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Carrie Havrilla

@drylandlab.bsky.social

Assitant Professor and Director of the Dryland Ecology and Management Lab @ColoStateU studying #plantecology, #biocrusts, #restoration, #ecovoltaics and adaptive management in #drylands. Lab website: www.drylandecology.com

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CSU’s Climate Research Gets Major Boost with $60,000 Grant from Pivot Energy CSU receives $60,000 from Pivot Energy to advance research on dryland ecosystems and solar energy synergies, promoting renewable energy and ecological restoration.

Our lab is excited to begin working on ecovoltaics research exploring potential synergies between solar development and ecological restoration in drylands. www.pivotenergy.net/news-release...

22.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper out, led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social. There's a disconnect between remote sensing advances and application to ecology (including only 11 UAS papers in Landscape Ecology!). We provide a guide for using drones to answer ecological ?s: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uas #drones

10.02.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Navigating the possibilities and pitfalls of biocrust recovery in a changing climate Biological soil crusts are complex communities composed of lichens, mosses, bacteria, and cyanobacteria that create a living skin on the soil surface across drylands worldwide. Although small in size...

Our new review is out led by @michalaphillips.bsky.social examining #biocrust recovery amidst climate change πŸ‘‡

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

20.06.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi, Bluesky!

I am an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.
based in #FortCollins, CO studying #drylands and #restoration with a focus on #plantecology, #biocrusts, #functionaltraits, and #rangelandecology.

I'm excited to connect about science here!

25.06.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Inaugural Blue Sky post!]

New paper out on #biocrust- plant interactions led by recent lab alumnus MS student John Bacovcin.

Morphological seed traits structure relationships between biocrusts and plant emergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

20.06.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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