Associate Professor Joint Appointment: Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Education Education: Ph.D. University of California, Davis [Population Biology] M.S. Univeristy of California, Davis [Population Biology] B.A. Reed College [Biology] Research Research Interests: Community and ecosystem ecology Dryland vegetation dynamics Social-ecological systems Pastoralism in Africa Georgia coastal salt marshes Resilience Sustainability science Population Ecology Landscape Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Conservation Ecology System Ecology Restoration Ecology Social-Ecological Systems Selected Publications Selected Publications: King, E. G., R. R. Unks, and L. German. 2017. Constraints and capacities for novel livelihood adaptation: lessons from agricultural adoption in an African dryland pastoralist system. Regional Environmental Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1270-x (pdf) German, L., E. King, R. Unks, and N. P. Wachira. 2017. This side of subdivision: Individualization and collectivization dynamics in a pastoralist group ranch held under collective title. Journal of Arid Environments 144:139-155. (pdf) German, L. A., R. Unks, and E. King. 2017. Green appropriations through shifting contours of authority and property on a pastoralist commons. Journal of Peasant Studies 44:631-657. (pdf) King, E.G. and T.E. Franz. 2016. Combining ecohydrologic and agent-based modeling to simulate hillslope-scale vegetation dynamics in a semi-arid rangeland. Ecological Modelling 329:41-63. (pdf) De Jesus Crespo, Rebeca, D. Newsom, E. King, and C. Pringle. 2016. Shade tree cover criteria for non-point source pollution control in the Rainforest Alliance coffee certification program: a snapshot assessment of Costa Rica’s Tarrazú coffee region. Ecological Indicators 66:47-54. (pdf) King, E.G., J. Cavender-Bares, P. Balvanera, T. Mwampamba, and S. Polasky. 2015. Tradeoffs in ecosystem services and varying stakeholder preferences: Evaluating conflicts, obstacles, and opportunities. Ecology and Society: Special Feature – Ecosystem service trade-offs across global contexts and scales. 20(3): 25. (link)
