A. Center/Institute/Program

Sevilleta Field Research Station/University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: 505-277-6328

Fax: 505-277-5355

E-mail: scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu

Web Page: http://sev.lternet.edu

Director/Chairperson: Dr. Donald Natvig

Representative to AERC: Dr. Scott Collins

Alternate: Dr. Clifford Dahm

B. Major objectives of the Center/Institute/Program

1. Landscape/ecosystem research across environmental gradients.

2. Population dynamics/biological diversity in natural and impacted environments.

3. Physiological ecology of organisms.

C. Major ecosystem research emphases

1. Scale-dependent analyses of ecosystem processes.

2. Resistance and resilience in aridland ecosystems.

3. Biogeochemistry of ecosystems along environmental gradients.

D. Staff

Permanent scientific staff: PhD: 2

Scientific support staff: Technicians: 1

Other support staff: Administrative: 1

Graduate students: PhD: 12, MS: 3

Summer undergraduates: 6

E. Approximate annual funding (recent year)

Core funding: $95,000

Grants: $1,000,000/yr, Major sources: NSF

F. Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies

1. Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (100,000 ha), Magdalena Mountain, Bosque del Apache, 50-100 km south of Albuquerque.

2. Sevilleta Field Research Station, labs, housing, vehicles, conference facilities, library, computer lab.

G. Research staff directly involved in ecosystem research (names and specialty areas)

Allen, M. – ecology of mycorrhizae, belowground production

Allen, E. – ecology of plants and mycorrhizae

Collins, S. – community ecology

Crawford, C. – desert decomposition dynamics, schoolyard LTER program

Dahm, C. – limnology/riparian ecosystem dynamics

Gosz, J. – biogeochemistry

Gutzler, D. – climatology

Li, H.-B. – spatial analyses, mathematical ecology

Lightfoot, D. – arthropod ecology

Lowrey, T. – plant systematics

Marshall, D. – plant population genetics

Milne, B. – landscape dynamics

Molles, M. – watershed/ephemeral stream dynamics

Moore, D. – climate and vegetation

Muldivan, E. – plant community ecology

Parmenter, R. – arthropod and small mammal ecology

Pennington, D. – remote sensing

Peters, D. – plant population and community ecology

Pockman, W. – plant ecophysiology

Small, E. – ecohydrology

Sinsabaugh, R. – biogeochemistry, microbial ecology

Toolson, E. – animal physiological ecology

Vanderbilt, K. – decomposition and information management

Westman, C. – biogeochemistry, remote sensing

Wolf, B. – animal ecology

White, C. – biogeochemistry/natural plant products

Yates, T. – mammalian evolutionary ecology

H. Long-term data sets (code name, number of years of data, computer accessibility)

Data sets are available at http://sev.lternet.edu.