Summary: An interview with PhD candidate, Robert Griffin-Nolan, from the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Robert discusses grassland resilience to extreme drought in the Great Plains as well as other drought experiments ongoing at CSU.

Credits:

• Written and narrated by Robert Griffin-Nolan and Erika Foster. Edited and produced by Erika Foster

References:

• Knapp, A. K., Carroll, C. J., Denton, E. M., La Pierre, K. J., Collins, S. L., & Smith, M. D. (2015). Differential sensitivity to regional-scale drought in six central US grasslands. Oecologia, 177(4), 949-957.
• Griffin-Nolan, R. J., Carroll, C. J., Denton, E. M., Johnston, M. K., Collins, S. L., Smith, M. D., & Knapp, A. K. (2018). Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands. Plant Ecology, 219(5), 505-515.
• EDGE project website: http://edge.biology.colostate.edu/