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Eastern Sierra Jeffrey Pines
Eastern Sierra Jeffrey Pines
Restoring forests to fire-adapted conditions
eCO2 Research
eCO2 Research
Providing a novel CO2 enrichment experiment for plant research
Seedlings & Climate
Seedlings & Climate
Studying the interacting effects of water stress and eCO2 in California oaks
Field-based teaching as a tool for equity
Field-based teaching as a tool for equity
My pedagogy research examines (1) how field-based programs influence student peer networks; (2) how mentorship quality and composition interact with student identity in field settings. I am conducting research with the FUTURE in Biology team at UC Santa Cruz to generally characterize the mechanisms of field-based learning.
PUBLICATIONS
Nagy, R. C., J. K. Balch, … P. V. Kouba, … and K. Zhu. 2021. Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community. Ecosphere 12:e03833.
Jevon, F. V., D. De La Cruz*, J. A. LaManna, A. K. Lang, D. A. Orwig, S. Record, P. V. Kouba, M. P. Ayres, and J. H. Matthes. 2022. Experimental and observational evidence of negative conspecific density dependence in temperate ectomycorrhizal trees. Ecology 103.
Kouba, P., A. Latimer, M. Gilbert, T. Buckley. TinyFACE: A low-cost field experiment for elevated CO2 research on plants. In review (Methods in Ecology & Evolution)
Kouba, P., D. Bell, I. Clark*, A. Latimer, M. North, M. Odkins, D. Young. Prescribed and natural fire help restore fire-adapted conditions in an Eastern Sierra Jeffrey pine forest. In review (Forest Ecology & Management)
Kouba, P. , A. Latimer, M. Gilbert, T. Buckley, S. Perry*, S. Patwardhan*. The rich get richer: Future CO2 levels are more beneficial to well-watered seedlings of native CA oaks. In prep.
*Undergraduate researchers
ProQuest link to my Ph.D. Dissertation: "Once and Future Forests: Historical Reconstructions and Climate Change Experiments for California Pines and Oaks" (2024)
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