Lauchlan Fraser
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Ecosystem Reclamation
Department of Natural Resource Science
Dr. Fraser's expertise is in community and ecosystem ecology, focusing on ecosystem reclamation, biodiversity, range management, climate change, and food web theory. Lauch is the Associate Editor of two academic journals (Applied Vegetation Science and Plant Ecology), and chair of HerbDivNet, an international network of over 60 scientists united to explore the drivers controlling herbaceous plant diversity.
Expertise and research
- Grassland and wetland ecosystems
- Ecosystem reclamation
- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Range management
- Food web theory
Education and credentials
- B.Sc., Biology, University of British Columbia
- M.Sc., Plant Ecology, University of British Columbia
- Ph.D., Plant Ecology, University of Sheffield
Experience
- 2018 - Present | Thompson Rivers University
Professor and Senior NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Ecosystem Reclamation - 2009 - 2018 | Thompson Rivers University
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Community and Ecosystem Ecology - 2004 - 2009 | Thompson Rivers University
Associate Professor and CRC - 2004 | University of Akron
Associate Professor, Department of Biology - 1999 - 2004 | University of Akron
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology - 1998 - 1999 | Carleton University
Lecturer, Department of Biology - 1996 - 1999 | University of Ottawa
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Academic publications
Maestre, F. T., Le Bagousse-Pinguit, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Saiz, H., Berdugo, M., Gozalo, B., …, Fraser, L. H., …, Stephens, C. R. A., …, Gross, N. 2022. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science, 378(6622), 915-920.
Wang, Y., Cadotte, M. W., Chen, Y., Fraser, L. H., Zhang, Y., Huang, F., Luo, S., Shi, N., & Loreau, M. (2019). Global evidence of positive biodiversity effects on spatial ecosystem stability in natural grasslands. Nature Communications, 10(1), 3207.
Henry, H. A. L., Abedi, M., Alados, C. L., Beard, K. H., Fraser, L. H., Jentsch, A., Kreyling, J., Kulmatiski, A., Lamb, E. G., Sun, W., Vankoughnett, M. R., Venn, S., Werner, C., Beil, I., Blindow, I., Dahlke, S., Dubbert, M., Effinger, A., Garris, H. W., … Yang, X. (2018). Increased soil frost versus summer drought as drivers of plant biomass responses to reduced precipitation: results from a globally coordinated field experiment. Ecosystems, 21(7), 1432–1444.
Koerner, S. E., Smith, M. D., Burkepile, D. E., Hanan, N. P., Avolio, M. L., Collins, S. L., Knapp, A. K., Lemoine, N. P., Forrestel, E. J., Eby, S., Thompson, D. I., Aguado-Santacruz, G. A., Anderson, J. P., Anderson, T. M., Angassa, A., Bagchi, S., Bakker, E. S., …, Fraser, L. H., … Zelikova, T. J. (2018). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(12), 1925–1932.
Awards
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2022 Life Sciences BC
Genome BC for Scientific Excellence -
2022 President's Distinguished Scholar Award
Thompson Rivers University
Affiliations
- HerbDivNet
Chair - Applied Vegetation Science
Associate Editor - Plant Ecology
Associate Editor - BC Technical and Research
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