Education & Professional History
University of Kansas, BS; University of Minnesota, PhD
2016- present: Program Faculty, UC Santa Cruz Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program
2008-09: Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamline University
2007-08: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz
2006: Visiting Instructor, St. Olaf College
At Carleton since 2009.
Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations
Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program, UC Santa Cruz (DDCSP)
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Board Member: Sharing Our Roots
Current Courses
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Fall 2021
BIOL 394:
Biology Research
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BIOL 399:
Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
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BIOL 400:
Integrative Exercise
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Winter 2022
BIOL 210:
Global Change Biology
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BIOL 394:
Biology Research
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BIOL 399:
Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
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BIOL 400:
Integrative Exercise
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Spring 2022
BIOL 126:
Energy Flow in Biological Systems and Lab
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BIOL 374:
Seminar: Grassland Ecology
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IDSC 257:
Sense of Place: Art and Ecology in Tallgrass Prairie
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Fall 2022
BIOL 399:
Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
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BIOL 400:
Integrative Exercise
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ENTS 250:
Food, Forests & Resilence
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Winter 2023
BIOL 210:
Global Change Biology
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BIOL 399:
Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
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BIOL 400:
Integrative Exercise
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ENTS 251:
Field Study in Sustainability in Oaxaca
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Spring 2023
BIOL 400:
Integrative Exercise
* indicates undergraduate co-author
2021-present
Church, M.J., J.E. Cloern, M. Evans-White, J.M. Grebmeier, D.L. Hernández, C.M. Laney, G. North. 2022. Decadal review of the Long Term Ecological Research Program: a report of the 40-year review committee. Report for the National Science Foundation. Link.
Hernández, D.L., A. Antia*, and M.J. McKone. 2022. The ecosystem impacts of dominant species exclusion in a prairie restoration. Ecological Applications. Link.
Hernández, D.L. and J. Bump. 2022. Predation of a beaver (Castor canadensis) by a gray wolf (Canis lupus) during winter. American Midland Naturalist. 187: 97-103. Link.
Wolf, A.A., E.S. Zavaleta, P.C. Selmants, J.L Funk, D.L. Hernández, J. Pasari, and C. Morozumi. 2021. Trait-based filtering mediates the effects of realistic biodiversity losses on ecosystem functioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118. Link.
McKone, M.J. and D.L. Hernández. 2021. Community-level assisted migration for climate-appropriate prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology. Link.
Libbey, K.* and D.L. Hernández. 2021. Depth profile of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation over two decades in a prairie restoration experiment. Ecosystems. Link.
2011-2020
Larson, D., D.L. Hernández, J. Larson, J. Leone, and N. Pennarola. 2020. Management of remnant tallgrass prairies by grazing or fire: effects on plant communities and soil properties. Ecosphere 11: e03213. Link.
Pruszenski, J.M.* and D.L. Hernández. 2020. White-tailed deer in tallgrass prairie: novel densities of a native herbivore in managed ecosystems. Natural Areas Journal 40: 101-110. Link.
Pruszenski J.M.* and D.L. Hernández. 2020. White-tailed deer fecal matter distribution and nutrient contribution in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 184: 268-273. Link.
Shorb, C.M.*, L.A., Freymiller*, and D.L. Hernández. 2020. Differential responses of prairie rodents to edge effects from recreational trails. Nature Conservation 41: 113-140. Link.
Vail, D.C.*, D.L. Hernández, E. Velis*, and A. Wills. 2020. Compost tea production methods affect soil nitrogen and microbial activity in a northern highbush blueberry system. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 44: 1370-1383. Link.
De Jager, N.R., W. Swanson, D.L. Hernández, J. Reich*, R. Erickson, and E. Strauss. 2019. Effects of flood inundation, invasion by Phalaris arundinacea, and nitrogen deposition on extracellular enzyme activity in an Upper Mississippi River floodplain forest. Wetlands Ecology and Management 27: 443–454. Link.
Buckner, E.V.*, D.L. Hernández, and J.F. Samhouri. 2018. Conserving connectivity: human influence on subsidy transfer and relevant restoration efforts. Ambio 47: 493-503. Link.
Noe, R.*, E. Nachman*, H. Heavenrich*, B. Keeler, D.L. Hernández, and J. Hill. 2016. Assessing uncertainty in the profitability of prairie biomass production with ecosystem service compensation. Ecosystem Services 21: 103-108. Link.
Hernández, D.L., D.M. Vallano, E.S. Zavaleta, J. Pasari, Z. Tzankova, S. Weiss, P.C. Selmants, and C. Morozumi. 2016. Nitrogen is linked to U.S. listed species declines. BioScience 66: 213-222. Link.
Beck, J.A.*, D.L. Hernández, J.R. Pasari, and E.S. Zavaleta. 2015. Grazing maintains native plant diversity and promotes community stability in an annual grassland. Ecological Applications 25: 1259-1270. Link.
Nisi, A.C.*, D.L. Hernández, L.P. English*, and E.S. Rogers*. 2015. Patterns of selective herbivory on five prairie legume species. American Midland Naturalist 173: 110-121. Link.
Pasari, J.R., D.L. Hernández, and E.S. Zavaleta. 2014. Interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and grazing on plant species composition in a serpentine grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management 67: 693-700. Link.
Hernández, D.L., E.H. Esch*, C.J. Alster*, M.J. McKone, and P. Camill. 2013. Rapid accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in a prairie restoration chronosequence. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77: 2029-2038. Link.
Esch, E.H.*, D.L. Hernández, J.R. Pasari, R. Kantor*, and P.C. Selmants. 2013. Response of soil microbial activity to grazing, nitrogen deposition, and exotic cover in a serpentine grassland. Plant and Soil 366: 671-682. Link.
Selmants, P.C., E.S. Zavaleta, J.R. Pasari, and D.L. Hernández. 2012. Realistic plant species losses reduce invasion resistance in a California serpentine grassland. Journal of Ecology 100: 723-731. Link.
2005-2010
Hernández, D.L. and S.E. Hobbie. 2010. The effects of substrate composition, quantity, and diversity on microbial activity. Plant and Soil 335: 397-411. Link.
Zavaleta, E.S., J. Pasari, J. Moore, D.L. Hernández, K.B. Suttle, and C. Wilmers. 2009. Ecosystem responses to community disassembly. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1162: 311-333. Link.
Schlatter, D.*, A. Fubuh, K. Xiao, D.L. Hernández, S.E. Hobbie, and L. Kinkel. 2009. Resource amendments influence density and competitive phenotypes of Streptomyces in soil. Microbial ecology 57: 413-420. Link.
Hernández, D.L. and S.E. Hobbie. 2008. The effects of fire frequency on oak litter decomposition and nitrogen dynamics. Oecologia 158: 535–543. Link.
Hernández, D.L., J.D. Mell*, and M.D. Eaton. 2007. Aerial predation of a bat by an American Crow. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119: 763-764. Link.
Eaton, M.D. and D.L. Hernández. 2005. A cause of mortality for aerial insectivores? The Wilson Bulletin 117: 196-198. Link.