Nancy Huntly
Biology
Research Professor and Professor Emerita

Educational Background
Awards
Fellow, 2018
Ecological Society of America
Skaggs Alaska Scientist in Residence, 2014
Sitka Sound Science Center
Distinguished Researcher, 2007
Idaho State University
Outstanding Researcher, 2006
Idaho State University
Visiting Scientist, 2002
NERC Centre for Population Biology
Jerome Bigelow Award, 1991
Idaho State University Chapter or Sigma Xi
Outstanding Researcher, 1991
Idaho State University
Publications | Books
- Press, M.C, Huntly, N., Levin, S., (2001). Ecology: Achievement and Challenge. Blackwell Science
- Gonzalez, P., Garfin, G., Breshears, D., Brown, H., Brooks, K., Elias, E., Gunasekara, A., Huntly, N., Mantua, N., Margolis, H., McAfee, S., Middleton, B.R, Udall , B.H, (2018). Southwest: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, volume II. U.S Global Change Research Program
- Dale, V.H, Brown, S., Haueber, R., Hobbs, N.T, Huntly, N., Naiman, R., Riebsame, W., Turner, M., Valone, T.J, (2014). Ecological principles and guidelines for managing the use of land: The Ecological Design and Planning Reader. Island Press
- Chesson, P., Huntly, N., Roxburgh, S., Pantastico-Caldas, M., Facelli, J.M, (2013). The storage effect: definition and tests in two plant communities. : Temporal Niche Dymamics and Ecological Processes. Oxford University PRess
- Dunne, J.A, Wood, S., Russell, R., Huntly, N., Betts, M., Maschner, H., (2012). How Sanak Aleut Fit into the Intertidal Food Web.: Sanak Island, Alaska: A Natural and Cultural History. Idaho Museum of Natural History *
- Huntly, N., Wood, S., Russell, R., (2012). The Ecological Interactions of Sanak: Sanak Island: A Natural and Cultural History. Idaho Museum of Natural History *
- Russell, R., Huntly, N., Wood, S., Finney, B., Hanson, D., (2012). The Remarkable Life of Sanak: Sanak Island, Alaska: A Natural and Cultural History. Idaho Museum of Natural History *
- Dale, V.H, Brown, S., Haeuber, R., Hobbs, N.T, Huntly, N., Naiman, R., Riebsame, W., Turner, M., Valone, T.J, (2001). Ecological guidelines for land use and management: Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management . SPRINGER VERLAG
- Huntly, N., (1995). How important are consumer species to ecosystem function?: Linking Species and Ecosystems. Chapman and Hall
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Scamardo, J., Munger, W., Loria, K., Nauman, B., Wang, J., Leopold, S., Hegli, A., Huntly, N., Baker, M.A, Meadow, A., (2025). Trends in the outcomes, practice, and law of low-tech process-based restoration in western rangelands. Rangeland Ecology, doi: 10.1016/j.rama.2024.08.032
- Howe, A., Blomdahl, E., Smith-Eskridge, E., Pinto, D., Brunson, M.W, Howe, P., Huntly, N., Klain, S., (2024). Worldviews more than experience predict Californians’ support for wildfire risk mitigation policies. Environmental Research Letters, 19, 054025. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad3cf6
- Murveit, A.M, Delphin, S., Dominquez, C., Bourque, S.D, Faulstich, S.D, Garfin, G.M, Huntly, N., Meadow, A.M, Preston, V., (2023). Stories as data: Indigenous research sovereignty and the “Intentional Fire” podcast. Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods and Practice, 1 - 23. doi: doi/10.1177/26349825221142293
- Huntly, N., Freischel, A.R, Miller, A.K, Lloyd, M.C, Basanta, D., Brown, J.S, (2021). Coexistence of "cream skimmer" and "crumb picker" phenotypes in nature and in cancer. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:697618, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.697618
- Morgan, B., Spangler, K., Stuivenvolt Allen, J., Morrisett, C., Brunson, M.W, Wang, S., Huntly, N., (2020). Water availability for cannabis in northern California: intersections of climate, policy, and public discourse. Water, 13:1, article 5. doi: https://dx.doi.org/ 10.3390/w13010005
- Miller, A.K, Brown, J.S, Basanta, D., Huntly, N., (2020). What is the storage effect, why should it occur in cancers, and how can it inform cancer therapy?. Cancer Control, 27, 1-9. doi: 10.1177/1073274820941968
- Dixon, S., Huntly, N., Greenwood, P.E, Gordillo, L.G, (2018). A stochastic model for water-vegetation systems and the effect of decreasing precipitation on semi-arid environments. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 15:5, 1155-1164.
