REASEARCH INTERESTS
I am a broadly trained ecosystem ecologist with interests in understanding the effects of climate change on social-ecological system structure and function. Increasingly, I am interested in urban ecology and sustainability science and how these perspectives can better inform adaptation to climate change. My current research is focused on using urban and peri-urban agriculture as accessible model systems to teach fundamental biological principles and to integrate research into the classroom.
Recent Publications
- Chapman EJ, Byron CJ. 2018. The flexible application of carrying capacity in ecology. Global Ecology and Conservation 13: e00365
- Chapman EJ, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Childers DL, Turetsky MR, Waldrop MP. 2017. Soil microbial community composition is correlated to soil carbon processing along a boreal wetland formation gradient. European Journal of Soil Biology 82: 17-26
- Chapman EJ, Childers DL, Vallino JJ. 2016. How the Second Law of Thermodynamics has informed ecosystem ecology through its history. BioScience 66: 27-39
- Chapman EJ, Childers DL, Shock E, Turetsky MR. 2016. A thermodynamic analysis of soil ecosystem development in northern wetlands. Wetlands 36: 1143-1153