Allen-Diaz, Barbara

Barbara Allen-Diaz studies how rangeland ecosystems respond to herbivory, fire, and management. She asks questions about how rangeland plant community distribution is related to physical site variables such as elevation, slope, aspect, soil type, and climate, as well as to biological and management variables such as grazing and fire history, etc. Then she examines whether the patterns in community response are predictable at various scales. She develops plant community models of ecosystem response which are intended to improve land management decision making.