Research
Hall Cushman’s research group at UNR focuses on a wide range of questions in ecology at the population, community, ecosystem and landscape levels. They are especially interested in the ecological consequences of anthropogenic climate change, the long-term dynamics of tree and shrub populations, the restoration of riparian corridors in arid landscapes, the influence of native and domestic herbivores on plant communities, and the ecology of invasive, non-native plants. The group has a strong applied emphasis and strives to provide science-based insights about the management, conservation and restoration of human-altered landscapes.
Below are details on the Cushman lab's current research projects:
Evaluating Aspen Decline and its Drivers
The Fate of Sky Islands in a Rapidly Changing World
Cascading Effects of Reintroducing Long-Extirpated Herbivores
Below are details on research projects that Hall and collaborators have completed:
Long-Term Responses of Sagebrush Ecosystems to Conifer Removal
Cattle Grazing and the Management of Invaded Ecosystems
Mammalian Consumers as Mediators of Oak Recruitment
Exotic Plant Pathogens as Drivers of Forest Ecosystems
Herbivores and Facilitation Mediate Plant Invasions
Community-Level Impacts of Plant Invasions
Shrubs, Herbivores & Environmental Stress as Mediators of Ecosystems
Diversity, Spacing and Body-Size Patterns of Ant Assemblages
Dynamics of Insect Mutualisms
The lab has an active group of graduate students, postdocs and research technicians working on research projects in ecology, conservation biology and restoration ecology – and we are always on the look-out for bright, motivated individuals who want to join our group (see the link titled "Join the Lab" at the above menu bar for more details).
Below are details on the Cushman lab's current research projects:
Evaluating Aspen Decline and its Drivers
The Fate of Sky Islands in a Rapidly Changing World
Cascading Effects of Reintroducing Long-Extirpated Herbivores
Below are details on research projects that Hall and collaborators have completed:
Long-Term Responses of Sagebrush Ecosystems to Conifer Removal
Cattle Grazing and the Management of Invaded Ecosystems
Mammalian Consumers as Mediators of Oak Recruitment
Exotic Plant Pathogens as Drivers of Forest Ecosystems
Herbivores and Facilitation Mediate Plant Invasions
Community-Level Impacts of Plant Invasions
Shrubs, Herbivores & Environmental Stress as Mediators of Ecosystems
Diversity, Spacing and Body-Size Patterns of Ant Assemblages
Dynamics of Insect Mutualisms
The lab has an active group of graduate students, postdocs and research technicians working on research projects in ecology, conservation biology and restoration ecology – and we are always on the look-out for bright, motivated individuals who want to join our group (see the link titled "Join the Lab" at the above menu bar for more details).