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Biography
The role of time is central for understanding climate change impacts on our ecosystems. A primary theme of my research is “ecological memory” – How do past environmental and biological conditions shape the current behaviour of an ecological system? To answer this, I study the temporal dynamics and memory effects in systems spanning a range of time scales:
- Photosynthesis in fluctuating environments
- Tree growth
- Ecosystem carbon fluxes
- Ecosystem (particularly forest) origination, transformation, and resilience
I specialise in Bayesian data analysis, and my research often combines observational, experimental, and modelling approaches. For example, I am using chlorophyll fluorescence monitoring, manipulative experiments on plant mutants, and data-driven dynamical system models to understand the memory of non-photochemical quenching and how its various components work together in fluctuating environments.
Further Information
TEACHING
SPRING 2023
Module Lead: Biodiversity and Climate Change (KE5031)
Instructor: Geography Fieldwork (KE4003), Our Living Planet (KE4011), Introduction to Physical Environments (KE4014), Research and Fieldwork in Physical Geography (KE5027), Dissertation (KE6000)
AUTUMN 2022
Instructor: Understanding and Communicating Environmental Issues (KE3005), Academic Skills and Personal Development (KE4010), Work Placement Year (KE5034)
SPRING 2022
Module Lead: Biodiversity and Climate Change (KE5031)
Instructor: Geography Fieldwork (KE4003), Research and Fieldwork in Physical Geography (KE5027), Dissertation (KE6000)
AUTUMN 2021
Module Lead: Understanding and Communicating Environmental Issues (KE3005)
Instructor: Academic Skills and Personal Development (KE4010)
SPRING 2021
Instructor: Biodiversity and Climate Change (KE5031), Our Living Planet (KE4011), Geography Fieldwork (KE4003), Dissertation (KE6000)
AUTUMN 2020
Instructor: Understanding and Communicating Environmental Issues (KE3005), Academic Skills and Personal Development (KE4010)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Ecology, PhD, University of Wyoming
Award Date: 17 May 2015
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Research output
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The importance of monsoon precipitation for foundation tree species across the semiarid Southwestern U.S
Samuels-Crow, K. E., Peltier, D. M. P., Liu, Y., Guo, J. S., Welker, J. M., Anderegg, W. R. L., Koch, G. W., Schwalm, C., Litvak, M., Shaw, J. D. & Ogle, K., 30 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6, p. 1-15 15 p., 1116786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)22 Downloads (Pure) -
Estimation of pollen productivity and dispersal: How pollen assemblages in small lakes represent vegetation
Liu, Y., Ogle, K., Lichstein, J. W. & Jackson, S. T., 1 Aug 2022, In: Ecological Monographs. 92, 3, 19 p., e1513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining the role of environmental memory in the predictability of carbon and water fluxes across Australian ecosystems
Page, J. C., De Kauwe, M. G., Abramowitz, G., Cleverly, J., Hinko-Najera, N., Hovenden, M. J., Liu, Y., Pitman, A. J. & Ogle, K., 5 Apr 2022, In: Biogeosciences. 19, 7, p. 1913-1932 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temperature memory and non-structural carbohydrates mediate legacies of a hot drought in trees across the southwestern USA
Peltier, D. M. P., Guo, J., Nguyen, P., Bangs, M., Wilson, M., Samuels-Crow, K., Yocom, L. L., Liu, Y., Fell, M. K., Shaw, J. D., Auty, D., Schwalm, C., Anderegg, W. R. L., Koch, G. W., Litvak, M. E. & Ogle, K., Jan 2022, In: Tree Physiology. 42, 1, p. 71-85 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tree growth sensitivity to climate varies across a seasonal precipitation gradient
Yocom, L. L., Ogle, K., Peltier, D. M. P., Szejner, P., Liu, Y. & Monson, R. K., Apr 2022, In: Oecologia. 198, 4, p. 933-946 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)41 Downloads (Pure)