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36 publications in Plants

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 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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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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Interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen on the physiology of kelps (Nereocystis luetkeana and Saccharina latissima)

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

Fales, R.J., B.L. Weigel, E. Carrington, H.D. Berry, and M.N. Dethier. 2023. Interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen on the physiology of kelps (Nereocystis luetkeana and Saccharina latissima). Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1281104.

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Partnering in research about land management with tribal nations— insights from the Pacific West

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Forests & Woodlands, Plants, Tribal Community Resilience

Steen-Adams, M.M., F.K. Lake, C.E. Jones, and L.E. Kruger. 2023. Partnering in research about land management with tribal nations insights from the Pacific West. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-275. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 62 p.

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Conceptualizing Indigenous Cultural Ecosystem Services (ICES) and benefits under changing climate conditions in the Klamath River Basin and their implications for land management and governance

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Forests & Woodlands, Plants, Tribal Community Resilience

Mucioki, M., J. Sowerwine, D. Sarna-Wojcicki, F.K. Lake, and S. Bourque. 2021. Conceptualizing Indigenous Cultural Ecosystem Services (ICES) and benefits under changing climate conditions in the Klamath River Basin and their implications for land management and governance. Journal of Ethnobiology 41:313-330.

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Divergent climate change effects on widespread dryland plant communities driven by climatic and ecohydrological gradients

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Grasslands, Invasive Species, Plants, Sagebrush Steppe

Palmquist, K.A., D.R. Schlaepfer, R.R. Renne, S.C. Torbit, K.E. Dohery, T.E. Remington, G. Watson, J.B. Bradford, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2021. Divergent climate change effects on widespread dryland plant communities driven by climatic and ecohydrological gradients. Global Change Biology

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Climate change shifts in habitat suitability and phenology of huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum)

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Changes in Phenology, Plants

Prevey, J.S., L.E. Parker, C.A. Harrington, C.T. Lamb, and M.F. Proctor. 2020. Climate change shifts in habitat suitability and phenology of huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 280:107803.

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Climate-induced expansions of invasive species in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a synthesis of observations and projections

Published in: | Research Themes: UPDATED, Fish, Forests & Woodlands, Grasslands, Invasive Species, Plants

Kovach, R., J.A. Gervais, A. Sepulveda, R. Al-Chokhachy, J.J. Giersch, and C.C. Muhlfeld. 2020. Climate-induced expansions of invasive species in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a synthesis of observations and projections. Biological Invasions 22:2163–2183.

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Mapping of land cover with open-source software and ultra-high resolution imagery acquired with unmanned aerial vehicles

Published in: | Research Themes: Plants, Remote Sensing

Horning, N., E. Fleishman, P.J. Ersts, F.A. Fogarty, and M.W. Zillig. 2020. Mapping of land cover with open-source software and ultra-high-resolution imagery acquired with unmanned aerial vehicles. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 6:487-497.

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