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Learn more about NW CASC-funded research in these publications.

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Beyond optimality: Dryland ecosystems infrequently use water efficiently for carbon gain

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Reich, E.G., K. Samuels-Crow, J.B. Bradford, M. Litvak, D.R. Schlaepfer, and K. Ogle. 2026. Beyond optimality: Dryland ecosystems infrequently use water efficiently for carbon gain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 378:110996.

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Fungi, fire, and feedbacks: Grasses and wildfire interact to alter ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and decrease tree seedling growth

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Grassland Ecosystems, Wildfire

Trimber, G.M., S.C. Reed, J.B. Bradford, C. Lauria, T. Spector, R.J. Rondeau, M.L. Phillips, and C.A. Gehring. 2026. Fungi, fire, and feedbacks: Grasses and wildfire interact to alter ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and decrease tree seedling growth. Forest Ecology and Management 603:123197.

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Improving climate services for Tribes: Recommendations from a national survey of service users and providers

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Tribal Community Resilience

Yazzie, K., D. Craig, K. Lynn, K. Whyte, N. Cooley, K. Cozzetto, J. Maldonado, and M. Krosby. 2026. Improving climate services for Tribes: Recommendations from a national survey of service users and providers. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:BAMS-D-24-0182.1.

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Linking community-climate disequilibrium to ecosystem function

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Stemkovski, M., M.H. Cortez, J.R. Bernhardt, K.K. Bladen, J.B. Bradford, K. Clark‐Wolf, M.E.K. Evans, L.C. Johnson, A.J. Lynch, M.A. Pastore, M.L. Pinsky, C.R. Rollinson, O. Selmoni, A.P. Walker, J.W. Williams, and P.B. Adler. 2026. Linking community-climate disequilibrium to ecosystem function. Ecology Letters 29:e70314.

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A characterization of hyporheic temperatures with applications for salmon habitat restoration in a thermally impaired river

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Aquatic Ecosystems, Fish, Refugia, Research Fellow Project

Jantsch, S., J.M. Helfield, L. Bodensteiner, K.L. Sobocinski, and A.G. Bunn. 2025. A characterization of hyporheic temperatures with applications for salmon habitat restoration in a thermally impaired river. Northwest Science 98.

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Amphibians reveal unexpectedly large differences in potential climate change responses among ecologically similar habitat specialists

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Amphibians & Reptiles, Invasive Species

Button, S.T., D.J. Brown, and J. Piovia-Scott. 2025. Amphibians reveal unexpectedly large differences in potential climate change responses among ecologically similar habitat specialists. Ecological Indicators 174:113488.

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Aridity reduces lag times between aquatic and terrestrial dry‐down among watersheds and across years in the northwest US

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Changes in Precipitation

Butterfield, B.J., D.R. Schlaepfer, R.K. Al‐Chokhachy, J.B. Dunham, J.D. Groom, C.C. Muhlfeld, C.E. Torgersen, and J.B. Bradford. 2025. Aridity reduces lag times between aquatic and terrestrial dry‐down among watersheds and across years in the northwest US. Ecosphere 16:e70413.

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Assessing the distribution and stability of groundwater climatic refugia: cliff-face seeps in the Pacific Northwest

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Aquatic Ecosystems, Refugia, Research Fellow Project

Button, S.T., and J. Piovia-Scott. 2025. Assessing the distribution and stability of groundwater climatic refugia: cliff-face seeps in the Pacific Northwest. Water 17:2659.

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Changing climate may drive large shifts in vegetation zones of Oregon, USA

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Research Fellow Project

Yegorova, SV., S.Z. Dobrowski, S.A. Parks, K.T. Davis, K.L. Metlen, R.D. Haugo, T.J. Timberlake, T.J. Hoecker, K.B. Kemp, M. Wahlberg, C.E. Naficy, S.M.A. Jeronimo, K. Fitzgerald, and U. Wijayratne. 2025. Changing climate may drive large shifts in vegetation zones of Oregon, USA. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 8:1637821.

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Climate change impacts on plant communities in the sagebrush region—A science synthesis to inform Bureau of Land Management resource management

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems

Carpenter, S.M., M.C. Holdrege, D.R. Schlaepfer, J. Phillips, P. Griffin, W.K. Lauenroth, and J.B. Bradford. 2025. Climate change impacts on plant communities in the sagebrush region—A science synthesis to inform Bureau of Land Management resource management. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report: 2025–5045.

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