Elise Gornish

Interests

Research

Vegetation Management, Ecological Restoration, Drought, Plant-Soil interactions

Teaching

Women in STEM, Ecological Restoration, Opportunities in Cooperative Extension, Global Change, Plant Ecology

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Dechen Silva, A., Roche, L., & Gornish, E. (2019). The use of strip-seeding for management of two late-season invasive plants. Heliyon, 5(e01772).
• Farrell, H., & Gornish, E. (2019). Pennisetum ciliaris: a review of treatment efficacy, competitive traits, and restoration opportunities. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 12, 203-213.
• Gornish, E., Arnold, H., & Fehmi, J. S. (2019). Review of seed pelletizing strategies for arid land restoration. Restoration Ecology, 27, 1206-1211.
• Hasbagan, G., Yong, Z., Gornish, E., Guozheng, H., Li, Y., Luobu, D., & Qingzhu, G. (2019). Differential resistance and resilience of dunctional groups to livestock grazing maintain ecosystem stability in an alpine steppe on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Environmental Management, 251(109579).
• James, J., Sheley, R., Leger, E., Adler, P., Hardegree, S., Gornish, E., & Rinella, M. (2019). Contribution of subseasonal and multi-year climate variation to seedling recruitment in dryland restoration. Ecological Applications.
• Liang, M., Gornish, E., Mariotte, P., Chen, J., & Liang, C. (2018). Foliar nutrient content mediates the effects of grazing on the relative abundance of dominant and subordinate species. Rangeland Ecology & Management.
• Eastburn, D., Roche, L., Doran, M., Gamble, G., & Gornish, E. (2018). Seeding for Multiple Ecosystem Service Goals. Journal of Environmental Management, 211, 191-197.
• Ganjurjav, H., Gao, Q., & Gornish, E. (2018). Temperature leads to changes of plant community composition and species diversity in alpine meadow and steppe on the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190, 585.
• Gornish, E., & Roche, L. (2018). The value of Cooperative Extension for involving society in restoration and conservation. Restoration Ecology, 26, 1051-1054.
• Gornish, E., Case, E., Valle, M., Bean, T., & Moore-O'Leary, K. (2018). A systematic review of management efforts on goatgrass (Aegilops spp) dominance. Plant Ecology, 219, 549-560.
• Gornish, E., Eastburn, D., Oneto, S., & Roche, L. (2018). Livestock grazing effects on grassland plant communities after long-term grazing cessation. Environmental Management, 40, 577-582.
• Liang, M., Chen, J., Gornish, E., Bai, X., Li, Z., & Liang, C. (2018). Grazing effects on grasslands escalated by abnormal precipitation in Inner Mongolia. Ecology & Evolution, 8, 8187-8196.
• Davy, J., Turri, T., Dykier, K., & Gornish, E. (2017). Seeded forages in California annual rangeland. California Agriculture, 15, 487-488.
• Gornish, E., & Roche, L. (2017). Cooperative Extension holds the key to unlocking public engagement within science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
• Gornish, E., Lennox, M., Lewis, D., Tate, K., & Jackson, R. (2017). Comparison of herbaceous plant response to active and passive riparian restoration in a Mediterranean climate. PLoS ONE.
• Hulvey, K. B., Leger, E. A., Porensky, L. M., Roche, L. M., Veblen, K. E., Fund, A., Shaw, J., & Gornish, E. S. (2017). Restoration islands: a tool for efficiently restoring dryland ecosystems?. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 25, S124-S134.
• Matzek, V., Gornish, E. S., & Hulvey, K. B. (2017). Emerging approaches to successful ecological restoration: five imperatives to guide innovation. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 25, S110-S113.
• Ryan, W., Gornish, E., Christenson, L., Halpern, S., Henderson, S., LeBuhn, G., & Miller, T. (2017). A toolbox for initiating long-term data collections with students and citizen scientists. American Biology Teacher, 79, 28-34.
• Ganjurjav, H., Gao, Q., Gornish, E. S., Schwartz, M. W., Liang, Y., Cao, X., Zhang, W., Zhang, Y., Li, W., Wan, Y., Li, Y., Danjiu, L., Guo, H., & Lin, E. (2016). Differential response of alpine steppe and alpine meadow to climate warming in the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 223, 233-240.
• Gornish, E. S., & dos, S. (2016). Invasive species cover, soil type, and grazing interact to predict long-term grassland restoration success. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 24(2), 222-229.
• Gornish, E. S., Fierer, N., & Barberan, A. (2016). Associations between an Invasive Plant (Taeniatherum caput-medusae, Medusahead) and Soil Microbial Communities. PLOS ONE, 11(9).
• Gornish, E., & James, J. (2016). The effects of habitat and demography on management outcomes for an invasive annual grass. Plant Ecology, 217, 1247-1258.
• Gornish, E., Brusati, E., & Johnson, D. W. (2016). Practitioner perspectives on using nonnative plants for revegetation. CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE, 70(4), 194-199.
• Gornish, E. S., & Leuzinger, S. (2015). Introduction to the Special Issue: Across the horizon: scale effects in global change research. AOB PLANTS, 7.
• Gornish, E. S., & Miller, T. E. (2015). Plant Community Responses to Simultaneous Changes in Temperature, Nitrogen Availability, and Invasion. PLOS ONE, 10(4).
• Gornish, E., & Monge, J. (2015). Mechanisms of facilitation on a barrier island. Journal of Coastal Research, 31, 17-24.
• Gornish, E., James, J., Sheley, R., Rinella, M., Svecar, T., Englund, S., & Aanderud, Z. (2015). Altered snowfall influences early life stage transitions and recruitment of a native and invasive grass in a cold desert. Oecologia, 177, 595-606.
• Harrison, S. P., Gornish, E. S., & Copeland, S. (2015). Climate-driven diversity loss in a grassland community. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 112(28), 8672-8677.
• James, J. J., Gornish, E. S., DiTomaso, J. M., Davy, J., Doran, M. P., Becchetti, T., Lile, D., Brownsey, P., & Laca, E. A. (2015). Managing Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) on Rangeland: A Meta-Analysis of Control Effects and Assessment of Stakeholder Needs. RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, 68(3), 215-223.
• Gornish, E. (2014). Demographic effects of warming, elevated soil nitrogen, and native community reduction on the colonization of a perennial plant. Population Ecology, 5, 645-656.
• Gornish, E. (2014). Interactive effects of global change and invasion across levels of organization in an old field plant community. AoB PLANTS, 6.
• Gornish, E., & Prather, C. (2014). Do foliar traits predict how plants respond to warming? A meta analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, 919-927.
• Pastore, A., Prather, C., Gornish, E., Ryan, C., Ellis, R., & Miller, T. (2014). Testing mechanisms of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in saxicolous lichen communities. Ecology, 95, 206-315.
• Gornish, E. (2013). Effects of density and fire on the vital rates and population growth of a perennial goldenaster. AOB PLANTS, 5.
• Gornish, E., & Miller, T. (2013). Using long-term census data to inform restoration methods of coastal dune vegetation. Estuaries & Coasts, 36, 1014-1023.
• Gornish, E., & Tylianakis, J. (2013). Plant community response to global climate change at different scales: A review. American Journal of Botany, 100, 1-13.
• Gornish, E., Hamilton, J., Barberan, A., & Benito, B. (2013). Interdisciplinary climate change collaborations are essential for early-career scientists. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94, 151.
• Ibanez, I., Gornish, E. S., Buckley, L., Debinski, D. M., Hellmann, J., Helmuth, B., HilleRisLambers, J., Latimer, A. M., Miller-Rushing, A. J., & Uriarte, M. (2013). Moving forward in global-change ecology: capitalizing on natural variability. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 3(1), 170-181.
• Gornish, E. S., & Miller, T. E. (2010). Effects of storm frequency on dune vegetation. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 16(10), 2668-2675.
• Miller, T. E., Gornish, E. S., & Buckley, H. L. (2010). Climate and coastal dune vegetation: disturbance, recovery, and succession. PLANT ECOLOGY, 206(1), 97-104.

