Past NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow

Caroline Farrior

C. Farrior photo. Dates: September 2014 – July 2016
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Twitter: @carolinefarrior
Project Title: Rare disturbance events and their impact on evolutionarily stable strategies of forest trees in competition for light, water, and nutrients

Caroline Farrior (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, 2012) examined the roles of frequency, severity and predictability of wind storms and drought in determining properties of forest stands. After completing her fellowship, Farrior accepted a position as as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin.

LiveScience Profile Q&A with Dr. Farrior: How plants affect the global carbon cycle

NIMBioS Seminar: Plant traits and the importance of competition among individuals

Video Interviews

Feature Story: Dominance of the suppressed: Power-law size structure in tropical forests

Publications while at NIMBioS

Farrior CE. 2019. Theory predicts plants grow roots to compete with only their closest neighbours. 286. Proc. R. Soc. B. [Online]
Farrior CE, Bohlman SA, Hubbell S, Pacala SW. 2016. Dominance of the suppressed: Power-law size structure in tropical forests. Science, 351(6269): 155-157. [Online]
Farrior CE, Rodriguez-Iturbe I, Dybzinski R, Levin SA, Pacala SW. 2015. Decreased water limitation under elevated CO2 amplifies potential for forest carbon sinks. PNAS. [Online]

Data/Software while at NIMBioS

Farrior CE, Rodriguez-Iturbe I, Dybzinski R, Levin SA, Pacala SW. 2015. Data: Decreased water limitation under elevated CO2 amplifies potential for forest carbon sinks. [Online]

Media Coverage

In rainforests, battle for sunlight shapes forest structure. Science Codex (7 January 2016)
In rainforests, battle for sunlight shapes forest structure. Princeton Journal Watch (8 January 2016)
Study reveals deep ties between diverse tropical rainforests. NSF Science 360 (11 January 2016)

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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.