• Curator of Ornithology , Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of TTU
• Associate Professor, Landscape and Community Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

• Ph.D., Ecology, Colorado State University (1998)
• M.S., Zoology, University of Georgia (1993)
• B.S., Zoology, University of Georgia (1991)

Research Interests

Broadly speaking, my research interests include landscape ecology and community ecology in grasslands and urban ecosystems. More specific interests focus on the effects of anthropogenic changes to the environment (especially agriculture and urbanization, the two dominant forms of human land use) on the abundance, diversity, and long-term viability of animals. The research projects conducted by me and my students typically focus on arthropods and birds, but the organism used is not as important as the research question being asked.

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Contact Information

Office Phone: (806) 742-4113
Lab Phone: (806) 742-4368
Email: nancy.mcintyre@ttu.edu

Selected Publications

• Shochat, E., P.S. Warren, S.H. Faeth, N.E. McIntyre, and D. Hope. 2006. Urban mechanistic ecology: from patterns to emerging processes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21:186-191.

• McIntyre, N.E., Y.-K. Chu, R.D. Owen, R.A. Nisbett, A. Abuzeineh, N. de la Sancha, C.W. Dick, T. Holsomback, and C. Jonsson. 2005. A longitudinal study of Bayou virus, hosts, and habitat. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73:1043-1049.

• McIntyre, N.E. 2004. Historic and current status of breeding and wintering Western Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in Texas. Journal of Raptor Research 38:91-95.

• McIntyre, N.E. 2003. Effects of Conservation Reserve Program seeding regime on harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex), with implications for the threatened Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutu). Southwestern Naturalist 48:274-277.

• McIntyre, N.E., and T.R. Thompson. 2003. Abundance of grassland birds’ arthropod prey on different CRP plantings. American Midland Naturalist 150:291-301.

• Baker, L.A., A.J. Brazel, N. Selovar, C. Martin, N. McIntyre, F.R. Steiner, A. Nelson, and L. Musacchio. 2002. Urbanization and warming of Phoenix (Arizona, USA): impacts, feedbacks and mitigation. Urban Ecosystems 6:183-203.

• McIntyre, N.E., and M.E. Hostetler. 2001. Effects of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) communities in a desert metropolis. Basic and Applied Ecology 3:209-218.

• McIntyre, N.E., J. Rango, W.F. Fagan, and S.H. Faeth. 2001. Ground arthropod community structure in a heterogeneous urban environment. Landscape and Urban Planning 52:257-274.