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RebeccaMcCulley

Rebecca L. McCulley

Assistant Professor

Faculty

  • Contact Information
  • Directions to University of Kentucky, Lexington, KYUniversity of Kentucky, PSS
    Campus LocationAg. Science Bldg. North
    1100 Nicholasville Road (Office:N-222D)
    Lexington, KY 40546-0091
    Phone(859) 257-6388
    Fax(859) 323-1952
    Emailrebecca.mcculley@uky.edu

Specialty

Grassland Ecology

Education

BA - Rice University, 1995

MS - Texas A&M University, 1998

PhD - Colorado State University, 2002

Professional Interest

I am broadly interested in the ecosystem structure and function of both native and 'naturalized' grasslands. The types of research questions my lab addresses are: 1) How do grassland ecosystems respond to climate variability and land use change?; 2) How are soil microbial communities in these ecosystems structured?; 3) Do native and naturalized grasslands function similarly with regard to carbon and nitrogen cycling?

Professional Experience

2006-present Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

2002-2006 Post-doc, Duke University

 

Web Site

http://rebecca.mcculley.googlepages.com/

Research/Teaching Publications

  • Refereed Journal Articles
  • McCulley, R.L., T.W. Boutton, S.R. Archer. 2007. Soil respiration in a subtropical savanna parkland: Response to water additions. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:820-828. http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/71/3/820
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley
  • Blecker, S.W., R.L. McCulley, O.A. Chadwick, and E.F. Kelly. 2006. Biologic cycling of silica across a grassland bioclimosequence. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB3023, doi:10.1029/2006GB002690.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley
  • Kaye, J.P., R.L. McCulley, and I.C. Burke. 2005. Carbon fluxes, nitrogen cycling and soil microbial communities in adjacent urban, native and agricultural ecosystems. Global Change Biology 11: 575-587.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley
  • McCulley, R.L., I.C. Burke, J.A. Nelson, W.K. Lauenroth, A.K. Knapp and E.F. Kelly. 2005. Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America. Ecosystems 8:106-121.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley, Jim A. Nelson
  • McCulley, R.L. and I.C. Burke. 2004. Microbial community composition across the Great Plains: Landscape versus regional variability. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68: 106-115. http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/68/1/106
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley
  • McCulley, R.L., S.R. Archer, T.W. Boutton, F. Hons, and D.A. Zuberer. 2004. Soil respiration and nutrient cycling of wooded communities developing in grassland. Ecology 85: 2804-2817.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley
  • Roberts, L., R.L. McCulley, I. Burke, and W. Lauenroth. 2004. Indications of groundwater usage by Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) communities in northeastern Colorado: An oxygen isotope study. American Midland Naturalist 152: 178-182.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley
  • Barrett, J.E., R.L. McCulley, D.R. Lane, I.C. Burke, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2002. Influence of climate variability on plant production and N-mineralization in Central US grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 383-394.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley

 

This person page last updated on 2007-08-30