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31
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14804
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8169
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2702

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Valerie T. Eviner is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States, focusing primarily on Environmental Science. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, and Soil Science.

The scientist has contributed to topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Forest Management and Policy, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Forest ecology and management.

Recent publications by Valerie T. Eviner include:

  • Climate change drivers alter root controls over litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland (2021) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Increases in soil and woody biomass carbon stocks as a result of rangeland riparian restoration (2020) published in Carbon Balance and Management
  • Grazing affects vegetation diversity and heterogeneity in California vernal pools (2021) published in Ecology
  • Context-dependent effects of a reintroduced ungulate on soil properties are driven by soil texture, moisture, and herbivore activity (2020) published in Ecology and Evolution
  • Vernal pool wetlands respond to livestock grazing, exclusion and reintroduction (2021) published in Journal of Applied Ecology

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Carbon Balance and Management
  • Ecology
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution

Valerie T. Eviner has collaborated often with several researchers, including:

  • Kenneth W. Tate
  • Julia Michaels
  • Zhen Li
  • Fuwei Wang
  • Fanglong Su

The scientist's career includes recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2020, and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) awarded in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin Iii;Erika S. Zavaleta;Valerie T. Eviner;Rosamond L. Naylor

  • Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Kathryn Amatangelo;Ellen Dorrepaal

  • Understanding the long-term effects of species invasions.

    David L. Strayer;Valerie T. Eviner;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Michael L. Pace

  • The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin in soil aggregation: comparing effects of five plant species

    Matthias C. Rillig;Sara F. Wright;Valerie T. Eviner

  • Functional Matrix: A Conceptual Framework for Predicting Multiple Plant Effects on Ecosystem Processes

    Valerie T. Eviner;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is?

    Rachel J. Standish;Richard J. Hobbs;Margaret M. Mayfield;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer

  • Integrating microbial ecology into ecosystem models: challenges and priorities

    Kathleen K. Treseder;Teri C. Balser;Mark A. Bradford;Eoin L. Brodie

  • Infectious Disease Ecology

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing;Valerie T. Eviner

  • Embracing Variability in the Application of Plant–Soil Interactions to the Restoration of Communities and Ecosystems

    Valerie T. Eviner;Christine Veronica Hawkes

  • Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing;Valerie T. Eviner

  • PLANT TRAITS THAT INFLUENCE ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES VARY INDEPENDENTLY AMONG SPECIES

    Valerie T. Eviner

  • Ways forward for resilience research in agroecosystems

    Caitlin A. Peterson;Valerie T. Eviner;Amélie C.M. Gaudin

  • Effects of host diversity on disease dynamics.

    M. Begon;R. S. Ostfeld;F. Keesing;V. T. Eviner

  • Measuring the Effects of Invasive Plants on Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Prospects

    Valerie T. Eviner;Kelly Garbach;Jill H. Baty;Sarah A. Hoskinson

  • Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland

    Haiyan Ren;Valerie T. Eviner;Weiyang Gui;Gail W. T. Wilson

  • Soil Carbon Pools in California’s Annual Grassland Ecosystems

    Whendee L. Silver;Rebecca Ryals;Valerie Eviner

  • Increasing flexibility in rangeland management during drought

    Emily Kachergis;Justin D. Derner;Bethany B. Cutts;Leslie M. Roche

  • The temporal development and additivity of plant-soil feedback in perennial grasses

    Christine Veronica Hawkes;Stephanie N. Kivlin;Jennifer Du;Valerie T. Eviner

  • SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN PLANT SPECIES EFFECTS ON SOIL N AND P DYNAMICS

    Valerie T. Eviner;F. Stuart Chapin;Charles E. Vaughn

  • Sustaining Working Rangelands: Insights from Rancher Decision Making☆

    Leslie M. Roche;Tracy K. Schohr;Justin D. Derner;Mark N. Lubell

  • Soil microbial community structure is unaltered by plant invasion, vegetation clipping, and nitrogen fertilization in experimental semi-arid grasslands

    Chelsea J. Carey;J. Michael Beman;Valerie T. Eviner;Carolyn M. Malmstrom

Frequent Co-Authors

F. Stuart Chapin
F. Stuart Chapin University of Alaska Fairbanks
Felicia Keesing
Felicia Keesing Bard College
Richard S. Ostfeld
Richard S. Ostfeld Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Shuijin Hu
Shuijin Hu North Carolina State University
Christine V. Hawkes
Christine V. Hawkes North Carolina State University
Kenneth W. Tate
Kenneth W. Tate University of California, Davis
María Uriarte
María Uriarte Columbia University
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Eileen White
Eileen White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sarah E. Hobbie
Sarah E. Hobbie University of Minnesota

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