- Ignace, D., Huntly, N., Chesson, P., (2018). The role of climate in the dynamics of annual plants a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:19:3, 279-297.
- Dunne, J.A, Maschner, H., Betts, M.W, Huntly, N., Russell, R., Williams, R.J, Wood, S.A, (2016). The roles and impacts of human hunter-gatherers in North Pacific marine food webs. Scientific Reports, 6
- Rieman, B.E, Smith, C.L, Naiman, R.J, Ruggerone, G.T, Wood, C.C, Huntly, N., Merrill, E.N, Alldredge, J.R, Bisson, P.A, Congleton, J., Fausch, K.D, Levings, C., Pearcy, W., Scarnecchia, D., Smouse, P., (2015). A comprehensive approach for habitat restoration in the Columbia Basin. Fisheries, 40:3, 124-135.
- Naiman, R., Alldredge, J.R, Beauchamp, D., Bisson, P., Congleton, J., Henny, C.J, Huntly, N., Lamberson, R., Levings, C., Merrill, E., Pearcy, W., Rieman, B., Ruggerone, G., Scarnecchia, D., Smouse, P., Wood, C., (2012). Developing a broader scientific foundation for river restoration: Columbia River food webs.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 21201-21207.
- Derusseau, S.N, Huntly, N., (2012). Effects of gates on the nighttime use of mines by bats in northern Idaho.. Northwestern Naturalist, 93:1, 60-66.
- Huntly, N., Bangert, R., Hanser, S.E, (2011). Native and exotic plants of fragments of sagebrush steppe produced by geomorphic processes versus land use. Plant Ecology, 212:9, 1549-1561.
- Prevey, J.S, Germino, M.J, Huntly, N., Inouye, R.S, (2010). Exotic plants increase and native plants decrease with loss of foundation species in sagebrush steppe. Plant Ecology, 207:1, 39-51.
- Takahashi, M., Huntly, N., (2010). Herbivorous insects reduce growth and reproduction of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 4:4, 257-266.
- Prevey, J.S, Germino, M.J, Huntly, N., (2010). Loss of foundation species increases population growth of exotic forbs in sagebrush steppe. Ecological Applications, 20:7, 1890-1902.
- Sanford, M.P, Huntly, N., (2010). Seasonal patterns of arthropod diversity and abundance on Big Sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata . Western North American Naturalist, 70:1, 67-76.
- Bangert, R., Huntly, N., (2010). The distribution of native and exotic plants in a naturally fragmented sagebrush-steppe landscape. Biological Invasions, 12:6, 1627-1640.
- Maschner, H.D, Betts, M., Cornell, J., Dunne, J.A, Finney, B., Huntly, N., Jordan, J., King, A.A, Misarti, N., Reedy-Maschner, K., Russell, R., Tews, A., Wood, S.A, Benson, B., (2009). An introduction to the biocomplexity of Sanak Island, western Gulf of Alaska. Pacific Science, 63:4, 673-709.
- Sanford, M.P, Huntly, N., (2009). Selective herbivory by the Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida) on Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) . Western North American Naturalist, 69:2, 165-170.
- McDonald, L.L, Bilby, R., Bisson, P.A, Coutant, C.C, Epifanio, J.M, Goodman, D., Hanna, S., Huntly, N., Merrill, E., Riddell, B., Liss, W., Loudenslager, E.J, Philipp, D.P, Smoker, W., Whitney, R.R, Williams, R.N, (2007). Research, monitoring, and evaluation of fish and wildlife restoration projects in the Columbia River Basin: Lessons learned and suggestions for large-scale monitoring programs. FISHERIES, 32:12, 582-590.
- Gilliland, K.D, Huntly, N., Anderson, J.E, (2006). Age and population structure of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) in the northwestern Mojave Desert. Western North American Naturalist, 66:2, 202-208.
