Autumn Sabo
Assistant Professor of Biology
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112 General Classroom Building
Monaca, PA - axs182@psu.edu
- 724-773-3885
Research Summary
How anthropogenic stressors affect plant communities, conservation, and restoration options. Recent work has focused on how deer and silvicultural techniques impact forest understories, with future projects likely extending to rare and invasive plant biology as well as climate change adaptation.
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Most Recent Publications
Biology and management of wild lupine (Lupinus perennis L.): a case study for conserving rare plants in edge habitat
Isabella Petitta, Margarita López-Uribe, Autumn E. Sabo, 2023, Plant Ecology on p. 1--17
Herbaceous plant height is an early indicator of groundlayer response to an experimental manipulation of forest structure and deer pressure
Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, Eric L. Kruger, David J. Mladenoff, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
SAF National Conference Proceedings: Competing vegetation treatments provide little short-term benefit in Northcentral Appalachian forests
Autumn Sabo, Phillip Jones, P Drohan, Duane Diefenbach, M Mc Dill, 2023, Journal of Forestry on p. 1
Northern hardwoods seedlings respond to a complex of environmental factors when deer herbivory is limited
Phillip Jones, Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi Forrester, David Mladenoff, Marc Mc Dill, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales
Scott Larson, Autumn Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere on p. 13
Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales
Scott R. Larson, Autumn E. Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan M. Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere
SAF National Convention Proceedings
Autumn Sabo, David Mladenoff, Jodi Forrester, 2021, Journal of Forestry on p. 1
Impacts of browsing and grazing ungulates on plant characteristics and dynamics
Autumn Sabo, 2019,
Ungulate exclusion accentuates increases in woody species richness and abundance with canopy gap creation in a temperate hardwood forest
Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, Julia I. Burton, Phillip D. Jones, David J. Mladenoff, Eric L. Kruger, 2019, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 386-395
Deer-mediated changes in environment compound the direct impacts of herbivory on understorey plant communities
Autumn E. Sabo, Katie L. Frerker, Donald M. Waller, Eric L. Kruger, 2017, Journal of Ecology on p. 1386-1398
Most-Cited Papers
Long-term regional shifts in plant community composition are largely explained by local deer impact experiments
Katie Frerker, Autumn Sabo, Donald Waller, 2014, PLoS One
Ungulate exclusion accentuates increases in woody species richness and abundance with canopy gap creation in a temperate hardwood forest
Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, Julia I. Burton, Phillip D. Jones, David J. Mladenoff, Eric L. Kruger, 2019, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 386-395
Deer-mediated changes in environment compound the direct impacts of herbivory on understorey plant communities
Autumn E. Sabo, Katie L. Frerker, Donald M. Waller, Eric L. Kruger, 2017, Journal of Ecology on p. 1386-1398
Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales
Scott R. Larson, Autumn E. Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan M. Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere
Northern hardwoods seedlings respond to a complex of environmental factors when deer herbivory is limited
Phillip Jones, Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi Forrester, David Mladenoff, Marc Mc Dill, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
Biology and management of wild lupine (Lupinus perennis L.): a case study for conserving rare plants in edge habitat
Isabella Petitta, Margarita López-Uribe, Autumn E. Sabo, 2023, Plant Ecology on p. 1--17
Herbaceous plant height is an early indicator of groundlayer response to an experimental manipulation of forest structure and deer pressure
Autumn E. Sabo, Jodi A. Forrester, Eric L. Kruger, David J. Mladenoff, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
SAF National Convention Proceedings
Autumn Sabo, David Mladenoff, Jodi Forrester, 2021, Journal of Forestry on p. 1
Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales
Scott Larson, Autumn Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan Paskewitz, 2022, Ecosphere on p. 13
SAF National Conference Proceedings: Competing vegetation treatments provide little short-term benefit in Northcentral Appalachian forests
Autumn Sabo, Phillip Jones, P Drohan, Duane Diefenbach, M Mc Dill, 2023, Journal of Forestry on p. 1
News Articles Featuring Autumn Sabo
Oct 22, 2024
Deer, seedlings and soil pH influence local forest regeneration
New findings from long-term research underscore the challenges managers face when trying to conserve Penn’s Woods.
Full Article
Feb 05, 2024
Edge habitats along roads and power lines may be key to conserving rare plants
Managing forest edge habitats to maintain a gradient of canopy cover and plant density could be key to conserving some threatened native plant species such as wild lupine, according to Penn State researchers
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Jan 31, 2024
Edge habitats along roads and power lines may be key to conserving rare plants
Edge habitats created by natural or human-caused disturbances provide prime opportunities for encouraging the establishment and reproduction of rare native plants, the researchers reported in a new study published in Plant Ecology
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Jan 30, 2023
Deer browsing is just one of many factors shaping North American forests
In a new study, a Penn State-led research team discovered evidence that browsing by white-tailed deer had relatively little long-term impact on two tree species in a northern forest.
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Aug 19, 2022
Graduate students in entomology and ecology win prestigious fellowships
Two graduate students who work in the laboratory of an entomology faculty member in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently received prestigious fellowships to further their graduate education and research.
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Jul 15, 2020
Ecology Institute announces grant recipients
The Ecology Institute has awarded 11 proposals from across the University as part of its Flower Grant program, including five projects submitted by faculty at Commonwealth Campuses.
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