Ph.D. University of California, Davis [Population Biology]

M.S. Univeristy of California, Davis [Population Biology]

B.A. Reed College [Biology]

Joint appointment with Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

• Community and ecosystem ecology
• Dryland vegetation dynamics
• Social-ecological systems
• Pastoralism in Africa
• Georgia coastal salt marshes
• Resilience
• Sustainability science
• Population Ecology
• Landscape Ecology
• Terrestrial Ecology
• Conservation Ecology
• System Ecology
• Restoration Ecology
• Social-Ecological Systems

King, E. G., R. R. Unks, and L. German. 2017. Constraints and capacities for novel livelihood adaptation: lessons from agricultural adoption in an African dryland pastoralist system. Regional Environmental Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1270-x (pdf)

German, L., E. King, R. Unks, and N. P. Wachira. 2017. This side of subdivision: Individualization and collectivization dynamics in a pastoralist group ranch held under collective title. Journal of Arid Environments 144:139-155. (pdf)

German, L. A., R. Unks, and E. King. 2017. Green appropriations through shifting contours of authority and property on a pastoralist commons. Journal of Peasant Studies 44:631-657. (pdf)

King, E.G. and T.E. Franz. 2016. Combining ecohydrologic and agent-based modeling to simulate hillslope-scale vegetation dynamics in a semi-arid rangeland.  Ecological Modelling 329:41-63. (pdf)

De Jesus Crespo, Rebeca, D. Newsom, E. King, and C. Pringle.  2016.  Shade tree cover criteria for non-point source pollution control in the Rainforest Alliance coffee certification program: a snapshot assessment of Costa Rica’s Tarrazú coffee region.  Ecological Indicators 66:47-54. (pdf)

King, E.G., J. Cavender-Bares, P. Balvanera, T. Mwampamba, and S. Polasky.  2015. Tradeoffs in ecosystem services and varying stakeholder preferences: Evaluating conflicts, obstacles, and opportunities.  Ecology and Society: Special Feature – Ecosystem service trade-offs across global contexts and scales. 20(3): 25. (link)