Search Results - "Oldfather, Meagan F."

Topoclimates, refugia, and biotic responses to climate change by Ackerly, David D, Kling, Matthew M, Clark, Matthew L, Papper, Prahlad, Oldfather, Meagan F, Flint, Alan L, Flint, Lorraine E

“…Plant distributions are strongly influenced by both climate and topography. In an analysis of geographic and topographic distributions for selected tree…”
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Topography influences diurnal and seasonal microclimate fluctuations in hilly terrain environments of coastal California by John, Aji, Olden, Julian D, Oldfather, Meagan F, Kling, Matthew M, Ackerly, David D

“…Understanding the topographic basis for microclimatic variation remains fundamental to predicting the site level effects of warming air temperatures…”
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Increases in thermophilus plants in an arid alpine community in response to experimental warming by Oldfather, Meagan F., Ackerly, David D.

“…A warming climate has been shown to drive thermophilization-shifts in species abundance toward those adapted to warm and dry conditions. The community dynamics…”
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Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains by Carscadden, Kelly A., Doak, Daniel F., Oldfather, Meagan F., Emery, Nancy C.

“…Hybridization between taxa generates new pools of genetic variation that can lead to different environmental responses and demographic trajectories over time…”
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Climate Change, Ecosystem Processes and Biological Diversity Responses in High Elevation Communities by Timothy R. Seastedt, Meagan F. Oldfather

“…The populations, species, and communities in high elevation mountainous regions at or above tree line are being impacted by the changing climate. Mountain…”
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Parsing propagule pressure: Number, not size, of introductions drives colonization success in a novel environment by Koontz, Michael J., Oldfather, Meagan F., Melbourne, Brett A., Hufbauer, Ruth A.

“…Predicting whether individuals will colonize a novel habitat is of fundamental ecological interest and is crucial to conservation efforts. A consistently…”
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Microclimate and demography interact to shape stable population dynamics across the range of an alpine plant by Oldfather, Meagan F., Ackerly, David D.

“…• Heterogeneous terrain in montane systems results in a decoupling of climatic gradients. Population dynamics across species’ ranges in these heterogeneous…”
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Ecoregion shapes the range response by Oldfather, Meagan F.

“…Within a single species, different populations can show strikingly varied responses to climate – often attributed to genetic differences of geographically…”
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Range edges in heterogeneous landscapes: Integrating geographic scale and climate complexity into range dynamics by Oldfather, Meagan F., Kling, Matthew M., Sheth, Seema N., Emery, Nancy C., Ackerly, David D.

“…The impacts of climate change have re‐energized interest in understanding the role of climate in setting species geographic range edges. Despite the strong…”
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Effects of topoclimatic complexity on the composition of woody plant communities by Oldfather, Meagan F, Britton, Matthew N, Papper, Prahlad D, Koontz, Michael J, Halbur, Michelle M, Dodge, Celeste, Flint, Alan L, Flint, Lorriane E, Ackerly, David D

“…Topography can create substantial environmental variation at fine spatial scales. Shaped by slope, aspect, hill-position and elevation, topoclimate…”
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Range dynamics mediated by compensatory life stage responses to experimental climate manipulations by Oldfather, Meagan F., Koontz, Michael J., Doak, Daniel F., Ackerly, David D., Levine, Jonathan

“…The expectations of polar or upslope distributional shifts of species ranges in response to warming climate conditions have been recently questioned. Diverse…”
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Beyond a warming fingerprint: individualistic biogeographic responses to heterogeneous climate change in California by 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, Beissinger, Steven R

“…Understanding recent biogeographic responses to climate change is fundamental for improving our predictions of likely future responses and guiding conservation…”
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Dispersal evolution in temporally variable environments: implications for plant range dynamics by Oldfather, Meagan F., Van Den Elzen, Courtney L., Heffernan, Patrick M., Emery, Nancy C.

“…Dispersal—the movement of an individual from the site of birth to a different site for reproduction—is an ecological and evolutionary driver of species ranges…”
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Divergent community trajectories with climate change across a fine‐scale gradient in snow depth by Oldfather, Meagan F., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Van Cleemput, Elisa, Henn, Jonathan J., Huxley, Jared D., White, Caitlin T., Humphries, Hope C., Spasojevic, Marko J., Suding, Katharine N., Emery, Nancy C.

“…Abstract Fine‐scale microclimate variation due to complex topography can shape both current vegetation distributional patterns and how vegetation responds to…”
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Community turnover by composition and climatic affinity across scales in an alpine system by Smithers, Brian V., Oldfather, Meagan F., Koontz, Michael J., Bishop, Jim, Bishop, Catie, Nachlinger, Jan, Sheth, Seema N.

“…Premise Examining community turnover across climate gradients at multiple scales is vital to understanding biogeographic response to climate change. This…”
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Indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation planning: reflections from initial efforts by Ciocco, Tony W., Miller, Brian W., Tangen, Stefan, Crausbay, Shelley D., Oldfather, Meagan F., Bamzai-Dodson, Aparna

“…There are increasing calls to incorporate indigenous knowledge (IK) into climate adaptation planning (CAP) and related projects. However, given unique…”
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Best practices for reporting climate data in ecology by Morueta-Holme, Naia, Oldfather, Meagan F., Olliff-Yang, Rachael L., Weitz, Andrew P., Levine, Carrie R., Kling, Matthew M., Riordan, Erin C., Merow, Cory, Sheth, Seema N., Thornhill, Andrew H., Ackerly, David D.

“…A large number of published ecological studies fail to include basic information about the climate data used. In the interest of reproducibility and…”
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Population and Community Dynamics of Alpine Plants in a Changing Climate across Topographically Heterogeneous Landscapes by Oldfather, Meagan F

“…Understanding how species and communities shift locally and regionally poses a great challenge as we manage for resilience in the face of a changing climate…”
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