Education
Utah State University: PhD, Aug 2016
Department of Biology, Ecology Center
Committee: Morgan Ernest, Brent Black, Keith Mott, Jennifer Reeve, Ethan White
University of Michigan: MS, Apr 2011
School of Natural Resources and Environment, Terrestrial Ecosystems
Research Advisor: Inés Ibáñez
University of Michigan: BS, Dec 2008
College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Advisor: Jeffrey Lake, Annette Ostling
Publications
Zachary T. Brym. (2016) An Allometric Approach to Evaluate Physiological and Production Efficiencies in Tree Size for Tart Cherry and Apple Orchard Systems. All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4970. [Abstract | PDF]
Zachary T. Brym, Jennifer Reeve. (2016) Building Cohesion in the Interdisciplinary Field of Agroecology. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, 19. [Accepted Manuscript]
Zachary T. Brym, David Allen, Ines Ibanez (2014) Community control on growth and survival of an exotic species. Biological Invasions. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0683-4 [Temporary Paywall]
Ethan P. White, Elita Baldridge , Zachary T. Brym, Kenneth J. Locey, Daniel McGlinn, Sarah R. Supp . (2013) Nine Simple ways to make it easier to (re)use your data. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, 6(2). [PDF]
Zachary T. Brym, Jeffrey K. Lake, David Allen, and Annette Ostling. (2011) Plant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understory woody plant community Journal of Applied Ecology, 48: 1098-1106. [PDF]
Jarrod Dwayne Blue, Melissa Armstrong, Zachary Brym, John Chandler, Christopher Cheluitte, Colleen Cooley, Serge Farinas, Jonathan B. Koch. (2009) Synthesis and the Future of Ecology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 90(3): 283-285.
Recorded Presentations
Dissertation Defense. 2016. An Allometric Approach to Evaluate Physiological and Production Efficiencies in Tree Size for Tart Cherry and Apple Orchard Systems [Link]
American Society of Horticultural Science. 2015. A Generalized Scaling Approach to Improve Variety Selection in Orchard Fruit [Link]
American Society of Horticultural Science. 2014. Evaluating Scaling Relationships of Branching Structure and Biomass Partitioning in Managed Orchard Fruit Species [Link]