Robert Lee Schooley

Contact Information

1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, Illinois 61801

Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Head, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Affiliate, Prairie Research Institute

Recent Publications

Bestelmeyer, B. T., Burkett, L. M., James, D., Gamon, J., & Schooley, R. L. (2026). Large-scale experimental evaluation of woody plant removal in desert grassland: Restoration, novelty, or degradation? Ecological Applications, 36(3), Article e70240. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70240

Andreoni, K. J., Bestelmeyer, B. T., & Schooley, R. L. (2025). Shrub encroachment promotes positive feedbacks from herbivores that reinforce ecosystem change. Ecosphere, 16(12), Article e70483. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70483

Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Bates, A. E., Brambilla, V., Chase, J. M., Chow, C. F. Y., Fontrodona-Eslava, A., Magurran, A. E., Martins, I. S., Moyes, F., Sagouis, A., Adu-Acheampong, S., Acquah-Lamptey, D., Adam, D., Ajani, P. A., Albaina, A., Almaraz, P., An, J., Anderson, R. S., ... Zvuloni, A. (2025). BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(5), Article e70003. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70003

Alexander, N., Cosentino, B. J., & Schooley, R. L. (2024). Partitioning genetic structure of a subterranean rodent at multiple spatial scales: accounting for isolation by barriers, distance, and environment. Landscape Ecology, 39(5), Article 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01878-0

Alexander, N., de Flamingh, A., Cosentino, B. J., & Schooley, R. L. (2024). Phylogenetic assessment within a species complex of a subterranean rodent (Geomys bursarius) with conservation implications for isolated subspecies. Journal of Heredity, 115(5), 565-574. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae035

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