Katharine Nash SudingAssistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Research Interests |
Community ecology, plant-soil feedbacks, species invasions, restoration, environmental change | |
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Academic Distinctions |
Young Investigator Award, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation CNRS Fellow, French government, Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique Rackham Predoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Helen Olson Brower Memorial Fellow, University of Michigan |
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| Appointments |
Research scientist, University of Colorado (1999-2003) Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University (2000-2002) |
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Research Abstract |
My research is focused on improving our ability to predict how environmental changes (climate, non-native species, landuse) will affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In general, my laboratory employs experimental techniques to asses the roles of important drivers of change and to identify important processes and mechanisms in complex natural systems. We study the effects of these environmental changes in field settings ranging from alpine tundra to Mediterranean grassland plant communities. We take a broad approach to understand the complex interactions that underlay these questions, including assessments of species interactions, demography, diversity, microbial effects, and resource use. Our ultimate goal is application to restoration and conservation challenges. | |
| Publications | Hobbs, R.J. and K.N. Suding, eds. In press. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration. Island Press, Washington DC. Expected publication late 2008. | |
| Meier, C.L., K.N. Suding, and W.D. Bowman. In press. Carbon flux from plant to soil: roots are a belowground source of phenolic secondary compounds in an alpine ecosystem. Journal of Ecology. | ||
| Ashton IW, Miller AE, Bowman WD, and KN Suding. In press. Nitrogen preferences and plant-soil feedbacks as influenced by neighbors in the alpine tundra. Oecologia. | ||
| E.E. Cleland, C.M. Clark, S.L. Collins, J.E. Fargione, L. Gough, K.L. Gross, D.G. Milchunas, S.C. Pennings, W.D. Bowman, I.C. Burke, W.K. Lauenroth, G. P. Robertson, J.C. Simpson, D. Tilman and K.N. Suding. In press. Species responses to nitrogen fertilization in herbaceous plant communities and associated species traits (Data paper). Ecology. | ||
| Suding, K.N., I. Ashton, H. Bechtold, W. Bowman, M. Mobley, and R. Winkleman. In press. Plant and microbe contribution to community resilience in a directionally changing environment. Ecology. | ||
| Seastedt, T.R, R. Hobbs, and K.N. Suding. In press. Management of novel ecosystems: are novel approaches required? Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment. | ||
| Chalcraft, D., S. Cox, E.E. Cleland, C.M. Clark, K.N. Suding, E. Weiher, and D. Pennington. In press. Nitrogen enrichment studies often overestimate plant species loss at large spatial scales: the importance of beta diversity. Ecology. | ||
| Potts, D.L., W.S. Harpole, M.L. Goulden and K.N. Suding. In press. The impact of invasion and subsequent removal of an exotic thistle, Cynara cardunculus, on CO2 and H2O vapor exchange in coastal California grassland. Biological Invasions. | ||
| Suding, K.N., S. Lavorel, F.S. Chapin, H. Cornelissen, S. Diaz, E. Garnier, D. Goldberg, D.U. Hooper, S.T. Jackson and M.L. Navas. In press. Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants. Global Change Biology. | ||
| Cherwin, K., T.R. Seastedt, and K.N. Suding. In press. Effects of nutrient manipulations and grass removal on cover, species composition, and invasibility of a novel grassland in Colorado. Restoration Ecology. | ||
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Gross, N., K.N. Suding, and S.L. Lavorel. 2007. Leaf dry matter content and lateral spread predict response to land use change for six subalpine grassland species. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 289-300. Clark, C., E.E. Cleland, S.C. Collins, J. Fargione, L. Gough, K.L. Gross, S. Pennings, K.N. Suding, and J. Grace. 2007. Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment. Ecology Letters 10: 596-607. Reed, S.C., T.R. Seastedt, C.M. Mann, K.N. Suding, and A.R. Townsend. 2007. Phosphorus fertilization stimulates nitrogen fixation and increases inorganic nitrogen concentrations in a restored prairie. Applied Soil Ecology 36: 238-242. Seastedt, T.R., and K.N. Suding. 2007. Biotic constraints on the invasion on diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in North American grasslands. Oecologia 151: 626-636. Miller, A.E., W.D. Bowman, and K.N. Suding. 2007. Plant uptake of inorganic and organic nitrogen: neighbor identity matters. Ecology 88: 1832-1840. Gross, N., K.N. Suding, and S. Lavorel. 2007. Complementarity as a mechanism of coexistence between functional groups of grasses. Journal of Ecology 95: 1296-1305. Harpole, W.S., D. Potts, and K.N. Suding. 2007. Ecosystem responses to water and nitrogen amendment in a California grassland. Global Change Biology 13: 2341-2348. Harpole, W.S. and K.N. Suding. 2007. Frequency-dependence stabilizes competitive interactions among four annual plants. Ecology Letters 10: 1164-1169. |
