Assistant Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Recent Publications

Briand, J. K., Hosler, S. C., Merchant, T. K., Vinebrooke, R. D., Ostertag, R., Symons, C. C., Cadotte, M. W., Eviner, V. T., Bracken, M. E. S., Carlson, R. R., Henn, J. J., Garbowski, M., Bauer, J. T., Luong, J. C., Atkinson, J., Hughes, A. R., Adams, C. R., Bates, A. E., Funk, J. L., ... Green, S. J. (2026). Trait-based approaches to restoration ecology: Synthesizing insights from diverse systems. Ecological Applications, 36(2), Article e70193. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70193

Meeder, A., Bueno de Mesquita, C. P., Henn, J. J., Forrester, C., Callaway, M., Schmidt, S., & Suding, K. (2026). Spring comes early, but do the fungi? Plant phenology mediates plant–fungal interactions under experimental early snowmelt in alpine tundra. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 58(1), Article 2659410. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2026.2659410

Charton, K. T., Henn, J. J., Homann, M. A., Warneke, C. R., & Damschen, E. I. (2025). A functional trait perspective on restored temperate grassland responses to changing winter insulation and managed disturbance by fire. American Journal of Botany, 112(10), Article e70109. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70109

Merchant, T. K., Henn, J. J., de Silva, I., Van Cleemput, E., & Suding, K. N. (2025). Aspirational goals for the future of functional traits in restoration: a response to Gornish et al. (2023). Restoration Ecology, 33(3), Article e14336. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14336

Roos, R. E., Kemppinen, J., Niittynen, P., Vandvik, V., Althuizen, I., Eidesen, P. B., Enquist, B. J., Gabrielsen, G. W., Henn, J. J., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Klanderud, K., Lang, S. I., Lepley, K., Macias-Fauria, M., Maitner, B. S., Malhi, Y., Michaletz, S. T., Telford, R. J., Bass, P., ... Halbritter, A. H. (2025). Marine-derived nutrients shape the functional composition of High Arctic plant communities. Functional Ecology, 39(6), 1606-1621. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70056

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