Christopher A Gabler

Christopher A Gabler, M.S.

  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Rice University (Houston, TX)

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  • Advisor:

    Evan H Siemann

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  • Degrees:
     
    M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University (Houston, TX)
     
    B.S., Biology (Environmental Studies Minor), Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Jeff Chambers (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
     
    David A White (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    Conceptual and applied restoration and invasive species ecology at population and community levels

    My dissertation aims to integrate restoration, invasion and community ecology and test basic ecological theory while simultaneously devising more successful and efficient management strategies. To date, I have investigated factors driving reinvasion pressure (i.e. intensity of new exotic establishment following removal) during restoration of invaded ecosystems. I used restoration of wetlands displaced by exotic Chinese tallow trees as a model system to test the roles of propagule availability versus post-removal management in determining restoration outcomes. Results from ongoing field experiments and greenhouse experiments suggest that both factors indeed influence restoration outcomes but neither is as important as soil moisture. Because global change is projected to have major impacts on soil moisture via changes in temperature and precipitation, the remainder of my dissertation will focus on how variations in soil moisture influence invasions and restoration outcomes.

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  • Other Experience:

    2007 Vegetation Specialist, Ivory Billed Woodpecker Survey, USFWS

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  • Honors:

    2009-present Ann Miller Gonzalez Student Research Grant, Native Plant Society of Texas

    2009-present NSF DDIG (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation)

    2009-present Wray Todd Graduate Fellowship, Rice University

    2009 Edgar O'Rear Travel Award, Rice University

    2009 Travel Award, Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    2009 Dean’s Travel Award, Rice University, Weiss School of Natural Sciences

    2008-2009 Society of Wetland Scientists Student Research Grant

    2008 Travel Award, Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    2008 Honorable Oral Presentation, Society of Wetland Scientists

    2008-2009 Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Graduate Fellowship, Rice University

    2008 Dean’s Travel Award, Rice University, Weiss School of Natural Sciences

    2008 Travel Award, Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    2007 Travel Award, Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    2006 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship

    2006-2008 Wray Todd Graduate Fellowship, Rice University

    2006-2009 Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration

    2004 Outstanding Environmental Studies Student, Loyola University New Orleans

    2004 University Honors Certificate, Loyola University New Orleans

    2004 Honors in Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans

    2004 Magna Cum Laude, Loyola University New Orleans

    2001-2004 Ignatian Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans

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Christopher Gabler's Publications (3)



Christopher Gabler's Posters and Presentations (5)

  • Impacts of management methods and native and exotic propagule availability on restoration outcomes in a formerly invaded freshwater wetland after three years (presentation)

    Christopher A Gabler, Evan Siemann

    Ecological Society of America, National Conference, Albuquerque, NM; 08/2009
  • Factors affecting recruitment of invasive Chinese tallow tree in restored wetlands: Evidence of onotogenetic niche shifts and the effects of water regime, competition and nutrient availability (presentation)

    Christopher A Gabler, Evan Siemann

    Society of Wetland Scientists, International Conference, Madison, WI; 06/2009
  • Impacts of management methods and propagule availability on restoration outcomes in a formerly invaded freshwater wetland (presentation)

    Christopher A Gabler

    Society of Wetland Scientists, International Conference, Washington, DC; 05/2008
  • Impacts of management methods and invasive plants on biodiversity, ecosystem function, and successional trajectories in a Texas freshwater marsh restoration after one year (presentation)

    Christopher A Gabler

    Society for Ecological Restoration, Texas Chapter Annual Conference, Lubbock, TX; 06/2007
  • The 25-year growth of a Louisiana wetland and its relation to the flow volume of the Mississippi River: the Brants Pass splay area (presentation)

    Christopher A Gabler, David A White

    Society of Wetland Scientists, International Conference, Charleston, SC; 05/2005

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A hypothetical invasive plant tolerates a broader range of moisture as an adult than as a seedling. Such an ontogenetic niche shift explains adult persistence in conditions unsuitable for germination and episodic recruitment in grasslands A and C.


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