Carly Ziter

Assistant Professor,
Concordia University
Department of Biology
E-mail: carly.ziter@concordia.ca
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Education

  • PhD Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014 - 2018)
  • MSc, Biology and Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University (2011-2013)
  • BSc, Environmental Biology University of Guelph (2007-2011)


Research

Our research vision is to conduct solutions oriented science to enhance biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision in urban and urbanizing landscapes We use the ecosystem services concept as a lens through which to ask ecological questions related to sustainability, policy and practice. Within this framework, we use field observation/experiments, advanced sensor data, and synthesis approaches to ask how landscape structure, land-use history, and biodiversity interact to impact multiple ecosystem services in urban and urbanizing landscapes. While research in the lab is strongly grounded in landscape and ecosystem ecology, we recognize that addressing complex ecological problems is inherently interdisciplinary. We strive to develop research partnerships both within and outside the university, and value community engagement as integral to our work. Past research has relied on partnerships with landowners and managers, community groups, local governments, and planners. (We are always looking for new research partners!)

Prizes and honours

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution PhD Excellence and Diversity Award (2018)


QCBS students

Gail MacInnis

Postdoctoral fellow
(Start: 2020)

Fatemeh Izadi

Ph.D.
Other (co-)supervisor: Ursula Eicker, Concordia Engineering; Carmela Cucuzzella, Concordia Design
(Start: 2020)

Lingshan Li

Ph.D.
Other (co-)supervisor: Ursula Eicker, Concordia Engineering; Angela Kross, Concordia Geography
(Start: 2020)

Kayleigh Hutt-Taylor

M.Sc.
(Start: 2019)
Assessing the contribution of public and private green space to urban forest diversity in Montreal: a community-based approach to urban tree diversity

Emily Kroft

M.Sc.
(Start: 2019)

Serena Sinno

M.Sc.
(Start: 2019)
Other QCBS (co-)supervisor: Jean-Philippe Lessard
Assessing the floral resource preference for native bees in urban ecosystems

Kieu-Nhi Vu

B.Sc.
(Start: 2020)
Housing density and access to ecosystem services through urban green space



Publications

16- Road salt impact on soil electrical conductivity across an urban landscape
Shannon T P , Ahler S J , Mathers A , Ziter C D , Dugan H A ,
2020 Journal of Urban Ecology (Date Added: 2020-03-26)

15- Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to understand and implement climate-resilient strategies in cities
Ziter C D , Pedersen E J , Kucharik C J , Turner M G ,
2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Date Added: 2020-01-07)

14- Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity
McDonald R I , Mansur A V , Ascensão F , Colbert M , Crossman K , Elmqvist T , Gonzalez A , Güneralp B , Haase D , Hamann M , Hillel O , Huang K , Kahnt B , Maddox D , Pacheco A , Pereira H M , Seto K C , Simkin R , Walsh B , Werner A S , Ziter C ,
2019 Nature Sustainability (Date Added: 2019-12-27)

13- Scale-dependent interactions between tree canopy cover and impervious surfaces reduce daytime urban heat during summer
Ziter C D , Pedersen E J , Kucharik C J , Turner M G ,
2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Date Added: 2019-04-22)

12- Conducting urban ecology research on private property: advice for new urban ecologists
Dyson, K, Ziter, C, Fuentes, TL, Patterson, MS
2019 Journal of Urban Ecology (Date Added: 2019-02-21)

11- No evidence of co-facilitation between a non-native Asian earthworm (Amynthas tokioensis) and invasive common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) in experimental mesocosms
Ziter, C, Turner, MG
2019 Biological Invasions (Date Added: 2019-02-15)

10- Current and historical land use influence soil-based ecosystem services in an urban landscape
Ziter, C, Turner, MG
2018 Ecological Applications (Date Added: 2019-02-15)

9- How do land-use legacies affect ecosystem services in United States cultural landscapes?
Ziter, C, Graves, RA, Turner, MG
2017 Landscape Ecology (Date Added: 2019-02-15)

8- Historical foundations and future directions in macrosystems ecology
Rose, KC, Graves, RA, Hansen, WD, Harvey, BJ, Qiu, J, Wood, SA, Ziter, C, Turner, MG
2017 Ecology Letters (Date Added: 2019-02-15)

7- The biodiversity-ecosystem service relationship in urban areas: A quantitative review
Ziter, C
2016 Oikos (Date Added: 2019-02-15)

6- The montérégie connection: Linking landscapes, biodiversity, and ecosystem services to improve decision making
Mitchell, MGE, Bennett, EM, Gonzalez, A, Lechowicz, MJ, Rhemtulla, JM, Cardille, JA, Vanderheyden, K, Poirier-Ghys, G, Renard, D, Delmotte, S, Albert, CH, Rayfield, B, Dumitru, M, Huang, H-H, Larouche, M, Liss, KN, Maguire, DY, Martins, KT, Terrado, M, Ziter, C, Taliana, L, Dancose, K
2015 Ecology and Society (Date Added: 2016-07-13)

5- Temperate forest fragments maintain aboveground carbon stocks out to the forest edge despite changes in community composition
Ziter, C, Bennett, EM, Gonzalez, A
2014 Oecologia (Date Added: 2014-09-12)

4- Nutrients and defoliation increase soil carbon inputs in grassland
Ziter, C, Macdougall, AS
2013 Ecology (Date Added: 2019-02-15)

3- Variability in ecosystem service measurement: A pollination service case study
Liss, KN, Mitchell, MGE, Macdonald, GK, Mahajan, SL, Méthot, J, Jacob, AL, Maguire, DY, Metson, GS, Ziter, C, Dancose, K, Martins, K, Terrado, M, Bennett, EM
2013 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Date Added: 2013-10-16)

2- Functional diversity and management mediate aboveground carbon stocks in small forest fragments
Ziter, C, Bennett, EM, Gonzalez, A
2013 Ecosphere (Date Added: 2013-08-01)

1- Climate change and voltinism in Californian insect pest species: Sensitivity to location, scenario and climate model choice
Ziter, C, Robinson, EA, Newman, JA
2012 Global Change Biology (Date Added: 2019-02-15)