- Li, Y., Feng, Z.L, Swihart, R., Bryant, J., Huntly, N., (2006). Modeling the impact of plant toxicity on plant-herbivore dynamics. Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations , 18:4, 1021-1042.
- Hanser, S.E, Huntly, N., (2006). The biogeography of small mammals of fragmented sagebrush-steppe landscapes. Journal of Mammalogy, 87:6, 1165-1174.
- Warren, P., Tripler, C., Bolger, D., Faeth, S., Huntly, N., Lepczyk, C., Meyer, J., Parker, T., Shochat, E., Walker, J., (2006). Urban food webs: predators, prey, and the people who feed them. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 87, 387-393.
- Hayes, A.R, Huntly, N., (2005). Effects of wind on the behavior and call transmission of pikas (Ochotona princeps). Journal of Mammalogy, 86:5, 974-981.
- Chesson, P., Gebauer, R., Schwinning, S., Huntly, N., Weigand, K., Ernest, S., Sher, A., Novoplansky, A., Weltzin, J.F, (2004). Resource pulses, species interactions, and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments. Oecologia, 141:2, 236-253.
- Kreuzer, M.P, Huntly, N., (2003). Habitat-specific demography: evidence for source-sink population structure in a mammal, the pika. Oecologia, 134:3, 343-349.
- Ostrow, D.G, Huntly, N., Inouye, R.S, (2002). Plant-mediated interactions between the northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides, and aboveground herbivorous insects. Journal of Mammalogy, 83:4, 991-998.
- Witt, W.C, Huntly, N., (2001). Effects of isolation on red-backed voles (Clethrionomys gapperi) and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in a sage-steppe matrix. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79:9, 1597-1603.
- Roach, W.J, Huntly, N., Inouye, R., (2001). Talus fragmentation mitigates the effects of pikas, Ochotona princeps, on high alpine meadows. Oikos, 92:2, 315-324.
- Sirotnak, J.M, Huntly, N., (2000). Direct and indirect effects of herbivores on nitrogen dynamics: Voles in riparian areas. Ecology, 81:1, 78-87.
- Dale, V.H, Brown, S., Haeuber, R.A, Hobbs, N.T, Huntly, N., Naiman, R.J, Riebsame, W.E, Turner, M.G, Valone, T.J, (2000). Ecological principles and guidelines for managing the use of land. Ecological Applications, 10:3, 639-670.
- Lawson, D., Inouye, R.S, Huntly, N., Carson, W.P, (1999). Patterns of woody plant abundance, recruitment, mortality, and growth in a 65 year chronosequence of old-fields. Plant Ecology, 145:2, 267-279.
- Aho, K., Huntly, N., Moen, J., Oksanen, T., (1998). Pikas (Ochotona princeps : Lagomorpha) as allogenic engineers in an alpine ecosystem. Oecologia, 114:3, 405-409.
- Inouye, R.S, Huntly, N., Wasley, G.A, (1997). Effects of pocket gophers (Geomys bursarius) on microtopographic variation. Journal of Mammalogy, 78:4, 1144-1148.
- Chesson, P., Huntly, N., (1997). The roles of harsh and fluctuating conditions in the dynamics of ecological communities. American Naturalist, 150:5, 519-553.
- Power, M.E, Tilman, D., Carpenter, S.R, Huntly, N., Leibold, M., Morin, P., Menge, B.A, Estes, J.A, Ehrlich, P.R, Hixon, M., Lodge, D.M, McPeek, M.A, Fauth, J.E, Reznick, D., Crowder, L.B, Holbrook, S.J, Peckarsky, B.L, Gill, D.E, Antonovics, J., Polis, G.A, Wake, D.B, Orians, G., Kettersoon, E.D, Marschall, E., Lawler, S.P, (1995). The role of experiments in ecology. Science , 270:5236, 561-561. *
- Rasmuson, K.E, Anderson, J.E, Huntly, N., (1994). Coordination of branch orientation and photosynthetic physiology in the Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia). Great Basin Naturalist, 54:3, 204-211.
- Huntly, N., Reichman, O.J, (1994). Effects of subterranean mammalian herbivores on vegetation . Journal of Mammalogy, 75:4, 852-859.
