Sharon Lawler

Sharon P. Lawler, Ph.D. - Professor of Entomology

Prof. Lawler's Lab Research

Education:

B.A., Lehigh University

M.S., Rutgers University

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Appointment:

40% Instruction and Research
60% Organized Research

Teaches:

Aquatic Entomology, Community Ecology

Research Interests:

Aquatic ecology especially mosquitoes, other aquatic insects and amphibians; experimental studies of food webs and population dynamics, ecosystem subsidy.

USDA CSREES Multistate Project S1029: Improved Methods to Combat Mosquitoes and Crop Pests in Rice Fields.

Selected Publications:

1. Pope, K., J. Piovia-Scott and S. P. Lawler. 2009. Changes in aquatic insect emergence in response to whole-lake experimental manipulations of introduced trout. Freshwater Biology 54: 982-993.
2. Dritz, D. A., S. P. Lawler, C. Evkhanian, P. Graham, V. Baracosa and G. Dula. 2011. Control of mosquito larvae in seasonal wetlands on a wildlife refuge using VectoMax(tm) CG. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 27(4): 398-403.
3. Piovia-Scott, J. K. L. Pope, S. P. Lawler, E. M. Cole and J. E. Foley. 2011.  Factors related to the distribution and prevalence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Rana cascadae and other amphibians in the Klamath Mountains. Biological Conservation, 144(12): 2913-2921.
4. Joseph, M., J. Piovia-Scott, S. Lawler and K. Pope. 2011. Indirect effects of introduced trout on Cascades frogs (Rana cascadae) via shared aquatic prey. Freshwater Biology, 56: 828-838.
5. Epanchin, PN, Knapp, RA, Lawler, SP. 2010. Nonnative trout impact an alpine-nesting bird by altering aquatic-insect subsidies. Ecology, 91(8): 2406-15
6. Pope, K., J.M. Garwood, H. H. Welsh and S. P. Lawler. 2008. Evidence of indirect impacts of introduced trout on native amphibians via facilitation of a shared predator. Biological Conservation 141: 1321-1331.
7. Piechnik, D.A., S.P. Lawler and N.D. Martinez. 2008. Food-web assembly during a classic biogeographic study: species' trophic breadth corresponds to colonization order. Oikos 117:665-674.
8. Lawler, S.P., D.A. Dritz, C. S. Johnson and M. Wolder. 2008. Does synergized pyrethrin applied over wetlands for mosquito control affect Daphnia magna zooplankton or Callibaetis californicus mayflies? Pest Management Science 64:843-847.
9. Lawler, S. P., D. A. Dritz., J.A. Christiansen and A. Cornel. 2007. Effects of lambda-cyhalothrin on mosquito larvae and predatory aquatic insects. Pest Management Science 63:234-240.
10. Lawler, S. P., L. Reimer, T. Thiemann, J. Fritz, K. Parise, D. Feliz and D. Elnaiem. 2007. Effects of vegetation control on mosquitoes in seasonal freshwater wetlands. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 23:66-70.
11. Lawler, S. P. and D. A. Dritz.. 2006. Effects of rice straw and water management on riceland mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology 43: 828-832.
12. Lawler, S. P. and D. A. Dritz. 2005. Straw and winter flooding benefit mosquitoes and other insects in a rice agroecosystem. Ecological Applications In Press.
13. Holyoak, M. and S. P. Lawler. 2005. The contribution of laboratory experiments on protists to understanding population and metapopulation dynamics. Advances in Ecological Research 37: 245-271.
14. Lawler, S. P. and G. C. Lanzaro. 2005. Managing mosquitoes on the farm University of California DANR Publication 8158; online at http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8158.pdf 19 pp.
15. Orland, M. C. and S. P. Lawler. 2004. Resonance inflates carrying capacity in protist populations with periodic resource pulses. Ecology 85: 118:57-65.
16. Leyse, K., S. P. Lawler and T. Strange. 2004. Effects of an alien fish, Gambusia affinis, on an endemic California fairy shrimp, Linderiella occidentalis: implications for conservation of diversity in fishless wasters. Biological Conservation 118: 57-65.
17. Miles, A. K, S.P. Lawler, D. A. Dritz and S. Spring. 2002. Effects of mosquito larvicide on mallard ducklings and prey. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30: 675-682.
18. Lawler, S. P., J. Armesto and P. Kareiva. 2001. How relevant are studies of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to conservation? In: A. Kinzig, D. Tilman and S. Pacala, Eds: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship. Monographs in Population Biology 33, Princeton University Press 294-313.
19. Lawler, S. P., D. A. Dritz and T. Jensen. 2000. Effects of sustained-release methoprene and a combined formulation of liquid methoprene and B.t.i. on insects in salt marshes. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 39: 177-182.
20. Lawler, S. P., D. Dritz, T. Strange and M. Holyoak. 1999. Effects of introduced mosquitofish and bullfrogs on the threatened California red-legged frog. Conservation Biology 13: 612-622.
21. Morin, Peter J. and Sharon P. Lawler. 1996. Effects of food chain length and omnivory on population dynamics in experimental food webs In Gary A. Polis and Kirk 0. Winemiller (Eds.) , Food Webs - Integration of Patterns & Dynamics. Chapman & Hall, New York. 218-230.
22. Holyoak, Marcel and Sharon P. Lawler. 1996. The role of dispersal in predator-prey metapopulation dynamics Journal of Animal Ecology 65:640-652.
23. Holyoak, Marcel and Sharon P. Lawler. 1996. Persistence of an extinction-prone predator-prey interaction through metapopulation dynamics Ecology 77(6):1867-1879.