Kara A. Moore http://dynamicecosciences.wordpress.com/ Center for Population Biology Department of Evolution and Ecology University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616 5310 Storer Hall Mobile: (530) 902-1553 kmoore@ucdavis.edu Education Ph.D. Ecology 2007, University of California, Davis. GPA: 4.00/4.00. Advisor: Susan P. Harrison M.S. Forest Ecology 2002, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. GPA: 7.92/8.00. Advisor: Burton V. Barnes B.S. Biology 1998, with Highest Honors, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Written evaluations. Advisor: Deborah E. Goldberg Teaching Kids into Discovering Science, Co-founder and coordinator, 2009-present, McLaughlin Natural Reserve, University of California, Davis and Lake County Unified School District Plant Conservation Biology, Guest lecturer, Winter 2011, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis Experimental Ecology and Evolution in the Field, Post-doctoral research mentor, WinterSpring 2008, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis Principles of Ecology, Teaching assistant, Fall 2006, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis Grass Identification and Ecology, Teaching assistant, Summer 2005, Dept. of Plant Biology, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis Wetland Ecology, Teaching assistant, Fall 2004, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis Spring Ecosystems and Plants, Lecturer, Spring 2002, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Applied Population Ecology, Graduate student instructor, Winter 2002, School of Natural Resources and the Environment and Dept. of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Spring Ecosystems and Plants, Teaching assistant, Spring 2001, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Woody Plants, Graduate student instructor, Fall 2000, 2001, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Competitive Research Grants and Awards 2013-2015 2010-2015 2010-2014 2009-2013 2010 2005-2007 2002-2007 2004 2003 2002 1996 Principal Investigator, United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Development and testing of a monitoring protocol for nine endangered, threatened, and endemic plants at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, $110,000. Principal Investigator, California Energy Commission: Population viability and restoration potential for rare plants near solar installations, $753,100 Principal Investigator, California Energy Commission: Mapping habitat distributions of desert rare plants from optimized data, $580,907 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant: Consequences of habitat heterogeneity and seed dormancy for adaptation at the margins of a native plant population (with co-PI Maureen Stanton), $309,280 Consortium of Women in Research Grant: Kids into Discovering Science, $1500 National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Propagule limitation and its implications for restoration of native annual forbs in California, $12,000 Block Grant Fellowship, Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis: When does propagule availability matter? $32,000 Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant, University of California Natural Reserve System, $2000 Davis Botanical Society Research Grant, University of California, Davis, $750 Jastro Shields Research Award, Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, $2000 Consortium for Research at the McLaughlin Natural Reserve Graduate Research Award, University of California, Davis, $2000 The Terrestrial Ecosystems Faculty Award, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, $2000 Publications (§ denotes student coauthor) Moore, K.A. In press. Editorial. Fremontia. Moore, K.A. and James M André. In press. Rare plant diversity in the California deserts: priorities for research and conservation. Fremontia. § Tanner, K., K. Moore, and B. Pavlik. In press. Measuring impacts of solar development on desert plants. Fremontia. Pavlik, B. M. and K. A. Moore. 2012. Reproductive Biology of the Rare Plants of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Report prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 146 pp plus appendices. § Scampavia, M.R., K. A. Moore, and B.M. Pavlik. 2012. Behaviours of Pollinators Visiting Rare Plants of Ash Meadows. Appendix to Reproductive Biology of the Rare Plants of Ash Moore, CV Page 2 of 8 Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Report prepared for the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service. 43 pp. Moore, K. A. and S.C. Elmendorf. 2011. Species interactions along stress gradients. In Serpentine: A model for Evolution and Ecology, S.P. Harrison and N. Rajakaruna, Eds. University of California Press, Berkeley. Moore, K. A., S. P. Harrison, and S.C. Elmendorf. 2011. Can spatial isolation help predict dispersal limited sites for native species restoration? Ecological Applications 21(6): 2119-2128. Harrison, S. P., H. Cornell, and K. A. Moore. 