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• Best Undergraduate Poster Award, DEERS Colloqium (Awarded to Kris Torres) - UTEP DEERS (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
• Jornada Graduate Student Research Fellowship (Awarded to Dylan Stover) - Jornada LTER (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
• Outstanding Graduating Senior in Enviornmental Science (Awarded to Elisa Blanco) - UTEP COS (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
• Presidential Management Fellowship - Semi Finalist (Awarded to Jennifer Holguin) - US Office of Personnel Management (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
• AAUW Dissertation Fellowship ( $20k Awarded to Jennifer Holguin) - American Association of University Women (04/01/2022-04/30/2022)
• Student Best Poster Award (Awarded to Austin Roy) - Texas Society of Mammology (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
• Student Poster Award (Jennifer Holguin) - Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting (09/01/2018-09/30/2018)
• Best Poster Award - Environmental Sciences (Luis Del Val) - UTEP COURI (08/01/2016-08/31/2016)

• Ph D in Botany, The University of British Columbia (2010)
• MS in Botany, University of Toronto (2002)
• BS in Biology, University of Regina (2000)

• Plant-soil interactions shape the trajectory of Arctic soil carbon storage: Insights from a 35-year field fertilization experiment. Nature Climate Change TBD (2024), M B. Machmuller, L Lynch, S L. Mosier, G R. Shaver, F Calderon, L Gough, L Gough, M L. Haddiz, Jennie R. McLaren, E Paul, M N. Weintraub, M F. Cotrufo, M Wallenstein.
• Long-term fertilization increases soil but not plant or microbial N in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland. Biogeosciences TBD (2024), Violeta Mendoza Martinez, Scott L. Collins, Jennie R. McLaren.
• N and P limit soil microbial biomass, but multiple resources limit soil microbial function in a Chihuahuan Desert semi-arid grassland ecosystem Soil Biology and Biochemistry TBD (2024), Jennifer Holguin, Rebecca Dunkleberger, Violeta Mendoza-Martinez, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Shrub effects on the decomposition microenvironment and changes in litter quality have opposing effects on litter decomposition Soil Biology and Biochemistry TBD (2024), Daniela Aguirre, Alejandro Benhumea, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Variable responses of alpine-plant communities to warming and loss of dominant species Oikos TBD (2024), M L. Marraffini, A T. Classen, N J. Sanders, J R. Deslippe, J S. He, Jennie R. McLaren, C Rixon, S Wipf, C Chisholm, J Giejsztowt, C Prager, D Stouffer.
• Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland Ecosphere 14 4 (2023), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Isabel Siles Asaff, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Kathleen Roman, Eleanor Keats, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Context dependence of warming induced shifts in montane soil microbial functions Functional Ecology TBD (2023), Sydne Spinella, Aimee T. Classen, Nathan Sanders, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The give and take of Arctic greening: tussock tundra ecosystems with greater vegetation cover cross the carbon sink-to-source threshold at higher temperatures under low light, but at lower temperatures under high light Nature Plants TBD (2023), Elizabeth Min, Natalie T. Boelman, Laura Gough, Jennie R. McLaren, Edward B. Rastetter, Rebecca J. Rowe, Adrian Rocha, Matthew H. Turnbull, Kevin Griffin.
• Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland Ecosphere 14 4 (2023), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Isabelle S. Asaff, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Kathleen Roman, Eleanor Keats, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Lack of home-field advantage in decomposition in multiple litter transplant studies in Northern Canada Plant Ecology TBD (2023), Mariana Lafon, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Missing nitrogen source during ecosystem succession within retrogressive thaw slumps in Alaska Environmental Research Letters 18 (2023), Kate Buckeridge, Jennie R. McLaren, Michelle C. Mack, Edward A. Schuur, Joshua Schimel.
• Soil carbon, texture and elevation as predictors for grassland restoration outcomes in the Chihuahuan Desert. Rangeland Ecology and Management TBD (2023), Kathleen Schaeffer, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Using structure to model function: incorporating canopy structures improves estimates of ecosystem carbon flux in arctic dry heath tundra Environmental Research Letters 18 (2023), Elizabeth Min, Shahid Naeem, Laura Gough, Jennie R. McLaren, Rebecca Rowe, Ed Rastetter, Natalie Boelman, Kevin Griffin.
• Boreal forest ecosystems Elsevier Press 3rd (2023), Jennie R. McLaren, Jennifer Holguin.
• Nitrogen deposition and terrestrial biodiversity Elsevier Press, Oxford 3rd (2023), Jennifer Holguin, Jennie R. McLaren, Scott L. Collins.
