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Temperate forest health in an era of emerging megadisturbance by Millar, Constance I., Stephenson, Nathan L.

“…Although disturbances such as fire and native insects can contribute to natural dynamics of forest health, exceptional droughts, directly and in combination…”
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Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity by Brighenti, Stefano, Hotaling, Scott, Finn, Debra S., Fountain, Andrew G., Hayashi, Masaki, Herbst, David, Saros, Jasmine E., Tronstad, Lusha M., Millar, Constance I.

“…Mountains are global biodiversity hotspots where cold environments and their associated ecological communities are threatened by climate warming. Considerable…”
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Climate-change refugia: biodiversity in the slow lane by Morelli, Toni Lyn, Barrows, Cameron W, Ramirez, Aaron R, Cartwright, Jennifer M, Ackerly, David D, Eaves, Tatiana D, Ebersole, Joseph L, Krawchuk, Meg A, Letcher, Benjamin H, Mahalovich, Mary F, Meigs, Garrett W, Michalak, Julia L, Millar, Constance I, Quiñones, Rebecca M, Stralberg, Diana, Thorne, James H

“…Climate-change adaptation focuses on conducting and translating research to minimize the dire impacts of anthropogenic climate change, including threats to…”
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Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States by Williams, A. Park, Allen, Craig D., Millar, Constance I., Swetnam, Thomas W., Michaelsen, Joel, Still, Christopher J., Leavitt, Steven W., MacDonald, Glen M.

“…In recent decades, intense droughts, insect outbreaks, and wildfires have led to decreasing tree growth and increasing mortality in many temperate forests. We…”
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Climate change and forests of the future: managing in the face of uncertainty by Millar, C.I, Stephenson, N.L, Stephens, S.L

“…We offer a conceptual framework for managing forested ecosystems under an assumption that future environments will be different from present but that we cannot…”
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Validating climate-change refugia: empirical bottom-up approaches to support management actions by Barrows, Cameron W, Ramirez, Aaron R, Sweet, Lynn C, Morelli, Toni Lyn, Millar, Constance I, Frakes, Neil, Rodgers, Jane, Mahalovich, Mary F

“…Efforts to conserve biodiversity increasingly focus on identifying climate-change refugia – areas relatively buffered from contemporary climate change over…”
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Symbiotic interactions above treeline of long‐lived pines: Mycorrhizal advantage of limber pine (Pinus flexilis) over Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) at the seedling stage by Shemesh, Hagai, Boaz, Briana E., Millar, Constance I., Bruns, Thomas D., Gilliam, Frank

“…In response to contemporary changes in climate, many tree species are shifting upslope to find favorable habitat. In the case of obligate ectomycorrhizal…”
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Geographic, hydrological, and climatic significance of rock glaciers in the Great Basin, USA by Millar, Constance I., Westfall, Robert D.

“…We present the first comprehensive inventory and analysis of rock glaciers in the hydrographic Great Basin (GB), United States, documenting 842 features (mean…”
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Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations by Pauchard, Aníbal, Christoph Kueffer, Hansjörg Dietz, Curtis C Daehler, Jake Alexander, Peter J Edwards, José Ramón Arévalo, Lohengrin A Cavieres, Antoine Guisan, Sylvia Haider, Gabi Jakobs, Keith McDougall, Constance I Millar, Bridgett J Naylor, Catherine G Parks, Lisa J Rew, Tim Seipel

“…Most studies of invasive species have been in highly modified, lowland environments, with comparatively little attention directed to less disturbed,…”
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Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation by Morelli, Toni Lyn, Daly, Christopher, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Dulen, Deanna M, Ebersole, Joseph L, Jackson, Stephen T, Lundquist, Jessica D, Millar, Constance I, Maher, Sean P, Monahan, William B, Nydick, Koren R, Redmond, Kelly T, Sawyer, Sarah C, Stock, Sarah, Beissinger, Steven R

