Diana Wall
Inaugural Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Titles
- Inaugural Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
Biography
Diana H. Wall is a world-renowned ecologist and the inaugural director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Since the School’s beginning in 2008, Wall has been a driving force for connecting CSU faculty, researchers, and students by providing innovative programs and tools to address the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Under her leadership, the School has become a strong platform for building an academic community at CSU that crosses boundaries to share knowledge and solve the most pressing environmental problems we face.
Wall’s commitment to bring the excellence of the CSU academic community together to tackle global challenges has initiated new local and international collaborations of creative transdisciplinary research, engagement, and scholarship. The novel programs established by Wall amplify CSU’s ability to meaningfully address global issues. These include seed funding for diverse teams of researchers, communication and leadership training for early career scientists, a re-envisioned approach to sustainability education, and a large effort to engage the academic and global communities through events that promote discourse and discussion. Diana gives credit for the School’s success to the intellectual creativity and passion of the CSU faculty, researchers, staff, and students who want to share their work in new ways and contribute to the scholarship and solutions of the world’s most urgent sustainability issues.
Education
- PhD, Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky-Lexington
- BA, Biology, University of Kentucky-Lexington
Journal Articles
2022
Ankrom, K. E., A. L. Franco, S. J. Fonte, L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, C. Wepking, P. Guan, S. Cui, S. H. Salama and D. H. Wall. 2022. Ecological maturity and stability of nematode communities in response to precipitation manipulations in grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 170(Feb):104263.
2021
Custodio Franco, A., P. Guan, S. Cui, C. Milano de Tomasel, L. A. Gherardi, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2021. Precipitation effects on nematode diversity and carbon footprint across grasslands. Global Change Biology 28(6):2124-2132. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16055. (link )
2020
Andriuzzi, W. S., A. L. Franco, K. E. Ankrom, S. Cui, C. Milano de Tomasel, P. Guan, L. A. Gherardi, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2020. Body size structure of soil fauna along geographic and temporal gradients of precipitation in grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 140(Jan):107638. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107638. (link )
Ankrom, K. E., A. L. Franco, S. J. Fonte, L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, E. A. Shaw, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2020. Ecto- and endoparasitic nematodes respond differently across sites to changes in precipitation. Oecologia 193:761-771. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04708-7. (link )
Franco, A. L., L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, K. E. Ankrom, E. M. Bach, P. Guan, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2020. Root herbivory controls the effects of water availability on the partitioning between above and belowground grass biomass. Functional Ecology 34(11): 2403-2410. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13661. (link )
2019
Franco, A. L., L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, K. E. Ankrom, E. A. Shaw, E. M. Bach, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2019. Drought suppresses soil predators and promotes root herbivores in mesic, but not in xeric grasslands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(26):12883-12888. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900572116. (link )
Franco, A. L., B. W. Sobral, A. L. Silva and D. H. Wall. 2019. Amazonian deforestation and soil biodiversity. Conservation Biology 33(3):590-600. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13234. (link )
Wlostowski, A. A., N. O. Schulte, B. J. Adams, B. A. Ball, R. M. Esposito, M. N. Gooseff, W. B. Lyons, U. N. Nelson, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, K. A. Welch and D. M. McKnight. 2019. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. JGR Biogeosciences 124(12):3814-3830. DOI: 10.1029/2019JG005153. (link )
2018
Aanderud, Z. T., S. Saurey, B. A. Ball, D. H. Wall, J. E. Barrett, M. E. Muscarella, N. A. Griffin, R. A. Virginia and B. J. Adams. 2018. Stoichiometric shifts in soil C:N:P promote bacterial taxa dominance, maintain biodiversity, and deconstruct community assemblages. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1401. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01401. (link )
Andriuzzi, W. S., B. J. Adams, J. E. Barrett, R. A. Virginia and D. H. Wall. 2018. Observed trends of soil fauna in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: Early signs of shifts predicted under climate change. Ecology 99(2):312-321. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2090 . (link )
Andriuzzi, W. S. and D. H. Wall. 2018. Grazing and resource availability control soil nematode body size and abundance–mass relationship in semi‐arid grassland. Journal of Animal Ecology 87(5):1407-1417. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12858. (link )
Ball, B. A., B. J. Adams, J. E. Barrett, D. H. Wall and R. A. Virginia. 2018. Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122(Jul):7-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.025. (link )
