Widespread shifts in the demographic structure of subalpine forests in the Sierra Nevada, California, 1934 to 2007 |
Dolanc, Christopher R., Thorne, James H., and Safford, Hugh D. |
2012 |
climate change impacts, vegetation distribution |
What mediates tree mortality during drought in the southern Sierra Nevada? |
Paz-Kagan, Tarin, Philip G. Brodrick, Nicholas R. Vaughn, Adrian J. Das, Nathan L. Stephenson, Koren R. Nydick, and Gregory P. Asner |
2017 |
drought, tree mortality, remote sensing |
Water-Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: Simulating the Regulated Rivers of California’s West Slope Sierra Nevada |
Rheinheimer, David R., Ligare, Scott T., and Viers, Joshua H. |
2012 |
water management, climate change adaptation |
Water balance and topography predict fire and forest structure patterns |
Kane, Van R., James A. Lutz, C. Alina Cansler, Nicholas A. Povak, Derek J. Churchill, Douglas F. Smith, Jonathan T. Kane, and Malcolm P. North |
2015 |
water balance, forest management, wildfire |
Vulnerability of birds to climate change in California's Sierra Nevada |
Siegel, Rodney B., Pyle, Peter, Thorne, James H., Holguin, Andrew J., Howell, Christine H., Stock, Sarah, and Tingley, Morgan W. |
May, 2014 |
vulnerability assessment, birds, biodiversity |
Vegetation cover change in the Upper Kings River basin of the Sierra Nevada detected using Landsat satellite image analysis |
Potter, Christopher |
2015 |
vegetation distribution, precipitation, biodiversity |
Vegetation change over sixty years in the Central Sierra Nevada, California, USA |
Thorne, James H., Morgan, Brian J., and Kennedy, Jeffery |
2008 |
vegetation distribution, historical biogeography, climate change |
U.S. National Forests adapt to climate change through science–management partnerships |
Littell, Jeremy, Peterson, David, Millar, Constance, and O'Halloran, Kathy |
2012 |
forest management, climate change adaptation |
Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks |
McIntyre, Patrick J., Thorne, James H., Dolanc, Christopher R., Flint, Alan L., Flint, Lorraine E., Kelly, Maggi, and Ackerly, David D. |
2015 |
historical climate, paleoclimates, vegetation distribution |
Trends in wildfire severity: 1984 to 2010 in the Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, and Southern Cascades, California, USA |
Miller, Jay D., and Safford, Hugh |
2012 |
wildfire, fire frequency, forests |
The carbon balance of reducing wildfire risk and restoring process: an analysis of 10-year post-treatment carbon dynamics in a mixed-conifer forest |
Wiechmann Morgan L., Hurteau, Matthew D., North, Malcolm P., Koch, George W., and Jerabkova, Lucie |
2015 |
wildfire, carbon sequestration, forest management |
Stream temperature sensitivity to climate warming in California’s Sierra Nevada: impacts to coldwater habitat |
Null, Sarah E., Viers, Joshua H., Deas, Michael L, Tanaka, Stacy K., and Mount, Jeffrey F. |
2013 |
water temperature, climate change impacts, aquatic ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems |
Spatial, temporal and latitudinal components of historical fire regimes in mixed conifer forests, California |
Krasnow, Kevin D., Danny L. Fry, and Scott L. Stephens |
2016 |
wildfire, historical biogeography, forests |
Simulating vegetation shifts and carbon cycling in Yosemite National Park |
Conklin, David R. |
2009 |
vegetation modeling, bioclimatic modeling, climate change impacts |
Sierra Nevada snowpack |
California-Nevada Climate Applications Program |
2016 |
snowpack, climate change impacts, water resources |
Sierra Nevada Region Report |
Dettinger, Michael, Holly Alpert, John Battles, Jonathan Kusel, Hugh Safford, Dorian Fougeres, Clarke Knight, Lauren Miller, and Sarah Sawyer |
2018 |
climate change impacts, climate change adaptation, climate change assessment |
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment Technical Synthesis: Oak Woodlands |
Hauptfeld, R.S., Kershner, J. M., and Feifel, K. M. |
2014 |
oak woodlands, vulnerability assessment, biodiversity |
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment Technical Synthesis: Chaparral |
Hauptfeld, R.S., Kershner, J. M., and Feifel, K. M. |
2014 |
chaparral, vulnerability assessment, biodiversity |
Sierra Nevada Birds and Climate Change |
Bumgardner, S. |
2014 |
birds, biodiversity |
Restoring Walker Meadows: Assessment and Prioritization |
Luke Hunt, Julie Fair, Jacob Dyste, and Max Odland |
2015 |
meadows, restoration, climate-smart conservation, water resources |
Response of Sierra Nevada forests to projected climate-wildfire interactions |
Liang, Shuang, Matthew D. Hurteau, and A. LeRoy Westerling |
2016 |
wildfire, climate change impacts, carbon sequestration, forests, forest management |
