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Moscow, ID 83844-1135

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Beth Newingham, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor

Phone: (208) 885-6538
Fax: (208) 885-5190
E-mail: beth@uidaho.edu

Lab Web site -- www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~beth

Restoration ecology
Physiological, community and ecosystem ecology
Plant-animal, plant-microbe and plant-soil interactions
Fire, invasive species and global change
 

Courses

Rangeland and Riparian Habitat Assessment (REM 357 - Fall 2009)
Wildland Restoration Ecology (REM 440 - Spring 2010)
Research

I am interested in a broad array of ecological questions, particularly in (but not limited to) desert systems. While many ecological questions focus on plants as the primary drivers of ecosystems, I believe the importance of other ecosystem components are often underestimated. Therefore, my work focuses on the interface between the abiotic and biotic factors that structure plant communities and assist in ecosystem function. These include climate, soils, herbivores, granivores, pollinators, microbes, etc. Interactions between and among these organisms can help us better understand ecosystem function. I am interested in how these interactions may change in response to fire, invasive species, global change and land management practices.

NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Students interested in post-fire natural recovery and restoration are strongly encouraged to apply although I am open to topic suggestions.

 
Recent Publications

Smith, S.D., T.N. Charlet, L.F. Fenstermaker and B.A. Newingham. 2009. Effects of Global Change on the Mojave Desert Ecosystem. In: The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability. Eds: Webb, R.H., J.M. André, L.F. Fenstermaker, J.S. Heaton, D.L. Hughson, E.V. McDonald, and D.M. Miller. University of Arizona Press.

Newingham, B.A., H. Bassirirad and R.M. Callaway. 2007. Allocating nitrogen away from an herbivore: A novel compensatory response to root herbivory. Oecologia 153:913-920.

Newingham, B.A., P. Vidiella and J. Belnap. 2007. Microhabitat effects of canopy, litter and herbivory on emergence and success of Bromus tectorum. Journal of Arid Environments 70:389-402.

Newingham, B.A. and R.M. Callaway. 2006. Shoot herbivory on the invasive plant, Centaurea maculosa, does not reduce its competitive effects on conspecifics and natives. Oikos 114:397-406.

Barker, D.H., C. Vanier, E. Naumburg, T. Charlet, K.M. Nielsen, B.A. Newingham and S.D. Smith. 2006. Enhanced monsoon precipitation and N deposition affect leaf traits and photosynthesis differently in spring and summer in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata. New Phytologist 169:799-808.

Newingham, B.A. and J. Belnap. 2006. Direct effects of salt amendments on emergence and growth of the invasive plant, Bromus tectorum, and native, Hilaria jamesii, in the field. Plant and Soil 280:29-40.

Newingham, B.A., G. Boquien, P. Choler, and R.M. Callaway. 2005. Effects of Festuca paniculata on the compensatory growth response of Centaurea uniflora in the field. Plant Ecology 176:237-244.

Thelen, G.C., J.M. Vivanco, B.A. Newingham, W. Good, H.P. Bais, P. Landres, T. Caesar and R.M. Callaway. 2005. Biocontrol herbivory stimulates allelopathic exudation by an invasive plant and the suppression of natives. Ecology Letters 8:209-217.

Callaway, R.M., R.W. Brooker, P. Choler, Z. Kikvidze, C.J. Lortie, R. Michalet, L. Paolini, F.I. Pugnaire, B.A. Newingham, B.J. Cook, E.T. Aschehoug, C. Armas. 2002. Positive interactions among alpine plants increases with stress: a global experiment. Nature 417:844-848.

Callaway, R.M., B.A. Newingham, C.A. Zabinski and B.E. Mahall. 2001. Compensatory growth and competitive ability of an invasive weed are enhanced by soil fungi and native neighbors. Ecology Letters 4:429-433.

 
Education
Ph.D. - Organismal Biology and Ecology, University of Montana
B.S. - Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln