Ian Pearse, PhD
Ian is an ecologist who works on plants and insects.
Ian conducts research at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem level scales. His work focuses on plant-insect interactions and involves work on endangered insects such as bumble bees, strategies to map and control invasive plants, the chemical ecology and behaviors that affect herbivory, and the boom and bust seed production dynamics of many trees (i.e. mast seeding). His work informs management decisions made by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Parks, and a variety of other groups. Ian is especially fond of oak trees and spends a considerable amount of time staring up into them with the vague excuse of counting acorns, gall wasps, or rates of herbivory.
Professional Experience
2016 Postdoctoral work, University of California, Davis
2014-2015 Postdoctoral work, Illinois Natural History Survey
2012-2013 Postdoctoral work, Cornell University
Education and Certifications
PhD Entomology, University of California, Davis, 2011
BS Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2004
Affiliations and Memberships*
International Oak Society
Ecological Society of America
Entomological Society of America
Science and Products
Tolerance, phenology, and resistance data for streptanthus
Seed set coefficients of variation for two-decade periods (1900-2013)
Herbivory changes biomass allocation but does not induce resistance among clones of an invasive plant
Fitness homeostasis across an experimental water gradient predicts species' geographic range and climatic breadth
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
INHABIT: A web-based decision support tool for invasive plant species habitat visualization and assessment across the contiguous United States
MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents
North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East
The importance of forests in bumble bee biology and conservation
Understanding mast seeding for conservation and land management
Modes of climate variability bridge proximate and evolutionary mechanisms of masting
The effects of ENSO and the North American monsoon on mast seeding in two Rocky Mountain conifer species
The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in long-lived plants
Non-USGS Publications**
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14114/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12554/pdf
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0152537
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/14-0297.1/ful
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/15-0342.1/full
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-010-9956-0
http://www.pnas.org/content/106/43/18097.short
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01307.x/full
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Tolerance, phenology, and resistance data for streptanthus
Seed set coefficients of variation for two-decade periods (1900-2013)
Herbivory changes biomass allocation but does not induce resistance among clones of an invasive plant
Fitness homeostasis across an experimental water gradient predicts species' geographic range and climatic breadth
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
INHABIT: A web-based decision support tool for invasive plant species habitat visualization and assessment across the contiguous United States
MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents
North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East
The importance of forests in bumble bee biology and conservation
Understanding mast seeding for conservation and land management
Modes of climate variability bridge proximate and evolutionary mechanisms of masting
The effects of ENSO and the North American monsoon on mast seeding in two Rocky Mountain conifer species
The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in long-lived plants
Non-USGS Publications**
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14114/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12554/pdf
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0152537
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/14-0297.1/ful
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/15-0342.1/full
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-010-9956-0
http://www.pnas.org/content/106/43/18097.short
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01307.x/full
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government