Publications & Reports

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Linking community-climate disequilibrium to ecosystem function

Published in: | Research Themes: Changes in Precipitation, Increasing Temperatures, Vulnerability Assessments & Adaptation Planning

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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Management strategy evaluation for salmon habitat restoration and hatchery supplementation

Published in: | Research Themes: Fish, Vulnerability Assessments & Adaptation Planning

Sorel, M.H., R.W. Zabel, A.R. Murdoch, and S.J. Converse. 2026. Management strategy evaluation for salmon habitat restoration and hatchery supplementation. Conservation Science and Practice:e70309.

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Modeling hydrologic response to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest with a modified calibration technique

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

Kang, H., C.E. Naficy, and K.D. Bladon. 2026. Modeling hydrologic response to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest with a modified calibration technique. Environmental Modelling & Software 198:106896.

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Projected temperature and precipitation expand modeled distributions of Reynoutria spp. while modeled distribution changes for Ludwigia spp. are scenario‐dependent at watershed scales in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Published in: | Research Themes: Aquatic Ecosystems, Invasive Species, Plants

Smoot, E.E., R.L. Flitcroft, S.S. Chan, B. Van Deynze, S. Ewen, and S.L. Jardine. 2026. Projected temperature and precipitation expand modeled distributions of Reynoutria spp. while modeled distribution changes for Ludwigia spp. are scenario‐dependent at watershed scales in the Pacific Northwest, USA. River Research and Applications:rra.70141.

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Synthesizing ecological impacts and management responses from the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave to prepare for future extreme heat events

Published in: | Research Themes: Increasing Temperatures

Colberg, E., S. Kalafatis, D.M. Bell, M.H. Chang, P. Freeland, M. Horst, W.L. Loftin, C.T. Nolan, S. Vieira, S. Yegorova, and M. Krosby. 2026. Synthesizing ecological impacts and management responses from the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave to prepare for future extreme heat events. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 107:E396–E403.

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

Published in: | Research Themes: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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