Heather Speckman

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
Phone: (303) 946-2281
Email: hspeckma@uwyo.edu 
Website: Heather's Github

Research

I study the atmosphere-vegetation-soil continuum through the assessment of hydraulic fluxes and insect-induced mortality in the Rocky Mountains.

 

Education

Ph.D.
In Progress
Program in Ecology
University of Wyoming

 

M.S.
2013
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Colorado State University-Fort Collins

B.S.
2010
Natural Resource Management
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
 

Publications

Guadagno et al., (In Prep) “Not dead yet: chlorophyll a fluorescence and membrance failture accurately predict plant mortality from drought”

Speckman et al., (2015) “Forest ecosystem respiration estimated from eddy covariance and chamber measurements under high turbulence and substantial tree mortality from bark beetles.” Global Change Biology. 21, 708-721.

 

Contributed Presentations

Speckman, “Quantifying the uncertainty of precipitation partitioning from soil to trees to the atmosphere: an application of Bayesian hierarchical modeling”, Oral Presentation given at University Council on Water Resources, June 2015 in Las Vegas.

 

Professional Memberships

• Member of University Council on Water Resources (2015 – Current)
• Member of American Geophysical (2015 – Current)