Steve Grodsky

• Ph.D. -- North Carolina State University (Wildlife and Conservation Biology, minor in Entomology), 2016

• M.S. -- University of Wisconsin, Madison (Forest and Wildlife Ecology), 2010

• B.S. -- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Conservation and Applied Ecology), 2008

Desert carnivores and big solar | Solar energy and the desert bio- and geodiversity connection | Grassland birds and solar energy | Non-lead ammunition and eagle conservation | Pollinator conservation in National Wildlife Refuges | Pollinator-friendly solar demystified | Ecology of floating solar energy | Northeast guidelines for Species of Greatest Conservation Need and renewable energy development |  Agroecology of co-located solar and crop production | Eco-suitability of floating solar and agrivoltaics in the Northeast | Conservation of desert invertebrates

Selected Publications

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• Grodsky, S. M., K. A. Roeder, and J. W. Campbell. 2023. Effects of solar energy development on ants in the Mojave Desert. Ecosphere. E4668.
• Donghai, W.1, S. M. Grodsky1, W. Xu, N. Liu, R. M. Almeida, L. Zhou, L. M. Miller, S. B. Ray, G. Xia, A. A. Agrawal, B. Z. Houlton, A. S. Flecker, and X. Xu. 2023. Observed impacts of large wind farms on grassland carbon cycling. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.016.
• 1Authors contributed equally
• Y. Yang, J. Zhenong, N. D. Mueller, A. Driscoll, R. R. Hernandez, S. M. Grodsky, L. Sloat, M. Chester, Y. G. Zhu, and D. Lobell. 2023. Sustainable irrigation and climate feedbacks. Nature Food. 4: 654-663.
• Almeida, R. M., R. Schmitt, S. M. Grodsky, A. S. Flecker, C. P. Gomes, L. Zhao, H. Liu, N. Barros, R. Kelman, and P. B. McIntyre. 2022. Floating solar: evaluate trade-offs. Nature. 606:246-249.
• Grodsky, S. M., J. W. Campbell, and R. R. Hernandez. 2021. Solar energy development impacts flower-visiting beetles and flies in the Mojave Desert. Biological Conservation. 263:109336.
• Grodsky, S. M. 2021. Matching renewable energy and conservation targets for a sustainable future. One Earth. 4:924–926.
• Campbell, J. W., S. M. Grodsky, A. P. Monroe, and J. A. Martin. 2021. Bee (Apoidea) community response to perennial grass treatments managed for livestock production and conservation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 313:107391.
• Cagle, A., A. Armstrong, G. Exley, S. M. Grodsky, J. Macknick, J. Sherwin, and R. R. Hernandez. 2020. The land sparing, water surface use efficiency, and water surface transformation of floating photovoltaic solar energy installations. Sustainability. 12:8154. doi:10.3390/su12198154.
• Yang, Y., S. E. Hobbie, R. R. Hernandez, D. Tilman, S. M. Grodsky, Y-G. Zhu, Y. Luo, T. M. Smith, J. Fargione, J. M. Jungers, M. Yang, W-Q Chen. 2020. Restoring abandoned farmland to mitigate climate change on a full Earth. One Earth. 3:176–186.
• Grodsky, S. M., L. S. Saul-Gershenz, K. A. Moore-O’Leary, J. P. Whitney, and R. R. Hernandez. 2020. Hare don’t care! Consumption of a rare, desert milkweed containing phytochemicals by the black-tailed jackrabbit. Journal of Arid Environments. 174:103991.
• Grodsky, S. M. & R. R. Hernandez. 2020. Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development. Nature Sustainability. 3:1036–1043.
• Hernandez R. R., A. Armstrong, J. Burney, G. Ryan, K. Moore-O'Leary, I. Diédhiou, S. M. Grodsky, L. Saul-Gershenz, R. Davis, J. Macknick, D. Mulvaney, G. A. Heath, S. B. Easter, M. K. Hoffacker, M. F. Allen, and D. M. Kammen. 2019. Techno-ecological synergies of solar energy produce beneficial outcomes that mitigate global environmental change. Nature Sustainability. 2:560–568.
• Moorman, C. E., S. M. Grodsky, and S. P. Rupp (Eds.). 2019. Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Grodsky, S. M., C. E. Moorman, S. R. Fritts, J. W. Campbell, M. A. Bertone, C. E. Sorenson, S. B. Castleberry, and T. B. Wigley. 2018. Invertebrate community response to coarse woody debris removal for bioenergy production from intensively managed forests. Ecological Applications. 28:135–148.
• Grodsky, S. M., J. W. Campbell, S. R. Fritts, T. B. Wigley, and C. E. Moorman. 2018.Variable responses of non-native and native ants to coarse woody debris removal following forest bioenergy harvests. Forest Ecology and Management. 427:414–422.
• Grodsky, S. M., C. E. Moorman, S. R. Fritts, S. B. Castleberry, and T. B. Wigley. 2016. Breeding, early-successional bird response to forest harvests for bioenergy. PLOS One. 11(10): e0165070.
• Grodsky, S. M., R. B. Iglay, C. E. Sorenson, and C. E. Moorman. 2015. Should invertebrates receive greater inclusion in wildlife research journals? Journal of Wildlife Management. 79:529–536.
• Grodsky, S. M., M. J. Behr, A. Gendler, D. Drake, B. D. Dieterle, R. J. Rudd, and N. L. Walrath. 2011. Investigating the causes of death for wind turbine-associated bat fatalities. Journal of Mammalogy. 92:917–925.

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