John D. Schade  - Depts of Biology and Environmental Studies, St. Olaf College

 

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, May 2000.  Direct and indirect effects of primary producers on nitrogen retention

M.S., Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, December 1994. The influence of leaf litter inputs on a Sonoran Desert stream ecosystem

B.S., Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, August 1988.

Secondary Teaching Certificate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, August 1988.

Professional Experience

 

Sep 2005 -      Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
 
Jan 2004-Aug 2005      Postdoctoral Research Associate
National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Advisor: Mary Power
University of California, Berkeley, CA
 
Jan 2002-Dec. 2003            Postdoctoral Research Associate
Biological Stoichiometry: genes to ecosystems
Advisor: Sarah Hobbie (75%)
University of Minnesota/Arizona State Univ.
 
Oct. 2000-Aug 2003            Postdoctoral Research Associate
Riparian nutrient cycling
Advisor: Nancy B. Grimm (25%)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 
Aug-Dec 2002             Adjunct Faculty - Non-majors Introductory Biology
Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ
 
May 2000-Dec. 2001            Postdoctoral Research Associate
Biological Stoichiometry: genes to ecosystems
Advisors: Jim Elser, Sarah Hobbie (75%)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 
1998- May 2000             EPA STAR Fellow
Dissertation advisor: Stuart G. Fisher
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 

Publications

Bertram, S.M., J.D. Schade, and J.J. Elser.  Signalling and phosphorus:  correlations between mate signalling effort and body elemental composition.  Animal Behavior, in press.

Schade J.D. and D.B. Lewis.  Plasticity in resource allocation and nitrogen use efficiency in riparian vegetation: implications for nitrogen retention.  Ecosystems, in press.

Lewis, D.B., J.D. Schade, A.K. Huth, and N.B. Grimm.  Geomorphic influence on material processing in a semi-arid, fluvial ecosystem.  Ecosystems, in press.

Schade, J.D., J. Espeleta, C.A. Klausmeier, M.E. McGroddy, S.A. Thomas, L. Zhang.  2005.      A Conceptual Framework for Ecosystem Stoichiometry: Balancing Resource Supply and Demand.  Oikos             109: 40-51.

Schade, J.D. and S.E. Hobbie.  2005.  Spatial and temporal variation in islands of fertility in the Sonoran Desert.  Biogeochemistry 73: 541-553.

Schade J.D., J.R. Welter, E. Marti, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm.  2005.  Hydrologic exchange and nitrogen uptake by riparian vegetation in an arid-land stream.  JNABS 24:19-28

Kay, A, SE Scott, JD Schade, SE Hobbie.  2004.  Stoichiometric relations in an ant‑treehopper mutualism. Ecology Letters 7:1024-1028.

Fagan, W.F.,  J.G. Bishop,  and J.D. Schade.  2004.  Spatially Structured Herbivory and Primary Succession at Mount St. Helens: Field Surveys and Experimental Growth Studies Suggest a Role for Nutrients.  Ecological Entomology 29: 398-409.

Bishop, J.G., W.F. Fagan, J.M. Schade and C.M. Crisafulli.  2004.  Spatially structured insect herbivory and its effects on primary succession. In Dale, V.H., F. Swanson, and C.M. Crisafulli, eds. Mount St. Helens ecological research: Ecological recovery of Mount St. Helens after the 1980 eruption.  Springer‑Verlag

Schade, J.D., S. Collins, R. Sponseller, and A. Stiles.  2003.  The influence of Mesquite on understory vegetation: effects of landscape position.  Journal of Vegetation Science 14:743-750.

Elser, J.J., K. Acharya, M. Kyle, J. Cotner, W. Makino, T. Markow, T. Watts, S. Hobbie, W. Fagan, J. Schade, and R.W. Sterner.  2003.  Growth rate ‑ stoichiometry couplings in diverse biota.  Ecology Letters 6: 936-943 . 

Schade, J.D., M. Kyle, W.F. Fagan, and J.J. Elser.  2003.  Stoichiometric tracking of soil nutrients by a desert insect herbivore.  Ecology Letters 6: 96-101.

Kyle, M., T. Watts, J.D. Schade, and J.J. Elser.  2003.  A microflourometric method for quantifying RNA and DNA in terrestrial insects.  Journal of Insect Science 3: 1-7. available online    
            insectscience.org/3.1.
 

Schade J.D., E. Marti, J.R. Welter, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. 2002.  Sources of N to the riparian zone of a desert stream: implications for riparian vegetation and nitrogen retention.  Ecosystems 5: 68-79.

Schade, J.D., S.G. Fisher, N.B. Grimm, and J.A. Seddon. 2001. The influence of a riparian shrub on nitrogen cycling in a Sonoran Desert stream.  Ecology 82: 3363-3376. 

Fisher, S.G., J.R. Welter, J.D. Schade, and J.C. Henry.  2001.  Landscape challenges to ecosystem thinking: creative flood and drought in the American Southwest.  Scientia Marina 65 (suppl 2): 181‑192.

Marti, E., S.G. Fisher, J.D. Schade, and N.B. Grimm. 2000.  Effect of flood frequency on hydrological and chemical linkages between streams and their riparian zones: an intermediate disturbance model. Pp. 111-136 in J.B. Jones, Jr., and P.J. Mulholland, editors. In Streams and Ground Waters. Academic Press.

Dent, C.L., J.D.Schade, N.B. Grimm, and S.G. Fisher. 2000.  Subsurface effects on surface biology. Pp. 381-402 in J.B. Jones, Jr., and P.J. Mulholland, editors. In Streams and Ground Waters. Academic Press.

