Natural Sciences Dr. Elizabeth Waring

Dr. Elizabeth Waring, Plant Ecophysiology & Macroinvertebrate Leaf Litter Interactions

Dr. Elizabeth Waring

PhD, Biology, Texas Tech University, 2017

MS, Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2010

BS, Biology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007

Phone: 918-444-3002

Office: Tahlequah SC 151

Lab: Tah SL 214

email: waringe@nsuok.edu

Recent Publications

Waring, E.F., J. Moore-Kucera, D.W. Schwilk, and A.S. Holaday. Late-season maintenance of leaf-level functional traits and potential positive responses to neighbors benefit Phalaris arundinacea L. invading wet sedge meadows. In review AoB Plants.

Perkowski, E.A., E.F. Waring, and N.G. Smith. Root mass carbon costs to acquire nitrogen are determined by nitrogen and light availability in two species with different nitrogen acquisition strategies, Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 72, Issue 15, 28 July 2021, Pages 5766–5776, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab253

McDonough Mackenzie, C., R. S. Barak, S. Bayer, M. Bletz, M. W. Brunson, J. Dudney, O. G. Gaoue, J. L. Gill, A. Harris, S. Kuebbing, B. M. McGill, M. Nocco, R. K. Tonietto, M. L. Vahsen, and E.F. Waring. 2020. Plant Love Stories: Share your story and grow a movement. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Waring, E.F. and A.S. Holaday. 2017. Rise in growth temperatures and nitrogen availability may reduce the gap in carbon gain and structural leaf traits between an invasive and a native wetland species. American Journal of Botany. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1600339

Recent Published Data Sets

Waring, E.F., E.A. Perkowski, & N. G. Smith. 2021. Data from: . Root mass carbon costs to acquire nitrogen are determined by nitrogen and light availability in two species with different nitrogen acquisition strategies: (v1.2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4986404

Waring, E.F. and A.S. Holaday. 2017. Data from: High growth temperatures and high soil nitrogen do not alter differences in CO2 assimilation between invasive Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) and Carex stricta (tussock sedge). figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5005280.v1

Research Interests

Dr. Waring is interested in all things plants. Specifically the interaction of plant traits and their environment. Plant traits include anything from photosynthetic processes to whole plant structure.

Oral Presentations

Waring, E.F., Invited Departmental Seminar, "Nitrogen fertilization and carbon assimilation across scales: leaf level to global change," Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology Seminar Series, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. October 1, 2021.

Perkowski, E.A., Waring, E. F., Smith, N. G., Botany 2021, "Carbon costs to acquire nitrogen are determined by interactions between nitrogen availability and light availability in two species with different acquisition strategies," Botanical Society of America, Virtual. (July 2021).

Worden, K., E. F. Waring. Proximity to Illinois River Impacts Photosynthetic Leaf Traits in Oaks, @NCUR 2021, Virtual, April 12, 2021.

Waring, E.F., E.A. Perkowski, and N.G. Smith. Nitrogen acquisition strategy and photosynthetic demand drive allocation responses in cotton and soybean. Presented at Botany 2020 meeting, virtual, July 2020.

Waring, E.F. Nitrogen fertilization and carbon assimilation across scales: leaf level to global change. Invited Seminar at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, September 2019

Waring, E.F. The movies that made me a botanist. Presented at the Plant Love Story inspire session at the 104th meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY, August 2019.

Waring, E.F. and N.G. Smith. Allocation responses to nitrogen addition depend on photosynthetic demand and nitrogen acquisition strategy. Presented at the 104th meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY, August 2019

Waring, E.F. Nitrogen Fertilization Does Not Increase Leaf-Level Carbon Assimilation. Presented at the Gordon Research Seminar on Innovations in Photosynthesis to Solve Global Challenges in Newry, ME, June 2019

Waring, E.F. Nitrogen fertilization and carbon assimilation across scales: leaf level to global change. Invited seminar at Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS. February 2019

Waring, E.F. and N.G. Smith. Nitrogen fertilization does not consistently increase leaf-level influencers of net primary productivity. Presented at the 103rd meeting of the Ecological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, August 2018

Recent Students Mentored

Undergraduate students

Katie Worden: Spring 2020 to Summer 2021
Jessica Bailey: Fall 2020
Patrick Davis: Fall 2020 to Fall 2021
Hunter Hodson (Honors thesis): Fall 2020 to Spring 2022
Maggie Loftin: Fall 2020 to present
Emma Mills: Spring 2020 to present
Nereida Torres: Fall 2020
James Philips: Spring 2021
Randi Ruehle: Spring 2021
Jon Weeden: Spring 2021 to present
Rachel Brown (Honors thesis): Fall 2021
Jacob Dzeba: Fall 2021
Viktoria Morris: Summer 2021 to present
J. Keegan Stallings: Summer 2021 to present
Angela Capp: Fall 2022 to present

Graduate students

Primary advisor

Lorelei Burnside: Fall 2020 to present
Katie Smith-Easter: Fall 2020 to Spring 2021

Committee member

Eddy Wild: Summer 2020 to Spring 2022
Cale Corely: Fall 2020 to present
Bailey Zagrabelny: Fall 2021 to present

Student Research Presentations

Hodson, H., K. Wollman, E. Waring. COMPARISON OF SEASONAL EFFECTS ON MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES FOUND IN AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA AND QUERCUS STELLATA LEAF LITTER, Oklahoma Clean Lakes & Watershed Association (OCLWA), Virtual. May 21, 2021.

Davis, P. Waring, E. Benefits of Quercus stellata Wangenh. (Post Oak) management to the NSU Tahlequah Campus, NSU Undergraduate Research Day, Virtual. April 20, 2021.

Worden, K., C. Stookey, K. Wollman, E. Waring. Proximity to Illinois River Impacts Photosynthetic Leaf Traits in Oaks, NSU Undergraduate Research Day, Virtual. April 20, 2021.

Perkowski EA, EF Waring, NG Smith. Plant carbon costs to acquire nitrogen are determined by interactions between nitrogen acquisition strategy, nitrogen demand, and nitrogen availability. Presented virtually at the 14th Annual Graduate Climate Conference 2020.

Perkowski, E.A., E.F. Waring and N.G. Smith. Short-term return on investment responses are driven by large belowground carbon investments in cotton and soybean seedlings. Ecological Society of America 2020. Virtual (COVID-19; originally Salt Lake City, UT, USA).