Publications

• Hansen, A.J., C. Davis, J. Haas, N. Piekielek.  In Press.  Towards Assessing the Vulnerability of US National Parks to Land Use and Climate Change.  In Protected Areas: Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?  L. Joppa, J. Baillie, J. Robinson, editors.  Cambridge University Press.
• Stine, P., P. Hessburg, T. Spies, M. Kramer, C. Fettis, A. Hansen, J. Lehmkuhl, K. O'Hara, K. Polivka, P. Singleton, S. Charnley, and A. Merschel. In Press. The Ecology and management of Moist Mixed-conifer forests in Eastern Oregon and Washington: a synthesis of the relevant biophysical science and implications for future land management.  USFS PNW General Technical Report.
• Gross, J.E., and E. Rowland. In press.  Understanding climate change impacts and vulnerability.  Pp.  xxx-xxx in B. Stein et al. (eds.), Climate-Smart conservation: putting adaptation principles into practice.  National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC.
• Guntenspergen, G.R, and J.E. Gross. 2014.  Threshold concepts: implications for the management of natural resources.  Pages (1-8) in Guntenspergen, G.R (ed.): Application of threshold concepts in natural resource decision making.  Springer Science.
• Theobald, D.M. 2014. Development and applications of a comprehensive land use classification and map for the US. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094628.
• Hansen, A.J., N. Piekielek, C. Davis, J. Haas, D. Theobald, J. Gross, W. Monahan, S. Running. 2014.  Exposure of US National Parks to Land Use and Climate Change 1900-2100.  Ecological Applications 24: 484-502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0905.1
• Gross, J.E., A.J. Hansen, S.J. Goetz, D.M. Theobald, F.M. Melton, N.B. Piekielek, and R.R. Nemani. 2012.  Remote sensing for inventory and monitoring of the U.S. National Parks.  Pages 29-56 in Y.Q. Yang (ed.), Remote Sensing of Protected Areas.  Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL.
• Gross. 2012.  Ecological consequences of climate change: mechanisms, conservation, and management.  Book Review, Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1102-1103.
• Monahan, W.B., and J.E. Gross. 2012. Upstream Landscape Dynamics of US National Parks with Implications for Water Quality and Watershed Management.  Pp. 27-50 in: Abiud Kaswamila (ed.), Sustainable Natural Resources Management, ISBN: 978-953-307-670-6
• Monahan, W.B., T. Cook, F. Melton. J. Connor, B. Bobowski.  2014.  Forecasting species’ responses to climate change at management-relevant scales: Limber Pine in Rocky Mountain National Park.  18(12): e83163. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083163.
• Olliff, T., R. Renkin, D. Reinhart, K. Legg, and E. Wellington. 2013. Invasive Species – Exotic Fungus Works in Tandem with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whitebark Pine Abundance, Distribution, and Survival across the Yellowstone Landscape. In PJ White, R. Garrott, and G. Plumb, Editors. Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA pp. 236-251.
• Olliff, T., P. Schullery, G. Plumb, and L. Whittlesey. 2013. Understanding the Past:  The History of Wildlife and Resource Management in the Greater Yellowstone Area. In PJ White, R. Garrott, and G. Plumb, Editors. Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA pp. 10-28.
• Piekielek, N.B. and A.J. Hansen. 2012. Extent of fragmentation of coarse-scale habitats in and around US National Parks. Biological Conservation 155:13-22.
• Powell, S.L., A.J. Hansen, T.J. Rodhouse, L.K. Garrett, J.L. Betancourt, et al. 2013. Woodland Dynamics at the Northern Range Periphery: A Challenge for Protected Area Management in a Changing World. PLoS ONE 8(7): e70454. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070454
• Stine, P., P. Hessburg, T. Spies, M. Kramer, C. Fettis, A. Hansen, J. Lehmkuhl, K. O'Hara, K. Polivka, P. Singleton, S. Charnley, and A. Merschel. 2013. The Ecology and management of Moist Mixed-conifer forests in Eastern Oregon and Washington: a synthesis of the relevant biophysical science and implications for future land management (DRAFT), http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/draft-manuscript.shtml
• Theobald, D.M. & S.E. Reed. 2013. Vulnerability of terrestrial and riparian habitats to climate and land use change in the Southern Rockies.  Unpublished report to the USFWS Southern Rockies LCC.
• Theobald, D.M. 2013. A general model to quantify ecological integrity for landscape assessments and US application. Landscape Ecology 28(10):1859-1874.
• Theobald, DM 2013. Integrated land use and landscape change with conservation planning. In: Conservation Planning: shaping the future. Esri Press. 
• Theobald, D.M., S.E. Reed, K. Fields, & Michael Soule´.  2012.  Connecting natural landscapes using a landscape permeability model to prioritize conservation activities in the United States. Conservation Letters. 5: 123–133.
• Theobald, DM 2013. Integrated land use and landscape change with conservation planning. In: Conservation Planning: shaping the future. Esri Press. 
• Thrasher, B., J. Xiong, W. Wang, F. Melton, A. Michaelis, R. Nemani.  2013.  Downscaled climate projections suitable for resource management.  Eos 94(37) 321-323.

