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Kelly K. Caylor | Faculty

Kelly K. Caylor Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Office: SB 120
TEL: 855-6303
Email: caylor@indiana.edu

Curriculum Vitae
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Education

Ph.D. 2003, Virginia

Research

  • Ecohydrology (i.e. interface between plant ecology and surface hydrology)
  • Landscape ecology
  • Surface hydrology
  • Ecological modeling
  • Theoretical and spatial ecology

Representative Publications

  • Caylor, K.K., H.H. Shugart, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe. (2005) "Tree canopy effects on simulated water stress in southern African savannas." Ecosystems, 8(1):17-32.
  • Caylor, K.K. S. Manfreda, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe. (2005) “On the coupled geomorphological and ecohydrological organization of river basins.” Advances in Water Resources, 28(1):69-86.
  • Scanlon, T.M., K. K. Caylor, S. Manfreda, S. Levin, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe. (2005) “Dynamic response of grass cover to rainfall variability: Implications for the function and persistence of savanna ecosystems.” Advances in Water Resources, 28(3):291-301.
  • Caylor, K.K., P.R. Dowty, H.H. Shugart, S. Ringrose (2004) “Relationship between small-scale structural variability and simulated vegetation productivity across a regional moisture gradient in southern Africa.” Global Change Biology, 10(3):374-382
  • Caylor, K.K. T.M. Scanlon, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe. (2004) “Feasible optimality of vegetation patterns in river basins.” Geophysical Research Letters, 31(13):L13502.
  • Caylor, K. K., H. H. Shugart and T. M. Smith (2003). "Tree spacing along the Kalahari Transect in southern Africa." Journal of Arid Environments, 54(2): 281-296