Malone, Sparkle

Sparkle Malone
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Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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smalone@fiu.edu

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overview

Dr. Sparkle Malone is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University. Sparkle’s primary research focus is to improve our understanding of how climate and disturbance regimes influence spatial and temporal variability in ecosystem structure and function. Using remote sensing, eddy covariance, and spatial and temporal models she explores questions related to ecosystem condition, sustainability, and vulnerability to climate extremes.

selected publications

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- 2021
  
  Synergies Among Environmental Science Research and Monitoring Networks: A Research Agenda
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2020EF001631
- 2020
  
  Monitoring Grassland Management Effects on Soil Organic Carbon-A Matter of Scale. AGRONOMY-BASEL. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10122016 Web of Science: 000602241100001
- 2020
  
  Alternate furrow irrigation can maintain grain yield and nutrient content, and increase crop water productivity in dry season maize in sub-tropical climate of South Asia. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT. 238.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106229 Web of Science: 000536054500016
- 2020
  
  Soil available P, soil organic carbon and aggregation as affected by long-term poultry manure application to Andisols under pastures in Southern Chile. GEODERMA REGIONAL. 21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00271 Web of Science: 000550228600006
- 2020
  
  Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 29:696-710.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.13061 Web of Science: 000517213200008
- 2019
  
  Intensified inundation shifts a freshwater wetland from a CO2 sink to a source. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 25:3319-3333.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14718 Web of Science: 000486150200011
- 2019
  
  How Much Forest Persists Through Fire? High-Resolution Mapping of Tree Cover to Characterize the Abundance and Spatial Pattern of Fire Refugia Across Mosaics of Burn Severity. FORESTS. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/f10090782 Web of Science: 000487978700031
- 2019
  
  Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 28:548-556.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.12887 Web of Science: 000465964000001
- 2018
  
  Contrasting Photosynthetic Responses of Two Dominant Macrophyte Species to Seasonal Inundation in an Everglades Freshwater Prairie. WETLANDS. 38.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-018-1038-1 Web of Science: 000450305300004
- 2018
  
  Comparison of sensible heat flux measured by large aperture scintillometer and eddy covariance in a seasonally-inundated wetland. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 259.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.05.026 Web of Science: 000437064400031
- 2018
  
  Responses of Salt Marsh Plant Rhizosphere Diazotroph Assemblages to Drought. MICROORGANISMS. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6010027 Web of Science: 000436956400026
- 2018
  
  Mixed-Severity Fire Fosters Heterogeneous Spatial Patterns of Conifer Regeneration in a Dry Conifer Forest. FORESTS. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/f9010045 Web of Science: 000424115000044
- 2018
  
  The future of subalpine forests in the Southern Rocky Mountains: Trajectories for Pinus aristata genetic lineages. PLOS ONE. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193481 PMID: 29554097 Web of Science: 000427796800009
- 2017
  
  Monitoring Changes in Water Use Efficiency to Understand Drought Induced Tree Mortality. FORESTS. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/f8100365 Web of Science: 000414627600012
- 2016
  
  Sensitivity to Low-Temperature Events: Implications for CO2 Dynamics in Subtropical Coastal Ecosystems. WETLANDS. 36:957-967.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0810-3 Web of Science: 000385162100016
- 2015
  
  Ecosystem resistance in the face of climate change: a case study from the freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. ECOSPHERE. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00404.1 Web of Science: 000354777300012
- 2014
  
  El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Enhances CO2 Exchange Rates in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades. PLOS ONE. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115058 PMID: 25521299 Web of Science: 000348845600015
- 2014
  
  Seasonal patterns in energy partitioning of two freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida Everglades. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 119:1487-1505.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002700 Web of Science: 000342993200002
- 2013
  
  INTEGRATED CARBON BUDGET MODELS FOR THE EVERGLADES TERRESTRIAL-COASTAL-OCEANIC GRADIENT Current Status and Needs for Inter-Site Comparisons. OCEANOGRAPHY. 26:98-107.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.51 Web of Science: 000323808600015
- 2012
  
  Carbon dioxide exchange rates from short- and long-hydroperiod Everglades freshwater marsh. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 117.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002117 Web of Science: 000311563700001

research interests

Disturbance Ecology, Biogeochemical Cycles, Resilience and resistance to change

principal investigator on

Optimizing Fire Regimes In Fire Dependent Ecosystems awarded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2018 - 2021
Tipping the greenhouse C balance: Hurricane Irma's role in increasing methane emissions and the global warming potential in Everglades ecosystems awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019

teaching activities

BSC3941-U31: Biological Sciences Research Internship Spring Term 2019
BSC3941-U34: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
PCB3043-U02: Ecology Fall Term 2019
PCB4932-U01: Topics in Ecology Spring Term 2019

full name

Sparkle Malone

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9034-1076 (confirmed)

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publication subject areas

Agriculture
Forestry
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Microbiology
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