2010. What controls spatial niches? Testing theory with tarweeds. Ecology 91:2141-2150. Moore, K. A. 2009. Fluctuating patch boundaries of a charismatic annual forb result from niche, not dispersal, limitation. Ecology 90(2): 378-387. Pavlik, B.M., K.A. Moore-O’Leary, and A.E. Stanton. 2009. Quantifying herbivore inpacts on rare plants at Ash Meadows. Proceedings of the California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference. pp 245-255. Elmendorf, S.C. and K. A. Moore. 2008. Community composition data outperforms environmental data in predicting species’ fecundity and abundance. Conservation Biology 22(6):1523-1532. Elmendorf, S. C., and K. A. Moore. 2007. Plant competition varies with community composition in an edaphically complex landscape. Ecology 88:2640-2650. Melbourne, B.A., H.V. Cornell, K. F. Davies, C. J. Dugaw, S.C. Elmendorf, A.L. Freestone, R. Hall, S.P. Harrison, A. Hastings, M. Holland, M.A. Holyoak, J. Lambrinos, K.A. Moore, C.M. Taylor and H. Yokomizo. 2007. Invasion in a heterogeneous world: resistance, coexistence or hostile takeover? Ecology Letters 10:77-94. Moore, K. A. and S. C. Elmendorf. 2006. Propagule vs. niche limitation: untangling the mechanisms behind plant species' distributions. Ecology Letters 9:797-804. Hastings, A., K. Cuddington, K. F. Davies, C. J. Dugaw, S. Elmendorf, A. Freestone, S. Harrison, M. Holland, J. Lambrinos, U. Malvadkar, B. A. Melbourne, K. Moore, C. Taylor, and D. Thomson. 2005. The spatial spread of invasions: new developments in theory and evidence. Ecology Letters 8(1):91-101. Manuscripts in Review Moore, K. A. and M. L. Stanton. In review. Propagule limitation, disparate habitat quality, and variation in phenotypic selection at a local species range boundary. Thuiller, W., T. Münkemüller, K. H. Schiffers, D. Georges, S. Dullinger, V. M. Eckhart, T. C. Edwards, D. Gravel, G. Kunstler, C. Merow, K. Moore, C. Piedallu, S. Vissault, N. E. Zimmermann, D. Zurell, and F. M. Schurr. In review. Does probability of occurrence relate to demographic performance? Schiffers, K., F. Schurr, J. Travis, G. Boccedi, A. Duputié, V.M. Eckhart, S. Lavergne, G. McInerny, K.A. Moore, P. Pearman, W. Thuiller, R. Wüest and R. D. Holt. In review. Landscape structure and genetic architecture jointly impact rates of adaptation at species range boarders. Manuscripts in Preparation (§ denotes student coauthor) McIntyre, P. J. and K. A. Moore. In preparation. Field-testing distribution models of desert rare plants: challenges to regional conservation planning for narrow endemics. Moore, CV Page 3 of 8 Moore, K. A., P. J. McIntyre, J. M André, § A.R. Maraglia, and B.M. Pavlik, In preparation. Population persistence of a rare desert perennial is relatively insensitive to uncertainty in seedling recruitment. Moore, K. A., B.M. Pavlik, § A.R. Maraglia, P. J. McIntyre, and J. M André, In preparation. Increased drought frequency and herbivory increase likelihood of extinctions for the rare desert perennial Penstemon albomarginatus. Moore, K.A., Guisan, A., Svenning, J.C., Normand, S. H., Zimmerman, N.E., Merow, C., Zurell, D., McInerny, G., O’Hara, Wüest R., Schiffers, K., Nabel, J.E.M.S., and V. M. Eckhart. In preparation. Integration of spatial scales in species distribution modeling. Moore, K.A. and B. M. Pavlik. In preparation. Can breeding system and reproductive biology predict vulnerability to disturbance? Lessons from the rare plants of Ash Meadows. Moore, K.A., J.C. Svenning, S.H. Normand, N.E. Zimmerman, C. Merow, D. Zurell, G. McInerny, R. O’Hara, R. Wüest, K. Schiffers, J.E.M.S. Nabel, V. M. Eckhart and A. Guisan. In preparation. Integration of spatial scales in species distribution modeling. Normand, S., H. Lischke, F.M. Schurr, A. Huth, A.M. Latimer, A. Duputié, A. Guisan, R. B. O'Hara, B. Schröder, C. Merow, C. Randin, D. Zurell, D. Gravel, G. McInerny, J.C. Svenning, J., Pagel, K.A. Moore, K. Schiffers, R.D. Holt, S.I. Higgins, T. Münkemüller, T. Hickler, T.C. Edwards, V.M. Eckhart, W. Thuiller, S. Dullinger, J.E.M.S Nabel, M. Scherstjanoi, N. Zurbriggen, M.P. Nobis, R. Wüest, R., P.B. Pearman, and N.E. Zimmermann. In review. Demography as the basis for understanding and predicting range dynamics: what is on the horizon? Zurell, D., A. Guisan, N.E. Zimmermann, R.D. Holt, B. Schröder, G. McInerny, F. Schurr, J. Pagel, J., K.A. Moore, K. Schiffers, P. Pearman, R. Wüest, S. Dullinger, T. Münkemüller, W. Thuiller, J. Cabral, and C. Merow. In preparation. Testing novel approaches for prediction of range dynamics: a model contest with simulated data. Research Experience Assistant Project Scientist, 2012-present. Center for Population Biology, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis Principal Investigator, 2010-present. BMP Ecosciences Post-doctoral Associate, 2007-2012, Center for Population Biology, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis. Advisor: Maureen Stanton Senior Scientist, 2006-2010, Endangered and threatened plant reproductive biology and pollinator dependence. BMP Ecosciences and Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Ash Meadows, Nevada. Post-doctoral Researcher, 2007- 2008, Serpentine endemic plants’ biogeography and potential responses to climate change, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis. Advisors: Susan Harrison and Mark Schwartz Dissertation Research, 2002-2007, Using models and field experiments to define niche versus dispersal limitation in California grassland annuals, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis. Advisor Susan Harrison Graduate Research Assistant, 2005-2007, Klamath-Siskiyou plant diversity and climate change, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis Advisors: Susan Harrison and Ellen Damschen (NCEAS) Graduate Research Assistant, 2002-2007, California serpentine regional plant diversity, Dept. Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis. Advisors: Susan Harrison and Hugh Safford (US Forest Service) Moore, CV Page 4 of 8 Graduate Research Assistant, 2006, Botanical surveys of LTER grassland plant diversity, UC McLaughlin Natural Reserve, advisor Dr. Susan Harrison Graduate Research Assistant, 2006, Valley elderberry longhorn beetle habitat assessment, American river corridor, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis. Advisor: Marcel Holyoak Master’s Thesis Research, 2000-2002, The occurrence and vegetative reproduction of red maple among landscape ecosystem types, northern Lower Michigan, University of Michigan Biological Station, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, UM Ann Arbor. Advisor: Burton Barnes Undergraduate Research Fellow, 1996-1998, Honors Thesis: An exploration of the competitive interactions of three clonal sedges in a Michigan fen Dept. of Biology, UM Ann Arbor. Advisor: Deborah Goldberg Mentorship Jan 2013-present Austen Apigo, Brandon Tonokawa, and Drew Bell (class of 2013, UC Davis), undergraduate research assistants and field technicians, Gilia tricolor evolutionary ecology 2012-present Tasya Herskovitz, desert rare plant mapping and demography field technician and botanist 2011-present Karen Tanner (class of 2012, Mills College), Senior project and recipient of the Mills College Barrett Award, $2000 and California Native Plant Society Student Research Award, $2000: Experimental shading of a rare desert annual 2008-present Andrew Maraglia (class of 2010, UC Davis), Junior Specialist and Senior Field Biologist on rare plant projects in California Desert Region. Independent research project: Do interactions with herbivores and pollinators compound the extinctions risk of a threatened desert perennial? 2008-2013 Glora Solorio (class of 2012, UC Davis), research assistant on grassland and desert laboratory analysis 2012 Angelica Sauceda (class of 2012, UC Davis) and Katherine Moon (class of 2012, Mills College, Oakland), desert rare plant mapping and demography field technicians 2011-2012 Christopher Knight (class of 2011, UC Davis), database and GIS technician for desert rare plant mapping and demography 2008-2012 Brian Lee (class of 2009, UC Davis), Junior Specialist, Gilia tricolor evolutionary ecology. Independent research project: Does site specific pollen dispersal influence seed production and quality? 2008-2012 Valeria Campos, Elizabeth Axton, and Lennah Shakeri (all class of 2012, UC Davis), undergraduate research assistants on the Gilia tricolor project 2011 Jonathan Clark (Class of 2011, UC Davis) and Carli Morgan, desert rare plant mapping and demography field technicians 2010-2011 Courtney Gomola, Student Conservation Corp Intern in restoration ecology at the McLaughlin Natural Reserve 2009-2011 Katherine Bauman, Independent volunteer research project: Developing true-breeding lines of anthocyanin-deficient Gilia tricolor for use in estimating directions and distances of seed dispersal Moore, CV Page 5 of 8 2008-2010 2007-2010 2006-2009 2003-2006 Service M. Rei Scampavia (class of 2010, Mills College), Senior project and recipient of the Mills College Barrett Award, $2000: Pollinator behavior and visitation rates on the rare plants of Ash Meadows Helena Stoddard and Merri Gordon (class of 2008, Mills College), Erica Smith (MS, UC Davis, 2009), and Jennifer Wolf (UC Davis 2009, current UC Merced, Ecology PhD candidate), Field technicians on plant reproductive biology at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Gabriela Garibay (class of 2009, MS, Social Work and Women’s Health, UCLA), student research assistant, McLaughlin Natural Reserve, and at Ash Meadows Libby Van Wyhe, Trung Tran, and Belinda Lo (all class of 2006), undergraduate interns Lupinus nanus spatial ecology Managing editor, 2013-present, Fremontia: Journal of the California Native Plant Society. Issue 42 Part 1 (January 2014) and Part 2 (May 2014). Mojave and Sonoran Desert Special Double Issues Reviewer, 2013, International Congress of Conservation Biology Invited participant and project leader, 2012-present, Advancing concepts and models of range dynamics, understanding and disentangling processes across scales. Danish Council for Independent Research and Swiss Federal Research Institute, Riederalp, Switzerland and Peyresq, France Invited participant, 