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John Sabo

John Sabo

Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory

jsabo1@tulane.edu

ByWater Institute
Tulane University

Titles

  • Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Director, Future H2O, Knowledge Enterprise

Biography

John Sabo is an ecologist who studies the importance of water in determining the viability and resilience of animal and plant populations in river and riparian ecosystems. He and his research team use large-scale field experiments and the application of stable isotopes to understand how drought and floods influence freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity. They also study how these extreme events affect food web structure.

He also develops statistical techniques to measure the resilience of river food webs and the fisheries that these food webs support. Sabo collaborates broadly across disciplines, synthesizing large datasets to answer questions about the impacts of floods and water scarcity on the interactions between humans and biodiversity.

Professor Sabo’s work is being applied to problems in watershed management and freshwater sustainability to understand how water scarcity and extreme weather influence food security and biodiversity.

Education

  • PhD, Ecology, University of California - Berkeley, 2000
  • MS, Fisheries, University of Washington, 1995
  • BS, University of Notre Dame, 1992

Expertise

External Links

Journal Articles

2021

Baruch, E. M., H. L. Bateman, D. A. Lytle, D. M. Merritt and J. L. Sabo. 2021. Integrated ecosystems: Linking food webs through reciprocal resource reliance. Ecology 102(9):e03450. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3450. (link )

Patrick, C. J., K. E. McCluney, A. Ruhi, A. Gregory, J. Sabo and J. H. Thorp. 2021. MUlti-scale biodiversity drives temporal variability in macrosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19(1):47-56. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2297. (link )

Stampoulis, D., H. G. Damavandi, D. Boscovic and J. Sabo. 2021. Using satellite remote sensing and machine learning techniques towards precipitation prediction and vegetation classification. Journal of Environmental Informatics 37(1):1-15. DOI: 10.3808/jei.202000427. (link )

2019

Hondula, D. M., J. L. Sabo, R. Quay, M. V. Chester, M. Georgescu, N. B. Grimm, S. L. Harlan, A. Middel, S. Porter, C. L. Redman, B. Rittmann, B. L. Ruddell and D. D. White. 2019. Cities of the Southwest are testbeds for urban resilience. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(2):79-80. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2005. (link )

Stampoulis, D., J. T. Reager, C. H. David, K. M. Andreadis, J. S. Famiglietti, T. G. Farr, A. R. Transgrud, R. R. Basilio, J. L. Sabo, G. B. Osterman, P. R. Lundgren and Z. Liu. 2019. Model-data fusion of hydrologic simulations and GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage observations to estimate changes in water table depth. Advances in Water Resources 128(June):13-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.04.004. (link )

2018

Gao, H., J. L. Sabo, X. Chen, Z. Liu, Z. Yang, Z. Ren and M. Liu. 2018. Landscape heterogeneity and hydrological processes: A review of landscape-based hydrological models. Landscape Ecology 33(9):1461-1480. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0690-4. (link )

Moody, E. K., E. W. Carson, J. R. Corman, H. Espinosa-Perez, J. Ramos, J. L. Sabo and J. J. Elser. 2018. Consumption explains intraspecific variation in nutrient recycling stoichiometry in a desert fish. Ecology 99(7):1552-1561. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2372. (link )

2017

Moody, E. K. and J. L. Sabo. 2017. Dissimilarity in the riparian arthropod communities along surface water permanence gradients in aridland streams. Ecohydrology 10(4):e1819. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1819. (link )

Sankarasubramanian, A., J. L. Sabo, K. L. Larson, S. Seo, T. Sinha, R. Bhowmik, A. R. Vidal, K. Kunkel, G. Mahinthakumar, E. Berglund and J. S. Kominoski. 2017. Synthesis of public water supply use in the U.S.: Spatio-temporal patterns and socio-economic controls. Earth's Future 5(7):771-788. DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000511. (link )

2015

Moody, E. K., J. R. Corman, J. J. Elser and J. L. Sabo. 2015. Dietary composition affects the rate of N:P ratio of fish excretion. Freshwater Biology 60(3):456-465. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12500. (link )

2014

Allen, D. C., K. E. McCluney, S. R. Elser and J. L. Sabo. 2014. Water as a trophic currency in dryland food webs. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12:156-160. DOI: 10.1890/130160. (link )

McCluney, K. E. and J. L. Sabo. 2014. Sensitivity and tolerance of riparian arthropod communities to altered water resources along a drying river. PLOS One 9(10):e109276. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109276. (link )

2012

Bang, C., S. H. Faeth and J. L. Sabo. 2012. Control of arthropod abundances, richness and composition in a heterogeneous desert city. Ecological Monographs 82(1):85-100. DOI: 10.1890/11-0828.1.

