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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
An overview of research from a high elevation landscape: the Niwot Ridge, Colorado Long Term Ecological Research programme
Publication Date: 2015-11-02
Type: Journal Article
Plant-microbe interactions at multiple scales across a high-elevation landscape
Publication Date: 2015-11-02
Type: Journal Article
Vegetation change at high elevation: scale dependence and interactive effects on Niwot Ridge
Publication Date: 2015-11-02
Type: Journal Article
Plasticity in nitrogen form uptake and preference in response to long-term nitrogen fertilization
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Grassland Arthropods Are Controlled by Direct and Indirect Interactions with Cattle but Are Largely Unaffected by Plant Provenance
Publication Date: 2015-07-09
Type: Journal Article
Committing to ecological restoration
Suding K; Higgs E; Palmer M; Callicott JB; Anderson CB; Baker M; Gutrich JJ; Hondula KL; LaFevor MC; Larson BMH...
- Suding K
- Higgs E
- Palmer M
- Callicott JB
- Anderson CB
- Baker M
- Gutrich JJ
- Hondula KL
- LaFevor MC
- Larson BMH
Publication Date: 2015-05-08
Type: Journal Article
Indirect effects of global change accumulate to alter plant diversity but not ecosystem function in alpine tundra
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Assembly of root-associated bacteria communities: interactions between abiotic and biotic factors
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Competition and soil resource environment alter plant - soil feedbacks for native and exotic grasses
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems
Hobbs RJ; Higgs E; Hall CM; Bridgewater P; Chapin FS; Ellis EC; Ewel JJ; Hallett LM; Harris J; Hulvey KB...
- Hobbs RJ
- Higgs E
- Hall CM
- Bridgewater P
- Chapin FS
- Ellis EC
- Ewel JJ
- Hallett LM
- Harris J
- Hulvey KB
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Type: Journal Article
Using functional diversity patterns to explore metacommunity dynamics: a framework for understanding local and regional influences on community structure
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Evaluating Ecosystem Services Provided by Non-Native Species: An Experimental Test in California Grasslands
Publication Date: 2014-09-15
Type: Journal Article
Altered water and nitrogen input shifts succession in a southern California coastal sage community
Publication Date: 2014-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is?
Standish RJ; Hobbs RJ; Mayfield MM; Bestelmeyer BT; Suding KN; Battaglia LL; Eviner V; Hawkes CV; Temperton VM; Cramer V...
- Standish RJ
- Hobbs RJ
- Mayfield MM
- Bestelmeyer BT
- Suding KN
- Battaglia LL
- Eviner V
- Hawkes CV
- Temperton VM
- Cramer VA
Publication Date: 2014-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Shrub expansion over the past 62 years in Rocky Mountain alpine tundra: possible causes and consequences
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Type: Journal Article
Biotic mechanisms of community stability shift along a precipitation gradient
Hallett LM; Hsu JS; Cleland EE; Collins SL; Dickson TL; Farrer EC; Gherardi LA; Gross KL; Hobbs RJ; Turnbull L...
- Hallett LM
- Hsu JS
- Cleland EE
- Collins SL
- Dickson TL
- Farrer EC
- Gherardi LA
- Gross KL
- Hobbs RJ
- Turnbull L
Publication Date: 2014-06-01
Type: Journal Article
Separating direct and indirect effects of global change: a population dynamic modeling approach using readily available field data
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Staged invasions across disparate grasslands: effects of seed provenance, consumers and disturbance on productivity and species richness
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Nitrogen deposition alters plant-fungal relationships: linking belowground dynamics to aboveground vegetation change
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Intra-annual rainfall regime shifts competitive interactions between coastal sage scrub and invasive grasses
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Applying competition theory to invasion: resource impacts indicate invasion mechanisms in California shrublands
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Type: Journal Article
ECOLOGY A leak in the loop
Publication Date: 2013-11-28
Type: Journal Article
Effect of propagule pressure on recovery of a California grassland after an extreme disturbance
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Sustaining ecosystem functions in a changing world: a call for an integrated approach
Tomimatsu H; Sasaki T; Kurokawa H; Bridle JR; Fontaine C; Kitano J; Stouffer DB; Vellend M; Bezemer TM; Fukami T...
- Tomimatsu H
- Sasaki T
- Kurokawa H
- Bridle JR
- Fontaine C
- Kitano J
- Stouffer DB
- Vellend M
- Bezemer TM
- Fukami T
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Changes in alpine vegetation over 21 years: Are patterns across a heterogeneous landscape consistent with predictions?
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Pages
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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