Dr. John C. Stella

My main area of global change research is to study and model the consequence of changing precipitation and runoff patterns on riverine and riparian ecosystems. I study riparian ecosystems in arid land climates where changes to flow regimes are projected to be greatest. Projects include modeling temperature-driven changes in riparian tree phenology, and modeling riverine patch-scale processes that drive riparian forest dynamics under long-term changes in the flooding regime due to climate change and flow regulation.