• Model responses to CO2 and warming are underestimated without explicit representation of arctic small-mammal grazing. Ecological Applications 32 (2022), E Rastetter, K Griffin, R Rowe, L Gough, Jennie R. McLaren, N Boelman.
• Above- and below-ground drivers of intraspecific trait variability across subcontinental gradients for five ubiquitous forest plants in North America. Journal of Ecology 110 (2022), F Cardou, AD Munson, L Boisvert-Marsh, M Anand, A Arseneault, W Bell, Y Bergeron, I Boulangeat, S Delagrange, NJ Fenton, D Gravel, B Hamel, F Herbert, JF Johnstone, B Kumordzi, SE MacDonalt, A Malik, A McIntosh, Jennie R. McLaren, C Messier, D Morris, B Shipley, L Sirois, N Thiffault, I Aubin.
• Consumers in terrestrial Arctic food webs: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1516 (2022), Koltz, L Gough, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Integrating natural gradients, experiments and statistical modelling in a distributed network experiment: an example from the WaRM Network Ecology and Evolution 12 (2022), CM Prager, AT Classen, MK Sundqvist, MN Barrios-Garcia, EK Cameron, L Chen, C Chisholm, T Crowther, JR Deslippe, K Grigulis, JS He, J Henning, M Hovenden, T Hoye, X Jing, S Lavorel, Jennie R. McLaren, D Metcalfe, G Newman, C Rixen, QD Read, KE Rewcastle, MA Rodriguez-Cabal, DA Wardle, S Wipf, NJ Sanders.
• Belowground responses to altered precipitation regimes in two semi-arid grassland Soil Biology and Biochemistry 171 (2022), J Holguin, SL Collins, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Methods, Tools, and Technologies: Making sense of multivariate community responses in global change experiments Ecosphere 13 (2022), M Avolio, K Komatsu, S Koerner, E Grman, F Isbell, D Johnson, K Wilcox, J Alatalo, A Baldwin, C Beierkuhnlein, A Britton, B Foster, H Harmens, C H. Harmens, W Li, Jennie R. McLaren, P Reich, L Souza, Q Yu, Y Zhange.
• Small but mighty: Impacts of rodent herbivores on carbon and nutrient cycling in arctic tundra. Functional Ecology 36 (2022), Austin Roy, Laura Gough, Natalie Boelman, Rebecca Rowe, Kevin Griffin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The Changing Biogeochemical Cycles of Tundra John Wiley & Sons (2022), C Hicks Pries, Jennie R. McLaren, L Smith, C Treat, C Voigt.
• Shrub encroachment affects tundra ecosystem properties through their living canopy rather than increased litter inputs. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 153 (2021), Daniela Aguirre, Alejandro Benhumea, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Determinants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change. Ecology Letters 24 (2021), ML Avolio, K Komatsu, SL Collins, E Grman, SE Koerner, A Tredennick, KR Wilcox, S Baer, EH Boughton, A Britton, B Foster, L Gough, M Hovenden, F Isbell, A Jentsch, D Johnson, A Knapp, J Kreylin, A Langley, C Lortie, R McCulley, Jennie R. McLaren, P Reich, E Seabloom, MD Smith, K Suding, B Suttle, P Tognetti.
• Enhanced plant P and unchanged soil P after a quarter-century of warming in arctic tundra Ecosphere 12 (2021), Jennie R. McLaren, Katherine M. Buckeridge.
• Soil enzymes are preferentially associated with larger particles in highly organic Arctic tundra soils Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 (2021), Jane K. Martinez, Jennie R. McLaren, Craig E. Tweedie, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Soil enzymes are preferentially associated with larger particles in highly organic Arctic tundra soils Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 (2021), Jane K. Martinez, Jennie R. McLaren, Craig E. Tweedie, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Herbivore influence on carbon sink capacity of Alaskan dry heath tundra is sensitive to temperature and light. Environmental Research Letters 16 (2021), Elizabeth Min, Megan Wilcots, Shahid Naeem, Laura Gough, Jennie R. McLaren, Rebecca Rowe, Edward Rastetter, Natalie Boelman, Kevin Griffin.
• Plant community and soil nutrient pool responses to long-term herbivore exclusion Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 52 (2020), Austin Roy, Matthew Suchocki, Laura Gough, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Greenhouse gas emissions and exo-enzyme activity during decomposition of native versus invasive riparian litter Plant Ecology 221 (2020), Ben D. Duval, H D. Curtsinger, A Hands, J Martin, Jennie R. McLaren, D D. Cadol.
