Population, Community Ecology

Biodiversity conservation requires a sophisticated understanding of the processes that influence populations and communities. What factors limit species distributions? How do species interact with one another and the physical environment? What mechanisms allow species to coexist? How do populations respond to disturbance, and how do changes in one species’ population influence the behavior of other species? Researchers study a wide variety of species and communities in order to answer these and other questions.

Faculty Experts

• Michael Barbour
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | History, Culture
• Marissa Leanne Baskett
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Coasts and Oceans | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• William A. Bennett
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Virginia Boucher
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population, Community Ecology
• Kent Bradford
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Population Genetics | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach
• Timothy Caro
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Stressors on Animals
• Timothy C Choy
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population, Community Ecology
• John M. Eadie
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Population Genetics | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Food, Agriculture
• Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Holly Ernest
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population Genetics | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Disease
• Valerie Eviner
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach | Business, Management
• Erica Fleishman
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Stressors on Plants | Stressors on Animals | Land Use Planning | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance | Business, Management
• Susan Harrison
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Marcel Holyoak
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Population, Community Ecology | Habitat Restoration
• Lynne A. Isbell
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population, Community Ecology
• Michael Johnson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Population, Community Ecology | Toxicology | Stressors on Animals | Deltas and Estuaries | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Food, Agriculture
• Brian R. Johnson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population Genetics | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Disease | Stressors on Animals
• A. Peter Klimley
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans
• Andrew Latimer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Edwin Lewis
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Stressors on Plants | Soil Microbes | Human, Community Health | Food, Agriculture
• Mary Brooke McEachern
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Population Genetics | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Stressors on Animals | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach
• Neil McRoberts
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Disease | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Peter Moyle
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• David Neale
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population Genetics | Population, Community Ecology | Plants
• Malcolm North
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Wildlife | Stressors on Plants | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance
• James F. Quinn
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Geospatial Analysis | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Water Policy
• Suzana M Sawyer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Population, Community Ecology | Land Use Planning | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance
• Sebastian Schreiber
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population Genetics | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species
• Mark W. Schwartz
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Kate M. Scow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Soil Microbes | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Jay Stachowicz
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Coasts and Oceans | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Maureen Stanton
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Population, Community Ecology
• Lisa Thompson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Lakes | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Brian Todd
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Toxicology | Stressors on Animals | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Dirk Van Vuren
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Heiko Wittmer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife
• Truman P. Young
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Effects on Plants and Wildlife