Marti, E., S.G. Fisher, J.D. Schade, J.R. Welter, and N.B. Grimm. 2000.  Hydrological and chemical linkages between streams and their riparian zones: an intermediate disturbance model. Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandt Limnologie, Verhandlungen 27: 442-447. 

Schade, J.D. and S.G. Fisher. 1997. Leaf litter in a Sonoran Desert stream ecosystem. JNABS 16:612-626.

Jones, J.B., J.D. Schade, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. 1997. Organic matter in Sycamore Creek, a desert stream in Arizona, USA. JNABS 16:78-82.

 

Presentations

Schade, J.D., D.B. Lewis, and S.G. Fisher.  Plasticity in resource allocation and nitrogen use efficiency in riparian vegetation: implications for nitrogen retention. ESA annual meeting, Portland, OR, August    
            2004.

Novotny, A.M., J.D. Schade, A.D. Kay, and S.E. Hobbie.  Changes in plant elemental ratios and insect abundance in response to increased CO₂ and nitrogen enrichment.  ESA annual meeting, Portland, OR, August 2004.

Lewis, D.B., J.D. Schade, and N.B. Grimm.  Resistance and resilience in a fluvial ecosystem: variability compared among patches.  ESA annual meeting, Portland, OR, August 2004.
 
Schade, J.D., D.B. Lewis, and S.G. Fisher.  Plasticity in resource allocation and nitrogen use efficiency in riparian vegetation: implications for nitrogen retention. NABS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, June
            2004. 

Schade, JD, SE Hobbie, R. Sponseller, and SL Collins.  Spatial and temporal variation in islands of fertility in a Sonoran Desert landscape.  ESA Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, August 2003.

Kay, A, JD Schade, A Novotny, D Hernandez, M Ogdahl, RW Sterner, and SE Hobbie.  Body size and N:P stoichiometry of insect herbivores varies with host plant chemistry.  ESA Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, August 2003.

Schade, J.D., M. Kyle, J.J. Elser, W.F. Fagan, and S. Hobbie  Stoichiometric interactions between desert soils, plants and herbivores.  Invited Symposium Speaker, SICB Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, January 2003

Schade, J.D., N.B. Grimm, D.B. Lewis, J. Villinski, J.R. Welter, M. Conklin and A.K. Huth.  Understanding Riparian Ecosystem Function: Linking Biogeochemistry and Hydrology at Multiple Scales.  Invited Symposium Speaker, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2002.

Schade, J.D., M. Kyle, J.J. Elser, W.F. Fagan, and S. Hobbie  Stoichiometric interactions between desert plants and herbivores: effects of soil phosphorous and precipitation.  ESA Annual Meeting, Symposium talk, Tucson, AZ, August 2002.

Schade, J.D., D. B. Lewis, A. K. Huth, J. Hamblen, J. Villinski, M. Conklin, N. B. Grimm.  Nutrient dynamics in subsurface flowpaths of an arid watershed.  NABS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2002.

Schade, J.D., J.J. Elser, W.F. Fagan, and S. Hobbie.  C:N:P stoichiometry of soil, plants and invertebrates along a moisture gradient in the Sonoran Desert.  ESA Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, August 2001.

Lewis, D.B., J.D. Schade, A.K. Huth, J. Hamblen, M. Conklin, N.B. Grimm.  Nutrient dynamics in subsurface flowpaths of an arid watershed.  ESA Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, August 2001.

Schade, J.D., S.G. Fisher, J.C. Henry, and J.R. Welter.  Hydrologic and nutrient exchange between stream and riparian zone in an arid-land watershed.  IALE Annual Meeting, Tempe, AZ, April 2001. 

Schade, J.D., J.R. Welter, N.B. Grimm, and S.G. Fisher.  Movement of organic matter and nutrients from stream to riparian zone: a reversal of fortune.  ESA Annual Meeting, Invited Symposium talk,    
            Snowbird, UT, August 2000. 

Schade, J.D., J.R. Welter, and N.B. Grimm. Aquatic-terrestrial linkages: nitrogen transport and retention in a desert riparian ecosystem. ESA Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA, August 1999.

Schade, J.D., J.A. Seddon, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. 1998. The influence of plant-microbial interactions on nitrogen flow in a desert stream. ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, August 1998.

Schade J.D., E. Marti, J.R. Welter, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. Comparison of sources of available nitrogen to the riparian zone of a Sonoran Desert stream: Implications for riparian vegetation. NABS Annual Meeting, Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 1998. 

Schade, J.D., S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. The impact of riparian shrubs on subsurface nitrogen patterns in a Sonoran Desert stream. ESA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August 1997. 

Grimm, N.B., C.L.Dent, S.G. Fisher, M.S. Holland, E.Marti, J.D.Schade, and J.R. Welter. Transport and redistribution of nitrogen within arid landscapes by episodic rainstorm-runoff events. ESA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August 1997.

Marti, E., J.D. Schade, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. Episodic hydrologic and nutrient linkages in a desert stream-riparian ecosystem. ESA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August 1997.
 

Grimm, N.B., S.G. Fisher, C.L.Dent, M.S. Holland, E.Marti, J.D.Schade, and J.R. Welter. Flood-mediated redistribution of nutrients within an arid landscape: reevaluation of a hypothesis. ASLO Spring Meeting, Sante Fe, NM, February 1997.

 Marti, E., J.D. Schade, S.G. Fisher, and N.B. Grimm. Hydrological linkages between the active channel and the riparian zone in an arid land stream. ASLO Spring Meeting, Sante Fe, NM, February 1997.