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Using Hyperspectral Imagery to Characterize Rangeland Vegetation Composition at Process-Relevant Scales by Gaffney, Rowan, Augustine, David J., Kearney, Sean P., Porensky, Lauren M.

“…Rangelands are composed of patchy, highly dynamic herbaceous plant communities that are difficult to quantify across broad spatial extents at resolutions…”
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Using APAR to Predict Aboveground Plant Productivity in Semi-Aid Rangelands: Spatial and Temporal Relationships Differ by Gaffney, Rowan, Porensky, Lauren, Gao, Feng, Irisarri, J., Durante, Martín, Derner, Justin, Augustine, David

“…Monitoring of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) is critical for effective management of rangeland ecosystems but is problematic due to the vast extent…”
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Local adaptation to precipitation in the perennial grass Elymus elymoides: Trade‐offs between growth and drought resistance traits by Blumenthal, Dana M., LeCain, Daniel R., Porensky, Lauren M., Leger, Elizabeth A., Gaffney, Rowan, Ocheltree, Troy W., Pilmanis, Adrienne M.

“…Understanding local adaptation to climate is critical for managing ecosystems in the face of climate change. While there have been many provenance studies in…”
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Soil moisture and micrometeorological differences across reference and thinned stands during extremes of precipitation, southern Cascade Range by Hardage, Kyle, Wheelock, Shawn J., Gaffney, Rowan, O’Halloran, Theresa, Serpa, Benjamin, Grant, Gordon, Coppoletta, Michelle, Csank, Adam, Tague, Christina, Staudacher, Matthew, Tyler, Scott

“…Modern forest management generally relies on thinning treatments to reduce fuels and mitigate the threat of catastrophic wildfire. They have also been proposed…”
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Monitoring standing herbaceous biomass and thresholds in semiarid rangelands from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery to support within-season adaptive management by Kearney, Sean P., Porensky, Lauren M., Augustine, David J., Gaffney, Rowan, Derner, Justin D.

“…Adaptive management requires rangeland managers to respond to changing forage conditions (e.g., standing herbaceous biomass) within the grazing season at the…”
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Watershed-scale mapping of fractional snow cover under conifer forest canopy using lidar by Kostadinov, Tihomir S., Schumer, Rina, Hausner, Mark, Bormann, Kat J., Gaffney, Rowan, McGwire, Kenneth, Painter, Thomas H., Tyler, Scott, Harpold, Adrian A.

“…The distribution of snow cover is critical for predicting ecohydrological processes and underpins mountain water supplies in ranges like the Sierra Nevada in…”
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"I Have No Clue How I Survived School Let Alone Done Well" : an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Young People in Care Who Have Achieved Educational Success by Gaffney, Rowan Annie

“…Very little is known about the educational experiences of young people in care (Benbenishty, Siegel and Astor, 2018), with even less attention given to the…”
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Susceptibility of Headwater Catchment Hydrology to Persistent Droughts and Forest Structure Modification - A Plot to Catchment Scale Analysis by Gaffney, Rowan

“…Headwater catchments across the Western United States are critical environments to natural ecosystems and are a vital component of water resources to many…”
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Using APAR to Predict Aboveground Plant Productivity in Semi-Arid Rangelands: Spatial and Temporal Relationships Differ by Gaffney, Rowan, Porensky, Lauren M, Gao, Feng, J Gonzalo Irisarri, Durante, Martín, Derner, Justin D, Augustine, David J

“…Monitoring of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) is critical for effective management of rangeland ecosystems but is problematic due to the vast extent…”
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