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The publications below were posted from Pacific Southwest Research Station researchers between August and October 2019. There are many more publications produced by our scientists available through Treesearch.
Comparisons between historical and current conditions indicate that modern red fir (Abies magnifica) and subalpine forests of the Sierra Nevada bioregion are largely within their natural range of variation (NRV) with respect to compositional, functional, and some structural variables. For both forest types, fire frequency and severity, moisture stress, the incidence of pathogens and insects, and tree mortality rates are projected to increase and likely exceed the NRV with climate change.
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The chaparral restoration workshop held in Arcadia, CA, in 2013 brought together experts, managers and others to discuss alternatives that more effectively protect, manage and even revegetate diminishing shrublands. This publication is a compilation of some of the workshop and oral presentations that update our current knowledge of shrubland ecology and management with respect to its loss and recovery.
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Through collaboration with Karuk and Yurok Indian Tribal members in the western Klamath mountains of northern California, we evaluated the effect of prescribed broadcast fires and three fire proxy treatments -- cutting, pile burning, and propane torch burning -- on the production of culturally and economically important basketry materials derived from California hazelnut shrubs (Corylus cornuta var. californica). We found that all treatments significantly increased the density of viable basketry stems compared to control shrubs.
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The Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) is strongly associated with recently burned forests in the western United States, where it is used as an indicator species for the effects of post-fire forest management. Between 2011 and 2018, we located and monitored 118 Black-backed Woodpecker nests in burned forests of northern California. We evaluated the influence of habitat and nest characteristics on nest site selection and daily nest survival. Our results demonstrate a pattern of neutral congruence between habitat selection and fitness.
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Regional forcing explains local species diversity and turnover on tropical islands.
Ibanez, Thomas; Keppel, Gunnar; Baider, Claudia; Birkinshaw, Chris; Culmsee, Heike; Cordell, Susan; Florens, F. B. Vincent; Franklin, Janet; Giardina, Christian P.; Gillespie, Thomas W.; Laidlaw, Melinda; Litton, Creighton M.; Martin, Tara G.; Ost. 2018. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
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Using spatially explicit, time-dependent analysis to understand how social factors influence conservation outcomes.
Niemiec, Rebecca M.; Asner, Greg P.; Gaertner, Julie A.; Brodrick, Philip G.; Vaughn, Nick; Heckler, Joseph; Hughes, Flint; Keith, Lisa; Matsumoto, Tracie. 2019. Conservation Biology.
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Resource Management and Use
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Estimating historical forest density from land-survey data: a response to Baker and Williams (2018).
Levine, Carrie R.; Cogbill, Charles V; Collins, Brandon M.; Larson, Andrew J.; Lutz, James A.; North, Malcolm P.; Restaino, Christina M.; Safford, Hugh D.; Stephens, Scott L.; Battles, John J. 2019. Ecological Applications.
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Hardwood tree genomics: unlocking woody plant biology.
Tuskan, Gerald A.; Groover, Andrew T.; Schmutz, Jeremy; DiFazio, Stephen Paul; Myburg, Alexander; Grattapaglia, Dario; Smart, Lawrence B.; Yin, Tongming; Aury, Jean-Marc; Kremer, Antoine; Leroy, Thibault; Le Provost, Gregoire; Plomion, Christophe. 2018. Frontiers in Plant Science.
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Arrested development: Erosional equilibrium in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, maintained by feedbacks between channel incision and hillslope sediment production.
Callahan, Russell P.; Ferrier, Ken L.; Dixon, Jean; Dosseto, Anthony; Hahm, W. Jesse; Jessup, Barbara S.; Miller, Scott N.; Hunsaker, Carolyn T.; Johnson, Dale W.; Sklar, Leonard S.; Riebe, Clifford S. 2019. GSA Bulletin. 131(7-8): 1179-1202.
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Science needs for continued development of total nitrogen deposition budgets in the United States.
Walker, J.T.; Beachley, G.M.; Amos, H.M.; Baron, J.S.; Bash, J.; Baumgardner, R.; Bell, M.D.; Benedict, K.B.; Chen, X.; Clow, D.W.; Cole, A.; Coughlin, J.G.; Cruz, K.; Daly, R.W.; Decina, S.M.; Elliott, E.M.; Fenn, M.E.; Ganzeveld, L.; G. 2019. EPA Report EPA 601/R-19/001.
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Toward the improvement of total nitrogen deposition budgets in the United States.
Walker, J.T.; Beachley, G.; Amos, H.M.; Baron, J.S.; Bash, J.; Baumgardner, R.; Bell, M.D.; Benedict, K.B.; Chen, X.; Clow, D.W.; Cole, A.; Coughlin, J.G.; Cruz, K.; Daly, R.W.; Decina, S.M.; Elliott, E.M.; Fenn, M.E.; Ganzeveld, L.; Geb. 2019. Science of The Total Environment. 691: 1328-1352.
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Gas-phase pyrolysis products emitted by prescribed fires in pine forests with a shrub understory in the southeastern United States.
Scharko, N. K.; Oeck, A. M.; Myers, T. L.; Tonkyn, R. G.; Banach, C. A.; Baker, S. P.; Lincoln, Emily N.; Chong, Joey; Corcoran, Bonni M.; Burke, Gloria M.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Restaino, Joseph C.; Weise, David R.; Johnson, T. J. 2019. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19(15): 9681-9698.
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Identification of gas-phase pyrolysis products in a prescribed fire: first detections using infrared spectroscopy for naphthalene, methyl nitrite, allene, acrolein and acetaldehyde.
Scharko, Nicole K.; Oeck, Ashley M.; Tonkyn, Russell G.; Baker, Stephen P.; Lincoln, Emily N.; Chong, Joey; Corcoran, Bonni M.; Burke, Gloria M.; Weise, David R.; Myers, Tanya L.; Banach, Catherine A.; Griffith, David W. T.; Johnson, Timothy J. 2019. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 12(1): 763-776.
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Temporal patterns of active fire density and its relationship with a satellite fuel greenness index by vegetation type and region in Mexico during 2003-2014.
Vega-Nieva, Daniel Jose; Nava-Miranda, Maria Guadalupe; Calleros-Flores, Eric; López-Serrano, Pablito Marcelo; Briseño-Reyes, Jaime; López-Sánchez, Carlos; Corral-Rivas, Jose Javier; Montiel-Antuna, Eusebio; Cruz-Lopez, Maria Isabel; Ressl, Rainer; Cuahtle, Martin; Alvarado-Celestino, Ernesto; González-Cabán, Armando; Cortes-Montaño, Citlali; Pérez-Salicrup, Diego; Jardel-Pelaez, Enrique; Jiménez, Enrique; Arellano-Pérez, Stefano; Álvarez-González, Juan Gabriel; Ruiz-González, Ana Daria. 2019. Fire Ecology. 15: 28.
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Trophic interactions mediate the response of predator populations to habitat change.
Hobart, Brendan K.; Jones, Gavin M.; Roberts, Kevin N.; Dotters, Brian P.; Whitmore, Sheila A.; Berigan, William J.; Raphael, Martin G.; Keane, John J.; Gutierrez, R.J.; Peery, M. Zachariah. 2019. Biological Conservation. 238: 108217.
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