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Climate moderates potential shifts in streamflow from changes in pinyon-juniper woodland cover across the western U.S

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

Niemeyer, R. J., T. E. Link, R. Heinse, and M. S. Seyfried. 2017. Climate moderates potential shifts in streamflow from changes in pinyon-juniper woodland cover across the western U.S. Hydrological Processes 31:3489–3503.

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Climatic influences on interannual variability in regional burn severity across western US forests

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

Abatzoglou, J. T., C. A. Kolden, A. P. Williams, J. A. Lutz, and A. M. S. Smith. 2017. Climatic influences on interannual variability in regional burn severity across western US forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26:269.

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Fire effects on historical wildfire refugia in contemporary wildfires

Published in: | Research Themes: Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Refugia

Kolden, C., T. Bleeker, A. Smith, H. Poulos, and A. Camp. 2017. Fire effects on historical wildfire refugia in contemporary wildfires. Forests 8:400.

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Landscape-scale quantification of fire-induced change in canopy cover following mountain pine beetle outbreak and timber harvest

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

McCarley, T. R., C. A. Kolden, N. M. Vaillant, A. T. Hudak, A. M. S. Smith, and J. Kreitler. 2017. Landscape-scale quantification of fire-induced change in canopy cover following mountain pine beetle outbreak and timber harvest. Forest Ecology and Management 391:164–175.

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Multi-temporal LiDAR and Landsat quantification of fire-induced changes to forest structure

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

McCarley, T. R., C. A. Kolden, N. M. Vaillant, A. T. Hudak, A. M. S. Smith, B. M. Wing, B. S. Kellogg, and J. Kreitler. 2017. Multi-temporal LiDAR and Landsat quantification of fire-induced changes to forest structure. Remote Sensing of Environment 191:419–432.

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Snow disappearance timing is dominated by forest effects on snow accumulation in warm winter climates of the Pacific Northwest, United States

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

Dickerson-Lange, S. E., R. F. Gersonde, J. A. Hubbart, T. E. Link, A. W. Nolin, G. H. Perry, T. R. Roth, N. E. Wayand, and J. D. Lundquist. 2017. Snow disappearance timing is dominated by forest effects on snow accumulation in warm winter climates of the Pacific Northwest, United States. Hydrological Processes 31:1846–1862.

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Tree mortality from fires, bark beetles, and timber harvest during a hot and dry decade in the western United States (2003–2012)

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

Berner, L. T., B. E. Law, A. J. H. Meddens, and J. A. Hicke. 2017. Tree mortality from fires, bark beetles, and timber harvest during a hot and dry decade in the western United States (2003–2012). Environmental Research Letters 12:065005.

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

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

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

Published in: | Research Themes: Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Invasive Species, Invertebrates

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

Published in: | Research Themes: Forest & Woodland Ecosystems, Increasing Temperatures, Invasive Species, Invertebrates

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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