@FlinnLab

Ecologist | Writer | Educator | Professor of Biology at Baldwin Wallace University. AKA Katie. Find me at @flinnlab.bsky.social

 Berea, Ohio
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Joined August 2015
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So proud of my lab's first paper with the first author a @BaldwinWallace undergraduate. Another fruitful collaboration with @clevemetroparks informing forest conservation in northeast Ohio. Congrats Skyanne! link.springer.com/article/10…

Forest diversity and composition changed over 120 years of post-agricultural succession in Clevel...

Plant Ecology - Changes in land use have radically impacted forests in the USA over the past several centuries. This study examined how the long-term effects of agricultural land use shape the...

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"... I ended up being reluctant to work with undergraduate researchers at all—until a new student helped me realize what is required to mentor undergraduates, and the rewards it can bring." #NationalMentoringMonth scim.ag/3Cp5C35
WORKING LIFE Four lessons for being a great mentor to undergrads. Illustration shows two individuals walking through darkness, one using a flashlight that shines a light on various symbols

ALT WORKING LIFE Four lessons for being a great mentor to undergrads. Illustration shows two individuals walking through darkness, one using a flashlight that shines a light on various symbols

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Ecologists seek to understand how species distributions relate to environmental factors, but often these relationships are radically human-altered. @Flinnlab et al use historical data & SDMs to understand the presettlement distributions of forest trees. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70007

Presettlement Tree Distributions and Forest Types of Northeast Ohio, USA, Mapped With Species...

Using species distribution models to map the presettlement vegetation of northeast Ohio, we found that tree distributions depended largely on elevation and slope. Fagus grandifolia had the largest...

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Ecologists seek to understand how spp distributions relate to environmental factors, but often relationships are radically human-altered. Our new @JVegSci paper uses historical data in niche models to understand presettlement distributions of forest trees. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70007

Presettlement Tree Distributions and Forest Types of Northeast Ohio, USA, Mapped With Species...

Using species distribution models to map the presettlement vegetation of northeast Ohio, we found that tree distributions depended largely on elevation and slope. Fagus grandifolia had the largest...

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The remarkable story of the dawn redwood – how a living fossil long thought extinct brought humanity together in the middle of a World War themarginalian.org/2023/01/3…

The Remarkable Story of the Dawn Redwood: How a Living Fossil Brought Humanity Together in the...

How an ancient survivor of the unsurvivable became a triumph of the human spirit in a divided world.

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Biodiversity loss is not only about extinctions It is also the degradation of ecosystems - supporting a few generalist species, with reduced food webs, & looking the same wherever you go As seen over much of the UK
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My first ever opinion piece for the @guardian! In it, I delve into the Wood Wide Web, the rise of scientific myths (including the Great Wood of Caledon), and why we should not fear difficult ideas. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The ‘wood wide web’ theory charmed us all – but now it’s the subject of a bitter fight among...

The debate about the degree to which forests and fungi communicate raises the painful question of confirmation bias, says author Sophie Yeo

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Spread the word... All 1938 aerial photos of Cuyahoga County, Ohio are now freely available to everyone in this digital archive: libguides.bw.edu/c.php?g=137…
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Is there a #woodwideweb? For @Nature_news I look at the science behind this idea – and how scientists working in #forestecogy, #soils and #fungi feel about popular claims that trees care for each other via a fungal network in the soil bit.ly/3PNursZ
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Here's your friendly reminder that the best time to prune a Bradford Pear is any time your saw is sharp, and the ideal cut is horizontal and 4 inches from the ground. This is mostly for you @drdavecoyle.
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BW faculty and student researching together ~ Cuyahoga County is losing its tree cover. A new study tracks the change ideastream.org/environment-e…

Cuyahoga County is losing its tree cover. A new study tracks the change

A Baldwin Wallace researcher hopes her work on the current state of Cuyahoga County's tree canopy will help conservationists working to protect existing forests and help to inform reforestation...

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Listen for the story about our research today during Morning Edition and All Things Considered on our local NPR station, WKSU 89.7 @Ideastream. Thanks to Ida Lieszkovszky for her thorough reporting! @BaldwinWallace ideastream.org/environment-e…

Cuyahoga County is losing its tree cover. A new study tracks the change

A Baldwin Wallace researcher hopes her work on the current state of Cuyahoga County's tree canopy will help conservationists working to protect existing forests and help to inform reforestation...

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Cuyahoga County is losing its tree cover. A new study from @BaldwinWallace @FlinnLab tracks the change. Terrific coverage by @Ideastream News 🌳 wyso.org/2024-02-28/cuyahoga…

Cuyahoga County is losing its tree cover. A new study tracks the change

A Baldwin Wallace researcher hopes her work on the current state of Cuyahoga County's tree canopy will help conservationists working to protect existing forests and help to inform reforestation...

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“We soon learned that far greater threat to the land lay in road-building than in logging the timber.” For the latest @SmithsonianMag, I wrote about the history of public lands road construction and the movement to unmake our infrastructure. #roadecology smithsonianmag.com/science-n…

The Case for Destroying Old Forest Roads

Can demolishing abandoned dirt paths point the way to a more sustainable future?

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Great 5-minute video interview of me explaining our latest work on land use change and forest history in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Thanks Liv Ream and @CoolCleveland! youtube.com/watch?v=vt076-3z…

VIDEO: "A Forest is a Forest is a Forest?" BW's Ecology Professor Disagrees

CoolCleveland Correspondent Liv Ream interviewed Dr. Kathryn Flinn,...

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My first research experience was in a herbarium @williamandmary. In fact, I got to visit and exchange specimens with many herbaria for that project. I got drawn in to the potential to study ecological history via collections and never looked back.
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Great new resource for helping you select what species of trees to plant in your yard! Based on height, growth rate, sun/shade tolerance, lifespan, soil type, soil moisture, climate tolerance, stress tolerance. treeselector-clevelandmetrop… Thanks @clevemetroparks!
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Yay for transforming golf courses into wild habitat, like @CVNPNPS and @clevemetroparks is doing! nytimes.com/2024/02/15/clima…

After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild (Published 2024)

Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people.

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Do you know any students or recent graduates interested in exploring park careers? We post paid and unpaid internships at nps.gov/cuva/getinvolved/sup…. We currently have two openings in community engagement and one in our archives. Details are in the link. Photo: NPS/Penny Uhlenbrock.
A young man and woman wearing volunteer uniforms stand behind a pop-up exhibit table by a park trailhead bulletin board.

ALT A young man and woman wearing volunteer uniforms stand behind a pop-up exhibit table by a park trailhead bulletin board.

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