Framing management of social-ecological systems in terms of the cost of failure: the Sierra Nevada, USA as a case study

Wildfires and climate change push low-elevation forests across a critical climate threshold for tree regeneration

(2019) Kimberley T. Davis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The conundrum of agenda‐driven science in conservation

(2019) M Zachariah Peery et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The past and future roles of competition and habitat in the range-wide occupancy dynamics of Northern Spotted Owls

(2019) Charles B. Yackulic et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The Impact of Prescribed Fire versus Wildfire on the Immune and Cardiovascular Systems of Children

(2019) Mary Prunicki et al.   ALLERGY

Forest structure and climate mediate drought‐induced tree mortality in forests of the Sierra Nevada, USA

(2019) Christina Restaino et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Site occupancy and reproductive dynamics of California spotted owls in a mixed-ownership landscape

(2019) Brendan K. Hobart et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Nest site selection and nest survival of Black-backed Woodpeckers after wildfire

(2019) Andrew N Stillman et al.   CONDOR

Trophic interactions mediate the response of predator populations to habitat change

(2019) Brendan K. Hobart et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Using metapopulation models to assess species conservation–ecosystem restoration trade-offs

(2018) Connor M. Wood et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire

(2018) Scott L Stephens et al.   BIOSCIENCE

From the stand scale to the landscape scale: predicting the spatial patterns of forest regeneration after disturbance

(2018) Kristen L. Shive et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Wicked conflict: Using wicked problem thinking for holistic management of conservation conflict

(2018) Tom H.E. Mason et al.   Conservation Letters

Exposure to rodenticides in Northern Spotted and Barred Owls on remote forest lands in northwestern California: evidence of food web contamination

(2018) Mourad W. Gabriel et al.   Avian Conservation and Ecology

Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California in 2015

(2018) Zachary S. Wettstein et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Forest management for novelty, persistence, and restoration influenced by policy and society

(2018) Adena R Rissman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Altered fire regimes cause long-term lichen diversity losses

(2018) Jesse E. D. Miller et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Post-fire forest regeneration shows limited climate tracking and potential for drought-induced type conversion

(2018) Derek J. N. Young et al.   ECOLOGY

Predicting increasing high severity area burned for three forested regions in the western United States using extreme value theory

(2018) Alisa R. Keyser et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tamm Review: Reforestation for resilience in dry western U.S. forests

(2018) Malcolm P. North et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Age-dependent habitat relationships of a burned forest specialist emphasise the role of pyrodiversity in fire management

(2018) Andrew N. Stillman et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Resource selection by GPS-tagged California spotted owls in mixed-ownership forests

(2018) Fidelis A. Atuo et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Detecting small changes in populations at landscape scales: a bioacoustic site-occupancy framework

(2018) Connor M. Wood et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Changing spatial patterns of stand-replacing fire in California conifer forests

(2017) Jens T. Stevens et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Foundations of translational ecology

(2017) Carolyn AF Enquist et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ecosystem management as a wicked problem

(2017) Ruth DeFries et al.   SCIENCE

Potential decline in carbon carrying capacity under projected climate-wildfire interactions in the Sierra Nevada

(2017) Shuang Liang et al.   Scientific Reports

Meta-analysis of California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) territory occupancy in the Sierra Nevada: Habitat associations and their implications for forest management

(2016) Douglas J. Tempel et al.   CONDOR

Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure

(2016) Colleen E. Reid et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Landscape heterogeneity compensates for fuel reduction treatment effects on Northern flying squirrel populations

(2016) R. Sollmann et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tamm Review: Management of mixed-severity fire regime forests in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California

(2016) Paul F. Hessburg et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Megafires: an emerging threat to old-forest species

(2016) Gavin M Jones et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Response of Sierra Nevada forests to projected climate-wildfire interactions

(2016) Shuang Liang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Is There a Place for Legislating Place-Based Collaborative Forestry Proposals?: Examining the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act Pilot Project

(2016) Antony S. Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Increasing western US forest wildfire activity: sensitivity to changes in the timing of spring

(2016) Anthony LeRoy Westerling   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire–climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600–2015 CE

(2016) Alan H. Taylor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests

(2016) John T. Abatzoglou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What Do You Mean, ‘Tipping Point’?

(2016) Egbert H. van Nes et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Does Prescribed Fire Promote Resistance to Drought in Low Elevation Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA?

(2016) Phillip J. van Mantgem et al.   Fire Ecology

The carbon balance of reducing wildfire risk and restoring process: an analysis of 10-year post-treatment carbon dynamics in a mixed-conifer forest

(2015) Morgan L. Wiechmann et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Incorporating Resource Protection Constraints in an Analysis of Landscape Fuel-Treatment Effectiveness in the Northern Sierra Nevada, CA, USA

(2015) Christopher B. Dow et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Anthropogenic warming has increased drought risk in California

(2015) Noah S. Diffenbaugh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks

(2015) Patrick J. McIntyre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Progressive forest canopy water loss during the 2012–2015 California drought

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reform forest fire management

(2015) M. P. North et al.   SCIENCE

Evaluating short- and long-term impacts of fuels treatments and simulated wildfire on an old-forest species

(2015) Douglas J. Tempel et al.   Ecosphere

California Spotted Owl, Songbird, and Small Mammal Responses to Landscape Fuel Treatments

(2014) Scott L. Stephens et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Beyond reducing fire hazard: fuel treatment impacts on overstory tree survival

(2014) Brandon M. Collins et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Effects of forest management on California Spotted Owls: implications for reducing wildfire risk in fire-prone forests

(2014) Douglas J. Tempel et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Simulating avian species and foraging group responses to fuel reduction treatments in coniferous forests

(2013) Angela M. White et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Small mammals exhibit limited spatiotemporal structure in Sierra Nevada forests

(2013) Douglas A. Kelt et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Landscape sustainability science: ecosystem services and human well-being in changing landscapes

(2013) Jianguo Wu   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

(2013) S. L. Stephens et al.   SCIENCE

Future U.S. wildfire potential trends projected using a dynamically downscaled climate change scenario

(2012) Yongqiang Liu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Using Fire to Increase the Scale, Benefits, and Future Maintenance of Fuels Treatments

(2012) Malcolm North et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Resilience, experimentation, and scale mismatches in social-ecological landscapes

(2012) Graeme S. Cumming et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

(2012) Steve M. Redpath et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Using stochastic simulation to evaluate competing risks of wildfires and fuels management on an isolated forest carnivore

(2011) Robert M. Scheller et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The forgotten stage of forest succession: early-successional ecosystems on forest sites

(2010) Mark E Swanson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Spatial Patterns of Endemic Plants in California

(2009) J. H. Thorne et al.   NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL

Birds track their Grinnellian niche through a century of climate change

(2009) M. W. Tingley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biodiversity, climate change, and ecosystem services

(2009) Harold Mooney et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The relationship of respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions to the southern California wildfires of 2003

(2008) R J Delfino et al.   OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora

(2008) Scott R. Loarie et al.   PLoS One

Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA

(2008) C. Moritz et al.   SCIENCE