The year of 2023 was a massive year for NREL and ESS researchers. This summary includes publications first circulated online and/or in print during the Fall of 2023. If a publication was missed for this period, please contact Melissa May at nrel_communications@colostate.edu.
August Publications
Vorster, A. G., Stevens-Rumann, C., Young, N., Woodward, B., Evangelista, P., … & West Fordham, A. (2023). Metrics and Considerations for Evaluating How Forest Treatments Alter Wildfire Behavior and Effects. Journal of Forestry, 122(1), 13-30.
McEachran, Z. P., Reese, G. C., Karwan, D. L., Slesak, R. A., & Vogeler, J. (2023). Effects of forest disturbance on water yield and peak flow in low-relief glaciated catchments assessed with Bayesian parameter estimation. Hydrological Processes, 37(8), e14956.
Esmaeili, S., King, S. R., & Schoenecker, K. A. (2023). Browsers or Grazers? New Insights into Feral Burro Diet Using a Non-Invasive Sampling and Plant DNA Metabarcoding Approach. Animals, 13(16), 2683.
King, S. R., Cole, M. J., Barton, C., & Schoenecker, K. A. (2023). Proximate factors affecting mortality and maternal abandonment of young free-roaming feral horse foals. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 66, 1-10.
September Publications
Tesfai, R. T., Parrini, F., Moehlman, P. D., Young, N. E., & Evangelista, P. H. (2023). Predicting suitable habitat for the Critically Endangered African wild ass Equus africanus in the Danakil Desert of Eritrea. Oryx, 57(5), 592-599.
Ogle, S. M., Breidt, F. J., Del Grosso, S., Gurung, R., Marx, E., Spencer, S., … & Manning, D. (2023). Counterfactual scenarios reveal historical impact of cropland management on soil organic carbon stocks in the United States. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14564.
Orning, E. K., Heinrichs, J. A., Pyke, D. A., Coates, P. S., & Aldridge, C. L. (2023). Using state-and-transition simulation models to scope post-fire success in restoring greater sage-grouse habitat. Ecological Modelling, 483, 110396.
Weise, C. L., Brussee, B. E., Coates, P. S., Heinrichs, J.A., Crist, M. R., Aldridge, C. L., … & Ricca, M. A. (2023). A retrospective assessment of fuel break effectiveness for containing rangeland wildfires in the sagebrush biome. Journal of Environmental Management, 341, 117903.
October Publications
Worku, E. A., Bro-Jørgensen, J., Evangelista, P. H., Bekele, A., Atickem, A., & Stenseth, N. C. (2023). Group size dynamics of the endangered mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) in protected areas of the Arsi and Ahmar Mountains, Ethiopia. Global Ecology and Conservation, 46, e02546.
Pacifici, M., King, S. R., Lumbierres, M., Lucherini, M., Mallon, D., Meijaard, E., … & Wiesel, I. (2023). Drivers of habitat availability for terrestrial mammals: Unravelling the role of livestock, land conversion and intrinsic traits in the past 50 years. Global Change Biology, 29(24), 6900-6911.
Schultz, E. L., Filippelli, S. K., Vogeler, J. C., & Shriver, R. K. (2023). Density-dependent dynamics help explain the simultaneous expansion and decline of woodlands in the western US. Forest Ecology and Management, 546, 121359.
November Publications
Young, K. R., Alata, E., Chimner, R. A., Boone, R. B., Bowser, G., Bourgeau-Chavez, L., … & Zarria-Samanamud, M. (2023). Ecological Change and Livestock Governance in a Peruvian National Park. Land, 12(11), 2051.
Whipple, S., & Bowser, G. (2023). The buzz around biodiversity decline: Detecting pollinator shifts using a systematic review. Iscience.
Blanc-Betes, E., Gomez-Casanovas, N., Hartman, M. D., Hudiburg, T. W., Khanna, M., Parton, W. J., & DeLucia, E. H. (2023). Climate vs Energy Security: Quantifying the Trade-offs of BECCS Deployment and Overcoming Opportunity Costs on Set-Aside Land. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(48), 19732–19748.
December Publications
Ogle, S. M., Conant, R. T., Fischer, B., Haya, B. K., Manning, D. T., McCarl, B. A., & Zelikova, T. J. (2023). Policy challenges to enhance soil carbon sinks: the dirty part of making contributions to the Paris agreement by the United States. Carbon Management, 14(1), 2268071.
