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Ecologist
Michelle Cailin Mack is an ecologist working on the connections between plants and climate in polar regions. She is a fellow of the
Ecological Society of America and the
American Geophysical Union . She currently holds the title of Regent's Professor at Northern Arizona University.
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Education and career
Mack has both a B.A. and a B.S. from
Evergreen State College (1990)
[2]
[3] and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the
University of California, Berkeley in 1998.
[4] Following her Ph.D. she worked at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks until 2002, first as a postdoc working with
F. Stuart Chapin III and then as a research associate in the
Institute of Arctic Biology . In 2002 she moved to the
University of Florida where she was promoted to professor in 2013. In 2014 she moved to
Northern Arizona University .
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Research
Mack's research investigations include examining how human activity and the introduction of non-native species impacts terrestrial ecosystems.
[5]
[6] For example, she has examined how changes in C4 grasses have changed nitrogen cycling in
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ,
[7] and how changes in nutrients change the storage of carbon
[8] and bacterial communities
[9] in polar regions. Her research includes investigations of the role of fire,
[10]
[11]
thermokarst lakes ,
[12] and permafrost thawing on carbon cycling in polar regions.
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Selected publications
Mack, Michelle C.; D'Antonio, Caria M. (1998).
"Impacts of biological invasions on disturbance regimes" . Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 13 (5): 195–198.
doi :
10.1016/s0169-5347(97)01286-x .
ISSN
0169-5347 .
PMID
21238260 .
Chapin III, F. Stuart ; Zavaleta, Erika S.; Eviner, Valerie T.; Naylor, Rosamond L.; Vitousek, Peter M.; Reynolds, Heather L.; Hooper, David U.; Lavorel, Sandra; Sala, Osvaldo E.; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Mack, Michelle C.; Díaz, Sandra (2000).
"Consequences of changing biodiversity" . Nature . 405 (6783): 234–242.
doi :
10.1038/35012241 .
hdl :
11336/37401 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
10821284 .
S2CID
205006508 .
Mack, Michelle C.; Schuur, Edward A. G.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Shaver, Gaius R.;
Chapin, F. Stuart (2004).
"Ecosystem carbon storage in arctic tundra reduced by long-term nutrient fertilization" . Nature . 431 (7007): 440–443.
doi :
10.1038/nature02887 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
15386009 .
S2CID
4338923 .
Mack, Michelle C.; Walker, Xanthe J.; Johnstone, Jill F.; Alexander, Heather D.; Melvin, April M.; Jean, Mélanie; Miller, Samantha N. (2021-04-16).
"Carbon loss from boreal forest wildfires offset by increased dominance of deciduous trees" . Science . 372 (6539): 280–283.
doi :
10.1126/science.abf3903 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
33859032 .
S2CID
233245004 .
Awards and honors
References
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"Seven new Regents' professors showcase NAU's research and scholarly excellence – The NAU Review" . Retrieved 2021-10-31 .
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"The Evergreen State College 19th Class Commencement Ceremonies" (PDF) . Evergreen State College . Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
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"The Evergreen State College Eighteenth Annual Commencement Ceremonoies" (PDF) . Evergreen State College . 1989. Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
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"Michelle Cailin Mack CV" (PDF) . 2017.
^ Mack, Michelle C.; D'Antonio, Caria M. (1998).
"Impacts of biological invasions on disturbance regimes" . Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 13 (5): 195–198.
doi :
10.1016/s0169-5347(97)01286-x .
ISSN
0169-5347 .
PMID
21238260 .
^ D'Antonio, Carla M.; Hughes, R. Flint; Mack, Michelle; Hitchcock, Derek; Vitousek, Peter M. (1998).
"The response of native species to removal of invasive exotic grasses in a seasonally dry Hawaiian woodland" . Journal of Vegetation Science . 9 (5): 699–712.
doi :
10.2307/3237288 .
ISSN
1654-1103 .
JSTOR
3237288 .
^ Mack, Michelle C.; D'Antonio, Carla M.; Ley, Ruth E. (2001).
"Alteration of Ecosystem Nitrogen Dynamics by Exotic Plants: A Case Study of C4 Grasses in Hawaii" . Ecological Applications . 11 (5): 1323–1335.
doi :
10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1323:AOENDB]2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
1939-5582 .
^ Mack, Michelle C.; Schuur, Edward A. G.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Shaver, Gaius R.; Chapin, F. Stuart (2004).
"Ecosystem carbon storage in arctic tundra reduced by long-term nutrient fertilization" . Nature . 431 (7007): 440–443.
doi :
10.1038/nature02887 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
15386009 .
S2CID
4338923 .
^ Campbell, Barbara J.; Polson, Shawn W.; Hanson, Thomas E.; Mack, Michelle C.; Schuur, Edward A. G. (2010).
"The effect of nutrient deposition on bacterial communities in Arctic tundra soil" . Environmental Microbiology . 12 (7): 1842–1854.
doi :
10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02189.x .
ISSN
1462-2920 .
PMID
20236166 .
^ Johnstone, Jill F.; Hollingsworth, Teresa N.; Chapin, F. Stuart; Mack, Michelle C. (2010).
"Changes in fire regime break the legacy lock on successional trajectories in Alaskan boreal forest" . Global Change Biology . 16 (4): 1281–1295.
doi :
10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02051.x .
ISSN
1365-2486 .
S2CID
9645666 .
^ Mack, Michelle C.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Hollingsworth, Teresa N.; Jandt, Randi R.; Schuur, Edward A. G.; Shaver, Gaius R.; Verbyla, David L. (2011).
"Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire" . Nature . 475 (7357): 489–492.
doi :
10.1038/nature10283 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
21796209 .
S2CID
4371811 .
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Anthony, K. M. Walter ; Zimov, S. A.; Grosse, G.; Jones, M. C.; Anthony, P. M.; Iii, F. S. Chapin; Finlay, J. C.; Mack, M. C.; Davydov, S.; Frenzel, P.; Frolking, S. (2014).
"A shift of thermokarst lakes from carbon sources to sinks during the Holocene epoch" . Nature . 511 (7510): 452–456.
doi :
10.1038/nature13560 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
OSTI
1776462 .
PMID
25043014 .
S2CID
4455401 .
^ Schuur, Edward A.G.; Mack, Michelle C. (2018-11-02).
"Ecological Response to Permafrost Thaw and Consequences for Local and Global Ecosystem Services" . Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics . 49 (1): 279–301.
doi :
10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032349 .
ISSN
1543-592X .
S2CID
92292300 .
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"2021 Class of AGU Fellows Announced" . Eos . 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-09 .
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