Oregon State University
Heather E. Lintz
 

I am interested in plant ecology as an interdisciplinary study of complex systems. I am particularly interested in developing methods that lead to better understanding of complex systems for applications such as natural resource management, agricultural sustainability, and climate change.

Papers:

Cobourn, K., Lintz, H., Peckham, S., Saito, L. 2012. A framework to understand and guide research, management, and policy in rangelands subject to ecological thresholds. Submitted to Ecological Economics.

Lintz, H.E., Kruger, A., Neiemeier, J. 2012. Small automated sensor for vegetative bud break and flowering. Submitted to PlosOne.

Lintz, H. E., McCune, B., Gray, A.N., McCulloh, K.A. 2011. Quantifying ecological thresholds from response surfaces. Ecological Modelling 222: 427-436. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel. 2010.10.017

Lintz, H.E., Gray, A.N., McCune, B. 2011. Sensitivity of climatic niche models to change in biological inventory method. Submitted to Journal of Vegetation Science.

Woodall, C.W., Zhu, K., Westfall, J.A., Oswalt, C.M., D’Amato, A.W., Walters, B.F., Lintz, H.E. 2011. An Indicator of range margin shifts across time and disturbance for tree species in forests of the Eastern U.S. Submitted to Global Ecology and Biogeography, In Review.

Lintz, H. E., Huso, M., Stanley, K.C., Taylor, T. 2010. Composting one invasive species to control another. Restoration Ecology 19: 1-4.

Lintz, H.E. 2010. PhD Dissertation. Ecological thresholds, climate extremes, and tree species distributions across the Pacific coastal United States. Published December 2010 in the OSU Scholar's Archive.

Papers in preparation:

Lintz, H. E., Yost, A., Gray, A., Monleon, V., Woodall, C. 2012. Evidence for tree species migration in the Pacific Coastal United States. In preparation for submission.