Claudia Tyler

ICESS researcher

Claudia M. Tyler Curriculum Vitae

Institute for Computational Earth System Science
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
P: (805) 455-5711. F: (805) 893-4724 fax
email: tyler@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. July 1994
  Ph.D. Biology. Advisor: Joseph H. Connell
  Dissertation title: Mechanisms affecting post-fire seedling establishment in chaparral
• University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. March 1991
  M.A. Biology. Coursework emphasis: population and evolutionary ecology
• Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA June 1982
  B.A. Philosophy — cum laude

Grants and Fellowships

• Santa Barbara County, Energy Division (Principal Investigator), August 2005 – August 2012
• Santa Barbara County, Energy Division (Co-Prin. Invst.), July 2000 – August 2005
• California Fish and Game (Principal Investigator), April 1995 – April 2000
• University of CA Continuing Graduate Fellowship, Sept 1991 – June 1993
• Univ. of CA Instructional Improvement Grant, June 1991
• California Native Plant Society Research Grant, December 1989
• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid-of-Research, April 1989
• University of CA Regents Special Fellowship, Sept. 1987 – June 1991

Research Positions

• Assistant Research Scientist, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sept 1995 – present
  Conducting research on the factors influencing recruitment of oaks with Dr. Bruce Mahall and Dr. Frank Davis. Funded by Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program (Co-PI).
• Assistant Research Biologist, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 2001 – Sept 2002
  Project coordinator for planning grant. Designed long-term monitoring and research program for study of central California oak woodlands. Funded by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
• Assistant Research Biologist, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 1995 – April 2000
  Designed and conducted ecological study of Arctostaphylos morroensis, Morro Bay manzanita. Research funded by the California Department of Fish and Game, Rare Plant Program (PI).
• Post-doctoral researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1994 – April 1995
  Contributed to analysis of long-term data set on the community dynamics of Australian coral reefs and tropical rainforests with Dr. Joseph. H. Connell.
• Research Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 1991 – Sept. 1991
  Member of joint U.S./U.S.S.R. project to study the potential effects of global warming on northern forests. Established permanent monitoring sites and collected initial conditions data in Siberia, U.S.S.R. and Alaska, U.S.A. Principal researcher (U.S.A.): Dr. Daniel B. Botkin.

Teaching Positions

• Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Sept 2004 – present
  Teach courses in Conservation Ecology, Field Experiments, Natural History of Santa Barbara Co.
• Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, January – March 2004, 2001, 1998, 1996
  Taught ecology in EEMB 2 (4B) — Introductory Biology for majors

Journal Publications and Book Chapters

• Tyler, C.M., D.C. Odion, and R.M. Callaway. 2007 (in press). Dynamics of woody species in the California grassland. Chapter 10, in Stromberg, M., Corbin, J. and C. D’Antonio, editors. Ecology and Management of California grasslands. University of California Press, Berkeley
• Tyler, C. M., B. Kuhn, and F.W. Davis. 2006. Demography and recruitment limitations of three oak species in California. Quarterly Review of Biology 81:127-152.
• Odion, D. and C. Tyler. 2003. Recent fire history of maritime chaparral dominated by Arctostaphylos morroensis. Conservation Ecology 7(2): r6. URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss2/resp6
• Tyler, C.M. and M. Borchert. 2003. Reproduction and growth of the chaparral geophyte, Zigadenus fremontii (Liliaceae), in relation to fire. Plant Ecology 165(11):11-20.
• Odion, D. and C. Tyler. 2002. Are long fire-free periods needed to maintain the endangered, fire-recruiting shrub Arctostaphylos morroensis (Ericaceae)? Conservation Ecology 6(2): 4.
• Tyler, C.M. 1996. Relative importance of factors contributing to postfire seedling establishment in maritime chaparral. Ecology 77(7):2182-2195.
• Tyler, C.M. 1995. Factors contributing to postfire seedling establishment in chaparral: direct and indirect effects of fire. Journal of Ecology 83(6):1009-1020.
• Tyler, C.M. and C.M. D'Antonio. 1995. The effects of neighbors on the growth and survivorship of shrub seedlings following fire. Oecologia 102:255-264.
• D'Antonio, C.M., D.C. Odion and C.M. Tyler. 1993. Invasion of maritime chaparral by the alien succulent Carpobrotus edulis: the role of fire and herbivory. Oecologia 95:14-21.

Technical Reports and Conference Proceedings

• Mahall B., F. Davis, and C. Tyler. 2005. Final report of the Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program 1994-2005. Submitted to the Santa Barbara County Department of Planning and Development, Energy Division. 155pp.
• Tyler, C. M., B. E Mahall, F. W Davis, and M. Hall. 2002. Factors limiting recruitment in valley and coast live oak. In: Standiford, R.B., McCreary, D., Purcell, K.L., tech. coord. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on oak woodlands: Oaks in California's changing landscape. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, pp 565-572.
• Tyler, C.M., D.C. Odion, D. Meade, and M. Moritz. 2000. Ecological studies of Morro Manzanita (Arctostaphylos morroensis): prescribed burning, seed ecology, and reproductive ecology. Report prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, Species Conservation and Recovery Program. 38pp.
• Callaway, R. M. and C. Tyler. 1999. Facilitation in rangelands: direct and indirect effects. Pp 197-202. Proceedings of the VI International Rangeland Congress, vol 1. People and rangelands: building the future. Townsville, Australia.
• Tyler, C.M., D.C. Odion, and D. Meade. 1998. Ecological studies of Morro Manzanita (Arctostaphylos morroensis): seed ecology and reproductive ecology. Report prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, Species Conservation and Recovery Program. 30pp.
• Tyler, C.M. and D.C. Odion. 1996. Ecological studies of Morro Manzanita (Arctostaphylos morroensis). Report prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, Endangered Plant Program. 46pp.

Scientific Papers Presented

• Effects of cattle grazing on herbaceous vegetation of oak savannas and woodlands in central California. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 2004
• A comparative study of oak seedlings physiology during summer drought in southern California. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 2004
• Factors limiting recruitment in valley and coast live oak. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, Arizona. August 2002.
• The role of fire in the maintenance of a rare species of manzanita. Conference on fire management: emerging policies and new paradigms (Sponsored by California Association for Fire Ecology). San Diego, California. November 1999.
• Growth and reproduction of the geophyte, Zigadenus fremontii (Liliaceae), in response to fire. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Spokane, Washington. August 1999.
• Facilitation in rangelands: direct and indirect effects. VI International Rangeland Congress, Townsville, Australia. July 1999.
• The performance of colonizing seedlings following a disturbance: local variation in resource competition? Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. 1993.
• Factors affecting post-fire seedling establishment: an experimental analysis. European Ecological Congress, Marseilles, France. 1992.
• The relative importance of fire, competition and herbivory to chaparral seedling establishment. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. 1992.
• Factors affecting seedling establishment after fire in coastal chaparral. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas. 1991.

References:

• Dr. Joseph Connell, Univ. of CA, Santa Barbara, phone (805) 893-2764, fax (805) 893-3777
• Dr. Bruce Mahall, Univ. of CA, Santa Barbara, phone (805) 893-3653, fax (805) 893-3777
• Dr. Frank Davis, Univ. of CA, Santa Barbara, phone (805) 893-3438, fax (805) 893-3146
• Dr. Carla D’Antonio, Univ. of CA, Santa Barbara, phone (805) 893-2796, fax (805) 893-3777

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