Jeff Holmquist

Research Scientist (Full)

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
White Mountain Research Center
University of California, Los Angeles
3000 E. Line St.
Bishop, CA 93514

jholmquist@ucla.edu
760-387-1909

Research Interests

My research group addresses questions concerning plant-animal interactions, landscape structure as a determinant of faunal movement and assemblage character, and the effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbance on ecological function.  Much of our work emphasizes invertebrates, although we utilize other taxa as questions dictate.  We have used both experimental and observational approaches, and recent studies have extended across several scales, ranging from patch boundary dynamics at the microhabitat level to experimental manipulations of rivers.  This work has taken us to alpine meadows and streams, montane ponds, tropical seagrass meadows, and desert springs and playas.

Five representative papers (see all publications)

Holmquist, JG, TJ Waddle.  2013.  Predicted macroinvertebrate response to water diversion from a montane stream using two-dimensional hydrodynamic models and zero flow approximation.  Ecological Indicators 28:115-124

Holmquist, JG, JM Schmidt-Gengenbach, MR Slaton. 2011. Influence of invasive palms on terrestrial arthropod assemblages in desert spring habitat. Biological Conservation 144: 518-525

Greathouse, EA, CM Pringle, WH McDowell, JG Holmquist. 2006. Indirect upstream effects of dams: consequences of migratory consumer extirpation in Puerto Rico. Ecological Applications 16: 339-352

Holmquist, JG. 1998. Permeability of patch boundaries to benthic invertebrates: influences of boundary contrast, light level, and faunal density and mobility. Oikos 81: 558-566

Holmquist, JG JM Schmidt-Gengenbach, BB Yoshioka. 1998. High dams and marine-freshwater linkages: effects on native and introduced fauna in the Caribbean. Conservation Biology 12: 621-630

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