2017
Andres, P., J. C. Moore, F. Cotrufo, K. Denef, M. L. Haddix, R. Molowny-Horas, M. Riba and D. H. Wall. 2017. Grazing and edaphic properties mediate soil biotic response to altered precipitation patterns in a semiarid prairie. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 113(Oct):263-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.06.022. (link )
Andriuzzi, W. S. and D. H. Wall. 2017. Responses of belowground communities to large aboveground herbivores: Meta‐analysis reveals biome‐dependent patterns and critical research gaps. Global Change Biology 23(9):3857-3868. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13675 . (link )
Custodio Franco, A., M. A. Knox, W. S. Andriuzzi, C. M. de Tomasel, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2017. Nematode exclusion and recovery in experimental soil microcosms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 108(May):78-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.02.001. (link )
Garcia-Palacios, P., E. A. Shaw, D. H. Wall and S. Hattenschwiler. 2017. Contrasting mass‐ratio vs. niche complementarity effects on litter C and N loss during decomposition along a regional climatic gradient. Journal of Ecology 105(4):968-978. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12730. (link )
Gooseff, M. N., J. E. Barrett, B. J. Adams, P. T. Doran, A. G. Fountain, W. B. Lyons, D. M. McKnight, J. C. Priscu, E. R. Sokol, C. Takacs-Vesbach, M. L. Vandegehuchte, R. A. Virginia and D. H. Wall. 2017. Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(Sep):1334-1338. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0253-0. (link )
Knox, M. A., W. S. Andriuzzi, H. N. Buelow, C. Takacs-Vesbach, B. J. Adams and D. H. Wall. 2017. Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze–thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Ecology Letters 20(10):1242-1249. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12819. (link )
Shaw, E. A., D. H. Wall and S. Hattenschwiler. 2017. Contrasting mass‐ratio vs. niche complementarity effects on litter C and N loss during decomposition along a regional climatic gradient. Journal of Ecology 105(4):968-978. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12730. (link )
Soong, J. L., M. Dam, D. H. Wall and F. Cotrufo. 2017. Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands. Functional Ecology 31(1):260-269. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12693. (link )
2015
Vandegehuchte, M. L., Z. A. Sylvain, L. G. Reichmann, C. Milano de Tomasel, U. N. Nelson, D. H. Wall and O. E. Sala. 2015. Responses of a desert nematode community to changes in water availability. Ecosphere 6(3):1-15. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00319.1. (link )
2014
Sylvain, Z. A., D. H. Wall, K. L. Cherwin, D. P. Peters, L. G. Reichmann and O. E. Sala. 2014. Soil animal responses to moisture availability are largely scale, not ecosystem dependent: Insight from a cross-site study. Global Change Biology 20(8):2631-2643. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12522. (link )
2012
Magalhaes, C., M. I. Stevens, S. C. Cary, B. A. Ball, B. C. Storey, D. H. Wall, R. Turk and U. Ruprecht. 2012. At limits of life: Multidisciplinary insights reveal environmental constraints on biotic diversity in continental Antarctica. PLoS One 7(8):e44578. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044578. (link )
2006
Dobson, A. P., D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. S. Cumming, J. Keymer, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, J. A. Rusak, O. Sala, V. Wolters, D. Wall, R. Winfree and M. A. Xenopoulos. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology 87(8):1915-1924. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1915:HLTCAT]2.0.CO;2. (link )
2001
Clark, J. S., S. R. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. A. Foley, D. M. Lodge, M. Pascual, R. Pielke Jr, W. Pizer, C. Pringle, W. V. Reid, K. A. Rose, O. Sala, W. H. Schlesinger, D. H. Wall and D. Wear. 2001. Ecological forecasts: An emerging imperative. Science 293(5530):657-660. DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5530.657.
2000
Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin III, J. J. Armesto, E. Berlow, J. Bloomfield, R. Dirzo, E. Huber-Sannwald, L. F. Huenneke, R. B. Jackson, A. Kinzig, R. Leemans, D. M. Lodge, H. A. Mooney, M. Oesterheld, N. L. Poff, M. T. Sykes, B. H. Walker, M. Walker and D. H. Wall. 2000. Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287(5459):1770-1774. DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5459.1770. (link )
Wolters, V., W. L. Silver, D. E. Bignell, D. C. Coleman, P. Lavelle, W. H. Van Der Putten, P. C. de Ruiter, J. Rusek, D. H. Wall, D. A. Wardle, L. Brussard, J. M. Dangerfield, V. K. Brown, K. E. Giller, D. U. Hooper, O. E. Sala, J. M. Tiedje and J. J. Van Veen. 2000. Effects of global changes on above- and belowground biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: Implications for ecosystem functioning: We identify the basic types of interaction between vascular plants and soil biota; describe the sensitivity of each type to changes in species composition; and, within this framework, evaluate the potential consequences of global change drivers on ecosystem processes. Bioscience 50(12):1089-1098. DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[1089:EOGCOA]2.0.CO;2. (link )
Presentations
2011
Ball, B. A., R. A. Virginia, B. J. Adams, J. E. Barrett and D. H. Wall. 2011. Extreme stoichiometry: Nutrient limitation and fertilization in polar desert soils. Presentation at the 7-12 August 2011 96th Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. (link )