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Pre‐fire structure drives variability in post‐fire aboveground carbon and fuel profiles in wet temperate forests

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

Morris, J.E., M.M. Laughlin, L.K. Rangel‐Parra, D.C. Donato, J.S. Halofsky, D.E. Butman, and B.J. Harvey. 2025. Pre‐fire structure drives variability in post‐fire aboveground carbon and fuel profiles in wet temperate forests. Ecosphere 16:e70479.

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RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) switch points and triggers for adaptation planning

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Lynch, A.J., J.D. Ashander, T.W. Ciocco, A.E. Cravens, C.J. Dassow, L.E. Dee, J.B. Dunham, M.J. Eaton, H.S. Embke, J. Hennessy, A.W. Latzka, D.J. Lawrence, J.S. Littell, B.W. Miller, L.A. Palasti, M.C. Runge, G.G. Sass, A.D. Shultz, K.J. Siegel, L.K. Svancara, L.M. Thompson, L.L. Thurman, J.B. Valler, S.R. Weiskopf, and H.M. Yocum. 2025. RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) switch points and triggers for adaptation planning. Journal of Environmental Management: 126419.

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Spatial climate analogs in climate change research, impact assessment, and decision-making

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

Yegorova, S.V., S.Z. Dobrowski, L. Yung, S.A. Parks, R.K. Bocinsky, K.T. Davis, C. Littlefield, M.P. Maneta, C. Wyborn, P. Wurster, R. Rank, D. Brinkerhoff, and T. Colligan. 2025. Spatial climate analogs in climate change research, impact assessment, and decision-making. BioScience:biaf031.

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Street-scale urban air temperatures predicted by simple high-resolution cover- and shade-weighted surface temperature mosaics in a variety of residential neighborhoods

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Aquatic Ecosystems, Plants

Kubiniec, K., K.B. Moffett, and K. Blount. 2025. Street-scale urban air temperatures predicted by simple high-resolution cover- and shade-weighted surface temperature mosaics in a variety of residential neighborhoods. Remote Sensing 17:1932.

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Warming seawater temperature and nutrient depletion alters microbial community composition on a foundational canopy kelp species

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Coastal Ecosystems, Increasing Temperatures, Plants

Molnar, N.B., B.L. Weigel, R.J. Fales, and C.A. Pfister. 2025. Warming seawater temperature and nutrient depletion alters microbial community composition on a foundational canopy kelp species. Environmental Microbiology 27:e70077.

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A fast spectral recovery does not necessarily indicate post-fire forest recovery

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

Celebrezze, J.V., M.C. Franz, R.A. Andrus, A.T. Stahl, M. Steen-Adams, and A.J.H. Meddens. 2024. A fast spectral recovery does not necessarily indicate post-fire forest recovery. Fire Ecology 20:54.

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A fire-use decision model to improve the United States’ wildfire management and support climate change adaptation

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Wildfire

Russell, A., N. Fontana, T. Hoecker, A. Kamanu, R. Majumder, J. Stephens, A.M. Young, A.E. Cravens, C. Giardina, K. Hiers, J. Littell, and A. Terando. 2024. A fire-use decision model to improve the United States’ wildfire management and support climate change adaptation. Cell Reports Sustainability 1:100125.

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A novel hybrid beachgrass is invading U.S. Pacific Northwest dunes with potential ecosystem consequences

Published in: | Research Themes: Plants, Oceans and Coasts

Askerooth, R., R.S. Mostow, P. Ruggiero, F. Barreto, and S.D. Hacker. 2024. A novel hybrid beachgrass is invading U.S. Pacific Northwest dunes with potential ecosystem consequences. Ecosphere 15(4): e4830

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Addressing inequities and meeting needs of Indigenous communities in floodplain management

Published in: | Research Themes: Tribal Support, Water

Zimmerman, O., T. Eison, R. Carey, and P.S. Levin. 2024. Addressing inequities and meeting needs of Indigenous communities in floodplain management. Frontiers in Climate 6:1306542

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Benthic cyanobacterial proliferations drive anatoxin production throughout the Klamath River watershed, California, USA

Published in: | Research Themes: Aquatic Ecosystems, Changes in Precipitation, Plants

Genzoli, L., R.O. Hall, T.G. Otten, G.S. Johnson, J.R. Blaszczak, and J. Kann. 2024. Benthic cyanobacterial proliferations drive anatoxin production throughout the Klamath River watershed, California, USA. Freshwater Science 43:307–324.

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