Joshua P. Scholl, Ph.D
Instructor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Biological Sciences
Boca Raton Campus
Education
- Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2020
Research Interests
- Plant ecology
- Conservation biology
- Population ecology
- Life history evolution
Research Description
I鈥檓 a plant population ecologist and conservation biologist. My lab group addresses fundamental questions about how environmental variability and change shapes life history strategies and the consequences of those strategies for population and community dynamics. We employ a mix of long-term field observations, experiments conducted in natural and controlled settings, and modeling approaches. We usually use plants as study organisms because they are easy to catch, but we also love and employ reptiles.
Recent Publications
Recent (or favorite) Publications:
- Scholl, J.P., Urbina-Casanova, R., Iler, A. 2022. The importance of negative density dependence for rare species persistence. Biological Conservation. 274: 109729. DOI: 1016/j.biocon.2022.109729
- Scholl, J.P., Calle, L., Miller, N.*, Venable, D.L. 2020. Offspring polymorphism and bet hedging: a large-scale, phylogenetic analysis. Ecology Letters. 23.8: 1223-1231. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13522
- Ge, X., Scholl, J. P., Basinger-Walholm, U., Venable, D. L. 2019. Functional trait trade鈥恛ff and species abundance: insights from a multi鈥恉ecadal study. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.13217
- Rom谩n-Palacios, C., Scholl, J. P. and Wiens, J. J. 2019. Evolution of diet across the animal tree of life. Evolution Letters. 3: 339-347. doi:10.1002/evl3.127
- Scholl, J. P., Wiens, J. J. 2016. Diversification rates and species richness across the Tree of Life. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 283: 20161335.
Scholarly Acitivites
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