Joshua Lawler

  • Professor
  • Orin and Althea Soest Chair in Urban Horticulture
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    • Joshua Lawler

    • Professor
    • Orin and Althea Soest Chair in Urban Horticulture

    Research areas

    Landscape ecology; conservation biology

    B.A., Biology and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
    M.S., Wildlife Ecology, Utah State University
    Ph.D., Ecology, Utah State University

    Autumn 2026: Space in the Lawler Lab for accepting new graduate students is uncertain and dependent on the outcome of submitted research grant proposals.

    Courses

    • ESRM 441 | Landscape Ecology (5) - Autumn
    • ESRM 458 | Management if Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species (5) - Winter
    • SEFS 521 | Current Topics | Conservation-related topic that varies from year to year (3) - Spring

    Current sponsored projects

    • Forecasting the impacts of multiple, interacting stressors on at-risk species

    • Assessing vulnerability to climate change for data-poor species

    • Modeling and mapping seal-level rise driven coastal squeeze in the Pacific Northwest

    • Estimating the healthcare cost savings of time spent in nature

    Selected publications

    Schlaepfer, M. A. and J. J. Lawler. 2022. Conserving biodiversity in the face of rapid climate change requires a shift in conservation priorities. WIREs Climate Change.

    Lin, Y., S. A. Wood, J. J. Lawler. 2022. The relationship between natural environments and subjective well-being as measured by sentiment expressed on Twitter. Landscape and Urban Planning. 227:104539.

    Lawler, J. J., D. S. Rinnan, J. L. Michalak, J. C. Withey, C. R. Randels, H. P. Possingham.  2020. Planning for climate change through additions to a national protected area network: implications for cost and configuration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 375: 20190117.

    Littlefield, C., M. Krosby, J. L. Michalak, and J. J. Lawler.  2019. Connectivity to address climate-driven range shifts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17: 270-278.

    Heinrichs, J. A., J. J. Lawler, N. H. Schumaker, L. E. Walker, D. A. Cimprich, and A. Bleisch. 2019. Assessing source-sink stability in the context of management and land-use. Landscape Ecology. 34: 259-274.

    CE Littlefield, M Krosby, JL Michalak, JJ Lawler. 2019. Connectivity for species on the move: supporting climate-driven range shifts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(5): 270-278.

    S Kawas, SK Chase, J Yip, JJ Lawler, K Davis. 2019. Sparking interest: A design framework for mobile technologies to promote children’s interest in nature. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 20: 24-34.

    BG Dickson, CM Albano, R Anantharaman, P Beier, J Fargione, …2019. Circuit-theory applications to connectivity science and conservation. Conservation Biology 33(2): 239-249.

    JA Heinrichs, JJ Lawler, NH Schumaker, LE Walker, DA Cimprich, …2019. Assessing source-sink stability in the context of management and land-use change. Landscape Ecology 34(2): 259-274.

    CA Runge, AJ Plantinga, AE Larsen, DE Naugle, KJ Helmstedt, S Polasky, …2019. Unintended habitat loss on private land from grazing restrictions on public rangelands. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(1): 52-62.