Fleur Nicklen, Botanist

Fleur Nicklen measuring vegetation regrowth in the Adrew Creek Fire area.

E. Fleur Nicklen
Botanist
Southwest Alaska Network and Central Alaska Network
Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service

4175 Geist Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709
907-455-0662
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Education

PhD 2022 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Dendro-ecology
MS 2006 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Plant-insect interactions
BS 2002 Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution
BA 2002 Rutgers University, English Literature

Professional Experience

2022-Present Botanist, Southwest Alaska Network and Central Alaska Network, Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service
2008-2022 Botanist, Central Alaska Network, Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service
2007-2008 Biological Science Technician, Big Bend National Park
2007 Research Assistant, Archbold Biological Station
2006 Biological Science Technician, Zion National Park
2003-2006 Teaching and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2002-2003 Forest Ecology Research Assistant, Oregon State University/Pacific Southwest Research Station
2001 Pollination Ecology Research Assistant, Rutgers University
2000 Wildlife crew member, Forest Service, Seward Ranger District

Peer-reviewed publications

Roland, C. A., J. H. Schmidt, S. E. Stehn, C. J. Hampton-Miller, E. F. Nicklen. 2021. Borealization and its discontents: Drivers of regional variation in plant diversity across scales in interior Alaska. Ecosphere 12(5): e03485.

Raiho, A. M., E. F. Nicklen, A. C.Foster, C. A. Roland, M. B. Hooten. 2021. Bridging implementation gaps to connect large ecological datasets and complex models. Ecology and Evolution 11(24): 18271-18287.

Nicklen, E. F., C. A. Roland, R. W. Ruess, T. Scharnweber, M. Wilmking. 2021. Divergent response to permafrost and precipitation reveal mechanisms for the spatial variation of two sympatric spruce. Ecosphere 12(7): e03622.

Sadoti, G., S. McAfee, E. F. Nicklen, P. J.Sousanes, C. A.Roland. 2020. Evaluating multiple historical climate products in ecological models under current and projected temperatures. Ecological Applications 31(2): e02240.

Roland, C. A., J. H. Schmidt, S. G. Winder, S. E. Stehn, E. F. Nicklen. 2019. Regional variation in interior Alaska boreal forests is driven by fire disturbance, topography, and climate. Ecological Monographs 89: e01369.

Roland, C. A., G. Sadoti, E. F. Nicklen, S. A. McAfee, S. E. Stehn. 2019. A structural equation model linking past and present plant diversity in Alaska: A framework for evaluating future change. Ecosphere 10(8): e02832.

Nicklen, E. F., C. A. Roland, A. Z. Csank, M. Wilmking, R. W. Ruess, L. A. Muldoon. 2018. Stand Basal area and solar radiation amplify white spruce climate sensitivity in interior Alaska: Evidence from carbon isotopes and tree rings. Global Change Biology 25(3): 911-926.

Sadoti, G., S. McAfee, C. A. Roland, E. F. Nicklen, P. J. Sousanes. 2018. Modelling high-latitude summer temperature patterns using physiographic variables. International Journal of Climatology 38 (10): 4033-42.

Nicklen, E. F., C. A. Roland, R. W. Ruess, J. H. Schmidt, A. H. Lloyd. 2016. Local site conditions drive climate-growth responses of Picea mariana and Picea glauca in interior Alaska. Ecosphere 7: e01507.

Roland, C. A. J. H. Schmidt, and E. F. Nicklen. 2013. Landscape-scale patterns in tree occupancy and abundance in subarctic Alaska. Ecological Monographs 83: 19-48.

Wagner, D. and E. F. Nicklen. 2010. Ant nest location, soil nutrients, and nutrient uptake by ant-associated plants: Does extrafloral nectar attract ant nests and thereby enhance plant nutrition? Journal of Ecology 98: 614-624.

Nicklen, E. F. and D. Wagner. 2006. Conflict resolution in an ant-plant interaction: Acaciaconstricta traits reduce ant costs to reproduction. Oecologia 148: 81-87.