Proceedings Publications

• Gornish, E., James, J., & Laca, E. (2015, Spring). The value of oak woodland habitats as control for Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae). In 7th Oak Symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Dynamic Work.

Presentations

• Farrell, H., Gornish, E., Barberan, A., Barberan, A., Farrell, H., & Gornish, E. (2019, September). How does restoration impact the soil organisms and properties of a disturbed semi-arid grassland?. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter Annual Meeting.
• Gornish, E. (2019, April). Seedball production and use for gardens and rangeland restoration. Family Day at Cochise County Master Gardeners Discovery Gardens.
• Gornish, E. (2019, August). Diversity and inclusion in science: What are we doing and what can we do better?. Sky Islands High School Science Series.
• Gornish, E. (2019, August). Novel approaches to restoration challenges in the southwest. Science Night. Bisbee, AZ.
• Gornish, E. (2019, August). Seedball production and use for gardens and rangeland restoration. Bisbee Science Lab Series.
• Gornish, E. (2019, January). Relationships between grass and mesquite cover based on long-term data: Implications for restoration opportunities. Malpai Borderlands Group Science Conference. Rodeo, NM.
• Gornish, E. (2019, November). Heterogeneity as a tool in dryland restoration. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter annual meeting.
• Gornish, E. (2019, November). Unexpected drivers of native plant community dynamics in the low Arizona desert. Arizona Native Plant Society Meeting.
• Gornish, E. (2019, October). Its not what you think! What really drives plant community dynamics at the Santa Rita Experimental Range. RISE Symposium.
• Gornish, E. (2019, September). REAL co-production of science: Examples and recommendations from Cooperative Extension. Biennial Conference for Science and Management.
• Gornish, E., Caballeros-Reynolds, M., & Johnson, M. (2019, February). Using a bike to make seed pellets for ecological restoration. Tucson High School Science Night.
• McCormick, M., Munson, S., Gornish, E., Butterfield, B., & Dunnieway, M. (2019, September). Connecting science and land management to enhance Southwest ecosystems - examples from the USGS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS). Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter Annual Meeting.
• Rao, D., & Gornish, E. (2019, September). Tumbleweed control using grazing, herbicide and seeding. Rangeland Management and Erosion Prevention.
• Snell, L., Lile, D., Hogan, S., Gornish, E., Little, J., Jin, Y., & Roch, L. (2019, February). Post-wildfire livestock grazing on public lands in northern California. California Rangeland Conservation Coalition annual meeting.
• Snell, L., Little, J., Gornish, E., Lile, D., Hogan, S., Lin, Y., & Roche, L. (2019, January). Post-wildfire livestock grazing on public lands in Northern California. California Rangeland Conservation Coalition.
• Teller, N., Bean, T., Gornish, E., & Larios, L. (2019, October). Integrated weed control and trait-screened seed mixes to reduce the risk of postfire type conversion from coastal sage scrub to annual grassland. California Invasive Plant Council Annual Meeting.
• Gornish, E. (2018, December). Grassland restoration in the arid southwest: Emerging approaches.. Bi-national Restoration Workshop. Hereford, AZ.
• Gornish, E. (2018, December). How and why to make seed balls for arid land restoration: A demonstration.. Bi-national Restoration Workshop. Hereford, AZ.
• Gornish, E. (2018, December). Restoration practices for invasive grasses. Invasive Weed Workshop. Orderville, UT.
• Gornish, E. (2018, July). Restoration practices for invasive grasses. Noxious, Invasive Plant Short Course. Farmington, NM.
• Gornish, E. (2018, November). Relationships between grass and mesquite cover based on long-term data: Implications for restoration opportunities. Southwest Vegetation Management Association annual meeting. Tucson, AZ.
• Gornish, E., & Bowker, M. (2018, May). Causes, effects and manifestations of arid land degredation in managed and natural systems. Eco-engineering of life in arid landscapes. Tucson, AZ.
• Gornish, E., & Brooks, C. F. (2018, April). Science communication to the public. Women in Engineering Seminar, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ.