“…Refugia have long been studied from paleontological and biogeographical perspectives to understand how populations persisted during past periods of unfavorable…”
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Guiding concepts for park and wilderness stewardship in an era of global environmental change by Hobbs, Richard J, Cole, David N, Yung, Laurie, Zavaleta, Erika S, Aplet, Gregory H, Chapin, F Stuart, Landres, Peter B, Parsons, David J, Stephenson, Nathan L, White, Peter S, Graber, David M, Higgs, Eric S, Millar, Constance I, Randall, John M, Tonnessen, Kathy A, Woodley, Stephen

“…The major challenge to stewardship of protected areas is to decide where, when, and how to intervene in physical and biological processes, to conserve what we…”
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Thermal Regimes and Snowpack Relations of Periglacial Talus Slopes, Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A by Millar, Constance I, D. Westfall, Robert, Delany, Diane L

“…Thermal regimes of eight periglacial talus slopes, at contrasting elevations, aspects, and substrates, in the Sierra Nevada, California, had complex…”
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Distribution, climatic relationships, and status of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in the Great Basin, USA by Millar, Constance I., Delany, Diane L., Hersey, Kimberly A., Jeffress, Mackenzie R., Smith, Andrew T., Van Gunst, K. Jane, Westfall, Robert D.

“…To advance understanding of the distribution, climatic relationships, and status of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in the Great Basin, United States, we…”
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Correction: Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation by Morelli, Toni Lyn, Daly, Christopher, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Dulen, Deanna M, Ebersole, Joseph L, Jackson, Stephen T, Lundquist, Jessica D, Millar, Constance I, Maher, Sean P, Monahan, William B, Nydick, Koren R, Redmond, Kelly T, Sawyer, Sarah C, Stock, Sarah, Beissinger, Steven R

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159909.]…”
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Leap frog in slow motion: Divergent responses of tree species and life stages to climatic warming in Great Basin subalpine forests by Smithers, Brian V., North, Malcolm P., Millar, Constance I., Latimer, Andrew M.

“…In response to climate warming, subalpine treelines are expected to move up in elevation since treelines are generally controlled by growing season…”
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Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: A National Experiment in Manager-Scientist Partnerships to Apply an Adaptation Framework by Nagel, Linda M., Palik, Brian J., Battaglia, Michael A., D'Amato, Anthony W., Guldin, James M., Swanston, Christopher W., Janowiak, Maria K., Powers, Matthew P., Joyce, Linda A., Millar, Constance I., Peterson, David L., Ganio, Lisa M., Kirschbaum, Chad, Roske, Molly R.

“…Forest managers in the United States must respond to the need for climate-adaptive strategies in the face of observed and projected climatic changes. However,…”
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Return of the pika: American pikas re‐occupy long‐extirpated, warm locations by Millar, Constance I., Smith, Andrew T.

“…American pikas (Ochotona princeps), small mammals related to rabbits, occur in mountainous regions of western North America, where they live in shattered‐rock…”
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From treeline to species line: Thermal patterns and growth relationships across the krummholz zone of whitebark pine, Sierra Nevada, California, USA by Millar, Constance I., Delany, Diane L., Westfall, Robert D.

“…A multiyear study of forest-to-alpine ecotones across extensive krummholz zones in whitebark pine (WBP; Pinus albicaulis), Sierra Nevada, California, resolved…”
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A complex patterned-ground ecosystem in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA supports unusual habitat for American pika by Millar, Constance I., Westfall, Robert D.

“…A complex landscape lies on an alpine plateau in the high Sierra Nevada, California, and comprises spatially organized physical and ecological features that…”
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Distribution and Climatic Relationships of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) in the Sierra Nevada and Western Great Basin, U.S.A.; Periglacial Landforms as Refugia in Warming Climates by Millar, Constance I, Westfall, Robert D

“…We used a rapid assessment to survey American pika (Ochotona princeps) populations and documented 420 pika site occurrences in southwestern U.S.A. These…”
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