Lisa Schulte Moore

515-294-7339, Fax 515-294-7874
lschulte@iastate.edu
http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/landscape/

B.S. Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1993
M.S. Biology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1996
Ph.D. Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002

Teaching

AECL366, Natural History of Iowa Vertebrates
FOR 206: Fall Forestry Camp
NREM 305: Learning to Love our Land: Lessons from Leopold
FOR342, Dynamics of Forest Stands
FOR/NREM452, Ecosystem Management
NREM 472/572, Landscape Ecology and Natural Resource Management

Research

The focus of my research is on coupled human and natural systems; specifically, ecological and social facets of sustainable land management.  Several current research projects address the strategic integration of perennials into agricultural landscapes to meet multifunctional societal goals.  Other projects address the establishment of restoration baselines and impacts of restoration practices.  I use a combination of historical investigation, field studies, and both quantitative and qualitative inquiry.  While my research spans local (<1-10 km2) to regional scales (10,000-100,000 km2), my focus is on informing landscape-level (10-10,000 km2) management.  The strength of my research lies in synthesis and integration; I make use of extensive collaborative networks to bolster the disciplinary breadth and rigor of my work.

Selected Publications

Atwell, R.C., L.A. Schulte, and L.M. Westphal.  2009.  Landscape, community, and countryside: linking biophysical and social scales in U.S. Corn Belt conservation initiatives.  Landscape Ecology 24:791–806.

Atwell, R.C., L.A. Schulte, and L.M. Westphal.  2009.  Linking resilience and diffusions of innovations to restore perennial cover in the U.S. Corn Belt.  Ecology and Society 14:30. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art30

Gass, R.J., M. Rickenbach, L.A. Schulte, and K. Zeuli.  2009.  Cross-boundary coordination on forested landscapes: Investigating alternatives for implementation.  Environmental Management 43:107-117. 

Knoot, T.G., L.A. Schulte, N. Grudens-Schuck, and M. Rickenbach.  2009.  The changing social landscape in the Midwest: A boon for forestry and bust for oak?  Journal of Forestry 107:260-270.

Rayburn, A.P., and L.A. Schulte.  2009.  Integrating historic and contemporary data to delineate remnant natural areas within agricultural landscapes.  Natural Areas Journal 24:4-14. 

Rayburn, A.P., and L.A. Schulte.  2009.  Landscape change in an urbanizing U.S. Corn Belt watershed.  Landscape and Urban Planning.  doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.06.014

Atwell, R.C., L.A. Schulte, and B.J. Palik.  2008.  Songbird response to experimental retention harvesting in red pine (Pinus resinosa) forests.  Forest Ecology and Management 255:3621-3631.

Schulte, L.A., M. Rickenbach, and L.C. Merrick.  2008.  Ecological and economic benefits of cross-boundary coordination among private forest owners.  Landscape Ecology 23:481-496.

Secchi, S., J. Tyndall, L.A. Schulte, and H. Asbjornsen.  2008.  High crop prices and conservation: Raising the stakes.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 63:68A-73A. 

Schulte, L.A., D.J. Mladenoff, T.R. Crow, L. Merrick, and D.T. Cleland.  2007.  Homogenization of northern U.S. Great Lakes forests as a result of land use.  Landscape Ecology 22:1089-1103. 

Schulte, L.A., M. Liebman, H. Asbjornsen, and T.R. Crow.  2006.  Agroecosystem restoration through strategic integration of perennials.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61:164A-169A.

Schulte, L.A., R.J. Mitchell, M.L. Hunter, Jr., J.F. Franklin, R.K. McIntyre, and B.J. Palik.  2006.  Evaluating the conceptual tools for forest biodiversity conservation.  Forest Ecology and Management 232:1-11.

Schulte, L.A., A.M. Pidgeon, and D.J. Mladenoff.  2005.  One-hundred-fifty years of change in forest bird breeding habitat: historical and current estimates of species distributions.  Conservation Biology 19:144-156.

Schulte, L.A., and D.J. Mladenoff.  2005.  Severe wind and fire regimes in northern Wisconsin (USA) forests: historical variability at the regional scale.  Ecology 86:431-445.

Schulte, L.A., D.J. Mladenoff, S.N. Burrows, T.A. Sickley, and E.V. Nordheim.  2005.  Spatial controls of Pre-Euroamerican wind and fire in Wisconsin (USA) forests: a multiscale assessment.  Ecosystems 8:73-94.