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View article: On Validating Angular Power Spectral Models for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background Without Distributional Assumptions
On Validating Angular Power Spectral Models for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background Without Distributional Assumptions Open
It is demonstrated that estimators of the angular power spectrum commonly used for the stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) lack a closed-form analytical expression for the likelihood function and, typically, cannot be accuratel…
View article: Testing models for angular power spectra: A distribution-free approach
Testing models for angular power spectra: A distribution-free approach Open
A novel goodness-of-fit strategy is introduced for testing models of angular power spectra with unknown parameters. Using this strategy, it is possible to assess the validity of such models without specifying the distribution of the angula…
View article: Biocrusts Indicators of Livestock Grazing Effects on Soil Stability in Sagebrush Steppe: A Case Study from a Long-Term Experiment in the Northern Great Basin
Biocrusts Indicators of Livestock Grazing Effects on Soil Stability in Sagebrush Steppe: A Case Study from a Long-Term Experiment in the Northern Great Basin Open
Biocrusts are sensitive to changes in livestock grazing intensity in arid rangelands and may be useful indicators of ecosystem functions, particularly soil properties like soil stability, which may suggest the potential for soil erosion. W…
View article: Wildfire facilitates upslope advance in a shade‐intolerant but not a shade‐tolerant conifer
Wildfire facilitates upslope advance in a shade‐intolerant but not a shade‐tolerant conifer Open
Wildfires may facilitate climate tracking of forest species moving upslope or north in latitude. For subalpine tree species, for which higher elevation habitat is limited, accelerated replacement by lower elevation montane tree species fol…
View article: High‐severity fire drives persistent floristic homogenization in human‐altered forests
High‐severity fire drives persistent floristic homogenization in human‐altered forests Open
Ecological disturbance regimes across the globe are being altered via direct and indirect human influences. Biodiversity loss at multiple scales can be a direct outcome of these shifts. Fire, especially in dry forests, is an ecological dis…
View article: An Annotated Checklist of Lichens of the Opal Creek Wilderness and Adjacent Areas: a Pre-Fire Baseline
An Annotated Checklist of Lichens of the Opal Creek Wilderness and Adjacent Areas: a Pre-Fire Baseline Open
In 2020 the Beachie Creek Fire burned a large area of forest in the northern Oregon Cascade Range including public and private land and much of the Opal Creek Wilderness. We compiled a baseline data set from various sources of the lichens …
View article: Needle in a Bayes Stack: a Hierarchical Bayesian Method for Constraining the Neutron Star Equation of State with an Ensemble of Binary Neutron Star Post-merger Remnants
Needle in a Bayes Stack: a Hierarchical Bayesian Method for Constraining the Neutron Star Equation of State with an Ensemble of Binary Neutron Star Post-merger Remnants Open
Binary neutron star (BNS) post-merger gravitational-wave emission can occur in the aftermath of a BNS merger -- provided the system avoids prompt collapse to a black hole -- as a quasistable hypermassive remnant experiences quadrupolar osc…
View article: Plant community data from a statewide survey of paired serpentine and non-serpentine soils in California, USA
Plant community data from a statewide survey of paired serpentine and non-serpentine soils in California, USA Open
Soils derived from ultramafic parent materials (hereafter serpentine) provide habitat for unique plant communities containing species with adaptations to the low nutrient levels, high magnesium: calcium ratios, and high metal content (Ni, …
View article: Epiphytic macrolichen communities take decades to recover after high‐severity wildfire in chaparral shrublands
Epiphytic macrolichen communities take decades to recover after high‐severity wildfire in chaparral shrublands Open
Aim Fire regimes are shifting globally due to climate change, land management practices and population growth, putting species at risk if they are unable to adapt to more frequent or severe wildfires. While many fire‐adapted species may be…
View article: Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity
Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity Open
Human land-use legacies have long-term effects on plant community composition and ecosystem function. While ancient and historical land use is known to affect biodiversity patterns, it is unknown whether such legacies affect other plant co…
View article: Plant community data from a statewide survey of paired serpentine and non-serpentine soils in California, USA
Plant community data from a statewide survey of paired serpentine and non-serpentine soils in California, USA Open
Soils derived from ultramafic parent materials (hereafter serpentine) provide habitat for unique plant communities containing species with adaptations to the low nutrient levels, high magnesium: calcium ratios, and high metal content (Ni, …
View article: Data from: Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity
Data from: Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity Open
Human land-use legacies have long-term effects on plant community composition andecosystem function. While ancient and historical land-use is known to affect biodiversitypatterns, it is unknown whether such legacies affect other plant comm…
View article: Fieldwork in landscape ecology
Fieldwork in landscape ecology Open
Fieldwork has played a critical role in the development of landscape ecology, and it remains essential for addressing contemporary challenges such as understanding the landscape ecology of global change. Advances in technology have expande…
View article: Re-evaluating “Conservation Implications of Native American Impacts”
Re-evaluating “Conservation Implications of Native American Impacts” Open
