Daniel Larkin

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Professor/Extension Specialist
[email protected]
612-625-6350
235B Skok Hall
Larkin Lab
Education

Ph.D. Botany. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Areas of Interest

Plant management and restoration

Teaching

I teach through Extension programs serving the public, agencies, restoration practitioners, and other stakeholders working in invasive species management and ecological restoration.

Research

Restoration ecology, invasion ecology, aquatic plant management, wetland ecology, plant community ecology

My students and I work on applied problems in ecological restoration and invasive plant management in lakes, wetlands, and terrestrial habitats. Our goal is to conduct research that helps advance restoration of degraded habitats. In the human-dominated landscapes of the upper Midwest, effective prevention and control of biological invasions is an essential component of this work.

Key partners in our research are citizen scientists, natural resource managers, restoration practitioners, and other stakeholders. Nearly all our projects involve research-management collaborations. And our research forms the basis for developing Extension programs to translate science into practical solutions on the ground and on the water.

Select Publications

Larkin, D. J., M.-C. Glasenhardt, E. W. Williams, N. Karimi, R. S. Barak, E. Leavens, and A. L. Hipp. 2023. Evolutionary history shapes grassland productivity through opposing effects on complementarity and selection. Ecology, DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4129. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4129

Weber, M. M., D. J. Larkin, and P. Mulcahy. 2022. Creating informed consumers of aquatic invasive species management programs through online education for non-professionals. Invasive Plant Science and Management DOI:10.1017/inp.2022.10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2022.10

Ernst, A. R., R. S. Barak, A. L. Hipp, A. T. Kramer, H. E. Marx, and D. J. Larkin. 2021. The invasion paradox dissolves when using phylogenetic and temporal perspectives. Journal of Ecology 10:443–456.

Marchetto, K. M., T. M. Wolf, and D. J. Larkin. 2021. The effectiveness of using targeted grazing for vegetation management: a meta-analysis. Restoration Ecology DOI:10.1111/rec.13422. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13422

Muthukrishnan, R., and D. J. Larkin. 2020. Invasive species and biotic homogenization in Minnesota aquatic plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29:656–667.