Publications in Review or in Prep

• Zolkos, S.G., Jantz, P., Cormier, T., Iverson, L., McKenney, D., Goetz, S.J. In review. Projected tree species redistribution under climate change: Implications for ecosystem vulnerability across protected areas in the eastern United States. Ecosystems.
• Hansen, A.J., L. Phillips, R. Dubayah, S. Goetx, M. Hofton.  In Review.  Regional-scale application of Lidar: Variation in forest canopy structure across the southeastern U.S.  Forest Ecology and Management.
• Monahan, W.B., D.M. Theobald. In prep. Strategic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Partnerships Facilitate Species' Responses to Climate Change.
• Monahan, WB.  & N.A. Fisichelli. In Prep. Climate Exposure of US National Parks in a New Era of Change.  Plos One.

LCCVP Policy Reports

• Amberg, S., K. Kilkus, S. Gardner, J. E. Gross, M. Wood, and B. Drazkowski. 2012. Badlands National Park: Climate change vulnerability assessment. Natural Resource Report NPS/BADL/NRR—2012/505. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. 304 pages.
• Chambers, N., G. Tabor, Y. Converse, T. Olliff, S. Finn, R. Sojda, and S. Bischke. 2013. The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative Strategic Conservation Framework
  http://greatnorthernlcc.org/sites/default/files/documents/gnlcc_framework_final_small.pdf
• Monahan, W.B, D.E. Swann, J.A. Hubbard, and J.E. Gross. 2012. Monitoring park landscape dynamics through NPScape: Saguaro National Park.  Park Science, 29(1) online: http://nature.nps.gov/parkscience/index.cfm?ArticleID=576.
• Monahan, W. B., J. E. Gross, L. K. Svancara, and T. Philippi. 2012. A guide to interpreting NPScape data and analyses. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NRSS/NRTR—2012/578. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Monahan, W. B., and M. Kinseth, and K, Hyde. In prep. Current status of parcel-level development around Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/XXXX/NRDS—20XX/XXX. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Gross, J.E, K. Johnson, P. Glick, and K. Hall. In Review.  Understanding climate change impacts and vulnerability.  In “Managing for Change: A Guide to Principles and Practice for Climate-Smart Adaptation”.
• Riber, J. and T. Olliff, compilers. 2013. America’s Great Outdoors Crown of the Continent Demonstration Landscape, Interagency Strategic Plan FY13-18.  18pp.
• Todd, B., L. Read, and T. Olliff, compilers. 2013. Climate Change Workshop Summary Report. February 5-6, 2013. Lakewood, CO. IMR/DSC-Planning.  75pp.
• Olliff, T., P. Gonzalez, P. Benjamin. 2013. Developing partnerships and tools to promote climate change adaptation. Intermountain Region Crossroads in Science.  Autumn 2013. Pages 25-32.
• Whittington, T., T. Olliff, and P. Benjamin, compilers. In Prep.. The Intermountain Region Report on activities in the Climate Change Action Plan.