Malone, Sparkle
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Overview
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.
research interests
- Disturbance Ecology, Biogeochemical Cycles, Resilience and resistance to change
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2022Methane emissions from subtropical wetlands: An evaluation of the role of data filtering on annual methane budgetsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108972 Web of Science: 000795690500003
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2022Gaps in network infrastructure limit our understanding of biogenic methane emissions for the United StatesFull Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-2507-2022 Web of Science: 000794453500001
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2021Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable communityFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3833 Web of Science: 000735437600029
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2021Understanding drivers of aquatic ecosystem metabolism in freshwater subtropical ridge and slough wetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3849 Web of Science: 000735437600001
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2021Freshwater wetland plants respond nonlinearly to inundation over a sustained periodFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1746 Web of Science: 000704284100001
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2021Integrating Aquatic Metabolism and Net Ecosystem CO2 Balance in Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Subtropical Freshwater WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00672-2 Web of Science: 000679323500001
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2021Addressing bias in faculty retentionFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/eap.2346 Web of Science: 000667302000001
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2021In situ adaptation and ecological release facilitate the occupied niche expansion of a non-native Madagascan day gecko in FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7749 Web of Science: 000664613400001
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2020Monitoring Grassland Management Effects on Soil Organic Carbon-A Matter of ScaleFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10122016 Web of Science: 000602241100001
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2020Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversityFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.13061 Web of Science: 000517213200008
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2019Intensified inundation shifts a freshwater wetland from a CO2 sink to a sourceFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14718 Web of Science: 000486150200011
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2019Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensingFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.12887 Web of Science: 000465964000001
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2018The future of subalpine forests in the Southern Rocky Mountains: Trajectories for Pinus aristata genetic lineagesFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193481 Web of Science: 000427796800009
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2018Responses of Salt Marsh Plant Rhizosphere Diazotroph Assemblages to DroughtFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6010027 Web of Science: 000436956400026
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2018Mixed-Severity Fire Fosters Heterogeneous Spatial Patterns of Conifer Regeneration in a Dry Conifer ForestFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/f9010045 Web of Science: 000424115000044
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2017Monitoring Changes in Water Use Efficiency to Understand Drought Induced Tree MortalityFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/f8100365 Web of Science: 000414627600012
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2016Drought resistance across California ecosystems: evaluating changes in carbon dynamics using satellite imageryFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1561 Web of Science: 000392207600018
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2016Impacts of climate change on submerged and emergent wetland plantsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.06.006 Web of Science: 000387631700002
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2016Sensitivity to Low-Temperature Events: Implications for CO2 Dynamics in Subtropical Coastal EcosystemsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0810-3 Web of Science: 000385162100016
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2015Novel approach to evaluate the dynamic variation of wind drift and evaporation losses under moving irrigation systemsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2015.04.011 Web of Science: 000357239000005
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2015Ecosystem resistance in the face of climate change: a case study from the freshwater marshes of the Florida EvergladesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00404.1 Web of Science: 000354777300012
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2014El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Enhances CO2 Exchange Rates in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida EvergladesFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115058 Web of Science: 000348845600015
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2014Seasonal patterns in energy partitioning of two freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida EvergladesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002700 Web of Science: 000342993200002
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2013Effects of simulated drought on the carbon balance of Everglades short-hydroperiod marshFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12211 Web of Science: 000328744900018
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2012Carbon dioxide exchange rates from short- and long-hydroperiod Everglades freshwater marshFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002117 Web of Science: 000311563700001
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2012A tool for rapid post-hurricane urban tree debris estimates using high resolution aerial imageryFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.10.009 Web of Science: 000306198900051
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2012Race and Wildfire Risk Perceptions among Rural Forestland Owners in North-Central FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.681752 Web of Science: 000310593500006
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2011Modeling Relationships among 217 Fires Using Remote Sensing of Burn Severity in Southern Pine ForestsFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs3092005 Web of Science: 000306752800011
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2011Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approachFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.07.009 Web of Science: 000286354200003
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Book Chapter
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2020Remote sensing of geodiversity as a link to biodiversity. 225-253.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3_10
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Other Scholarly Work
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2022Corrigendum to “Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa pine–dominated forests of the Colorado Front Range” [For. Ecol. Manage. 378 (2016) 57–67] (Forest Ecology and Managementyy (2016) 378 (57–67), (S0378112716303474), (10.1016/j.foreco.2016.07.001))Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119971
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Research
principal investigator on
- CAREER:Understanding Coastal Resilience: Implications of an Expanding White Zone in the Florida Everglades awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2026
- Climate change projections of five-needle pines and disease risk in the Great Basin awarded by U.S. Forest Service 2019 - 2024
- Optimizing Fire Regimes In Fire Dependent Ecosystems awarded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2018 - 2023
- Understanding the effects of increased freshwater inputs and salt water intrusion on the current and future greenhouse carbon balance of the Everglades awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- 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
co-principal investigator on
- Direct Measurement of Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) in Coastal Mangroves of Everglades National Park awarded by National Park Service 2017 - 2023
- CoPe: Workshop for identifying interoperability and the data needs of the interdisciplinary models for understanding vulnerability of coastal systems to stresses and shocks associated with climate change and sea level rise awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2022
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Contact
full name
- Sparkle Malone
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9034-1076 (confirmed)
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