Education
2018 University of California, Berkeley M.S. Range Management
2015 University of California, Berkeley B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology
Research Interests
I am interested in applying ecological theories to rangeland management and restoration to solve immediate problems in western U.S. I am broadly interested in plant population and community dynamics, species coexistence, and landscape genetics.
Awards
2021 USDA Western SARE Grant
2021 USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship
2020 David S. Easly Memorial Award
2018 Promising Scholar Award
2018 Barker Scholarship Award
2017 Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Scholarship
2017 Oren Pollak Memorial Student Research Grant for Grassland Science
Publications
Aoyama, L., Shoemaker, L. G., Gilbert, B., Collinge, S. K., Faist, A. M., Shackelford, N., Temperton, V. M., Barabas, G., Larios, L., Ladouceur, E., Godoy, O., Bowler, C., and Hallett, L. M. 2022. Application of modern coexistence theory to rare plant restoration provides early indication of restoration trajectories and management actions. Ecological Applications e2649. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2649
Aoyama, L., Bartolome, J. W., Silva, L., and Silver, W. 2022. Using Ecological Site Descriptions to make ranch-level decisions about where to manage for soil organic carbon. California Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2022a0007
Aoyama, L., Bartolome, J. W., and Hallett, L. M. 2020. Incorporating diversity measures into Ecological Site Descriptions to manage biodiversity on heterogeneous landscapes. Rangelands 42(4):93-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2020.05.002
Aoyama, L. and Huntsinger, L. 2018. Are landowners, managers, and range management academics on the same page about conservation? Rangelands 41(1):61-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2018.10.001
Contact
laoyama@uoregon.edu