Dustin Haines

Professional Title
Assistant Professor

Education

  • Ph.D., 2013, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • B.S., 1993, Northwest Missouri State University

Research/Teaching focus

I am primarily interested in how plant communities change due to anthropogenic actions and natural forces, viewed chiefly through the lenses of ecology and evolution. In particular, I have studied vegetation change in estuarine wetland and upland communities, unintentional selection on restoration plant materials, the mechanisms driving invasive plant dominance and the effects of these plants on the communities they invade, and plant-soil feedbacks. I studied these subjects using field, greenhouse and lab experiments, and have worked in a wide range of habitats, including Great Lakes estuaries, oilfields and badlands of the northern Great Plains, hot deserts of the southwest, and forests of New England.

Currently, I do not have a research program – I teach exclusively. While I do not take on graduate students as a lead advisor, I am happy to serve on graduate student committees.

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 1001 Biology & Society
  • BIOL 2801 General Ecology
  • BIOL 2802 Ecology Lab
  • BIOL 3401 Evolution
  • BIOL 3987 Communication in Biology
  • BIOL 4818 / 5818 Biotic Response to Climate Change

 

Selected Publications

  • Raposa, K. B., A. Woolfolk, C. A. Endris, M. C. Fountain, G. Moore, M. Tyrrell, R. Swerida, S. Lerberg, B. J. Puckett, M. C. Ferner, J. Hollister, D. M. Burdick, L. Champlin, J. R. Krause, D. Haines, A. B. Gray, E. B. Watson, and K. Wasson. 2023. Evaluating Thin-Layer Sediment Placement as a Tool for Enhancing Tidal Marsh Resilience: a Coordinated Experiment Across Eight US National Estuarine Research Reserves. Estuaries and Coasts 46:595–615.
  • Haines, D.F., J.A. Aylward, S.D. Frey, and K.A. Stinson. 2018. Regional patterns of floristic diversity and composition in forests invaded by garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Northeastern Naturalist 25(3): 399-417.
  • Savage, J.A., M.J. Clearwater, D.F. Haines, T. Klein, M. Mencuccini, S. Sevanto, R. Turgeon and C. Zhang. 2016. Allocation, stress tolerance and carbon transport in plants: How does phloem physiology affect plant ecology?  Plant, Cell and Environment 39(4): 709-725.
  • Savage, J.A., D.F. Haines, and N.M. Holbrook. 2015. The making of giant pumpkins: How selective breeding changed the phloem of Cucurbita maxima from source to sink. Plant, Cell and Environment 38(8): 1543-1554.
  • Haines, D.F., D.L. Larson, and J.L. Larson. 2013. Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) affects vegetation more than seed banks in mixed-grass prairies of the northern Great Plains, USA. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6(3): 416–432.