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Harvard Forest Logo 		Kristina A. Stinson

Kristina Stinson

Harvard University
Harvard Forest

Petersham, MA
(978) 724-3302 ext. 284 (voice)
(978) 724-3595 (fax)
kstinson@oeb.harvard.edu

Research Interests

Population biology and natural selection in plants; plant responses to past, present and future environmental conditions; ecology and evolution of species interactions; biological invasions.

Education

1998 - PhD Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton NJ
1992 - B.A. Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Biology, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1992 - B.A. Literature & Languages, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

Present Position

2005- Population Ecologist/Staff Scientist, Harvard Forest, Harvard University

Other Appointments

2006-2007 Instructor, Biological Sciences, Harvard University
2002-2004 Research Associate, Harvard University
1999-2002 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
1993-1998 Principal Investigator, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
1993-1997 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Princeton University (Biological Diversity, Forest Ecology, Botany)

Publications

Stinson, K.A. (2008) Essay: Native Ground. Whole Terrain 15:000-000

Wolfe, B.E., Rodgers, V.L., Stinson, K.A., and Pringle, A. (2008) The invasive plant Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) inhibits ectomycorrhizal fungi in its introduced range. Journal of Ecology 96: 777-783.

Rodgers, V.L., Stinson, K.A., and Finzi, A.C. (2008) Ready or not, garlic mustard is moving in: Alliaria petiolata as a member of Eastern North American Forests. Bioscience 58:428-436.

Callaway R.M., Cipollini, D. Barto K., Thelen, G.C., Hallett G., Prati D., Stinson, K.A., Klironomos, J. (In press) Novel weapons: invasive plant suppresses fungal mutualists in America but not in its native Europe. Ecology 89:1043-1055.

Stinson, K.A., Kaufman, S.R, Durbin*, L.M., and Lowenstein, F. (2007) Responses of a New England Forest community to increasing levels of invasion by garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Northeastern Naturalist 14:73-88.

Stinson, K.A., Tran*, J.H., Petzold*, (J.M., and Bazzaz, F.A. (2006) Architectural and physiological mechanisms of reduced size inequality in CO2-enriched stands of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) Global Change Biology 12 (9): 1680-1689.

Stinson, K.A., et al. (2006) Exotic plant invasion suppresses growth of native tree seedlings by disrupting below-ground mutualisms. Public Library of Science Biology PLoS Biol 4(5): 727-731.

Stinson, K.A., and Bazzaz, F.A. (2006) CO2-enrichment reduces reproductive dominance in competing stands of Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed). Oecologia 147:155-163.

Sudderth**, E.A., Stinson, K.A., and Bazzaz, F.A. (2005) Plant-mediated aphid population response to elevated CO2 and increased nitrogen availability. Global Change Biology 11:1-12.

Ellison, A.E., et al. (2005) Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology 3 (9): 479-486.

Stinson, K.A. (2004) Natural selection favors rapid reproductive phenology in Potentilla pulcherrima (Rosaceae) at opposite ends of a subalpine snowmelt gradient. American Journal of Botany 91: 531-539.

Stinson, K.A. (2004) Effects of snowmelt timing and neighbor density on the distribution of the high altitude plant, Potentilla diversifolia. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 37 (3): 379-386.

Bazzaz, F.A. and Stinson, K.A. (2000) Genetic versus environmental control of ecophysiological processes: Some challenges for predicting community responses to global change. In M. Press et al. (Eds.), Physiological Plant Ecology. Blackwell Science, UK.

* Denotes undergraduate student authors ** Denotes graduate student authors

Professional Membership and Services

Associate Editor: American Journal of Botany
Guest Editor: Northeastern Naturalist
Reviewer for: American Journal of Botany, Biological Invasions, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolution, Global Change Biology, Journal of. Ecology
Professional Ethics Committee: Ecological Society of America
Member: Botanical Society of America; Ecological Society of America; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Mount Grace Land Protection Trust.

Recent Invited Lectures

  • Antifungal disruption of native mutualisms by garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Boston Mycological Society, Cambridge, MA - May 2008
  • Distribution and impact of an invasive plant in the New England landscape, Environmental Lecture Series, Concord, MA - April, 2007
  • Genotypic basis for CO2 induced competitive changes in common ragweed. University College, Dublin, Ireland - Nov 2006
  • The flourishing immigrant and the enemy of my friend: invasion by garlic mustard in New England. Bennington College, Bennington VT - May 2006
  • Ecological damage by a noxious weed in Northeastern forests. San Diego Zoo, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Conservation Research, Escondido, California, Aug, 2006
  • Exotic plant invasion suppresses tree seedling-mychorrhizae mutualisms. Ecology in an Era of Globalization, ESA, Merida, Mexico Jan, 2006
  • Habitat heterogeneity and the invasion success of Alliaria petiolata. New England Invasive Plant Summit Meeting. Framingham, MA, Sep, 2005

Courses

  • Field research in ecology & conservation (OEB 122 & 193 with Harvard Faculty)
  • Invasive species in the New England landscape (Biological Sciences 95hfo)
  • Plant-insect interactions (Biological Sciences 95hfl)
  • Biological Diversity
  • Forest Ecology
  • Botany