University of California, Santa Barbara, California Ph.D. March 1998. Biology.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut M.S. June 1991. Botany.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee B. A. December 1984. European Studies.
Professional Experience
University of Connecticut. Teaching assistant 1989-1992.
University of California. Technician 1992-1993.
University of California. Teaching assistant 1994-1996.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Graduate intern. September 1997-1998.
Florida State University. Instructor. January-June 1998.
Florida State University. Postdoctoral associate September 1998-2000.
University of California-Berkeley. Postdoctoral associate. September 2000-2001.
San Francisco State University. Assistant professor. January 2001-August 2007.
University of California at Berkeley, Visiting Scholar. August 2003-August 2004.
San Francisco State University. Associate professor. August 2007-present.
Stanford University. Visiting Scholar. August 2007- September 2008.
The Great Sunflower Project. Director. January 2008-present.
Editorial Board. Madrono January 2009-present.
Associate Editor.Proceedings of Life. 2009-present.
United Nations-FAO. Technical Advisor 2008-2009.
Smithsonian. Bombus Experts Workshop. 2009.
Publications. (Since coming to SFSU, I have chosen to follow the tradition of the senior author being the final author when the paper involves students from my laboratory, * student author)
Droege, S. V. Tepedino, G. LeBuhn, W. Link, R. L. Minckley, Q. Chen, C. Conrad. Accepted. North American Bowl Trap Evaluation 1. Spatial Patterns of Captures of Bees.Journal of Insect Conservation and Diversity.
Colloran, B. and G. LeBuhn. Accepted. The Benefits of Meadow Restoration for Pollinators.In: T. Root and K. Hall eds. Biological Impacts of Climate Change in California
Winfree, R. R. Aguilar, D. Vazquez, G. LeBuhn and M. Aizen. 2009. A meta-analysis of bees’ responses to anthropogenic disturbance. Ecology 90: 2068-2076.
LeBuhn, G. and C. Fenter*. 2008. Landscape context influences bumble bee communities in oak woodland habitats. Pages 301-306 in A. Merenlender, D. McCreary, and K. Purcell, technical coordinators. Proceedings of the 6th California oak symposium: today's challenges, tomorrow's opportunities. 9-12 October 2006; Rohnert Park, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; In Press.
Reynolds, M. , T. Gardali, M. Merrifield*, R. Hirsch-Jacobsen*, A. Armstrong,D. Wood, J.Smith, E. Heaton*, and G. LeBuhn. 2008.Reproductive Success of Oak Woodland Birds in Sonoma and Napa Counties, California Pages 433-436. in A. Merenlender, D. McCreary, and K. Purcell, technical coordinators. Proceedings of the 6th California oak symposium: today's challenges, tomorrow's opportunities. 9-12 October 2006; Rohnert Park, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; In Press.
*Chess, S., R. Raguso and G. LeBuhn. 2008. Divergence in floral scent and morphology of Linanthus dichotomus. American Journal of Botany 95:1652-1659.
*Clarke, K., B. Fisher, and G. LeBuhn. 2008. The influence of urban park characteristics on ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) communities. Urban ecosystems 11:317-334.
Packer, L., Gravel, A-I*. , and G. LeBuhn.2007. Phenology and Sociobiology of Halictus tripartitus (Seladonia). J. Hym. Res.16:281-292.
*Hatfield, R. and G. LeBuhn. 2007. Patch and landscape factors shape community assemblage of bumble bees, Bombus spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in montane meadows. Biological Conservation 139:150-158.
Weller, S. G., C. A. Dominguez, F. E. Molina-Freaner, J. Fornoni, and G. LeBuhn. 2007. The Evolution of Heterostyly in Populations of Oxalis alpine in the Sky Islands of the Sonoran Desert. American Journal of Botany. 94: 972-985.
*Chaves, J., J. Pollinger, T. B. Smith and G. LeBuhn. 2007. The role of geography and ecology in shaping the phylogeography of the speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) in Ecuador. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:795-807.
Kremen, C., N. Williams, M. A. Aizen, B. Gemmill-Herren, G. LeBuhn, R. Minckley, L. Packer, S. G. Potts, T. Roulston, I. Steffan-Dewenter, D. Vazquez, R. Winfree, L. Adams, E. E.Crone, S. S. Greenleaf, T. H. Keitt, A. Klein, J. Regetz, T. Ricketts. 2007. Pollination in agricultural ecosystems.Ecology Letters. 6: 1077-1083
LeBuhn, G. and M. Reynolds 2006. The little things that run the world.Ecology 87:531-532 (book review).
*McFrederick, Q. and G. LeBuhn. 2006. Are urban parks refuges for bumble bees, Bombus spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biological Conservation 129:372-382.
LeBuhn, G., S. Droege, and M. Carboni*. 2006. Monitoring methods for solitary bee species in North America.State of the Worlds’ Pollinators Report.UN-FAO. Available at http://www.fao.org/AG/agp/agps/C-CAB/Castudies/pdf/1-007.pdf
Smith, J. I., M. D. Reynolds, and G. LeBuhn. 2005. Warbling Vireo Productivity and Key Nest-site Characteristics in the Northern Sierra. Journal of Field Ornithology 76:383-389.
