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Sustainability of utility-scale solar energy — critical ecological concepts by Moore-O'Leary, Kara A, Hernandez, Rebecca R, Johnston, Dave S, Abella, Scott R, Tanner, Karen E, Swanson, Amanda C, Kreitler, Jason, Lovich, Jeffrey E

“…Renewable energy development is an arena where ecological, political, and socioeconomic values collide. Advances in renewable energy will incur steep…”
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Top-down and sideways: Herbivory and cross-ecosystem connectivity shape restoration success at the salt marsh-upland ecotone by Wasson, Kerstin, Tanner, Karen E, Woofolk, Andrea, McCain, Sean, Suraci, Justin P

“…Wetland restoration provides remarkable opportunities to understand vegetation dynamics and to inform success of future projects through rigorous restoration…”
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Simulated solar panels create altered microhabitats in desert landforms by Tanner, Karen E., Moore‐O'Leary, Kara A., Parker, Ingrid M., Pavlik, Bruce M., Hernandez, Rebecca R.

“…Solar energy development is a significant driver of land‐use change worldwide, and desert ecosystems are particularly well suited to energy production because…”
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Simulated Photovoltaic Solar Panels Alter the Seed Bank Survival of Two Desert Annual Plant Species by Hernandez, Rebecca R., Tanner, Karen E., Haji, Sophia, Parker, Ingrid M., Pavlik, Bruce M., Moore-O’Leary, Kara A.

“…Seed bank survival underpins plant population persistence but studies on seed bank trait-environment interactions are few. Changes in environmental conditions…”
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Competition rather than facilitation affects plant performance across an abiotic stress gradient in a restored California salt marsh by Tanner, Karen E., Wasson, Kerstin, Parker, Ingrid M.

“…The Stress Gradient Hypothesis predicts facilitation will become more important than competition where abiotic stress is high, and the framework successfully…”
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Microhabitats associated with solar energy development alter demography of two desert annuals by Tanner, Karen E., Moore-O’Leary, Kara A., Parker, Ingrid M., Pavlik, Bruce M., Haji, Sophia, Hernandez, Rebecca R.

“…Political and economic initiatives intended to increase energy production while reducing carbon emissions are driving demand for solar energy. Consequently,…”
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Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics at a Tidal Marsh Restoration Site: Integrating Field Methods, Remote Sensing and Modeling by Thomsen, Alexandra S., Krause, Johannes, Appiano, Monica, Tanner, Karen E., Endris, Charlie, Haskins, John, Watson, Elizabeth, Woolfolk, Andrea, Fountain, Monique C., Wasson, Kerstin

“…A bstract Sea level rise threatens coastal wetlands worldwide, and restoration projects are implementing strategies that decrease vulnerability to this threat…”
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Plant Response to Land Use Change in Two Iconically Stressful Habitats: California’s Desert Solar Fields and Restored Coastal Salt Marshes by Tanner, Karen E

“…This work examines plant response to human alteration in deserts and coastal salt marshes, two systems in which abiotic stress is assumed to limit plants more…”
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