Dr. Nancy E. McIntyre
Assistant Professor of Biology, Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University and
Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project

Biography
Dr. Nancy McIntyre is a landscape ecologist whose research focuses on the effects of anthropogenic changes to the environment on the abundance, diversity, and long-term viability of animals (primarily arthropods and birds). Her research is currently focusing on the effects of the two dominant forms of human land use (agriculture and urbanization) on the conservation of grassland animals.

She received her Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1998. She was a postdoctoral researcher in urban ecology with the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project from 1998-2000. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University since 2000. Dr. McIntyre has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, has given over 40 presentations at scientific conferences, and has received over a quarter-million dollars in grant money in the past decade.

Selected Publications
Baker, L.A., A.J. Brazel, N. Selovar, C. Martin, N. McIntyre, F.R. Steiner, A. Nelson, and L. Musacchio. In press. Local warming: feedbacks from the urban heat island. Urban Ecosystems.

McIntyre, N.E., and M.E. Hostetler. 2001. Effects of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) communities in a desert metropolis. Basic and Applied Ecology 3:209-218.

McIntyre, N.E., J. Rango, W.F. Fagan, and S.H. Faeth. 2001. Ground arthropod community structure in a heterogeneous urban environment. Landscape and Urban Planning 52:257-274.

McIntyre, N.E. 2000. The ecology of urban arthropods: A review and a call to action. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:825-835.

McIntyre, N.E., K. Knowles-Yánez, and D. Hope. 2000. Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field: differences in the use of "urban" between the social and natural sciences. Urban Ecosystems 4:5-24.

McIntyre, N.E. 1999. Influences of urban land use on the frequency of scorpion stings in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. Landscape and Urban Planning 45:47-55.

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