Flora Krivak-Tetley
Lecturer
Appointments
Lecturer in Environmental Studies
Research Associate in Biological Sciences
Area of Expertise
forest ecology,
population and community ecology,
conservation biology,
carbon modelling,
agroecology
Biography
Flora Krivak-Tetley is an ecologist with diverse research interests including forest demography and carbon dynamics, insect population dynamics, plant ecology, regenerative agricultural systems and social-ecological interactions. Her current research includes projects investigating: (1) modelling carbon dynamics and economics of partial harvesting in temperate rainforests; (2) population dynamics of the invasive Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in Spain, South Africa, Argentina and North America; (3) integration of field-, drone- and remote-sensing methods to study the impacts of water availability and herbivore use on plant resources in the Namib Desert; (4) soil health impacts of regenerative farming practices.
Education
Ph.D. Dartmouth College
M.S. University of California- Berkeley
B.A. Dartmouth College
Taught Courses
Publications
Bliss, S, A Hill, A Bramsen, RI Graziano, SP Sahagun, F Krivak-Tetley. 2023. Non-market distribution serves society in ways markets cannot: A tentative defense of food charity from small-town New England. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 13(1): 281-312.
Snorek, JL, J Loos, M Cox, T Shata, A Bowman, J Kramer, J Snodgrass, V Iniguez, R Finger-Higgins, F Krivak-Tetley. 2022. Care-based leadership in a core-periphery network: A South African case study in collaborative watershed governance. Ecology and Society 27(4): 34.
Kerby, J, F Krivak-Tetley, S Shikesho, and D Bolger. 2022. Livestock impacts on an iconic Namib Desert plant are mediated by abiotic conditions. Oecologia 199(1): 229-242. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05177-w
Krivak-Tetley, F, JM Sullivan, JR Garnas, KE Zylstra, L Olaf-Hoeger, MJ Lombardero, AL Liebhold, MP Ayres. 2022. Demography of an invading forest insect reunited with hosts and parasitoids from its native range. NeoBiota 72: 81-107. DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.72.75392
Krivak-Tetley, F, AE Hajek. 2021. Host range and life history in North America. Ch 2 in (Eds) L Haavik, AE Hajek, F Stephens, Biology and Ecology of Sirex noctilio. US Forest Service, FHAAST-2019-1.
Krivak-Tetley, F, J Corley, MV Lantschner, MJ Lombardero, JR Garnas, BP Hurley, JM Villacide, B Slippers, AM Liebhold, MP Ayres. 2021. Aggressive tree killer or natural thinning agent? Assessing the impacts of a globally important forest insect. Forest Ecology and Management 483: 118728. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118728
Dugan, H, N Skaff, J Doubek, S Bartlett, S Burke, F Krivak-Tetley, J Summers, P Hanson, K Weathers. 2020. Lakes at risk of chloride contamination. Environmental Science & Technology 54(11): 6639-6650. DOI:10.1021/acs.est.9b07718
Fitza, K, J Garnas, M Lombardero, M Ayres, F Krivak-Tetley, R Ahumada, B Hurley., M Wingfield, and B Slippers. 2019. The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations. Biological Control 132: 57-65.
McCullough, IM, HA Dugan, KJ Farrell, AM Morales-Williams, Z Ouyang, D Roberts, F Scordo, SL Bartlett, SM Burke, JP Doubek, FE Krivak-Tetley, NK Skaff, JC Summers, KC Weathers, and PC Hanson. 2018. Dynamic modeling of organic carbon fates in lake ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 386:71-82.
Bolger, DT, KH Bieluch, FE Krivak-Tetley, G Maggs-Kolling, and J Tjitekulu. 2018. Designing a Real-World Course for Environmental Studies Students: Entering a Social-Ecological System. Sustainability 10, 2546. doi:10.3390/su10072546
Martinson, SJ, AA Fernandex Ajo, AS Martinez, FE Krivak-Tetley, JM Villacide, MP Ayres, and JC Corley. 2018. Attack rates of Sirex noctilio and patterns of pine tree defenses and mortality in northern Patagonia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1-9. doi:10.1017/S0007485318000184
Dugan, HA, SL Bartlett, SM Burke, JP Doubek, FE Krivak-Tetley, NK Skaff, JC Summers, KJ Farrell, IM McCullough, AM Morales-Williams, DC Roberts, Z Ouyang, F Scordo, PC Hanson, and KC Weathers. 2017. Salting our freshwater lakes. PNAS 114(17): 4453-4458. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620211114
Levine, CR, F Krivak-Tetley, NS van Doorn, J-AS Ansley, and JJ Battles. 2016. High apparent inertia in a Sierra Nevada old-growth mixed conifer forest: composition and mortality patterns 1957-2008. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46(5): 745-752.
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