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View article: Bee and butterfly records indicate diversity losses in western and southern North America, but extensive knowledge gaps remain
Bee and butterfly records indicate diversity losses in western and southern North America, but extensive knowledge gaps remain Open
Pollinator losses threaten ecosystems and food security, diminishing gene flow and reproductive output for ecological communities and impacting ecosystem services broadly. For four focal families of bees and butterflies, we constructed ove…
View article: Fire-climate interactions in the Southwest: Literature review and annotated bibliography
Fire-climate interactions in the Southwest: Literature review and annotated bibliography Open
Climate-induced changes to fire regimes have cascading effects on ecosystem characteristics.Evidence from forested ecosystems in the western United States suggests that interactions between climate and fire will have lasting effects that a…
View article: Demographic Analysis of the Endangered Plant Pectis imberbis Highlights Tradeoffs between Deer Browse and Interspecific Competition
Demographic Analysis of the Endangered Plant Pectis imberbis Highlights Tradeoffs between Deer Browse and Interspecific Competition Open
Pectis imberbis is an endangered plant found in the Madrean Archipelago ecoregion of southern Arizona. Numerous, potentially interacting stressors, such as drought, shifting fire regimes, invasive species, and grazing by domesticated and w…
View article: Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate
Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate Open
As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with the direct effects of climate change on resources in addition to c…
View article: Land management objectives and activities in the face of projected fire regime change in the Sonoran desert
Land management objectives and activities in the face of projected fire regime change in the Sonoran desert Open
As a multi-jurisdictional, non-fire-adapted region, the Sonoran Desert Ecoregion is a complex, social-ecological system faced increasingly with no-analogue conditions. A diversity of management objectives and activities form the socioecolo…