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Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Eric Seabloom

Associate Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Joining the EEB Dept Spring 2010

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2007

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Phone: 541-737-3702
Fax: 541-737-0501
E-mail: Seabloom@science.oregonstate.edu

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Research Interests

I seek to understand the effects of environmental change and other disturbances on community composition, invasibility, and associated ecosystem processes. I am particularly interested in studying these questions in ways that specifically address the spatial and temporal dynamics of community change. I conduct much of my research in recently restored plant communities because of the importance of restoration ecology as a conservation tool. In addition, using restored communities has allowed me to conduct large-scale experiments in which I can track the assembly of communities with a controlled initial community composition and spatial structure. I maintain a strong link between modeling, experimental, and observational studies in my research.

Selected Publications


2009

Borer, E.T., C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, and E.W. Seabloom. 2009. Consumers indirectly increase infection risk in grassland food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:503-506.

Seabloom, E.W., P. R. Hosseini, A. G. Power, and E. T. Borer. 2009. Causes and implications of co-infection by RNA viruses in natural grasslands. The American Naturalist. 173:E79- E98.

2008

Gruner, D. S., J. E. Smith, E.W. Seabloom, S. A. Sandin, J. T. Ngai, H. Hillebrand, W. S. Harpole, J. J. Elser, E. E. Cleland, M. E. S. Bracken, E. T. Borer, and B. M. Bolker. 2008. A cross-system synthesis of consumer and nutrient resource control on producer biomass. Ecology Letters. 11:740-755.

2007

Borer, E. T., P. R. Hosseini, E. W. Seabloom, A. P. Dobson. 2007. Pathogen-induced reversal of native perennial dominance in a grassland community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:5473-5478.


Elser, J.J., M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, J.E. Smith. 2007. Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters 10: 1135-1142.

Fridley, J.D., Stachowicz, J.J., Naeem, S., Sax, D.F., Seabloom, E.W., Smith, M.D., Stohlgren, T.J., Tilman, D., and Von Holle, B. 2007. The invasion paradox: Reconciling pattern and process in species invasions. Ecology 88:3-17.

Grace, J.B., T.M. Anderson, M.D. Smith, E. Seabloom, S.J. Andelman, G. Meche, E. Weiher, L.K. Allain, H. Jutila, M. Sankaran, J. Knops, M. Ritchie, M.R.. Willig. 2007. Toward a Multivariate Understanding of Plant Productivity and Diversity. Ecology Letters 10:680- 689.

Hillebrand, H., D.S. Gruner, E. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland , J.J. Elser, W.S. Harpole, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, J.E. Smith. 2007. Consumer versus resource control of producer diversity depends on ecosystem type and producer community structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:10904-10909.

Romanach, S.S., E.W. Seabloom, and O.J. Reichman. 2007. Costs and benefits of pocket gopher foraging: linking behavior and reproduction. Ecology 88:2047-2057.

Seabloom, E.W. 2007. Complementarity and the stability of restored grassland communities. Ecological Applications 17:1876-1885.

2006

Borer, E. T., E. W. Seabloom, and B. S. Halpern.. 2006. Asymmetry in community regulation: effects of predators and productivity. Ecology 87:2813-2820.

Mitchell. C., A. Agrawal, J. Bever, G. Gilbert, R. Hufbauer, J. Klironomos, J. Maron, W. Morris, I. Parker, A. Power, E. Seabloom, M. Torchin, D. Vazquez. 2006. Biotic interactions and plant invasions. Ecology Letters 9:726-740.

Seabloom, E. W., Williams, J.W., D. Slayback, D.M. Stoms, and J.H. Viers, A.P. Dobson. 2006. Human impacts, plant invasion, and imperiled species in California. Ecological Applications 16:1338-1350.

Le Comber, S.C., Seabloom, E.W., and Romanach, S.S. 2006. Burrow fractal dimension, food distribution and foraging success in subterranean rodents: a simulation. Behavioral Ecology 17:188-195.

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