JulianÌýResasco
- Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., University of Florida, 2013
- EBIO

Research Interests
The unifying theme of our lab's research is to understand how human stressors to the environment affect biodiversity and how to mitigate those impacts. These stressors include changes to landscapes, climate change, and species introductions. We often study spatial and temporal dynamics and use field studies at large spatial and long temporal scales to test theory and link ecological patterns with processes. Areas of research include landscape connectivity/corridors, habitat fragmentation, plant-pollinator networks, insect community ecology, stable isotope ecology, and conservation biology. We work on a variety of taxa but have a particular fondness for insects. Settings for our fieldwork includeÌýthe longleaf pine ecosystem of the southeastern US and forests and meadows of the Rocky Mountains.
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Selected Publications
- Winfrey CC,ÌýResasco J, and Fierer N (2025) Habitat specialization and edge effects of soil microbial communities in a fragmented landscape. Ecology.Ìý106(4): e70072.
Ìý - Barthell K and Resasco J (2025) . Oikos 2025: e10650.
Ìý - Resasco J, Vázquez DP, McCain CM, and Olson SD (2024) . The American Naturalist. 204:Ìý533-545.
Ìý - Kaiser AÌýand Resasco J (2024)Ìý. Urban Ecosystems27: 1863–1875.
Ìý - Paraskevopoulos AW, Sanders NJ, and Resasco JÌý(2024)Ìý. EcologyÌý105: e4302.
Ìý - Peralta G, CaraDonna PJ, Rakosy D, Fründ J, Pascual Tudanca MP, Dormann CF, Burkle LA, Kaiser-Bunbury NC, Knight TM, Resasco J, Winfree R, Blüthgen N, Castillo WJ, and Vázquez DP (2024)Ìý. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39(5):Ìý494–505.
Ìý - Gaier AGÌýand Resasco J (2023). EcosphereÌý14(3): e4419.
Ìý - Resasco J, Burt MA, Orrock JL, Haddad NM, Shoemaker D, and Levey DJ (2023). . Ecological EntomologyÌý48(2):Ìý263–Ìý268.
Ìý - Resasco J, Chacoff NP, and Vázquez DP (2021)Ìý.ÌýEcologyÌý102: e03359.
Ìý - Roeder KA, Penuela Useche V, Levey DJ, and Resasco J (2021) .ÌýEcological EntomologyÌý46: 964–972
Ìý - Resasco J and Fletcher RJ Jr (2021)Ìý. Landscape EcologyÌý36: 1089–1099.
Ìý - CaraDonna PJ, Burkle LA, Schwarz B, Resasco J, Knight T, Benadi G, Blüthgen N, Dormann CF, Fang Q, Fründ J, Gauzens B, Kaiser-Bunbury C, Winfree R, and Vázquez DP (2021) .ÌýEcology LettersÌýÌý24: 149-161.
Ìý - Prinster AJ, Resasco J, and Nufio CR (2020)Ìý.ÌýEcology and EvolutionÌý10:Ìý14411–14422.
Ìý - Schwarz B, Vázquez DP, CaraDonna PJ, Knight TM, Benadi G, Dormann CF, Gauzens B, Motivans E, Resasco J, Blüthgen N, Burkle LA, Fang Q, Kaiser-Bunbury CN, Alarcón R, Bain JA, Chacoff NP, Huang S-Q, LeBuhn G, MacLeod M, Petanidou T, Rasmussen C, Simanonok MP, Thompson AH, and Fründ J (2020) . OikosÌý129:Ìý1271–1439.Ìý
Ìý - Damschen EI, Brudvig LA, Burt MA, Fletcher RJ Jr., Haddad NM, Levey DJ, Orrock JL, Resasco J, and Tewksbury JJÌý(2019) . ScienceÌý365: 1478–1480.Ìý
Ìý - Resasco JÌý(2019) ÌýCurrent Landscape Ecology Reports​Ìý4(3): 61–69.Ìý
Ìý - Resasco J,ÌýBitters ME, Cunningham SA, Jones HI, McKenzie VJ, and Davies KFÌý(2019)Ìý.ÌýEcology 100(1):Ìýe02547.Ìý
Ìý - Resasco J, Tuff KT, Cunningham SA, Melbourne BA, Hicks AL, Newsome SD, and Davies KFÌý(2018) .ÌýEcographyÌý41(7): 1209–1219.Ìý
Ìý - Chacoff NP,ÌýResasco J,Ìýand Vázquez DPÌý(2018) .ÌýEcologyÌý99(1):Ìý21–28.Ìý
Ìý - ResascoÌýJ,ÌýBruna EM, Haddad NM, Banks-Leite C, and Margules CRÌý(2017) .ÌýEcographyÌý40(1): 109–118.Ìý
Ìý - Brudvig, LA, Leroux SJ, Albert CH, Bruna EM, Davies KF, Ewers RM, Levey DJ, Pardini R, andÌýResascoÌýJ (2017) .ÌýEcographyÌý40(1): 74–84.Ìý