Profile

Elise Gornish

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Specialist, Restoration Ecology | Associate Professor, Restoration Ecology

Sch of Nat Resource&Enviro-Res

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Research

Collaboration(47)

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Grants(24)

Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Active·2024·$1.4M / $1M·
External
Key Personnel (KP)
climate adaptation, science center, southwest, climate change, environmental research
Arizona Partnership for Climate Smart Food (NRCS CLIMATE SMART PARTNERSHIP)
Active·2023·$239.1K / $4.8M·
External
Key Personnel (KP)
climate change, food security, partnerships, agriculture, sustainability
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Cooperative Agreement
Active·2023·$101.8K / $203.5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
grazing lands, conservation, cooperative agreement, land management, sustainable agriculture
GALS Arizona & Michigan: Girls on Outdoor Adventure for Leadership and Science in Arizona and Michigan
Active·2023·$200K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
girls in stem, outdoor education, leadership development, environmental science, youth empowerment
Harnessing Livestock and Microbes to Improve Rangeland Productivity and Soil Health
Active·2023·$100.9K / $33.6K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
livestock, microbes, rangeland productivity, soil health, agricultural sustainability

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Publications(110)

Recent

Changes in plant species dominance maintain community biomass production under warming and precipitation addition in temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

2023

plant ecology, climate change, ecosystem dynamics, biodiversity, precipitation effects

Soil surface treatments and precipitation timing determine seedling development across southwestern USA restoration sites

2023

soil, restoration, seedling development, precipitation, southwestern usa

Youth en gagement in ecological restoration

2023

Relationships between local-scale topograph y and vegetation and invasive C4 perennial bunchgrass Pennisetum ciliare size and reproductio n

2023

vegetation, topography, invasive species, reproduction, ecology

Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration

2023

forest restoration, urban ecology, rural development, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services

Functional traits are used in restoration practice: a response to Merchant et al. 2022

2023

restoration ecology, functional traits, ecosystem restoration, ecological restoration, plant physiology

Dryland Rock Detention Structures Increase Herbaceous Vegetation Cover and Stabilize Shrub Cover Over 10 Years But Do Not Directly Affect Soil Fertility

2023

erosion control, vegetation dynamics, soil stabilization, land management, ecosystem restoration

Dominant s pecies determine grazing effects on the stability of herbaceo us community production at multiple scales in drylands

2023

ecological dynamics, grazing, species dominance, community stability, drylands

Pre-fire grazing and herbicide treatments can affect post-fire vegetation in a Great Basin rangeland

2023

wildfire, vegetation, grazing, herbicide, rangeland

Restoring Palmer s agave in a Lehmann lovegrass dominated grassland in Southeastern Arizona

2022

ecological restoration, invasive species, plant conservation, grassland ecology, agave biology

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Elise Gornish

Collaboration(47)

Willem van Leeuwen

Adam Douglas Henry

Karletta Chief

Gregg Garfin

Elizabeth Baldwin

Grants(24)

Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Arizona Partnership for Climate Smart Food (NRCS CLIMATE SMART PARTNERSHIP)

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Cooperative Agreement

GALS Arizona & Michigan: Girls on Outdoor Adventure for Leadership and Science in Arizona and Michigan

Harnessing Livestock and Microbes to Improve Rangeland Productivity and Soil Health

Publications(110)

Changes in plant species dominance maintain community biomass production under warming and precipitation addition in temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

Soil surface treatments and precipitation timing determine seedling development across southwestern USA restoration sites

Youth en gagement in ecological restoration

Relationships between local-scale topograph y and vegetation and invasive C4 perennial bunchgrass Pennisetum ciliare size and reproductio n

Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration

Functional traits are used in restoration practice: a response to Merchant et al. 2022

Dryland Rock Detention Structures Increase Herbaceous Vegetation Cover and Stabilize Shrub Cover Over 10 Years But Do Not Directly Affect Soil Fertility

Dominant s pecies determine grazing effects on the stability of herbaceo us community production at multiple scales in drylands

Pre-fire grazing and herbicide treatments can affect post-fire vegetation in a Great Basin rangeland

Restoring Palmer s agave in a Lehmann lovegrass dominated grassland in Southeastern Arizona