Commentary On: Oswald, W. W., Foster, D. R., Shuman, B. N., Chilton, E. S., Doucette, D. L., Duranleau, D. L. Conservation implications of limited Native American impacts in pre-contact New England. Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10…
View article: Grazing Disturbance Promotes Exotic Annual Grasses by Degrading Soil Biocrust Communities
Grazing Disturbance Promotes Exotic Annual Grasses by Degrading Soil Biocrust Communities Open
Exotic invasive plants threaten ecosystem integrity; however, a layer of soil biocrust may limit microsites needed for invasive species establishment in dryland ecosystems. We focus on habitats at high risk for cheatgrass invasion in Idaho…
View article: Fall Reduction Utilizing Continuous Video Monitoring
Fall Reduction Utilizing Continuous Video Monitoring Open
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View article: The species diversity × fire severity relationship is hump‐shaped in semiarid yellow pine and mixed conifer forests
The species diversity × fire severity relationship is hump‐shaped in semiarid yellow pine and mixed conifer forests Open
The combination of direct human influences and the effects of climate change are resulting in altered ecological disturbance regimes, and this is especially the case for wildfires. Many regions that historically experienced low–moderate se…
View article: Climate drives loss of phylogenetic diversity in a grassland community
Climate drives loss of phylogenetic diversity in a grassland community Open
While climate change has already profoundly influenced biodiversity through local extinctions, range shifts, and altered interactions, its effects on the evolutionary history contained within sets of coexisting species—or phylogenetic comm…
View article: Functional diversity is a passenger but not driver of drought‐related plant diversity losses in annual grasslands
Functional diversity is a passenger but not driver of drought‐related plant diversity losses in annual grasslands Open
Effects of climate change on plant community functional diversity are of interest since experiments have found functional diversity to predict ecosystem function. Functional diversity has been hypothesized to confer resilience to plant com…
View article: Data and R source code for "Fire severity and changing composition of forest understory plant communities"
Data and R source code for "Fire severity and changing composition of forest understory plant communities" Open
This data publication includes all data and R source code for "Fire severity and changing composition of forest understory plant communities" by Stevens et al. (2019). The data capture pre-fire (1996-1997) and post-fire (2003-2012) vascula…
View article: Functional traits and community composition: A comparison among community‐weighted means, weighted correlations, and multilevel models
Functional traits and community composition: A comparison among community‐weighted means, weighted correlations, and multilevel models Open
Of the several approaches that are used to analyse functional trait–environment relationships, the most popular is community‐weighted mean regressions (CWMr) in which species trait values are averaged at the site level and then regressed a…
View article: Epiphyte type and sampling height impact mesofauna communities in Douglas-fir trees
Epiphyte type and sampling height impact mesofauna communities in Douglas-fir trees Open
Branches and boles of trees in wet forests are often carpeted with lichens and bryophytes capable of providing periodically saturated habitat suitable for microfauna, animals that include tardigrades, rotifers, nematodes, mites, and spring…
View article: Functional traits and community composition: multilevel models outperform community-weighted means
Functional traits and community composition: multilevel models outperform community-weighted means Open
Plant functional traits are increasingly being used to infer mechanisms about community assembly and predict global change impacts. Of the several approaches that are used to analyze trait-environment relationships, one of the most popular…
View article: Data from: Early- and late-flowering guilds respond differently to landscape spatial structure
Data from: Early- and late-flowering guilds respond differently to landscape spatial structure Open
1. Species with unique phenologies have distinct trait syndromes and environmental affinities, yet there has been little exploration of whether community assembly processes differ for plants with different phenologies. In this study, we as…
View article: Indirect Effects of Landscape Spatial Structure and Plant Species Richness on Pollinator Diversity in Ozark Glades
Indirect Effects of Landscape Spatial Structure and Plant Species Richness on Pollinator Diversity in Ozark Glades Open
Changes in landscape spatial structure—specifically, reductions in habitat area and connectivity—are thought to be a primary cause of pollinator declines across North America. However, the mechanisms by which landscape structure influences…
View article: Appendix E. Master species list for Ozark dolomite glade study sites with coefficient of conservatism values.
Appendix E. Master species list for Ozark dolomite glade study sites with coefficient of conservatism values. Open
Master species list for Ozark dolomite glade study sites with coefficient of conservatism values.
View article: Appendix D. ANOVA table for linear models including interaction terms for total species richness, richness of specialists species, and richness of generalist species.
Appendix D. ANOVA table for linear models including interaction terms for total species richness, richness of specialists species, and richness of generalist species. Open
ANOVA table for linear models including interaction terms for total species richness, richness of specialists species, and richness of generalist species.
View article: Appendix A. Conceptual structural equation meta-model showing hypothesized influences on the plant community.
Appendix A. Conceptual structural equation meta-model showing hypothesized influences on the plant community. Open
Conceptual structural equation meta-model showing hypothesized influences on the plant community.