Education
- Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- B.S., Biology, University of Washington
About
I trained as a plant physiological and ecosystem ecologist at the University of Arizona. My research explores plant and soil responses to rainfall in semi-arid ecosystems, the impacts of woody encroachment on carbon cycling in grasslands, and, more recently, the dynamics of post-industrial urban ecosystems.
Research Interests
- Plant physiological ecology
- Ecosystem ecology of semi-arid environments
- Woody plant encroachment and carbon cycling
- Urban ecology and post-industrial ecosystems
Courses Taught
- BIO 104: Plants & Society
- BIO 212: Introduction to Organismal Function & Diversity
- BIO 405W: Organic Evolution
- BIO 408: Plant Physiology
- BIO 612: Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
- BIO 626: Plant Ecology
Recent Publications
- M.J. Olejniczak, Spiering, D.J., Potts, D.L., Warren II, R.J. 2018. Urban forests form isolated archipelagos. Journal of Urban Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/jue/jue007
- Pinzone, P., Potts, D., Pettibone, G., Warren II, R. 2018. Do novel weapons that degrade mycorrhizal mutualisms promote species invasion? Plant Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-018-0816-4
- Warren II, R.J., Reed, K., Olejnizcak, M., Potts, D.L. 2018. Rural land use bifurcation in the urban-rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-018-0734-1
- D.L. Potts, Minor, R.L., Braun, Z., Barron-Gafford, G.A. Photosynthetic phenological variation may promote coexistence among co-dominant tree species in a Madrean sky island mixed conifer forest. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx076