David L. Hoover
CONTACT
INFORMATION
US Geological Survey
Southwest Biological Science Center
2290 SW Resource Blvd.
Moab, UT 84532
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Ecology
Curriculum Vitae
email: DLHoover@usgs.gov
cell: 860-989-5881
web: davidhoover.net
2008-2014
Colorado State University
Advisor: Alan Knapp
Dissertation: Ecological responses to climate extremes in a mesic
grassland
M.S. Integrative Geosciences
2006-2008
University of Connecticut
Advisors: Guiling Wang and Zoe Cardon
Thesis: Altered precipitation patterns due to climate change: Modeling
the ecological effects on grassland ecosystems
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1999-2003
University of Connecticut
Advisor: Louise Lewis
Concentrations: Evolution, Molecular biology, Physiology
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2014-
US Geological Survey, with Jayne Belnap and Mike Duniway
Projects: Investigating the effects of drought on the Colorado Plateau.
Graduate Research Assistantship
Colorado State University, with Alan Knapp
Projects: Designed, built and implemented a climate extremes
experiment; examined the responses of primary productivity to grazing
and fire in North and South American savannahs.
2009-2013
Field Technician
Yale University, with Melinda Smith
Projects: Helped establish and run a cross-continental grazing and fire
convergence experiment; studied the invasibility of the tallgrass prairie
under altered precipitation regimes.
2006
Research Technician
University of Connecticut, with Zoe Cardon
Project: Investigated water potential at micro-scales using biosensors.
2005
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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Curriculum Vitae
University of Montana, with Suzanne Cox Griffin
Projects: Collected data on Olympic Marmot demography and
population biology.
Research Assistant
University of Connecticut, with Louise Lewis and Zoe Cardon
Project: Explored the physiology and genetics of green algae from
biological soil crusts.
PUBLICATIONS
2005
Research Internship
2001-2004
Hoover, DL, Duniway, M, and Belnap J. (In press) Pulse drought atop press
drought: Unexpected plant responses and implications for dryland ecosystems.
(Oecologia).
Knapp, A, Hoover, DL, Wilcox, K, Avolio, M, Koerner, S, La Pierre, K, Loik, M,
Yiqi, L, Sala, O, and Smith M. (2015) Characterizing differences in
precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate
change experiments. Global Change Biology 21:2624-2633.
Smith, GN, Rodgers, VL, Brzostek, ER, Kulmatiski, A, Avolio, ML, Koerner, SE,
Hoover, DL, Grant, K, Jentsch, A, Fatichi, S, and Niyogi, D (2014).
Towards a better integration of biological data from precipitation
manipulation experiments into Earth system models. Reviews of Geophysics
15: 412-434.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, and Smith MD. (2014) Resistance and resilience of a
grassland ecosystem to climate extremes. Ecology 95: 2646-2656.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, and Smith MD. (2014) Contrasting sensitivities of two
dominant C4 grasses to extreme heat waves and drought. Plant Ecology 215:
721-731.
Knapp, AK, Hoover, DL, Blair, JM, Buis, G, Burkepile, DE, Chamberlin, A.,
Collins SL, Fynn, RWS, Kirkman, K, Smith MD, Blake, D, Govender N,
O’Neal, P, Schreck, T and Zinn, A. (2012). A test of two mechanisms
proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in
response to grazing. Journal of Plant Ecology 5: 357-365.
In Review/Revisions
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, and Smith MD. The immediate and prolonged effects of
climate extremes on soil respiration in a mesic grassland. (JGRBiogeosciences).
Koerner, SE, Avoilio, ML, Chang, CC, Hoover, DL and Smith MD. Invasibility of a
mesic grassland depends on time-scale of fluctuating resources. (Journal of Ecology)
In Preparation (complete drafts)
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, and Smith MD. Photosynthetic responses to an
experimental heat wave are mediated by soil water availability in a mesic grassland.
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Hoover, DL and Rogers, BM. Not all droughts are created equal: the impacts of
drought frequency and magnitude on grassland carbon cycling.
PRESENTATIONS
Hoover, DL, Rogers, BM, Smith MD, and Knapp AK. Resistance and resilience of
a grassland ecosystem to varying drought intensities and durations. Invited
symposium presentation. ESA’s 99th annual meeting, 2014.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. The ecological impacts of two years of
extreme drought in a mesic grassland: rapid recovery despite an extreme
response. Organized oral presentation, ESA’s 98th annual meeting, 2013.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. Resistance and resilience of a mesic
grassland to extreme heat and drought. Oral presentation, Climate
Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles, Austria, 2013.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. The ecological effects of climate extremes on
a mesic grassland. Contributing oral presentation, ESA’s 97th annual
meeting, 2012.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. Climate Extremes in the Tallgrass Prairie: A
tale of two summers. Oral presentation, Front Range Student Ecology
Symposium, 2012.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. Differential sensitivity of co-dominant C4
grasses to heat and drought. Contributing oral presentation, ESA’s 96th
annual meeting, 2011.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. Differential sensitivity of co-dominant C4
grasses to heat and drought. Poster, DOE TES PI Meeting, 2011.
Hoover, DL, Knapp, AK, Smith MD. Climate Extremes Experiment. Poster, Konza
LTER Annual Meeting, 2011.
Hoover, DL. New Konza research: Climate Extremes, Invited talk, Kansas State
Division of Biology, 2010.
Hoover, DL, Buis, G, Chamberlain, A, Fynn, RW, Burkepile, D, Schreck, T, Blair,
JM, Smith, MD, Collins, SL and Knapp, AK. Large ungulate herbivory and
ANPP in South African and North American savanna grasslands. Poster,
ESA’s 94th annual meeting, 2009.
Hoover DL, Wang, GL, Cardon, ZG. Altered rainfall due to climate change,
modeling the ecological effects on grasslands. Poster, AGU’s Fall meeting
2008.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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Colorado State University Teaching Assistantships
Attributes of Living Systems (Honors)
Biology of the Organism
Attributes of Living Systems
2009-2011
University of Connecticut Teaching Assistantships
Earth Surface Processes
Earth and Life Through Time
2007-2008
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Guest Lectures
Biology of the Organism
Ecosystem Ecology
GRANTS &
AWARDS
GDPE Student Travel Award
Biology Department Student Travel Award
INTERFACE Student Travel Award
DOE TES PI Meeting Student Travel Award
INTERFACE Student Collaborative Exchange Grant
CESES Environmental Research Award
WORKING
GROUPS
EcoSeRE network planning and climate data synthesis
LTER All Scientist Meeting Graduate Student Symposium
LTER Graduate Student Working Group: Climate Extremes and ANPP
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
SOGES Sustainability Leadership Fellow
Colorado State University
2013-2014
Co-founder and organizer of the GDPE Graduate Student Forum
Colorado State University
2012-2013
GDPE Executive Committee, Graduate Student Representative
Colorado State University
2011-2012
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2007
Ecological Society of America Undergraduate Presentation Contest
ESA 96th annual meeting
2011
Harvard University Volunteer Environmental Educator
Arnold Arboretum
2005
Reviewed for: Global Change Biology, Ecology, Ecosphere,
Functional Ecology, Oecologia, PLOS ONE, Environmental and
Experimental Botany, Journal of Ecology, Biogeosciences, Journal of
International Plant Sciences, Journal of Plant Interactions, Methods in
Ecology and Evolution, Biogeosciences and Hydrological Processes
Professional Society Membership
Ecological Society of America
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