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CHRISTOPHER R. DOLANC 

Publications (Updated 15 September 2015)

Dolanc, C.R., Keeler-Wolf, T.K., and Barbour, M.G. In Press. Chapter 12 – Vegetation. In Mooney, H. and Zavaleta, E., Eds. Ecosystems of California. University of California Press, Oakland, CA.

 

McIntyre, P.J., Thorne, J.H., Dolanc, C.R., Flint, A.L., Flint, L.E., Kelly, M., and Ackerly, D.D. (2015) Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(5): 1458-1463.

 

Schwartz, M.W., Butt, N., Dolanc, C.R., Holguin, A., Moritz, M.A., North, M.P., Safford, H.D. Stephenson, N.L., Thorne, J.H., and van Mantgem, P.J. (2015) Increasing elevation of fire in the Sierra Nevada and implications for forest change. Ecosphere 6(7):121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00003.1. PDF

 

Dolanc, C.R., Safford, H.D., Thorne, J.H., and Dobrowski, S.Z. (2014) Changing forest structure across the landscape of the Sierra Nevada, CA, USA, since the 1930s. Ecosphere 5(8):101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00103.1. PDF

 

Dolanc, C.R., Safford, H.D., Dobrowski, S.Z. and Thorne, J.H. Shifts in abundance and composition of vegetation types of the Sierra Nevada, CA, US. In Press. Applied Vegetation Science 17: 442-455.

 

Dolanc, C.R., Westfall, R.D., Safford, H.D., Thorne, J.H. and Schwartz, M.W. (2013) Growth-climate relationships for six subalpine tree species in a Mediterranean climate. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43: 1114-1126.

 

Dolanc, C.R., Thorne, J.H. and Safford, H.D. (2013) Widespread shifts in the demographic structure of subalpine forests in the Sierra Nevada, California, 1934 to 2007. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22(3): 264-276.  PDF

 

Schwartz, M.W., Dolanc, C.R., Gao, H., Strauss, S.Y., Schwartz, A.C., Williams, J.N. and Tang, Ya. (2013) Forest structure, stand composition, and climate-growth response in montane forests of Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71559. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.007159. PDF

 

Cornwell, W.K., Stuart, S., Ramirez, A., Dolanc, C.R., Thorne, J.H. and Ackerly, D.D. (2012) Climate Change Impacts on California Vegetation: Physiology, Life History, and Ecosystem Change. California Energy Commission. Publication number: CEC-500-2012-023. PDF

 

Dolanc, C.R. (2011) Recent, Climate-driven Changes in Demography and Radial Growth of Subalpine Conifers of the Central Sierra Nevada. Dissertation, University of California, Davis. PDF

 

Dolanc, C.R. and Hunsaker, C.T. (2005) Riparian and upland vegetation on the Kings River Experimental Watershed, Sierra Nevada, California. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-203.

 

Dolanc, C.R., Gorchov, D.L and Cornejo, F. (2003) The effects of silvicultural thinning on trees regenerating in strip clear-cuts in the Peruvian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management 182:103-116. PDF

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