Publications & Reports | Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Seasonal climate variability and change in the Pacific Northwest of the United States

Published in: 2014 | Research Themes: Water

Abatzoglou, J. T., D. E. Rupp, and P. W. Mote. 2014. Seasonal climate variability and change in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Journal of Climate 27:2125–2142.

Tracking interannual streamflow variability with drought indices in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

Published in: 2014 | Research Themes: Drought, Water

Abatzoglou, J. T., R. Barbero, J. W. Wolf, and Z. A. Holden. 2014. Tracking interannual streamflow variability with drought indices in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Journal of Hydrometeorology 15:1900–1912.

Future shift of the relative roles of precipitation and temperature in controlling annual runoff in the conterminous United States

Published in: 2017 | Research Themes: Water

Duan, K., G. Sun, S. G. McNulty, P. V. Caldwell, E. C. Cohen, S. Sun, H. D. Aldridge, D. Zhou, L. Zhang, and Y. Zhang. 2017. Future shift of the relative roles of precipitation and temperature in controlling annual runoff in the conterminous United States. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21:5517–5529.

Effects of climate change on snowpack and fire potential in the western USA

Published in: 2017 | Research Themes: Wildfire, Snow

Gergel, D. R., B. Nijssen, J. T. Abatzoglou, D. P. Lettenmaier, and M. R. Stumbaugh. 2017. Effects of climate change on snowpack and fire potential in the western USA. Climatic Change 141:287–299.

Seasonal spatial patterns of projected anthropogenic warming in complex terrain: a modeling study of the western US

Published in: 2017 | Research Themes: Climate Scenarios

Rupp, D. E., S. Li, P. W. Mote, K. M. Shell, N. Massey, S. N. Sparrow, D. C. H. Wallom, and M. R. Allen. 2017. Seasonal spatial patterns of projected anthropogenic warming in complex terrain: a modeling study of the western US. Climate Dynamics 48:2191–2213.

Landscape community genomics: understanding eco-evolutionary processes in complex environments

Published in: 2015 | Research Themes: Birds, Forests, Grasslands, Wetlands, Wildlife, Habitat Connectivity, Plants, Oceans and Coasts, Fish

Hand, B. K., W. H. Lowe, R. P. Kovach, C. C. Muhlfeld, and G. Luikart. 2015. Landscape community genomics: understanding eco-evolutionary processes in complex environments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30:161–168.

Combining demographic and genetic factors to assess population vulnerability in stream species

Published in: 2014 | Research Themes: Wetlands, Water, Wildlife, Fish

Landguth, E. L., C. C. Muhlfeld, R. S. Waples, L. Jones, W. H. Lowe, D. Whited, J. Lucotch, H. Neville, and G. Luikart. 2014. Combining demographic and genetic factors to assess population vulnerability in stream species. Ecological Applications 24:1505–1524.

Invasive hybridization in a threatened species is accelerated by climate change

Published in: 2014 | Research Themes: Fish

Muhlfeld, C. C., R. P. Kovach, L. A. Jones, R. Al-Chokhachy, M. C. Boyer, R. F. Leary, W. H. Lowe, G. Luikart, and F. W. Allendorf. 2014. Invasive hybridization in a threatened species is accelerated by climate change. Nature Climate Change 4:620–624.

Assessments of species’ vulnerability to climate change: from pseudo to science

Published in: 2017 | Research Themes: Birds, Snow, Forests, Grasslands, Wetlands, Wildlife, Habitat Connectivity, Plants, Oceans and Coasts, Fish

Wade, A. A., B. K. Hand, R. P. Kovach, C. C. Muhlfeld, R. S. Waples, and G. Luikart. 2017. Assessments of species’ vulnerability to climate change: from pseudo to science. Biodiversity and Conservation 26:223–229.

Accounting for adaptive capacity and uncertainty in assessments of species’ climate-change vulnerability

Published in: 2017 | Research Themes: Fish

Wade, A. A., B. K. Hand, R. P. Kovach, G. Luikart, D. C. Whited, and C. C. Muhlfeld. 2017. Accounting for adaptive capacity and uncertainty in assessments of species’ climate-change vulnerability. Conservation Biology 31:136–149.