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Alexandra Wright

California State University, Los Angeles

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California State University, Los Angeles

Alexandra Wright is a Senior Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. Her research integrates plant ecology, community ecology, and climate change science, focusing on how atmospheric drought and rising vapour pressure deficit shape plant functional traits, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning. Her recent work explores complementarity in ecological restoration, the role of plant functional diversity in virus prevalence, and the development of nature-based solutions to warming and drying climates. She has pioneered experimental methods using silica gel packets to simulate atmospheric drought in mesocosms. Wright received the prestigious NSF CAREER award (2022) for her project on microclimate amelioration underlying biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research. Her publications appear in leading journals including Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Plant Cell & Environment, and Journal of Ecology.

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ecology environmental science climate change plant ecology ecosystems plant science biodiversity drought botany forest ecology vegetation science community (ecology) biology plant physiology plant-abiotic interaction evolutionary biology integrative plant biology applied ecology plant diversity ecosystem adaptation ecosystem functioning evolutionary ecology global change biology global ecology soil biology terrestrial ecology arid environments drought management drought resilience plant-soil interactions ecohydrology flood risk management climatic change urban climate urban greening plant stress soil ecology urban vegetation plant biology plant-soil relationships biodiversity experiments atmospheric drought los angeles climate development water resource management plant biotechnology functional ecology complementarity problems complementarity theory global change impacts human-environment interactions ecosystem impact water scarcity ecosystem resilience landscape ecology climate change adaptation crop water relation surface water environmental stress theoretical ecology population ecology ecophysiology urban environments expert perspectives global biodiversity loss vapour pressure deficit vpd impacts diverse plant communities plant communities belowground facilitation trait matching functional traits community stability plant species richness flood event species-rich plant communities

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Applying Complementarity in Ecological Restoration. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2025)

ecological monographecological engineeringecologyecological restorationrestoration ecologybiological conservationenvironmental resource managementecological applicationsland restorationnatural restorationconservation sciencehabitat reconstructionenvironmental scienceecosystem servicesecosystems

Author Response for"Plant Functional Diversity Does Not Dilute Virus Infection, but Community Virus Prevalence Positively Correlates With Net C Sub 3 /Sub Grass Production". (2025)

Plant Traits, Microclimate Temperature and Humidity: A Research Agenda for Advancing Nature‐Based Solutions to a Warming and Drying Climate. Journal of Ecology (2024)

A. J. WrightR. M. Francia

horticulture researchplant-abiotic interactionglobal change biologyplant traitsintegrative plant biologyenvironmental scienceclimate dynamicsplant scienceplant ecologyecologyplant physiologyterrestrial ecologyclimate changemicroclimate temperaturebotanyecophysiologyresearch agendaclimatic changebiologyclimatologydrying climatearid environments

Simulating Atmospheric Drought: Silica Gel Packets Dehumidify Mesocosm Microclimates. Ecology and Evolution (2024)

atmospheric droughtclimate changedrought managementhydrometeorologyenvironmental modellingenvironmental sciencewater sciencedrought

The Impacts of Rising Vapour Pressure Deficit in Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Plant Cell & Environment (2024)

Kimberly A. NovickDarren L. FicklinCharlotte GrossiordAlexandra G. KoningsJordi Martínez‐VilaltaWalid SadokAnna T. TrugmanA. Park WilliamsAlexandra J. WrightJohn T. AbatzoglouMatthew P. DannenbergPierre GentineKaiyu GuanMiriam R. JohnstonLauren E. L. LowmanDavid J. P. MooreNate G. McDowell

ecosystem servicesecosystem impactvpd impactsglobal ecologyclimate developmentdrought managementvapour pressure deficitecohydrologyecosystem adaptationenvironmental scienceecologyclimate changeecosystemsdrought

When the Window is a Mirror: How Do Dominant Theories Limit Our Understanding of Nature? ( Esa 2023 Ins23 ). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (2024)

Anita SimhaAubrie JamesJulia D. MonkHeng‐Xing ZouPo‐Ju KeAlexandra WrightMalyon D. BimlerChristopher M. MooreSuzanne PierreLauren N. CarleyGaurav Kandlikar

dominant theoriesevolutionary biologytheoretical biologyevolutionary ecologynatureenvironmental scienceecologyclimate change

Atmospheric Drying and Soil Drying: Differential Effects on Grass Community Composition. Global Change Biology (2023)