Deviche, P. J., P. J. Sharp, A. Dawson, J. L. Sabo, B. H. Fokidis, S. Davies and L. Hurley. 2012. Up to the challenge? Hormonal and behavioral responses of free-ranging male Cassin's Sparrows, Peucaea cassinii, to conspecific song playback. Hormones and Behavior 61(5):741-749. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.012. (link )

2010

Bang, C., J. L. Sabo and S. H. Faeth. 2010. Reduced wind speed improves plant growth in a desert city. PLoS One 5(6):e11061. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.001161. (link )

Deviche, P. J., L. L. Hurley, H. B. Fokidis, B. Lerbour, B. Silverin, B. Silverin, J. L. Sabo and P. J. Sharp. 2010. Acute stress rapidly decreases plasma testosterone in a free-ranging male songbird: Potential site of action and mechanism. General and Comparative Endrocrinology 169(1):82-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.009. (link )

Gerber, L. R., M. Gonzalez-Suarez, C. J. Hernandez-Camacho, J. K. Young and J. L. Sabo. 2010. The cost of male aggression and polygyny in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). PLOS One 5(8):e12230. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012230. (link )

Sabo, J. L., T. Sinha, L. C. Bowling, G. H. Schoups, W. W. Wallender, M. E. Campana, K. A. Cherkauer, P. L. Fuller, W. L. Graf, J. W. Hopmans, J. S. Kominoski, C. Taylor, S. W. Trimble, R. H. Webb and E. E. Wohl. 2010. Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107(50):21263-21270. (link )

2008

Deviche, P. J., J. L. Sabo and P. J. Sharp. 2008. Glutamatergic stimulation of lutenising hormone secretion in relatively refractory male songbirds. Journal of Neuroendrocrinology 20(10):1191-1202. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01771.x. (link )

2007

Sabo, J. L. and L. R. Gerber. 2007. Predicting extinction risk in spite of predator-prey oscillations. Ecological Applications 17(5):1543-1554. DOI: 10.1890/06-0630.1. (link )

2005

Gerber, L. R., H. McCallum, K. D. Lafferty, J. L. Sabo and A. Dobson. 2005. Exposing extinction risk analysis to pathogens: Is disease just another form of density dependence?. Ecological Applications 15(4):1402-1414. DOI: 10.1890/04-0880. (link )

Sabo, J. L., R. A. Sponseller, M. Dixon, K. Gade, T. K. Harms, J. B. Heffernan, A. Jani, G. Katz, C. Soykan, J. Watts and J. R. Welter. 2005. Riparian areas harbor different, not more, species. Ecology 86(1):56-62. DOI: 10.1890/04-0668.

2004

Sabo, J. L., E. J. Holmes and P. M. Kareiva. 2004. The efficacy of simple viability models in ecological risk assessment: Does density dependence matter?. Ecology 85:328-341.

Book Chapters

2020

Ruddell, B. L., H. Gao, O. Pala, R. Rushforth and J. Sabo. 2020. Infrastructure. Pp. 259-295 In: Saundry, P. and B. L. Ruddell eds., The Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29914-9_10. ISBN: 978-3-030-29914-9. (link )

Posters

2014

Wyant, K. A., Y. Y. Marusenko, S. J. Hall and J. L. Sabo. 2014. Land-use type changes the belowground food-web in an arid, urban ecosystem. Poster presented at the 16th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientists Meeting, January 17, 2014, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2013

Wyant, K. A., Y. Y. Marusenko, S. J. Hall and J. L. Sabo. 2013. Land-use type changes the belowground food-web in an arid, urban ecosystem. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2012

Marusenko, Y. Y., K. A. Wyant, S. J. Hall and J. L. Sabo. 2012. Land-use type affects biogeochemical cycling, soil microbial communities, and the belowground food-web in an arid ecosystem. Poster presented at 13 January 2012 CAP LTER 14th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2010

Bang, C., J. L. Sabo and S. H. Faeth. 2010. Emerging patterns from urban ecological field studies. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Poster presented at the January 14, 2010 12th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability.

2009

Bang, C., J. L. Sabo and S. H. Faeth. 2009. Is the answer still blowing in the wind? Plant growth in urban areas. Tempe, AZ. Poster presented at 11th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) Poster Symposium, January 15, 2009, Global Institute of Sustainability. (link )

Presentations

2013

Sabo, J. L., R. Quay and D. D. White. 2013. Outcomes of the ASU "Frontiers in Water Reuse Workshop". Presented by Dave White at Arizona Water Reuse 2013, July 15-16, 2013, Flagstaff, Arizona.

2009

Bang, C., J. L. Sabo and S. H. Faeth. 2009. Arthropod diversity and trophic dynamics in urban and desert areas in Phoenix: Long term monitoring and field experiments. Presentation at the August 2-7, 2009 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM.

Bang, C., J. L. Sabo and S. H. Faeth. 2009. Arthropod diversity and trophic dynamics in urban areas of Phoenix - Long-term monitoring and experimental studies. Invited talk at the June 2009 Symposium on "Managing Residential Landscapes for Wildlife" at the Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

2007

Bang, C., J. L. Sabo, J. M. Anderies and S. H. Faeth. 2007. Trophic dynamics and effects of urbanization: A complex field experiment compared to a simple mathematical model. Presentation at the August 6-10, 2007 Ecological Restoration in a Changing World at the 92 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in conjunction with the Society for Ecological Restoration 18th International Conference, San Jose, CA.