Education

• Ph.D. | University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• M.S. | University of Georgia
• B.A. | St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Adjunct Appointments

• Cleveland State University
• Kent State University
• Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests

I am a community ecologist interested in the mechanisms responsible for maintaining patterns of biodiversity, and understanding how global change will likely alter communities. My research focuses on two important drivers of global change: invasive species and global climate change. Much of my research centers around how global change affects interactions among species, ultimately shaping the structure and function of ecosystems. In particular, current research projects examine: 1) community assembly, and how dynamics between species during the early stages of community development are impacted by climate and ultimately influence the composition of emerging communities, 2) ant-mediated seed dispersal and the impacts of both non-native ants and climate change, and 3) the effects of changing community composition (both above and below-ground) on ecosystem functions such as carbon cycling.

Select Publications

• Stuble KL, DJ Burke, SC Harbol, C Knisely, J Miller Mecaskey, AS Wagner, M Watson, KE Mueller (2025) Restoration at the intersection of science and outreach – The Working Woods Learning Forest. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 6(3): e70088.
• Jenkins D, J Miller Mecaskey, C Knisley, R Swab, KL Stuble (2025) Effort required for sustained management of non-native shrubs drops dramatically over time in a deciduous forest. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 6(2): e70033.
• Shepherd BL, DJ Burke, KL Stuble (2025) Fagus grandifolia growth and mortality a decade after the emergence of Beech Leaf Disease. Trees, Forests, and People 20: 100836.
• Dawson-Glass E, R Schiafo, CN Miller, SE Kuebbing, KL Stuble (2025) Toward a comprehensive understanding of the phenological responses of nonnative plants to climate warming: A review. Annals of Botany 135(6): 1029-1046.
• Dawson-Glass E, R Schiafo, SE Kuebbing, KL Stuble (2025) Warming-induced changes in priority effects drive shifts in community composition. Ecology 106(1): e4504.
• Miller CN, KL Stuble (2024) Warm spring days are related to shorter durations of reproductive phenophases for understory forest herbs. Ecology and Evolution 14(12): e70700.
• Wagner, AS, KL Stuble (2024) Beta diversity and species turnover in communities of newly recruited seedlings following forest management. Forest Ecology & Management 572: 122329.
• Burns, JH, KL Stuble, JS Medeiros (2024) Living collections: Biodiversity cultivated at public gardens has the power to connect ecological questions and evolutionary context. American Journal of Botany 111(9).
• Torres A, SE Kuebbing, KL Stuble, SA Catella, MA Nunez, MA Rodriguez-Cabal (2024) Inverse priority effects: A role for historical contingency during species losses. Ecology Letters 27(1): e14360.
• Werner CM, TP Young, KL Stuble (2024) Year effects drive beta diversity, but unevenly across community types. Ecology 105(1): e4188.