coHydrology
@ UB
Ecohydrology Group
Department of
Geography
Also Graduate Program in Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior
Research
Our research group is interested in the structure and function of ecosystems, the evolutionary dynamics of watersheds, the integrative role of plant-water relations on water, carbon, and nutrient cycling, and the behavior of organisms in response to hydroclimatic forcing and climate-driven disturbances. Our foci range in spatial extent from individuals to watersheds, temporal scales from minutes to centuries, and gradients of water status spanning wetlands to drylands. Our work combines observations and data collection with development of simulation models supported by spatial analysis (GIScience, remote sensing, and statistical methods).
A novel aspect of our work has been our pioneering effort to quantify and explain carbon-water relations and biotic function over spatial continua rather than unrealistic boundaries. This is important for making water resources and climate change policies that rely less on approximations based on unrealistic, fixed vegetative or other boundaries. Moreover, our approach accomodates fully transient ecosystem responses to non-stationarity in climate and anthropogenic pressures.
Research
Links
National
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE)
Chequamegon
Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS)
The
Susquehanna River Basin Hydrologic Observatory System
North
American Carbon Program (NACP)
Community of Science Profile
Semantic Integration of Geographic Information Training Group
Teaching
GEO 106 - Earth Systems Science II: Global Climate Change
GEO 347 - Climatic Geomorphology
GEO 561 - Ecohydrology
GEO 503 - Dimensions of Global Change
Service
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Chair, Standing Committee on Informatics, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI)
