Douglas A. Frank . Associate Professor dafrank@syr.edu Office: 466 Life Sciences Complex (LSC) Phone: 315-443-4529 / fax: 315-443-2012 Education: • Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1990 • Postdoc, Idaho State University, 1991-1993 Courses: • BIO 451: General Ecology • BIO 453: Ecology Field/Laboratory • BIO 688: Mechanisms of Biodiversity Interdisciplinary Programs: • Director, Environmental Science Program at SU

RESEARCH

Structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, top-down vs bottom-up control of ecosystem dynamics, effects of grazing mammals on grasslands, relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function

Frank Lab at Syracuse University: http://biology.syr.edu/frankresearch.html

Funding: National Science Foundation "The catalysis of belowground processes in grazing ecosystems", 2003-2008.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Frank, D.A. and Groffman, P.M. Plant rhizospheric N processes: what we don’t know and why we should care. Ecology, in press.

Frank, D.A. 2008. Top predator control of a grazing ecosystem.  Oikos, in press.

Hamilton, E.A. III, Frank , D.A., Hinchey, P.M., and Murray, M.R. 2008. Grazer-induced increases in root exudation trigger positive feedbacks in a temperate grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, in press.

Thorne, M. and Frank, D.A.  2008. Influences of grazing and soil moisture on belowground C allocation to fine root biomass and root respiration in C3 and C4 grasses.  Plant Ecology, in press.

Stewart, A. and Frank, D.A. 2008 Root production and herbivory in an upland grassland community in Yellowstone National Park.  Oecologia, in press.

Frank, D.A.   2008. Ungulate and topographic control of nitrogen : phosphorus stoichiometry in a temperate grassland: soils, plants, and mineralization.  Oikos, 117: 591-601.

Risch, A.C., and Frank, D.A. 2007. Effects of increased soil water availability on ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes in spatio-temporally heterogeneous temperate grassland. Biogeochemistry 86: 91-103.

Risch, A.C., Jurgensen, M.F., and Frank, D.A.  2007. Abiotic control of decomposition rates in a grazed, spatiotemporally heterogeneous temperate grassland. Plant and Soil, 298: 191-201.

Frank, D.A. 2007.  Drought effects on above and below ground production of a grazed temperate grassland ecosystem.  Oecologia 152: 131-139.

Frank, D.A. 2006.  Large herbivores in heterogeneous grassland ecosystems.  Danell, K., Bergström, R., Duncan, P., and Pastor, J. (Editors). Large Mammalian Herbivores, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press.

Risch, A. and D.A. Frank.  2005. Carbon dioxide fluxes in a spatially and temporally heterogeneous temperate grassland. Oecologia, 147: 291-302.