Response of high-elevation limber pine (Pinus flexilis) to multiyear droughts and 20th-century warming, Sierra Nevada, California, USA |
Millar, Constance I., Westfall, Robert D., and Delany, Diane L. |
2007 |
Pinus flexilis, climate change, tree mortality |
Re-Framing Forest and Resource Management Strategies for a Climate Change Context |
Millar, C.I., Stephenson, N.L., and Stephens, S.L. |
February, 2008 |
forest management, adaptation strategies |
Projected Effects of Climate Change in California: Ecoregional Summaries Emphasizing Consequences for Wildlife |
Gardali, T., Howell, C., Seavy, N., Shuford, W. D., Stralberg, D. |
2011 |
climate change impacts |
Principal hydrologic responses to climatic and geologic variability in the Sierra Nevada, California |
Peterson, David H., Stewart, Iris, and Murphy, Fred |
2008 |
hydrology, climate science |
Potential increase in floods in California’s Sierra Nevada under future climate projections |
Das, Tapash, Dettinger, Michael, Cayan, Daniel, and Hidalgo, Hugo |
2011 |
flooding, climate change, water management |
Multi-century evaluation of Sierra Nevada snowpack |
Belmecheri, Soumaya, Flurin Babst, Eugene R. Wahl, David W. Stahle, and Valerie Trouet |
2015 |
snow water equivalent, snowpack, historical climate |
Montane Meadows in the Sierra Nevada: Changing Hydroclimatic Conditions and Concepts for Vulnerability Assessment |
Viers, Joshua, Purdy, Sabra, Peek, Ryan, Fryjoff-Hung, Anna, Santos, Nicholas, Katz, Jacob, Emmons, Jason, Dolan, Danielle, and Yarnell, Sarah |
2013 |
wetlands, hydrology, biodiversity |
Modeling climate and fuel reduction impacts on mixed-conifer forest carbon stocks in the Sierra Nevada, California |
Hurteau, Matthew D., Robards, Timothy A., Stevens, Donald, Saah, Malcolm, and Koch, George W. |
2014 |
forest management, carbon sequestration, biodiversity |
Informing watershed planning and policy in the Truckee River basin through stakeholder engagement, scenario development, and impact evaluation |
Podolak, Kristen, Erik Lowe, Stacie Wolny, Barry Nickel, and Rodd Kelsey |
2017 |
water management, ecosystem management, scenario planning, climate change adaptation |
Increases in flood magnitudes in California under warming climates |
Das, T., Maurer, E. P., Pierce, D. W., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R. |
2013 |
flooding |
Incorporating cold-air pooling into downscaled climate models increases potential refugia for snow-dependent species within the Sierra Nevada Ecoregion, CA |
Curtis, Jennifer A., Flint, Lorraine E., Flint, Alan L., Lundquist, Jessica D., Hudgens, Brian, Boydston, Erin E., and Yound, Julie K. |
2014 |
snowpack, climate modeling, mammals, climate refugia |
Impacts of Climate Change and Invasive Plants in Sierra Meadows: Overview and Recommendations |
California Invasive Plant Council |
December, 2015 |
invasive species, meadows |
Impact of a century of climate change on small-mammal communities in Yosemite National Park, USA |
Moritz, Craig, Patton, James L., Conroy, Chris J., Parra, Juan L., White, Gary C., and Beissinger, Steven R. |
2008 |
mammals, climate change, species distributions |
Identifying Vulnerable Species and Adaptation Strategies in the Southern Sierra of California Using Historical Resurveys |
Santos, Maria J., Moritz, Craig, and Thorne, James H. |
2012 |
historical biogeography, climate change, species distributions |
Hydrologic response and watershed sensitivity to climate warming in California's Sierra Nevada |
Null, Sarah E., Viers, Joshua H., and Mount, Jeffrey F. |
2010 |
hydrology, Sierra Nevada, water management |
Forest mortality in high-elevation whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests of eastern California, USA; influence of environmental context, bark beetles, climatic water deficit, and warming |
Millar, Constance I., Westfall, Robert D., Delany, Diane L., Bokach, Matthew J., Flint, Alan L., and Flint, Lorraine E. |
2012 |
Pinus albicaulis, tree mortality, biodiversity, climatic water deficit |
Fire weather and large fire potential in the northern Sierra Nevada |
Collins, Brandon M |
2014 |
wildfire, extreme events, climate change impacts |
Fens as whole-ecosystem gauges of groundwater recharge under climate change |
Drexler, Judith Z., Knifong, Donna, Tuil, JayLee, Flint, Lorraine E., and Flint, Alan L. |
2013 |
wetlands, groundwater, climate change impacts |
Exploring the Origins of Snow Droughts in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California |
Hatchett, B. J. & McEvoy, D. J. |
2017-12 |
snowfall, snowpack, drought |
Exploring the origins of snow drought in the northern Sierra Nevada, California |
Hatchett, Benjamin J., and Daniel J. McEvoy |
2017 |
snow water equivalent, snowfall, snowpack, drought |
Evaluation of species distribution models by resampling of sites surveyed a century ago by Joseph Grinnell |
Smith, Adam B., Santos, Maria J., Koo, Michelle S., Rowe, Karen M. C., Rowe, Kevin C., Patton, James L., Perrine, John D., Beissinger, Steven R., and Moritz, Craig |
2013 |
species distribution modeling, mammals |
Evaluating a new method for reconstructing forest conditions from General Land Office survey records |
Levine, Carrie R., Charles V. Cogbill, Brandon M. Collins, Andrew J. Larson, James A. Lutz, Malcolm P. North, Christina M. Restaino, Hugh D. Safford, Scott L. Stephens, and John J. Battle |
2017 |
vegetation, forest management, historical biogeography |
Estimating the Water Supply Benefits from Forest Restoration in the Northern Sierra Nevada |
Podolak, Kristin, Edelson, David, Kruse, S., Aylward, Bruce, Zimring, Mark, and Wobbrock, Nick |
2015 |
ecological restoration, forest management, meadows, water management |
Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change |
Maher, Sean P., Toni Lyn Morelli, Michelle Hershey, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Craig Moritz, and Steven R. Beissinger |
2017 |
climate refugia, meadows, landscape conservation planning |
Effects of fire on small mammal communities in frequent-fire forests in California |
Roberts, Susan L., Kelt, Douglas A., Wagtendonk, Jan W. van, Miles, A. Keith and Meyer, Marc D. |
2015 |
mammals, wildfire, forest management |
Different fire–climate relationships on forested and non-forested landscapes in the Sierra Nevada ecoregion |
Keeley, Jon E. and Syphard, Alexandra D. |
2015 |
wildfire, forest management, climate change impacts |
Determining Landscape Connectivity and Climate Change Refugia Across the Sierra Nevada |
Moritz, Craig, Steven R. Beissinger, Toni Lyn Morelli, Sean P. Maher |
October, 2014 |
connectivity, biodiversity |
Climate variability and snow pack in the Sierra Nevada |
Cayan, D. R. |
1994 |
climate variability, snowpack, water resources |
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment & Adaptation Strategies for Sierra Nevada Resources; Sierra Nevada Workshop Series October 14-17, 2014 Workshop Summary Report |
Kershner, Jessi, Whitney Reynier |
January 2015 |
vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning |
Climate change impacts on forest growth and tree mortality: a data-driven modeling study in the mixed-conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada, California |
Battles, John J., Robards, Timothy, Das, Adrian, Waring, Kristen, Giless, J. Keith, Biging, Gregory, and Schurr, Frieder |
2007 |
climate change, forest management, ecological modeling, case studies |
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada |
EcoAdapt |
2014 |
vulnerability assessment, climate change adaptation, biodiversity |
Birds track their Grinnellian niche through a century of climate change |
Tingley, M. W., Monahan, W. B., Beissinger, S. R., and Moritz, C. |
2009 |
birds, climate change, species distributions |
Beyond a warming fingerprint: individualistic biogeographic responses to heterogeneous climate change in California |
Rapacciuolo, Giovanni, Maher, Sean P., Schneider, Adam C., Hammond, Talisin T., Jabis, Meredith D., Walsh, Rachel E., Iknayan, Kelly J., Walden, Genevieve K., Oldfather, Meagan F., Ackerly, David D., and Beissinger, Steven R. |
2014 |
connectivity, biogeography, population genetics, refugia, biodiversity |
Applying Climate Adaptation Concepts to the Landscape Scale: Examples from the Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests |
Aplet, Greg and Gallo, John |
2012 |
climate change adaptation, forest management, novel ecosystems |
Anthropogenic warming impacts on California snowpack during drought |
Berg, Neil, and Alex Hall. 2017 |
2017 |
snowpack, drought, climate change impacts |
Anthropogenic refugia ameliorate the severe climate-related decline of a montane mammal along its trailing edge |
Morelli, Toni Lyn, Smith, Adam B.,Kastely, Christina R.,Mastroserio, Ilaria, Moritz, Craig and Beissinger, Steven R. |
2012 |
climate change, ground squirrels, species distributions, refugia |
Analog-based fire regime and vegetation shifts in mountainous regions of the western US |
Parks, Sean A., Lisa M. Holsinger, Carol Miller, and Marc-André Parisien |
2017 |
fire frequency, wildfire, climate change impacts, forests |
Actual evapotranspiration and deficit: biologically meaningful correlates of vegetation distribution across spatial scales |
Stephenson, Nathan L. |
1998 |
vegetation distribution, water balance |
A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada |
Kershner, Jessie M., ed. |
2014 |
vulnerability assessment, biodiversity |
A Climate Change Primer for Land Managers: An Example from the Sierra Nevada |
Morelli, Toni Lyn, Maureen C. McGlinchy, Ronald P. Neilson |
2011 |
climate change adaptation, resource management, ecological modeling, novel ecosystems |