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Suding, K.N. and K.L. Gross. 2006. Modifying native and exotic species richness correlations: the influence of fire and seed addition. Ecological Applications 16:1319-1326. Talluto, M.V., K.N. Suding, and P.A. Bowler. 2006. Factors affecting understory establishment in coastal sage restoration. Madrono 53: 55-59. Suding, K.N., A. Miller, H. Bechtold, and W. Bowman. 2006. The consequence of species loss on ecosystem nitrogen cycling depends on community compensation dynamics. Oecologia 149: 141-149. Suding, K.N. and K.L. Gross. 2006. “The dynamic nature of ecological systems: multiple states and restoration trajectories” pages 190-209 in Foundations of Restoration Ecology, D. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler, eds, Island Press. Walker, M., C.H. Wahren, R. Hollister, G. Henry, K.N. Suding et al. 2006. Responses to experimental warming across the tundra biome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 103 (5): 1342-1346. LeJeune, K.D., K.N. Suding, and T.R. Seastedt. 2006. Nutrient availability does not explain invasion and dominance of a mixed grass prairie by the exotic forb Centaurea diffusa Lam. Applied Soil Ecology 32: 98-110. Suding, K.N., S.L. Collins, L. Gough, C. Clark, E.E. Cleland, K.L. Gross, D.G. Milchunas, and S. Pennings. 2005. Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 102: 4387-4392. ***Selected as editors choice, Science 308: 326-327. Pennings, S.C., C.M. Clark, E.E.Cleland, S.L. Collins, L. Gough, K.L. Gross, D.G. Milchunas, and K.N. Suding. 2005. Do individual plant species show predictable responses to nitrogen addition across multiple experiments? Oikos110 (3): 547-555. Seastedt, T.R., K.N. Suding, and K.D. LeJeune. 2005. Understanding invasions: the rise and fall of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in North America. In: Inderjit, ed, Invasive Plants: ecological and agricultural aspects. Basal, Switzerland, Birkhauser-Verlag AG. Suding, K.N. 2005. Book review. The practice of restoration and the science of ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 587-588. LeJeune KD, K.N Suding, Sturgis S, Scott A, Seastedt TR. 2005. Biological control insect use of fertilized and unfertilized diffuse knapweed in a Colorado grassland. Environmental Entomology 34 (1): 225-234. Clark, B.R., C. deMazancourt, K.N. Suding, and S.E. Hartley. 2005. The effect of recycling on plant competitive hierarchies. American Naturalist 165 (6): 609-622. Suding, K.N., K.L. Gross, and G. Houseman. 2004. Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 46-53. Suding, K.N., K.D. LeJeune, and T.R. Seastedt. 2004. Competitive impacts and responses of an invasive weed: dependencies on nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Oecologia 141: 526-535. Suding, K.N., J. Larson, E. Thorsos, H. Steltzer, and W.B. Bowman. 2004. Species effects on resource supply rates: do they influence competitive interactions? Plant Ecology 175: 47-58. Suding, K.N., D.E. Goldberg, and K.M. Hartman. 2003. Relationships among species traits: separating levels of response and identifying linkages to abundance. Concepts and Synthesis Section. Ecology 84: 1-16. Emery, S.M., K.L. Gross, and K.N. Suding. 2003. Spring burns best for controlling spotted knapweed in prairie restoration experiment. Ecological Restoration 21: 137-138. Suding, K. N. and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Do disturbances alter competitive hierarchies? Mechanisms of change following gap creation. Ecology 82: 2133-2149. Suding, K.N. 2001. The effects of gap creation on competitive interactions: separating changes in overall intensity from relative rankings. Oikos 94: 219-227. Suding, K.N. 2001. The effect of spring burning on competitive ranking of prairie species. Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 849-856. Suding, K. N. and D.E. Goldberg. 1999. Variation in the effects of litter and vegetation across productivity gradients. Journal of Ecology 78:436-449. |
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| Grants | National Science Foundation, “Long-term ecological research: the landscape continuum model – a biogeochemical paradigm for high elevation ecosystems.” December 2004 - November 2010. Co-PI (with 10 others). $5.6 million. | |
| National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, “Multiple states in grassland systems: invasion and environmental feedbacks” August 2006-July 2011. PI. $475,000. | ||
| United States Department of Agriculture, CREES National Competitive Grants Program, “Mechanistic Foundations of State and Transition Models: Linking Application and Theory” July 2006-June 2010. PI. $400,000. | ||
| Center for Invasive Plant Management, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, “Managing the spread of invasive plants: application of the threshold concept in a spatially-explicit model tool.” May 2006-September 2007. PI. $30,000. | ||
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Young Investigator Award, “Feedbacks Between Species and Ecosystem Function: N Form Use & Carbon Compound Inputs” April 2005-March 2009. PI. $230,000. | ||
| Department of Energy, “Physiological, demographic, and competitive controls on the response of California ecosystems to environmental change.” May 2005-April 2008. Co-PI w/ Michael Goulden, UCI. $1.13 million. Renewal pending (2008-2013, 1.5 million) | ||
| Integrated Hardwood Management Program, University of California, “Landscape-scale Relationships between Oak Recruitment and Livestock Management” July 2005-June 2010. PI. $115,000. | ||
| The Nature Conservancy, “Priority effects, exotics, and edges: tests of invasion and invasion resistance at IRLR” Sept 2004-December 2006. PI. $92,000. | ||
| Nature Reserve of Orange County, “Measuring the sustainability of Cynara cardunculus control efforts in historic Californian rangeland” 2007-2009. PI. $162,000. | ||
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5114 | |
| Last updated | 03/14/2008 | |
| (This faculty member is (or was) affiliated with UCI, but does not currently have an active appointment with UCI.) | ||