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

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Soil moisture variation drives canopy water content dynamics across the western US

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Lyons, D.S., S.Z. Dobrowski, Z.A. Holden, M.P. Maneta and A. Sala. 2021. Soil moisture variation drives canopy water content dynamics across the western U.S. Remote Sensing of Environment 253:112233.

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of water sources in a mountain river basin inferred through δ2H and δ18O of water

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McGill, L.M., J.R. Brooks, and E.A. Steel. 2021. Spatiotemporal dynamics of water sources in a mountain river basin inferred through δ2H and δ18O of water. Hydrological Processes 35:e14063.

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Testing a generalizable machine learning workflow for aquatic invasive species on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Northwest Montana

Published in: | Research Themes: Fish

Carter, S., C.B. van Rees, B.K. Hand, C.C. Muhlfeld, G. Luikart, and J.S. Kimball. 2021. Testing a generalizable machine learning workflow for aquatic invasive species on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Northwest Montana. Frontiers in Big Data 4:734990.

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The ecological causes and consequences of hard versus soft selection

Published in: | Research Themes: Fish

Bell, D.A., R.P. Kovach, Z. L. Robinson, A. R. Whiteley, and T.E. Reed. 2021. The ecological causes and consequences of hard versus soft selection. Ecology Letters 24:1505-1521.

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The influence of spatial and temporal scale on the relative importance of biotic vs. abiotic factors for species distributions

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King, T.W., C. Vynne, D. Miller, S. Fisher, S. Fitkin, J. Rohrer, J.I. Ransom, and D.H. Thornton. 2021. The influence of spatial and temporal scale on the relative importance of biotic vs. abiotic factors for species distributions. Diversity and Distributions 27:327-343.

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Water column contributions to the metabolism and nutrient dynamics of mid-sized rivers

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Reisinger, A.J., J.L. Tank, R.O. Hall, E.J. Rosi, M.A. Baker, and L. Genzoli. 2021. Water column contributions to the metabolism and nutrient dynamics of mid-sized rivers. Biogeochemistry 153:67-84.

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Weather affects post-fire recovery of sagebrush-steppe communities and model transferability among sites

Published in: | Research Themes: Grassland Ecosystems

Applestein, C., T.T. Caughlin, and M.J. Germino. 2021. Weather affects post-fire recovery of sagebrush-steppe communities and model transferability among sites. Ecosphere 12:e03446.

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Weather and distance to fire refugia limit landscape-level occurrence of fungal disease in an exotic annual grass

Published in: | Research Themes: Grassland Ecosystems

Applestein, C., A.B. Simler-Williamson, and M.J. Germino. 2021. Weather and distance to fire refugia limit landscape-level occurrence of fungal disease in an exotic annual grass. Journal of Ecology 109:2247-2260.

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A climatic dipole drives short- and long-term patterns of post-fire forest recovery in the western US

Published in: | Research Themes: Wildfire

Littlefield, C.E., S.Z. Dobrowski, J.T. Abatzoglou, S.A. Parks, and K.T. Davis. 2020. A climatic dipole drives short- and long-term patterns of post-fire forest recovery in the western US. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117:29730-29737.

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Application of empirical land-cover changes to construct climate change scenarios in federally managed lands

Published in: | Research Themes: Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems

Soulard, C.E., and M. Rigge. 2020. Application of empirical land-cover changes to construct climate change scenarios in federally managed lands. Remote Sensing 12:2360.

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