Weis, A.E., J. Winterer, T.A. Kossler*, C.Y. Young, C. Vacher and G. LeBuhn. 2004. Phenological assortative mating in plants: causes and consequences of its inherent frequency-dependence. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7:161-181.
Smith, J. I., M. D. Reynolds, and G. LeBuhn. 2004. Warbling Vireo Nesting Ecology in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Western Birds 35:32-41
LeBuhn, G. 2004. Seasonal variation in reproductive traits in Ipomopsis longiflora (Polemoniaceae), a desert annual.Canadian Journal of Botany 82:401-408.
Harding, E.E., B.D. Elderd, J. Hoekstra, A. McKerrow, J. Perrin, J. Regetz, L. Rissler, A. Stanley, E. Walters, and NCEAS HCP Working Group (including LeBuhn) . (2001). The scientific foundations of habitat conservation plans: a quantitative assessment. Conservation Biology15: 488-500.
LeBuhn, G. and T. E. Miller. 2001. Population viability. In:McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. McGraw Hill Publishing. New York.
Mazer, S. J. and G. LeBuhn. 1999. Genetic variation in life history traits: Evidence within and among populations and lessons learned. In: Life history evolution in plants (Vuorisal, T. and P. Mutikainen. Es.) Kluwer Academic Dordrecht. The Netherlands.
Kareiva, P. and many others (including LeBuhn). 1999. The scientific basis of Habitat Conservation Planning under the Endangered Species Act. Available at: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu
Miller, T. E. and G. LeBuhn. 1998. The ecological detective – Confronting models with data. Science 281:788. (book review)
LeBuhn G. and K. Holsinger. 1998. A sensitivity analysis of pollen dispensing schedules. Evolutionary Ecology. 12:111-121.
LeBuhn, G. 1996. Timing is everything new directions in floral phenology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 121: 1-3.
LeBuhn, G. 1995. Ecology and Evolution of Plant reproduction: New approaches, Plant Genetics Newsletter 10: 31. (book review)
LeBuhn, G. and. G. J. Anderson. 1994. Anther tripping and pollen dispensing in Berberis thunbergii.American Midland Naturalist 131:257-265.
Non-peer reviewed.
LeBuhn, G. and E. Conner. 2008. Report to the National Park Service on Analysis of Monitoring of Prairie Falcon occupancy and fecundity at Pinnacles National Park.
Conner, E. and G. LeBuhn. 2008. Report to the National Park Service on Analysis of Monitoring of Northern Spotted Owls occupancy and fecundity in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Linanthus dichotomous. Botanical Society of America. This paper won the Ecological Section Award for the best student presentation.
*Swinney, E. *& G. LeBuhn. 2004. The effect of cover crops on growth, chlorophyll quantity and photosynthetic rates on oak seedlings and grapevines. Ecological Society of America meeting.
*Simono, Scott, G. LeBuhn, *R. Hatfield and J. Carah. Plant diversity in montane meadows of the eastern sierra Nevada: correlating patch and landscape features with plant species richness.
SFSU Student Showcase award winner.
Reynolds, M., G. LeBuhn, R. Hatfield*, E. Rentz*, E. Conner, and J. Cleeves* 2004. Biodiversity of Sierra Nevada meadows – landscape context, habitat quality and annual variation. Society for Conservation Biology meeting.
*McFrederick, Q. * and LeBuhn, Gretchen. 2004. Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in San Francisco's Urban Parks. Society for Conservation Biology Meeting.
LeBuhn, G. and many others including Q. McFrederick*. 2004. Expanding the Ark Symposium, AMNH. A standardized method for monitoring solitary bees.
*Fenter, C. and G. LeBuhn. 2004. Expanding the Ark Symposium, AMNH. The effect of vineyardization on bumblebee species richness and abundance.
*Swinney, E. *& G. LeBuhn. 2004. The effect of cover crops on growth, chlorophyll quantity and photosynthetic rates on oak seedlings and grapevines. Bay Area Conservation Biology Meeting.
*McFrederick, Q. * and LeBuhn, Gretchen. 2004. Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in San Francisco's Urban Parks. Bay area Conservation Biology Meeting.
*Strathmann, Katrina S.; Connor, Edward F. & LeBuhn, Gretchen. 2004. Butterfly communities in northeastern Sierra meadows. Bay area Conservation Biology meeting.
*Fenter, C. and G. LeBuhn. 2004.The impact of fragmentation on Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Napa and Sonoma County oak woodland. Bay area Conservation Biology meeting.
Reynolds, M, J. Smith, and Gretchen LeBuhn. 2003. Bird population dynamics of Sierra Nevada meadows. Society for Conservation Biology meeting.
Reynolds, M. and G. LeBuhn. 2003. Population dynamics of Sierra Nevada birds. Partners in Flight meeting.
Reynolds, M., E. Heaton, G. LeBuhn. 2003. Effects of vineyard development on California oak woodland bird communities. TNC All Science meeting
Reynolds, M. and G. LeBuhn. 2002. Bird population dynamics in Sierra Nevada meadows. Sierra Science Symposium
LeBuhn, G. 2002. Bees in a vineyard landscape. Integrated Hardwoods Range Management Meeting
*Emily Heaton, C. Brooks, M. Reynolds and G. LeBuhn. 2001. Examining Effects of Vineyard Development on Bird Populations of California’s Oak Woodlands—Use of GIS and Power Analysis to Select Study Sites. California Oak Symposium