Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2003
Professor
216 Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building
410-455-3957
Chris.Swan@umbc.edu
http://biodiversity.umbc.edu
Research Interests
Community Ecology, Biodiversity, Urban Ecology, Ecology of Rivers & Streams
Recent Research Activities
- Biodiversity in River Networks
- Multi-Scale Diversity in Built Ecosystems
- Community Assembly and Stream Restoration
Recent Publications
Swan, C.M., L. Boyero & C. Canhoto (editors). 2021. The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems. Springer.
Swan, C. M., B. L. Brown, D. Borowy, J. Cavender-Bares, A. Jeliazkov, S. Knapp., Z. Lososova, J. Padullés Cubino, S. Pavoine, C. Ricotta, D. Sol. 2021. A framework for understanding how biodiversity patterns unfold across multiple spatial scales in urban ecosystems. Ecosphere e03650
Avolio, M., C. M. Swan, D. Jenerette & D. Pataki. 2021. Forum: Incorporating human behaviors into theories of urban community assembly and species coexistence. Oikos https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08400 EDITORS CHOICE
Lamy, T., N. I. Wisnoski, R. Andrade, M.C.N. Castorani, A. Compagnoni, N. Lany, L. Marazzi, S. Record, C. M. Swan, J. D. Tonkin, N. Voelker, S. Wang, P. L. Zarnetske, and E. R. Sokol. 2021. The dual dimensions of metacommunity variability. Oikos https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08517 EDITORS CHOICE
Sol, D., C. Trisos, C. Múrria, A. Jeliazkov, C. González-Lagos, C. M. Swan, J. A. Tobia & S. Pavoine. 2020. The worldwide impact of urbanisation on avian functional diversity. Ecology Letters 23(6): 962-972
Borowy, D. & C.M. Swan. 2020. A Multi-Trait Comparison of an Urban Plant Species Pool Reveals the Importance of Intraspecific Trait Variation and Its Influence on Distinct Functional Responses to Soil Quality. Front. Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00068
Andrade R, J. Franklin, K. L. Larson, C. M. Swan, S. B. Lerman, H, L. Bateman, P. S. Warren, A. York. 2020. Predicting the assembly of novel communities in urban ecosystems, Landscape Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01142-1
Pickett, S.T.A., M.L. Cadenasso, J. M. Grove, E. G. Irwin & C. M. Swan (editors). 2019. Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology. Yale University Press.
Todd, P.A., L. H. L. Loke, E. C. Heery, R. H. Thurstan, D. J. Kotze & C. Swan. Forum: The impacts and processes of marine urbanization. Oikos
Brown, B. L., C. Wahl & C. M. Swan. 2018. Experimentally disentangling the influence of dispersal and habitat filtering on benthic invertebrate community structure. Freshwater Biology 63(1): 48-61.
Courses Taught
Ecology, Quantitative Field Ecology, Aquatic Ecology