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  • 1949 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Lawrence R. Walker is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines, primarily focusing on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work covers various subfields including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and molecular biology. The main topics Lawrence R. Walker has explored include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, rangeland and wildlife management, fire effects on ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, aeolian processes and effects, and antimicrobial peptides and activities.

Lawrence R. Walker's recent notable publications are:

  • The Ecology of Disturbance Interactions, 2020, BioScience
  • Revealing the Specificity of a Range of Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Nanodiscs by Native Mass Spectrometry, 2020, Biochemistry
  • Lipid Tails Modulate Antimicrobial Peptide Membrane Incorporation and Activity, 2022, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Global Drivers Influencing Vegetation during Succession: Factors and Implications, 2024, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Lipid Tails Modulate Antimicrobial Peptide Membrane Incorporation and Activity, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have also published a book titled Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World in 2020, released by Cambridge University Press.

Frequent co-authors of Lawrence R. Walker include:

  • Karel Prach
  • Michael T. Marty
  • Philip J. Burton
  • Petra Janečková
  • Anke Jentsch

Lawrence R. Walker has a record of publishing in venues such as BioScience, Biochemistry, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, Journal of Vegetation Science, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

The award listed in association with their profile is Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 1949.

Best Publications

  • Competition and facilitation: a synthetic approach to interactions in plant communities

    Ragan M. Callaway;Lawrence R. Walker

  • Biological invasion by Myrica faya in Hawai'i: plant demography, nitrogen fixation, ecosystem effects

    Peter M. Vitousek;Lawrence R. Walker

  • The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development

    Lawrence R. Walker;David A. Wardle;Richard D. Bardgett;Bruce D. Clarkson

  • Mechanisms of Primary Succession Following Deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska

    F. Stuart Chapin;Lawrence R. Walker;Christopher L. Fastie;Lewis C. Sharman

  • Ecosystem Properties and Forest Decline in Contrasting Long-Term Chronosequences

    David A. Wardle;Lawrence R. Walker;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Biological Invasion by Myrica faya Alters Ecosystem Development in Hawaii

    Peter M. Vitousek;Lawrence R. Walker;Louis D. Whiteaker;Dieter Mueller-Dombois

  • Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation

    Lawrence R. Walker;Roger del Moral

  • Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground

    Lawrence R. Walker

  • Understanding ecosystem retrogression

    Duane A. Peltzer;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Victoria J. Allison;W. Troy Baisden

  • Four opportunities for studies of ecological succession

    Karel Prach;Lawrence R. Walker

  • Interactions among processes controlling successional change

    L. R. Walker;F. S. Chapin

  • Tree damage and recovery from Hurricane Hugo in Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

    Lawrence R. Walker

  • Ecological mitigation of hillslope instability: ten key issues facing researchers and practitioners

    Alexia Stokes;Grant B. Douglas;Thierry Fourcaud;Filippo Giadrossich

  • The Role of Life History Processes in Primary Succession on an Alaskan Floodplain

    Lawrence R. Walker;John C. Zasada;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Summary of the effects of Caribbean hurricanes on vegetation.

    Nicholas V. L. Brokaw;Lawrence R. Walker

  • Nutrient limitations to plant growth during primary succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

    Peter M. Vitousek;Lawrence R. Walker;Louis D. Whiteaker;Pamela A. Matson

  • Linking restoration and ecological succession

    Lawrence R. Walker;Joe Walker;Richard J. Hobbs

  • An Invader Alters Germination and Growth of Native Dominant Tree in Hawai'i

    Lawrence R. Walker;Peter M. Vitousek

  • ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND PLANT SUCCESSION ON LANDSLIDES IN THE CARIBBEAN

    Lawrence R. Walker;Daniel J. Zarin;Ned Fetcher;Randall W. Myster

  • Is successional research nearing its climax? New approaches for understanding dynamic communities

    Scott J. Meiners;Marc W. Cadotte;Jason D. Fridley;Steward T. A. Pickett

  • Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation: References

    Lawrence R. Walker;Roger del Moral

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Bellingham
Peter J. Bellingham Landcare Research
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Duane A. Peltzer
Duane A. Peltzer Landcare Research
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University
Peter M. Vitousek
Peter M. Vitousek Stanford University
Michael R. Willig
Michael R. Willig University of Connecticut
Ned Fetcher
Ned Fetcher Wilkes University
Karel Prach
Karel Prach University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Roger del Moral
Roger del Moral University of Washington
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia

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