Education

B.S., Environmental and Natural Resources, Clemson University, 2015

M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Clemson University, 2017

Ph.D., Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, 2022
 

Research Interests

• Interactions between large herbivores and landscape disturbances (e.g., fire)
• Landscape heterogeneity, and the processes that create it
• The role of large herbivores in shaping grassland dynamics
• Patterns of biodiversity, and relationships between biodiversity and landscape structure
• How heterogeneity affects the provisioning of grassland ecosystem services

Publications

Google Scholar publication list

• McMillan, N.A., Fuhlendorf, S.D., Luttbeg, B., Goodman, L.E., Davis, C.A., Allred, B.W., Hamilton, R.G. (2022). Bison movements change with weather: implications for their continued conservation in the Anthropocene. Ecology and Evolution. 12(12):e9586. 10.1002/ece3.9586
• Gholizadeh, H., Dixon, A., Pan, K., McMillan, N.A., Hamilton, R.G., Fuhlendorf, S.D., Cavender-Bares, J., Gamon, J. (2022). Mapping plant diversity across the largest contiguous tract of tallgrass prairie on Earth using airborne and DESIS imaging spectroscopy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 281:113254. 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113254
• McMillan, N.A., Fuhlendorf, S.D., Goodman, L.E., Davis, C.A., Luttbeg, B., Hamilton, R.G. (2022). Does fire and herbicide benefit cattle production in invaded grassland landscapes? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 340:108163. 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108163
• McMillan, N., Kunkel, K., Hagan, D. and Jachowski, D. (2019), Plant community responses to bison reintroduction on the Northern Great Plains, USA: A test of the keystone species concept. Restoration Ecology. 27: 379-388. doi:10.1111/rec.12856