Director, Center for Conservation Innovation
Lindsay M. Dreiss, Ph.D.
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Research Goals
I use geospatial tools, field observations, and ecological models to identify mechanisms driving species responses to environmental change and forecast community shifts across space and time. To date, my work has focused on:
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EDUCATION
Forest & Invasive Species Ecology
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Explaining spatial disparities in invasive species success
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Comparing physiological and ecological responses of invasive and native species to environmental change
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Mechanistic modeling of future forest communities given climate change
2011 - 2016
PhD, University of Connecticut
Dept of Natural Resources and the Environment
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Other Interests
Environmental Education
Adaptive Management
Biodiversity Patterns & Analysis
Biodiversity is more complex than just the number of species in a location.
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Identifying and comparing spatial patterns in multiple dimensions of biodiversity (e.g., functional, phylogenetic, taxonomic) and across taxa
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Assessing consequences for using alternative metrics of biodiversity
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Applications for biodiversity conservation
2009 - 2011
MS, University of Connecticut
Dept of Natural Resources and the Environment
2005 - 2009
BA, Colby College
Major: Environmental Science
Minor: Environmental Education
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Best Available Science for Wildlife Conservation
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Spatial Distribution Modeling for refined range mapping
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Using science to inform more effective policy and conservation action
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Spatial pattern analyses for explaining species decline
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Mapping conservation objectives for protecting 30% of the US by 2030 (30x30)
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StoryMaps as learning and outreach tools
