Ecology & Conservation

SES faculty lead research programs investigating biodiversity, ecosystem function, the ecological impacts of human activities, and strategies for ecosystem conservation and management. Our research spans local, landscape, and global scales, and natural and managed terrestrial and aquatic systems. Often collaborating across disciplines and between academic, government, and non-profit sectors, we examine ecological, cultural, and political dimensions of conservation planning.

Who we are

Landscape Conservation Initiative Clare Aslan, Tom Sisk, Brett Dickson, Sara Souther

Aquatic ecology & evolution Rebecca Best

Plant functional ecology Rachel Mitchell

Soil ecology Nancy Johnson

Biogeochemistry Buck Sanford

Paleoecology Scott Anderson

Herpetology & conservation Erika Nowak

Remote sensing geoinformatics Teki Sankey

Plant ecology & conservation Laura Huenneke

Collaborators

At NAU

• Many faculty in this area collaborate broadly across NAU, with faculty in Biology, Forestry, and the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Outside NAU

• USGS Southwest Biological Sciences Center

For students