Population Biology Graduate Group at UC Davis
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Susan Harrison
Professor
Environmental Science and Policy
3128 Wickson Hall
Office 752-7110
Lab
spharrison@ucdavis.edu
 

Degrees:
1989 - PhD - Stanford University - Biology

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Population Biology

Publications:
Harrison S, J Maron and G Huxel. 2000. Regional patterns of fluctuation and turnover in five plants confined to serpentine seeps.. Conservation Biology. :(in press)

Harrison S. 1999. Local and regional diversity in a patchy landscape: native, alien and endemic herbs on serpentine soils . Ecology. 80:70-80

Harrison S . 1997. How natural habitat patchiness affects the diversity of Californian serpentine chaparral. Ecology. 78:1898-1906

Research Interests:
My interests are in population dynamics, community structure and conservation, especially spatial issues such as the roles of habitat fragmentation and limited dispersal. Current research projects include the following: (1) regional-scale patterns of invasion in California grasslands, (2) population persistence and community diversity in plants on serpentine outcrops.

Teaching Interests:


Ecology, conservation biology, natural history.

Courses Taught:
ECL 208 Conservation Biology (Graduate)
ESP 100 General Ecology (Undergraduate)