- Frank, D.A, Inouye, R.S, Huntly, N., Minshall, G.W, Anderson, J.E, (1994). The biogeochemistry of a north-temperate grassland with native ungulates - nitrogen dynamics in Yellowstone National Park. Biogeochemistry, 26:3, 163-188.
- Chesson, P., Huntly, N., (1993). Temporal hierarchies of variation and the maintenance of diversity. Plant Species Biology, 8:2-3, 195-206.
- Huntly, N., (1991). Herbivores and the dynamics of communities and ecosystems . Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 22, 477-503.
- Chesson, P., Huntly, N., (1989). Short-term instabilities and long-term community dynamics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 4:10, 293-298.
- Chesson, P.L, Huntly, N., (1988). Community consequences of life-history traits in a variable environment . Annales Zoologici Fennici, 25:1, 5-16.
- Huntly, N., Inouye, R., (1988). Pocket gophers in ecosystems - patterns and mechanisms . Bioscience, 38:11, 786-793.
- Louda, S.M, Dixon, P.M, Huntly, N., (1987). Herbivory in sun versus shade at a natural meadow-woodland ecotone in the Rocky Mountains. Vegetatio, 72:3, 141-149.
- Huntly, N., (1987). Influence of refuging consumers (Pikas - Ochotona princeps) on sub-alpine vegetation. Ecology, 68:2, 274-283.
- Louda, S.M, Huntly, N., Dixon, P.M, (1987). Insect herbivory across a sun-shade gradient - response to experimentally-induced in situ plant stress. Acta Oecologica-Oecologia Generalis, 8:3, 357-363.
- Inouye , R.S, Huntly, N., Tilman, D., Tester, JR, J., Stillwell, M., Zinnel, K.C, (1987). Old-field succession on a Minnesota sand plain . Ecology, 68:1, 12-26.
- Inouye, R.S, Huntly, N., Tilman, D., Tester, Jr., J., (1987). Pocket Gophers (Geomys bursarius), vegetation, and soil nitrogen along a successional sere in east-central Minnesota . Oecologia, 72:2, 178-184.
- Inouye, R.S, Huntly, N., Tilman, D., (1987). Response of Microtus pennsylvanicus to vegetation fertilized with various nutrients, with particular emphasis on sodium and nitrogen concentrations in plant tissues. Holarctic Ecology, 10:2, 110-113.
- Huntly, N., Inouye, R.S, (1987). Small mammal populations of an old-field chronosequence - successional patterns and associations with vegetation . Journal of Mammalogy, 68:4, 739-745.
- Huntly, N., Smith, A.T, Ivins, B.L, (1986). Foraging behavior of the pika (Ochotona princeps), with comparisons of grazing versus haying. Journal of Mammalogy, 67:1, 139-148.
- Inouye, R.S, Huntly, N., Inouye, D.W, (1981). Non-random orientation of Gila Woodpecker nest entrances in saguaro cacti. Condor, 83:1, 88-89.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Other Reports
- ISAB, , Huntly, N., (2011). Columbia River Basin Food Webs: Developing a Broader Scientific Foundation for Fish and Wildlife Restoration. Northwest Power and Conservation Council *
- ISAB, , Huntly, N., (2011). Using a Comprehensive Landscape Approach for More Effective Conservation and Restoration. Northwest Power and Conservation Council *
- ISAB, , Huntly, N., (2008). Non-native Species Impacts on Native Salmonids in the Columbia River Basin (including Recommendations for Evaluating the Use of Non-Native Fish Species in Resident Fish Substitution Projects). Northwest Power and Conservation Council *
- ISAB, , Huntly, N., (2007). Climate Change Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife. Northwest Power and Conservation Council *
- ISAB, , Huntly, N., (2007). Human Population Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife. Northwest Power and Conservation Council *
- ISAB, , Huntly, N., (2005). Report on Harvest Management of Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead. Northwest Power and Conservation Council *
- National Research Council, , Huntly, N., (1995). A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Plan. National Academy Press
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
- The ESA Land Use Committee, , Huntly, N., (2000). Ecological Principles for Managing Land Use. Ecological Society of America
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.