• Gornish, E., & Mcclaran, M. P. (2018, May). Relationships between grass and mesquite cover based on long-term data: Implications for restoration opportunities. Madrean Conference. Tucson, AZ.
• Gornish, E., & Mcclaran, M. P. (2018, October). Relationships between grass and mesquite cover based on long-term data: Implications for restoration opportunities. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter. Flagstaff, AZ.
• Gornish, E., Mcclaran, M. P., Mcclaran, M. P., Mcclaran, M. P., Gornish, E., Gornish, E., Mcclaran, M. P., & Gornish, E. (2018, January). Grassland and mesquite on the Santa Rita Experimental Range: An historical perspective. Altar Valley Conservation Alliance Brush Management Workshop.
• Miller, T., & Gornish, E. (2018, August). The response of vegetation and dune morphology to extreme weather events. Ecological Society of America. New Orleans, LA.
• Rao, D., Gornish, E., Smith, R., & Davy, J. (2018, January). Tumbleweed control on California's central coast. California Weed Science Society.
• Rao, D., Smith, R., & Gornish, E. (2018, February). Tumbleweed control on California’s central coast. Society of Range Management annual meeting. Society of Range Management annual meeting.
• Schohr, T., Roche, L., Shaw, J., Tate, K., & Gornish, E. (2018, February). Completing the knowledge cycle: Deriving IPM knowledge directly from practitioners on working landscapes.. Society of Range Management annual meeting.
• Teller, N., Gornish, E., Bean, T., & Larios, L. (2018, November). Targeting bulldozer lines for competitive seeding to suppress postfire invasion in Coastal Sage Scrub. California Invasive Plant Council Annual Symposium. Monterey, CA.
• Teller, N., Gornish, E., Bean, T., & Larios, L. (2018, November). Targeting bulldozer lines for competitive seeding to suppress postfire invasion in Coastal Sage Scrub. Sequoia and Kings Canyon Science Symposium. Three Rivers, CA.
• Bean, T., Kyser, G., Davy, J., & Gornish, E. (2017, September). Barb Goatgrass seed production: Grazing, glyphosate rate and application timing. Monday Afternoon Weeders Workshop.
• Farrell, H., Gornish, E., & Fehmi, J. S. (2017, October). Seeding vs. natural recruitment: comparing semi arid vegetation communities post reclamation. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Section annual meeting.
• Garfin, G. M., Falk, D. A., & Gornish, E. (2017, October). Vegetation management after fire in Arizona. Arizona State Legislative Offices.
• Gornish, E. (2017, November). Non-academic jobs in range. University of Arizona Range Club meeting.
• Gornish, E. (2017, November). On the ground and in the field: Applied research and outreach as a Cooperative Extension Specialist. Arizona Association of Environmental Professionals meeting.
• Gornish, E. (2017, October). Frontiers of ecological restoration research and outreach in the arid southwest. University of Arizona, School of Natural Recourses Seminar Series.
• Gornish, E., Bean, T., Kyser, G., & Davy, J. (2017, June). Interactive effects of grazing, glyphosate rate, and application timing on barb goatgrass seedhead production. Hopland Research and Education Center field day.
• Gornish, E., Bean, T., Kyser, G., & Davy, J. (2017, October). Barb goatgrass management: interactive effects of grazing, glyphosate rate, application timing and restoration seeding. California Invasive Plant Council Symposium.
• Gornish, E., Falk, D. A., & Garfin, G. M. (2017, October). Wildfire and restoration policy for Arizona. Arizona Senate Briefing. Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix, AZ: Arizona State Legislature.
• Roche, L., Schohr, T., Shaw, J., Tate, K., & Gornish, E. (2017, November). Completing the knowledge cycle: Deriving IPM knowledge directly from practitioners on working landscapes. California Pest Management Advisory Committee meeting.
• Roche, L., Schohr, T., Shaw, J., Tate, K., & Gornish, E. (2017, September). Completing the knowledge cycle: Deriving IPM knowledge directly from practitioners on working landscapes. Monday Afternoon Weeders Workshop.
• Schohr, T., Roche, L., Shaw, J., Tate, K., & Gornish, E. (2017, October). Completing the knowledge cycle: Deriving IPM knowledge directly from practitioners on working landscapes. California Invasive Plant Council Symposium.

