Name: Lisa A. Schulte

Title: Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology

Contact Information:
Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3221
515-294-7339 (Phone)
lschulte@iastate.edu

Research Interest:
The focus of Lisa’s research is on ecosystem patterning and dynamics, with special emphasis on long time periods and broad spatial scales, as well as sustainable land management. This research falls within the discipline of landscape ecology and involves field- and computer-based research projects. Her forestry-related research assesses 1) change in Lake States regional ecosystems, 2) opportunities for coordination of forest management practices across private ownership boundaries, 3) the maintenance of oak ecosystems within the Midwest Driftless Area, 4) avian community response to spatial patterns created by gap-based silviculture, and 5) long-term forest response to catastrophic windthrow and salvage logging. Agroecological projects address the strategic perennialization of agricultural landscapes and include assessing 1) the acceptability of perennial plantings to rural stakeholders, 2) the effects of federal agricultural policy on landscape change, and 3) the effect of landscape heterogeneity on natural enemy insect populations. Lisa seeks an integrated approach in her research on sustainable land management; ecological and socioeconomic dimensions are of interest and considered where possible.

Additional Information:
Curriculum Vita
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