2009-present, Rare desert species distribution modeler’s hoe down. Desert Renewable Energy and Conservation Plan Working Group, Sacramento, CA Invited speaker and panelist, 2012, Emeritus Brown Bag Lunch, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA Invited speaker and panelist, 2011, Impacts of renewable energy on rare plants: challenges and mitigation strategies. UC Energy Week, California Integrated Renewable Energy Systems Program and California Renewable Energy Collaborative, University of California, Davis, CA Serpentine ecologist, 2007, Environmental Protection Department, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA Grant review panel assistant, 2006, California Bay-Delta Area Ecosystem Restoration Program, Land Use and Natural Resources Extension, University of California, Davis, CA Restoration ecologist, 2000-2002, Walpole Island Heritage Center, Prairie Inventory, Walpole Island First Nation, Canada Workshop assistant, 1999, First Annual Meeting on Agricultural Sustainability, National Pollution Prevention Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Restoration crew and bird survey volunteer, 1999-2001, Natural Areas Preservation Division, City Parks and Recreation, Ann Arbor, MI Education program leader, 1998-2000, Leslie Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI Co-founder, Environmental learning fund, Ann Arbor, MI Presentations (not including junior authored) Society for Conservation Biology International Congress of Conservation Biology, July 2013. Baltimore, MD. Moore, K.A., B.M. Pavlik, Tanner, K. McIntyre, P.J., André, Moore, CV Page 6 of 8 J.A, and A.R. Maraglia. A regional approach to rare plant vulnerability to energy development in the California Deserts. Society for Conservation Biology North America Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2012. Oakland, CA. Moore, K.A., J. A. André, P. J. McIntyre, B.M. Pavlik, and A.R. Maraglia. Population change scenarios for a rare plant in the shadow of energy development. California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference, January 2012. San Diego, CA. Moore, K.A., J.A. André, B.M. Pavlik, A.E. Stanton, and P.J. McIntyre. A preliminary model of a rare perennial population in the light of solar energy. Public Interest Energy Research Workshop, California Energy Commission, January 2011. Sacramento, CA. Moore, K.A., B.M. Pavlik, and A.E. Stanton. Population viability and restoration potential of rare plants near solar installations. Center for Population Biology, October 2010. UC Davis, CA. Life and death on the edge: selection across a local range boundary. Society for the Study of Evolution Meeting, June 2010. Portland, OR. Moore, K.A., M.L. Stanton, and R. Gomulkiewicz. Consequences of habitat heterogeneity and seed dormancy for adaptation at the margins of a native plant population. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Symposium, February 2010. Pahrump, NV. Moore, K.A. and B.M. Pavlik. Using phenology and effects of pollen source on fitness to evaluate the sensitivity of rare plant reproduction to disturbance. California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference, January 2009. Sacramento CA. Moore, K.A., S. P. Harrison, and S.C. Elmendorf. Can spatial isolation help predict dispersal-limited sites for native species restoration? Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Symposium, February 2009. Pahrump, NV. Moore, K.A. and B.M. Pavlik. Limitations on endemic plant seed availability at Ash Meadows. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Symposium, February 2008. Las Vegas, NV. Moore, K.A. and B.M. Pavlik. Rare plant breeding biology at Ash Meadows. Joint Meeting of the Ecological Society of American/Society for Ecological Restoration, August 2007. San Jose, CA. Moore, K.A. Shifts in spatial occurrence of the native annual Lupinus nanus result from coupling between interannual variation and deterministic niche constraints. California Native Grassland Association and Annual Meeting, August 2007. Santa Barbara, CA Moore, K.A. and S. P. Harrison. Dispersal limitation and site suitability vary with distance from existing patches of two charismatic native annuals. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2006. Nashville, TN. Moore, K.A. and S. C. Elmendorf. The plant’s eye view of competitive gradients. Technology R (data management, statistics, data visualization, and GIS), GPS, JMP, SAS, Microsoft Access, ArcGIS, Windows, and Mac Moore, CV Page 7 of 8 Peer Review Acta Oecologica, American Midland Naturalist, American Naturalist, Biological Invasions, Ecography, Ecoscience, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Fremontia, Journal of Ecology, Ecological Applications, Oecologia, Plant Ecology, PLOSone Professional Affiliations American Society of Naturalists Association for Women in Science, California East Bay Chapter California Native Grassland Association California Native Plant Society Ecological Society of America Society for the Study of Evolution References Available upon request Moore, CV Page 8 of 8