Poster Presentations

• Gornish, E. (2019, August). Constructing and operating a bicycle powered seed pelletizing machine for use in gardening and ecological restoration projects. University of Arizona Annual Extension Conference.
• Jennings, L., Ossana, L., Neilson, J. W., Gornish, E., & Maier, R. M. (2019, December). Biotic potential of degraded soil development on reclaimed mine tailings in Southern Arizona. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.
• Kline, A., Leger, B., Porensky, L., & Gornish, E. (2019, September). Using native grass seeding and targeted grazing to modify plant biomass in Nevada rangeland. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter Annual Meeting.
• Muller, P., Mendivil, E., & Gornish, E. (2019, April). Seedball composition effects on Plains Bristlegrass (Setari vulpiseta) germination. Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation Science Fair.
• Muller, P., Mendivil, E., & Gornish, E. (2019, February). Seedball composition effects on Plains Bristlegrass (Setaria vulpiseta) germination. Tucson High School Science Fair.
• Snell, L., Little, J., Lile, D., Gornish, E., Hogan, S., Jin, Y., & Roche, L. (2019, April). Post-wildfire livestock grazing on public lands in northern California. University of California Fire Workshop.
• Farrell, H., & Gornish, E. (2018, November). Treating buffelgrass: A literature review of competition mechanisms and treatment efficacy. Southwest Vegetation Management Association annual meeting. Tucson, AZ.
• Farrell, H., & Gornish, E. (2018, October). Treating buffelgrass: A literature review of competition mechanisms and treatment efficacy. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter. Flagstaff, AZ.
• Little, J., Snell, L., Gornish, E., Lile, D., & Roche, L. (2018, February). Post-wildfire livestock grazing management on public rangelands in Northeast California. Society of Range Management annual meeting.
• McCormick, M., Munson, S., Butterfield, B., Copeland, S., & Gornish, E. (2018, August). RAMPS: Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest. Ecological Society of America. New Orleans, LA.
• McCormick, M., Munson, S., Butterfield, B., Copeland, S., Conn, J., & Gornish, E. (2018, October). Collaborative Restoration: Working together to achieve project outcomes in the desert Southwest. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter. Flagstaff, AZ.
• Shaw, J., Gornish, E., Eastburn, D., Laca, E., Macon, D., Tate, K., & Roche, L. (2018, August). Strip seeding, targeted grazing, and prescribed fire to manage and restore California grasslands. Ecological Society of America.. New Orleans, LA.
• Simpson, A., Cabaello-Reynolds, M., & Gornish, E. (2018, October). Constructing and operating a bicycle powered seed pelletizing machine for use in gardening and ecological restoration projects. Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter. Flagstaff, AZ.
• Simpson, A., Caballero-Reynolds, M., & Gornish, E. (2018, April). Constructing and operating a bicycle powered seed pelletizing machine for use in gardening and ecological restoration projects. Earthweek at the University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ.
• Simpson, A., Caballero-Reynolds, M., & Gornish, E. (2018, November). Constructing and operating a bicycle powered seed pelletizing machine for use in gardening and ecological restoration projects. Southwest Vegetation Management Association annual meeting. Tucson, AZ.
• Simpson, A., Cabello-Rynolds, M., & Gornish, E. (2018, May). Constructing and operating a bicycle powered seed pelletizing machine for use in gardening and ecological restoration projects. Madrean Conference. Tucson, AZ.
• Teller, N., Gornish, E., Travis, B., & Larios, L. (2018, May). Targeting bulldozer lines for postfire competitive seeding at Chino Hills State Park. 3rd California Chaparral Symposium. Arcadia, CA.
• Schohr, T., Roche, L., Shaw, J., Tate, K., & Gornish, E. (2017, November). Land manager perspectives on rangeland weed management practices. California Cattleman’s Association Annual Meeting.

Others

• Gornish, E., & Howery, L. D. (2019, October). Non-native, invasive plants of Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
• Gornish, E., & Roche, L. (2018, November). Careers in Cooperative Extension. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
• Gornish, E., Simpson, A., & Caballero-Reynolds, M. (2018, December). A bicycle-powered seed pelletizer for use in gardening and restoration. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
• Gornish, E. (2017, Dec). Increasing national park fees hurts our understanding of the environment. The Hill.com. http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/367466-increasing-fees-at-national-parks-hurts-our-understanding-of-the
• Gornish, E. (2017, December). Doom-and-gloom scenarios on climate change won’t solve our problem. Scientific American. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/doomandgloom-scenarios-on-climate-change-wont-solve-our-problem/
• Gornish, E., & Shaw, J. (2017, August). Restoration manual for annual grassland systems in California. ANR Publication 8575.
• Rao, D., Gornish, E., Smith, S., & Davy, J. (2017, February). Progress report: Tumbleweed on California’s central coast. Grasslands.
• Bean, T., & Gornish, E. (2016, July). Native soil bacteria as biocontrol. Cal-IPC News.
• Gornish, E., & Hulvey, K. (2016, July). New ecological restoration section at ESA!. Ecological Restoration.
• Gornish, E. (2015, April). An extension perspective on California grassland restoration. Grasslands.