A. HuynhB. A. AguirreJ. EnglishD. GuzmanA. J. Wright

global changeglobal change biologyenvironmental scienceglobal ecologygrass community compositionsoil dryingclimate change effectsecologyecosystemsdifferential effectsatmospheric dryingearth scienceplant-soil interactionsclimate changesoil ecologydroughtforest ecologydrylandsarid environments

Drought Experiments Need to Incorporate Atmospheric Drying to Better Simulate Climate Change. BioScience (2023)

Alexandra J WrightScott L Collins

drought experimentsclimate modellingenvironmental scienceclimate changedrought

Plant–Plant Interactions Can Mitigate (or Exacerbate) Hot Drought Impacts. New Phytologist (2023)

Alexandra J. Wright

drought risk managementdrought managementbotanyplant-abiotic interactionplant scienceintegrative plant biologybiologyplant-plant interactionshot drought impactsplant stressenvironmental scienceecologyclimate changearid environmentsdrought

Publisher Correction: Clarifying the Effect of Biodiversity on Productivity in Natural Ecosystems With Longitudinal Data and Methods for Causal Inference. Nature Communications (2023)

Laura E. DeePaul J. FerraroChristopher N. SeverenKaitlin A. KimmelElizabeth T. BorerJarrett E. K. ByrnesAdam Thomas ClarkYann HautierAndrew HectorXavier RaynaudPeter B. ReichAlexandra J. WrightCarlos A. ArnillasKendi F. DaviesAndrew MacDougallAkira S. MoriMelinda D. SmithPeter B. AdlerJonathan D. BakkerKate A. BraumanJane CowlesKimberly KomatsuJohannes M. H. KnopsRebecca L. McCulleyJoslin L. MooreJohn W. MorganTimothy OhlertSally A. PowerLauren L. SullivanCarly StevensMichel Loreau

applied ecologycausalityaverage causal effectcausal inferencecausal effectecological applicationscausal modelsecologyagricultural economicscommunity (ecology)

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Alexandra Wright

California State University, Los Angeles

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California State University, Los Angeles

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California State University, Los Angeles

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Applying Complementarity in Ecological Restoration. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2025)

Author Response for"Plant Functional Diversity Does Not Dilute Virus Infection, but Community Virus Prevalence Positively Correlates With Net C Sub 3 /Sub Grass Production". (2025)

Plant Traits, Microclimate Temperature and Humidity: A Research Agenda for Advancing Nature‐Based Solutions to a Warming and Drying Climate. Journal of Ecology (2024)

A. J. WrightR. M. Francia

Simulating Atmospheric Drought: Silica Gel Packets Dehumidify Mesocosm Microclimates. Ecology and Evolution (2024)

atmospheric droughtclimate changedrought managementhydrometeorologyenvironmental modellingenvironmental sciencewater sciencedrought

The Impacts of Rising Vapour Pressure Deficit in Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Plant Cell & Environment (2024)

When the Window is a Mirror: How Do Dominant Theories Limit Our Understanding of Nature? ( Esa 2023 Ins23 ). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (2024)

Anita SimhaAubrie JamesJulia D. MonkHeng‐Xing ZouPo‐Ju KeAlexandra WrightMalyon D. BimlerChristopher M. MooreSuzanne PierreLauren N. CarleyGaurav Kandlikar

dominant theoriesevolutionary biologytheoretical biologyevolutionary ecologynatureenvironmental scienceecologyclimate change

Atmospheric Drying and Soil Drying: Differential Effects on Grass Community Composition. Global Change Biology (2023)

A. HuynhB. A. AguirreJ. EnglishD. GuzmanA. J. Wright

Drought Experiments Need to Incorporate Atmospheric Drying to Better Simulate Climate Change. BioScience (2023)

Alexandra J WrightScott L Collins

drought experimentsclimate modellingenvironmental scienceclimate changedrought

Plant–Plant Interactions Can Mitigate (or Exacerbate) Hot Drought Impacts. New Phytologist (2023)

Alexandra J. Wright

Publisher Correction: Clarifying the Effect of Biodiversity on Productivity in Natural Ecosystems With Longitudinal Data and Methods for Causal Inference. Nature Communications (2023)

applied ecologycausalityaverage causal effectcausal inferencecausal effectecological applicationscausal modelsecologyagricultural economicscommunity (ecology)

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