• Does plant community plasticity mediate microbial homeostasis Ecology and Evolution 10 (2020), Kate M. Buckeridge, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Temporal variability in production is not consistently affected by global change drivers cross herbaceous-dominated ecosystems Oecologia 194 (2020), M L. Avolio, K R. Wilcox, K J. La Pierre, B Bowman, S L. Collins, A Knapp, S E. Koerner, N Lemoine, M D. Smith, S Baer, J Blair, E H. Boughton, K Gross, F Isbell, Jennie R. McLaren, P Reich, K Suding, K B. Suttle, D Tilman, Z Xu, Q Yu.
• Geographic scale and disturbance influence intraspecific trait variability in leaves and roots of North American understory plants. Functional Ecology 33 (2019), B Kumordzi, I Aubin, F Cardou, B Shipley, C Violle, J Johnston, M Anand, A Arseneault, W Bell, Y Bergeron, I Boulangeat, M Brosseau, L de Grandpre, S Delagrange, N J. Fenton, D Gravel, E S. MacDonald, B Hamel, M Higelin, F H. , N Isabel, A Malik, A M. , Jennie R. McLaren, C Messier, D Morris, N Thiffault, J P. Tremblay, A D. Munson.
• Global change manipulations systematically shift plant communities without driving local species loss Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 116 (2019), K J. La Pierre, M L. Avolio, N P. Lemoine, F Isbell, E Grman, G R. Houseman, S E. Koerner, D S. Johnson, K R. Wilcox, J M. Alatalo, J P. Anderson, R Aerts, S G. Baer, A H. Baldwin, J Bates, C Beierkuhnlein, R T. Belote, J Blair, J M. Bloor, P J. Bohlen, E W. Bork, E H. Boughton, W D. Bowman, A J. Britton, J F. Cahill, E Chaneton, N Chiariello, J Cheng, S L. Collins, J H. Cornelissen, G Du, A Eskelinen, J Firn, B Foster, L Gough, K Gross, L Hallett, X Han, H Harmens, N J. Hovenden, A Jentsch, C Kern, K Klanderud, A K. Knapp, J Kreyling, W Li, Y Luo, R J. McCulley, Jennie R. McLaren, J P. Megonigal, U Molau, J Morgan, V Onipchenko, S C. Pennings, J S. Prevey, J Price, P Reich, C H. Robinson, F L. Russell, O E. Sala, E Seabloom, M D. Smith, N A. Soudzilovskaia, L Souza, K Suding, K B. Suttle, T Svejca, D Tilman, P Tognetti, R Turkington, S R. White, Z Xu, L Yahdjian, Q Yu, P Z. , Y Zhang.
• The importance of phosphorus versus nitrogen in Alaskan tundra: above- and belowground response to multi-decadal nutrient amendments in two ecosystems Ecosphere 10 7 (2019), Jennie R. McLaren, Kate M. Buckeridge.
• Plant biomass, rather than species composition, determines ecosystem properties: Results from a long-term graminoid removal experiment in a northern Canadian grassland Journal of Ecology 107 (2019), Mayra Melendez Gonzalez, Anna L. Crofts, Jennie R. McLaren.

• Phosphorus availability shifts across a desert soil chronosequence. (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Lariza Avila, Kristopher Torres, Dylan Stover, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Quantifying the Influence of Small Mammals on Microbial Community Diversity and Functional Changes of Biogeochemical Processes in Arctic Soils (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Lyndsey Marquez, Kelly Ramirez, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Effects of rainfall frequency and size on soil nutrients in dryland ecosystems (2023), Volume UTEP, Priscilla Castaneda, Scott Collins, Jennie R. McLaren.
• How does phosphorus availability shift across a desert soil chronosequence (2023), Volume UTEP, Lariza Avila, Dylan Stover, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Linking phosphorus availability and soil carbonate abundance along a desert soil chronosequence (2023), Volume UTEP, Kristopher Torres, Dylan Stover, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Seasonal changes in available phosphorus in a Chihuahuan desert grassland (2023), Volume UTEP, Elisa Blanco, Dylan Stover, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Brown lemming structures and activity on arctic plant leaf traits (Awarded Best Poster) (2023), Volume UTEP, Kristopher Torres, Dylan Stover, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Introduction to Team Vole Research (2023), Volume Alaska, Jennie R. McLaren, Laura Gough, Rebecca Rowe.
• Does nitrogen deposition affect soil nitrogen gas emissions in the Chihuahuan desert? (2022), Volume El Paso, Tx, Diana Marquez, Jennifer Holguin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The Effects of Small Mammal Herbivores on Litter Decomposition in the Arctic. (2022), Volume El Paso, Tx, Dania Gutierrez, Austin Roy, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Adding Animals to the Equation: Rodent impacts on carbon and nutrient cycling in the Arctic (2022), Volume Albuquerque, NM, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Shifting habitat-use by arctic small mammals and effects on soil biogeochemical cycling (2022), Volume Montreal, QC, Austin Roy, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The interactive effects of exotic grass (Lehmann lovegrass) removal and nitrogen amendments on Chihuahuan Desert grassland biogeochemistry. (2022), Volume Montreal, QC, Jennifer Holguin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Arctic small mammal herbivore populations and their impacts on nutrient cycling (2022), Volume Asilomar, CA, Jennie R. McLaren, Elizabeth Min, Austin Roy, Jess Steketee, Matthew Suchocki, Nicole Williamson, Laura Gough, Kevin Griffin, Edward Rastetter, Rebecca Rowe, Natalie Boelman, .
