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  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Susan Harrison is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research focuses broadly within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences fields, with specific attention to Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Plant Science.

Harrison's main topics of study include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Several recent papers illustrate Harrison's research contributions:

  • "Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Climate and plant community diversity in space and time," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Linking Plant Functional Ecology to Island Biogeography," 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Plant community diversity will decline more than increase under climatic warming," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Invasive species interact with climatic variability to reduce success of natives," 2020, Ecology

Harrison frequently publishes in the journal Ecology, with six publications, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, with five publications. Additional publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Vegetation Science, and Journal of Ecology.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Harrison's work, with frequent co-authors including Francesco de Bello, Jürgen Dengler, Ricardo Ibáñez, Anke Jentsch, and Meelis Pärtel, each contributing to shared research projects and publications.

Recognition of Harrison's scientific contributions is indicated by their membership in the National Academy of Sciences, awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist

    Marti J. Anderson;Thomas O. Crist;Jonathan M. Chase;Mark Vellend

  • Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Douglas W. Schemske;Howard V. Cornell;Andrew P. Allen

  • Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.

    John J. Wiens;David D. Ackerly;Andrew P. Allen;Brian L. Anacker

  • Local extinction in a metapopulation context: an empirical evaluation

    Susan Harrison

  • Habitat fragmentation and large‐scale conservation: what do we know for sure?

    Susan Harrison;Emilio Bruna

  • The spatial spread of invasions: new developments in theory and evidence

    Alan Hastings;Kim Cuddington;Kendi F. Davies;Christopher J. Dugaw

  • ''How Local Is Local?''—A Review of Practical and Conceptual Issues in the Genetics of Restoration

    John K. McKay;Caroline E. Christian;Susan Harrison;Kevin J. Rice

  • Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients

    Nathan J. B. Kraft;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Liza S. Comita;Liza S. Comita;Jonathan M. Chase;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders

  • Beta diversity on geographic gradients in Britain

    Susan Harrison;Sally J. Ross;John H. Lawton

  • Empirical Evidence for Metapopulation Dynamics

    Susan Harrison;Andrew D. Taylor

  • Is habitat fragmentation bad for biodiversity

    Lenore Fahrig;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Joseph R. Bennett;Véronique Boucher-Lalonde

  • Metapopulation Dynamics and Genetics

    Alan Hastings;Susan Harrison

  • SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY EXPLAINS THE SCALE DEPENDENCE OF THE NATIVE-EXOTIC DIVERSITY RELATIONSHIP

    Kendi F. Davies;Peter Chesson;Susan Harrison;Brian D. Inouye

  • Invasion in a heterogeneous world: resistance, coexistence or hostile takeover?

    Brett A. Melbourne;Howard V. Cornell;Kendi F. Davies;Christopher J. Dugaw

  • Distribution of the bay checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas editha bayensis: evidence for a metapopulation model

    Susan Harrison;Dennis D. Murphy;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation and isolation on species richness: evidence from biogeographic patterns

    James F. Quinn;Susan P. Harrison

  • What Are Species Pools and When Are They Important

    Howard V. Cornell;Susan P. Harrison

  • Genetic and evolutionary consequences of metapopulation structure

    Susan Harrison;Alan Hastings

  • Correlated environments and the persistence of metapopulations

    Susan Harrison;James F. Quinn

  • Two Invasive Plants Alter Soil Microbial Community Composition in Serpentine Grasslands

    Katharine M. Batten;Kate M. Scow;Kendi F. Davies;Susan P. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard V. Cornell
Howard V. Cornell University of California, Davis
Ellen I. Damschen
Ellen I. Damschen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis
Anu Eskelinen
Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu
James B. Grace
James B. Grace United States Geological Survey
Kendi F. Davies
Kendi F. Davies University of Colorado Boulder
Mark Vellend
Mark Vellend Université de Sherbrooke
Alan Hastings
Alan Hastings University of California, Davis
Nathan J. B. Kraft
Nathan J. B. Kraft University of California, Los Angeles
Marko J. Spasojevic
Marko J. Spasojevic University of California, Riverside

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