Monica has posted the slides from her introductory plenary talk at the 40th anniversary meeting of IALE-NA in Athens, GA, April 2026, and the complete list of assigned readings in her graduate-level landscape ecology classes.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Dr. Timon T. Keller on completing his PhD, and to Jillian Neece and Anna Pieper on earning their MS degrees. What a collection of excellent research studies! Another big congrats to Nathan Kiel, …
Forest change in a future with more fire
See the new story map created by former Turner Lab graduate students Dr. Kristin Braziunas and Dr. Nathan Kiel, “Forest change in a future with more fire”! Please share!
Future landscapes of Greater Yellowstone
Now available! Our video, Future landscapes of Greater Yellowstone, explain how climate change could alter landscapes of Yellowstone. It was developed for general audiences and is suitable for classroom use. Please share!
Lots to celebrate in the Turner Lab!
Congratulations to Alli Kneisel, who won the campus-wide 2023-24 TA award for Early Excellence in Teaching, Dorothy Powelson Award; Garrett Knowlton, selected as a 2024 Graduate Student Policy Award from the Ecological Society of America; …
When Wildfire Makes the Forest Understory the Star
Read Nathan Kiel’s and Monica Turner’s new article in the winter 2023 issue of “Park Science” to find out what happens to Yellowstone’s plant communities when forests don’t come back after wildfire.
Tomorrow’s Yellowstone
Come along on our long-term research in Greater Yellowstone and see what it’s like in the field.
Welcome Seth and Lucy!
Welcome to Dr. Seth Spawn-Lee who joins us as a postdoc and to Lucy McGuire who joins as a post-graduate research intern.
Congrats Julia and Ojaswee!
Congratulations to Julia Warren as she begins her PhD program at Northern Arizona University, and to Ojaswee Shrestha on completing her MS!
Monica Turner elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Monica Turner has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her decades of contributions to the ecological study of the forests and landscapes in Greater Yellowstone.