• Soil depth, landform, and microhabitat as influences on organic phosphorus in the Chihuahuan Desert (2022), Volume Asilomar, CA, Dylan Stover, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The interactive effects of N deposition and drought on plant communities and biogeochemistry in three southwestern Chihuahuan Desert grasslands within Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM (2022), Volume Knoxville, TN, Jennifer Holguin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Introduced woodland bison grazing regulates biodiversity of remnant grasslands in the southwestern Yukon (2022), Volume Spokane, WA, Shannon Stotyn, Elizabeth Kleynhans, T Jung, Jennie R. McLaren, William Harrower.
• Enhanced Plant P and Unchanged Soil P Stocks After a Quarter-Century of Experimental Warming in Arctic Tundra (2021), Volume New Orleans LA, Jennie R. McLaren, Kate Buckeridge.
• Adding Animals to the Equation: Small mammal impacts on carbon cycling in arctic tundra (2021), Volume Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Disentangling carbon, phosphorus, and microbiomes of desert shrub, grass, and interspace soils in a dryland piedmont landscape (2021), Volume Virtual, A. Tafoya, K. Tovar, M. Lafon, K. Merrill, T. Tellez, A. Dominguez, Jennie R. McLaren, Lixin Jin, N. Pietrasiak.
• Disentangling carbon, phosphorus, and microbiomes of desert shrub, grass, and interspace soils in a dryland piedmont landscape (2021), Volume Virtual, A. Tafoya, K. Tovar, M. Lafon, K. Merrill, T. Tellez, A. Dominguez, Jennie R. McLaren, Lixin Jin, N. Pietrasiak.
• Where is the N? Measuring N-pools in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland after 25 years of fertilization (2021), Volume Virtual, V Mendoza Martinez, SL Collins, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Small but Mighty: Influences of lemming population cycles and engineering activities on ecosystem function (2021), Volume Virtual Meeting, A Roy, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Vegetation influences on phosphorus access and availability in the Chihuahuan Desert (2021), Volume El Paso, Tx, K Merrill, M Lafon, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The role of brown lemming activities in arctic nutrient cycling (2020), Volume Woods Hole, Ma, Austin Roy, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Predicting crop drought stress from above and belowground signals (2020), Violeta Mendoza Martinez, Ben Duval, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The role of brown lemming activities in arctic nutrient cycling (2020), Austin Roy, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Assessing multiple soil resource limitations on dryland soil microbial communities: inferences from a short-term C, N and P addition laboratory incubation experiment (2020), Jennifer Holguin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The role of brown lemming activities in arctic nutrient cycling (Awarded Best Poster) (2020), Volume Junction, Tx, Austin Roy, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Does changing plant community composition mediate microbial homeostasis? (2019), Volume San Fransisco, Jennie R. McLaren, Kathleen Buckeridge.
• Soil CNP pool and flux responses to long-term reduced herbivore activity (2019), Volume Woods Hole MA, Roy Austin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Effects on tundra shrub encroachment on soil nitrogen mineralization rate (2019), Volume El Paso, Tx, C R. Moreno, D Aguirre, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Soil carbon in New Mexico after shrub removal (2019), Volume El Paso, Tx, L Raulston, K Schaeffer, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The effects of shrub removal on soil carbon under different vegetation cover types in a New Mexico desert ecosystem (2019), Volume El Paso, Tx, C Noriega, K Schaeffer, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil biogeochemistry in three Chihuahuan desert semi-arid grasslands (2019), Volume Boulder, Co, Jennifer Holguin, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Seasonal nutrient cycling trends in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, I Siles Asaff, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Seasonal nutrient cycling trends in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, I Siles Asaff, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Seasonal nutrient cycling trends in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, I Siles Asaff, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• The importance of plant identity in a changing climate (2019), Jennie R. McLaren.

• Network Cluster: Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zone
• Plant community recovery after cessation of long-term fertilization treatments in the boreal forest of northern Canada.
• Critical Loads of N deposition in grasslands at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Collaborative Research: Adding animals to the equation: linking observational, experimental and modeling approaches to assess herbivore impacts on carbon cycling in northern Alaska