and the short of it: Mechanisms of synchronous and compensatory dynamics across temporal scales
Shoemaker LG; Hallett LM; Zhao L; Reuman DC; Wang S; Cottingham KL; Hobbs RJ; Castorani MCN; Downing AL; Dudney JC...
- Shoemaker LG
- Hallett LM
- Zhao L
- Reuman DC
- Wang S
- Cottingham KL
- Hobbs RJ
- Castorani MCN
- Downing AL
- Dudney JC
Publication Date: 2022-03-07
Type: Journal Article
Capacity for change: three core attributes of adaptive capacity that bolster restoration efficacy
Publication Date: 2022-03-04
Type: Journal Article
Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration
Ladouceur E; Shackelford N; Bouazza K; Brudvig L; Bucharova A; Conradi T; Erickson TE; Garbowski M; Garvy K; Harpole WS...
- Ladouceur E
- Shackelford N
- Bouazza K
- Brudvig L
- Bucharova A
- Conradi T
- Erickson TE
- Garbowski M
- Garvy K
- Harpole WS
Type: Journal Article
Do plant-soil interactions influence how the microbial community responds to environmental change?
Publication Date: 2021-11-05
Type: Journal Article
Intra-annual precipitation effects on annual grassland productivity and phenology are moderated by community responses
Publication Date: 2021-10-27
Type: Journal Article
Nitrogen addition, not heterogeneity, alters the relationship between invasion and native decline in California grasslands
Publication Date: 2021-10-13
Type: Journal Article
The influence of life-history strategy on ecosystem sensitivity to resource fluctuations
Publication Date: 2021-10-10
Type: Journal Article
Making research relevant: Sharing climate change research with rangeland advisors to transform results into drought resilience
Publication Date: 2021-10-01
Type: Journal Article
The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active-passive dichotomy
Publication Date: 2021-09-12
Type: Journal Article
Catchment-scale observations at the Niwot Ridge long-term ecological research site
Bjarke NR; Livneh B; Elmendorf SC; Molotch NP; Hinckley E-LS; Emery NC; Johnson PTJ; Morse JF; Suding KN...
- Bjarke NR
- Livneh B
- Elmendorf SC
- Molotch NP
- Hinckley E-LS
- Emery NC
- Johnson PTJ
- Morse JF
- Suding KN
Publication Date: 2021-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Water the odds? Spring rainfall and emergence-related seed traits drive plant recruitment
Publication Date: 2021-08-27
Type: Journal Article
Nematode community diversity and function across an alpine landscape undergoing plant colonization of previously unvegetated soils
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
Type: Journal Article
The spatial synchrony of species richness and its relationship to ecosystem stability
Walter JA; Shoemaker LG; Lany NK; Castorani MCN; Fey SB; Dudney JC; Gherardi L; Portales-Reyes C; Rypel AL; Cottingham K...
- Walter JA
- Shoemaker LG
- Lany NK
- Castorani MCN
- Fey SB
- Dudney JC
- Gherardi L
- Portales-Reyes C
- Rypel AL
- Cottingham KL
Publication Date: 2021-08-12
Type: Journal Article
Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts (Jul, 10.1038/s41559-021-01510-3, 2021)
Shackelford N; Paterno GB; Winkler DE; Erickson TE; Leger EA; Svejcar LN; Breed MF; Faist AM; Harrison PA; Curran MF...
- Shackelford N
- Paterno GB
- Winkler DE
- Erickson TE
- Leger EA
- Svejcar LN
- Breed MF
- Faist AM
- Harrison PA
- Curran MF
Publication Date: 2021-07-28
Type: Journal Article
Biotic vs abiotic controls on temporal sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across North American drylands
Publication Date: 2021-07-02
Type: Journal Article
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Teaching
Courses
- EBIO 6100: Graduate Seminar in Critical Transitions & Resilience
- It is increasingly clear that ecological systems, like many other complex systems, have critical thresholds at which they shift abruptly from one state to another--non-linear transitions that are abrupt and hard to reverse. We will explore the application of complexity theory to such issues as desertification in rangelands, dieback in coral reefs, and turbidly in lakes.
Current postdocs and students
Alumni
Outreach
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