Search Results - "WEISS, STUART B."

theory behind, and the challenges of, conserving nature's stage in a time of rapid change by Lawler, Joshua J, Ackerly, David D, Albano, Christine M, Anderson, Mark G, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Gill, Jacquelyn L, Heller, Nicole E, Pressey, Robert L, Sanderson, Eric W, Weiss, Stuart B

“…Most conservation planning to date has focused on protecting today's biodiversity with the assumption that it will be tomorrow's biodiversity. However, modern…”
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A Geographic Mosaic of Climate Change Impacts on Terrestrial Vegetation: Which Areas Are Most at Risk? by Ackerly, David D, Cornwell, William K, Weiss, Stuart B, Flint, Lorraine E, Flint, Alan L

“…Changes in climate projected for the 21st century are expected to trigger widespread and pervasive biotic impacts. Forecasting these changes and their…”
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Cluster analysis and topoclimate modeling to examine bristlecone pine tree-ring growth signals in the Great Basin, USA by Tran, Tyler J, Bruening, Jamis M, Bunn, Andrew G, Salzer, Matthew W, Weiss, Stuart B

“…Tree rings have long been used to make inferences about the environmental factors that influence tree growth. Great Basin bristlecone pine is a long-lived…”
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Fine-scale modeling of bristlecone pine treeline position in the Great Basin, USA by Bruening, Jamis M, Tran, Tyler J, Bunn, Andrew G, Weiss, Stuart B, Salzer, Matthew W

“…Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) and foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) are valuable paleoclimate resources due to their longevity and climatic…”
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Targeting climate diversity in conservation planning to build resilience to climate change by Heller, Nicole E, Kreitler, Jason, Ackerly, David D, Weiss, Stuart B, Recinos, Amanda, Branciforte, Ryan, Flint, Alan L, Flint, Lorraine E, Micheli, Elisabeth

“…Climate change is raising challenging concerns for systematic conservation planning. Are methods based on the current spatial patterns of biodiversity…”
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On-road emissions of ammonia: An underappreciated source of atmospheric nitrogen deposition by Fenn, Mark E., Bytnerowicz, Andrzej, Schilling, Susan L., Vallano, Dena M., Zavaleta, Erika S., Weiss, Stuart B., Morozumi, Connor, Geiser, Linda H., Hanks, Kenneth

“…We provide updated spatial distribution and inventory data for on-road NH3 emissions for the continental United States (U.S.) On-road NH3 emissions were…”
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Fire versus grazing as tools to restore serpentine grasslands under global change by Hernández, Eliza, Shaw, E. Ashley, Aoyama, Lina, Brambila, Alejandro, Niederer, Christal, Weiss, Stuart B., Hallett, Lauren M.

“…Grassland restoration in a world of change—including nitrogen deposition and invasion—requires solutions that can be sustained and effective in the face of…”
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Dead flowers by Weiss, Stuart B.

“…Atmospheric nitrogen deposits are overloading the ability of plant species to live and thrive. Bringing the complex and underestimated link between nitrogen…”
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Nearly all California Monarch overwintering groves require non-native trees by Longcore, Travis, Rich, Catherine, Weiss, Stuart B.

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Adapting California’s Ecosystems to a Changing Climate by CHORNESKY, ELIZABETH A., ACKERLY, DAVID D., BEIER, PAUL, DAVIS, FRANK W., FLINT, LORRAINE E., LAWLER, JOSHUA J., MOYLE, PETER B., MORITZ, MAX A., SCOONOVER, MARY, BYRD, KRISTIN, ALVAREZ, PELAYO, HELLER, NICOLE E., MICHELI, ELISABETH R., WEISS, STUART B.

“…Significant efforts are underway to translate improved understanding of how climate change is altering ecosystems into practical actions for sustaining…”
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GLM versus CCA spatial modeling of plant species distribution by Guisan, A, Weiss, S.B, Weiss, A.D

“…Despite the variety of statistical methods available for static modeling of plant distribution, few studies directly compare methods on a common data set. In…”
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Sun, slope, and butterflies: topographic determinants of habitat quality for Euphydryas editha by Weiss, Stuart B., Murphy, Dennis D., White, Raymond R.

“…Thermal environments in a large, topographically diverse serpentine soil-based grassland were quantified and ranked using a computer model of clear sky…”
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An Environment-metapopulation Approach to Population Viability Analysis for a Threatened Invertebrate by MURPHY, DENNIS D., FREAS, KATHY E., WEISS, STUART B.

“…Most previous population viability analyses of endangered species have focused on large vertebrates: long-lived species with low rates of population increase,…”
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Landscape-Level Phenology of a Threatened Butterfly: A GIS-Based Modeling Approach by Weiss, Stuart B., Weiss, Andrew D.

“…Phenology of organismal development varies between growing seasons according to the weather and also varies within growing seasons across topoclimatic…”
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Estimating female reproductive success of a threatened butterfly: influence of emergence time and hostplant phenology by Cushman, J.H. (Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Dept. of Biological Sciences), Boggs, C.L, Weiss, S.B, Murphy, D.D, Harvey, A.W, Ehrlich, P.R

“…Lifetime reproductive success of Euphydryas editha bayensis (Nymphalidae) was examined, a federally listed threatened butterfly, based on age-specific…”
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Adult emergence phenology in checkerspot butterflies: the effects of macroclimate, topoclimate, and population history by Weiss, S.B. (Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Dept. of Biological Sciences), Murphy, D.D, Ehrlich, P.R, Metzler, C.F

“…The prediction of adult emergence lines in insect populations can be greatly complicated by microclimatic gradients, especially in circumstances where…”
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Light-Transmission Profiles in an Old-Growth Forest Canopy: Simulations of Photosynthetically Active Radiation by Using Spatially Explicit Radiative Transfer Models by Mariscal, Maria J., Martens, Scott N., Ustin, Susan L., Chen, Jiquan, Weiss, Stuart B., Roberts, Dar A.

“…Light interception is a driving variable for many key ecosystem processes in forests. Canopy gaps, as natural irregularities, are common features of Pacific…”
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Stochastic analysis of multi-year runoff, recharge, and climatic water deficit in geologically varying watersheds by Weiss, Stuart B.

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From atmospheric circulation to grape temperatures: Macro-, meso-, topo-, and microclimate in vineyards (and your glass) by Weiss, Stuart B.

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Do hypotheses from short-term studies hold in the long-term? An empirical test by Hellmann, Jessica J., Weiss, Stuart B., Mclaughlin, John F., Boggs, Carol L., Ehrlich, Paul R., Launer, Alan E., Murphy, Dennis D.

“…1. A sequence of population estimates for two now‐extinct populations of Euphydryas editha bayensis is presented. After removing biased sampling days,…”
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