Dr. Sophia Turner

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.125
Fon +49.4131.677-2843, sophia.turner@leuphana.de
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in, Professorship of Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

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Vita

  • 2024-Present: Research Associate, Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2023-2024: Science Alliance GATE Research Fellow, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, and Oakridge National Lab (ORNL)
  • 2019- 2023: PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
  • 2014-2019: Science Outreach Officer, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Plant neighbors differentially alter a focal species' biotic interactions through changes to resource allocation
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Author) , Jennifer A. Schweitzer (Author) , 01.11.2024 , in: Ecology, 105, 11 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Toward an ecology of disasters: a primer for the pursuit of ecological research on disasters
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Author) , Nathaniel L. Gibson (Author) , Elizabeth A. Green (Author) , Guido A. Herrera-R (Author) , Sarah J. Love (Author) , Maryrose Weatherton (Author) , Alexandra S. Faidiga (Author) , Amy R. Luo (Author) , Michael L. Ngoh (Author) , Eric Shershen (Author) , Hyun Seok Yoon (Author) , Michael J. Blum (Author) , 01.12.2021 , in: Ecology and Society, 26, 4 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Road verges facilitate exotic species’ expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Author) , Karen Joan Esler (Author) , Jesse Machiel Kalwij (Author) , 01.10.2021 , in: Applied Vegetation Science, 24, 4 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. The utility of macroecological rules for microbial biogeography
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Author) , Jonathan R. Dickey (Author) , Rachel A. Swenie (Author) , Claire C. Winfrey (Author) , Daniela Yaffar (Author) , Anchal Padukone (Author) , Kendall K. Beals (Author) , Kimberly S. Sheldon (Author) , Stephanie N. Kivlin (Author) , 01.04.2021 , in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

  5. Challenges and solutions to establishing and sustaining citizen science projects in South Africa
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Author) , Joseph M. Hulbert (Author) , Samantha L. Scott (Author) , 30.07.2019 , in: South African Journal of Science, 115, 7-8 , 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. The cascading impacts of biotic starting conditions on Cirsium discolor growth-reproduction trade-offs
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Publishing success in ecology, and African perspective
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research

  3. Testing how plant interactions alter plant mediated interactions
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Plant competition alters plant-mediated interactions above and belowground
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Dispersal: Islands, invasions and succession
    Sophia Carmel Turner (Oral presentation)

    Activity: Guest lectures › Research

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Courses