Members of the Barron-Gafford Research Group study the interactive effects of vegetation and climate change on plant & ecosystem function to inform forecasting and decision makers.
We use principles learned in studying the ecology of natural dryland ecosystems to help create more sustainable human-derived food-energy-water systems.
Use the pull-down menus associated with "Research" above to learn more about specific projects centered on:
* Agrivoltaics (Co-located Food and Energy Production)
* Solar Heat Island Effect
* Ecohydrology of dryland savannas and mountain ecosystems
We use principles learned in studying the ecology of natural dryland ecosystems to help create more sustainable human-derived food-energy-water systems.
Use the pull-down menus associated with "Research" above to learn more about specific projects centered on:
* Agrivoltaics (Co-located Food and Energy Production)
* Solar Heat Island Effect
* Ecohydrology of dryland savannas and mountain ecosystems
We are biogeographers
We study the distribution of species and ecosystems across geographic space and through geologic time. To understand historic, current, and future distributions, you have to know about the climate, the sensitivities of organisms to environmental stressors, how efficiently each uses resources, and how the species interact with one another.
We are ecologists and plant physiologists
We examine these interactions among organisms and their environment, working across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
We are ecosystem scientists
We make use of multi-scale approaches to quantify patterns of carbon & water flux in space and time using a suite of traditional and new technologies.
We study the distribution of species and ecosystems across geographic space and through geologic time. To understand historic, current, and future distributions, you have to know about the climate, the sensitivities of organisms to environmental stressors, how efficiently each uses resources, and how the species interact with one another.
We are ecologists and plant physiologists
We examine these interactions among organisms and their environment, working across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
We are ecosystem scientists
We make use of multi-scale approaches to quantify patterns of carbon & water flux in space and time using a suite of traditional and new technologies.
Drawing courtesy of WK Barron-Gafford