My research program is centrally grounded in landscape ecology, the field that examines the interrelationship between environmental patterns and ecological processes. In my lab, we use geospatial technologies to visualize and analyze spatially explicit environmental data. Our primary focus is on the ecological consequences of anthropogenic sources of spatial heterogeneity, namely land-cover change. We strive to understand pattern-process relationships to be able to predict future outcomes of environmental change. Our goal is to provide ecologically informed recommendations to land-management and conservation stakeholders. 

Latest news from the McIntyre Lab:

• Dr. McIntyre appears in this video about playa wetlands, produced for the nonprofit organization Ogallala Commons

• Congratulations to lab alumnus Justin Dawsey (M.S. 2025), who had another paper from his thesis published in Landscape Ecology.

• Congratulations to new M.S. student Devenny Widmer, who is first author on a publication in Human Dimensions of Wildlife, based on research she conducted as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut.