Flora Krivak-Tetley
Senior Lecturer
Appointments
Senior 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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