Ph.D. Louisiana State University (Biological Sciences)
Dr. Metha Klock grew up in Marin County and has worked for over 20 years in the fields of land conservation, ecological restoration, and invasive species research and management. Metha received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University (LSU), her M.S. in Forestry from LSU, and her B.A. in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. She served as a Post-Doctoral Associate at Cornell University studying cover crops and sustainable agriculture and has taught courses in biological sciences, natural history, and ecological restoration at the University of Louisville, Mount Mercy University, the University of Iowa, and San José State University. As Pepperwood’s Preserve Ecologist, Metha provides project management of Sentinel Site climate-ecosystem and ecological restoration monitoring projects and works with the research team to design and conduct monitoring practices that inform on-site natural resource conservation and adaptive management of the preserve.
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Publications
Klock, M.M., H. Urbina, L.G. Barrett, P.H. Thrall, & K.E. Harms. Provenance of rhizobial symbionts is similar for invasive and noninvasive acacias introduced to California (2022) FEMS Microbiology Ecology 98. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac138
Wandrag, L., C.H. Birnbaum, M.M. Klock, L.G. Barrett, P.H. Thrall (2020) Availability of soil mutualists may not limit Acacia invasion but could increase the impact of Acacia on native soil communities. Journal of Applied Ecology 57:786-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13577
Carmichael, B.J. & M.M. Klock (2017) Incorporating Wikipedia in the Classroom to Improve Science Learning and Communication. In H. Yu & K. Northcut, editors. Scientific Communication: Practices, Theories, and Pedagogies. Routledge, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315160191
Zenni, R.D., I. Dickie, H. Hirsch, J.J. Le Roux, M.J. Wingfield, C.J. Crous, L.A. Meyerson, T.G. Zimmerman, M.M. Klock (2017) Evolutionary dynamics of tree invasions: complementing the unified framework for biological invasions. Annals of Botany Plants 9.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw085
Klock, M.M., L.G. Barrett, P.H. Thrall & K.E. Harms (2016) Differential plant invasiveness is not always driven by host promiscuity. Annals of Botany Plants 8. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw060
Klock, M.M., L.G. Barrett, P.H. Thrall & K.E. Harms (2015) Host-promiscuity in symbiont associations can influence legume establishment and colonization of novel ranges. Diversity and Distributions 21:1193–1203. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12363
Dozier, H. & M.M. Klock (2010) Chinese privet: a biological invader in Louisiana’s forests. Louisiana Agriculture 53:38-39.
https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/communications/publications/agmag/archive/2010/fall/chinese-privet-a-biological-invader-in-louisianas-forests
Last updated October 2024.