Publications & Reports

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

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Capturing subregional variability in regional-scale climate change vulnerability assessments of natural resources

Published in: | Research Themes: Birds, Fish, Plants

Buotte, P. C., D. L. Peterson, K. S. McKelvey, and J. A. Hicke. 2016. Capturing subregional variability in regional-scale climate change vulnerability assessments of natural resources. Journal of Environmental Management 169:313–318.

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Challenges and successes in engaging citizen scientists to observe snow cover: from public engagement to an educational collaboration

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Dickerson-Lange, S., K. Eitel, L. Dorsey, T. Link, and J. Lundquist. 2016. Challenges and successes in engaging citizen scientists to observe snow cover: from public engagement to an educational collaboration. Journal of Science Communication 15.

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Climate change effects on southern California deserts

Published in: | Research Themes: Plants

Bachelet, D., K. Ferschweiler, T. Sheehan, and J. Strittholt. 2016. Climate change effects on southern California deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 127:17–29.

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Climate influences on whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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Buotte, P. C., J. A. Hicke, H. K. Preisler, J. T. Abatzoglou, K. F. Raffa, and J. A. Logan. 2016. Climate influences on whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications 26:2507–2524.

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Climate variables explain neutral and adaptive variation within salmonid metapopulations: The importance of replication in landscape genetics

Published in: | Research Themes: Fish

Hand, B. K., C. C. Muhlfeld, A. A. Wade, R. P. Kovach, D. C. Whited, S. R. Narum, A. P. Matala, M. W. Ackerman, B. A. Garner, J. S. Kimball, J. A. Stanford, and G. Luikart. 2016. Climate variables explain neutral and adaptive variation within salmonid metapopulations: the importance of replication in landscape genetics. Molecular Ecology 25:689–705.

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Detecting unburned areas within wildfire perimeters using Landsat and ancillary data across the northwestern United States

Published in: | Research Themes: Wildfire

Meddens, A. J. H., C. A. Kolden, and J. A. Lutz. 2016. Detecting unburned areas within wildfire perimeters using Landsat and ancillary data across the northwestern United States. Remote Sensing of Environment 186:275–285.

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Divergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate

Published in: | Research Themes: Grassland Ecosystems

Duan, K., G. Sun, S. Sun, P. V. Caldwell, E. C. Cohen, S. G. McNulty, H. D. Aldridge, and Y. Zhang. 2016. Divergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate. Scientific Reports 6:24441.

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Microclimate predicts within-season distribution dynamics of montane forest birds

Published in: | Research Themes: Birds

Frey, S. J. K., A. S. Hadley, and M. G. Betts. 2016. Microclimate predicts within-season distribution dynamics of montane forest birds. Diversity and Distributions 22:944–959.

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Potential effects of sea-level rise on plant productivity: Species-specific responses in northeast Pacific tidal marshes

Published in: | Research Themes: Coastal Ecosystems, Plants

Janousek, C., K. Buffington, K. Thorne, G. Guntenspergen, J. Takekawa, and B. Dugger. 2016. Potential effects of sea-level rise on plant productivity: species-specific responses in northeast Pacific tidal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 548:111–125.

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Recent and future climate suitability for whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetles varies across the western US

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Buotte, P. C., J. A. Hicke, H. K. Preisler, J. T. Abatzoglou, K. F. Raffa, and J. A. Logan. 2017. Recent and future climate suitability for whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetles varies across the western US. Forest Ecology and Management 399:132–142.

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