The objectives of this project are to understand current trends in climate change across the western conterminous United States, assess the potential impact of these changes on major vegetation types of high importance to BLM management, and interpret these changes to assist BLM in determining climate smart management strategies.PublicationScientific ReportU.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Windthrow plays a critical role in maintainingspecies diversity in temperate forests. Do large-scale strongwind events (i.e., tropical cyclones, including hurricanes,typhoons and severe cyclonic storms) increase tree diver-sity in severely damaged forest areas?PublicationJournal ArticleHurricane disturbances, tree diversity, and succession in North Carolina Piedmont forests, USA
In support of natural resource agencies in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, we report on a series of component analyses and an updated Landscape Conservation Design for temperate grassland conservation.PublicationJournal ArticleNatural Areas Journal
Methods for selecting places at regional scales to conserve biodiversity have advanced in recent decades.PublicationJournal ArticleThe Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene
Forests in California have changed dramatically during the 20th century. Shifts in forest structure including densification, declines in large trees and tree basal area have altered the function, productivity, and resilience of modern day forests.PublicationJournal Article Forest Ecology and Management
Much biodiversity data is collected worldwide, but it remains challenging to assemble the scattered knowledge for assessing biodiversity status and trends.PublicationJournal ArticleBiological Reviews
New study published in prestigious journalPublicationJournal ArticleSpecies diversity as a surrogate for conservation of phylogenetic and functional diversity in terrestrial vertebrates across the Americas
A 2018 study using the Climate Change Vulnerability IndexPublicationScientific ReportClimate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species in the Ontario Great Basin
2017 has been a year of change. As our scientists often say, “change is the new normal.” With each day that passes, the forces of global change—the warming climate, expanding human footprint, and loss of forests, grasslands, shores, and waters—threaten biodiversity and all life that depends on it. PublicationScientific ReportNatureServe Annual Report FY17
The purpose of the EcoVeg classification approach is to describe the diversity of terrestrial ecosystems across the globe and inform decisions about conservation and resource management.PublicationJournal ArticlePhytocoenologia
