Rebecca L. McCulley

Assistant Professor

Faculty

Contact Information
University of Kentucky, PSS
Ag. Science Bldg. North
1100 Nicholasville Road (Office:N-222D)
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
(859) 257-6388
(859) 323-1952
rebecca.mcculley@uky.edu

Speciality
Grassland Ecology

Education

BA - Rice University, 1995

MS - Texas A&M University, 1998

PhD - Colorado State University, 2002

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?

2006-present Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

2002-2006 Post-doc, Duke University

Site

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

Research/Teaching Publications

Books and Book Chapters

Burke, I. C., A. R. Mosier, P. B. Hook, D. G. Milchunas, J. E. Barrett, M. A. Vinton, R. L. McCulley, J. P. Kaye, R. A. Gill, H. E. Epstein, R. H. Kelly, W. J. Parton, C. M. Yonker, P. Lowe, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2008. Soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics of shortgrass steppe ecosystems. Chapter 13, pp. 306-341, IN: Ecology of the Shortgrass Steppe. Eds. W.K. Lauenroth and I.C. Burke. Oxford University Press, NY, NY.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley

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. Publication URL
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 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. Publication URL
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley

McCulley, R.L., E.G. Jobbágy, W.T. Pockman, and R.B. Jackson. 2004. Nutrient uptake as a contributing explanation for deep rooting in arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 620-628. Publication URL
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

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