Vegetative and Climatic Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production and Radiation Use Efficiency Along a North to South Transect in the Western Great Plains – Isabella Goodman
Isabella is studying seven sites along a latitudinal gradient spanning nearly 1,800 miles from Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Marfa, Texas. She is using an ecosystem water balance model to estimate soil moisture to be used in linear models to determine the climatic vs. vegetative controls of radiation use efficiency along the latitudinal gradient in the western Great Plains.
Isabella Goodman – Western Resource Fellow | Isabella Goodman is a Master of Environmental Science Student at Yale School of the Environment studying dryland ecosystems in the American west. Her research focus on how climate change is driving changes in primary production in the western great plains. Originally from Alaska, Isabella has always been passionate about ecology, conservation, research, and the outdoors. She holds a B.S. in Conservation Biology from Montana State University, where she also worked as a research assistant. When not studying grasses and ID-ing plants she loves to trail run, ski, and knit. See what Isabella has been up to. |Blog
