Selected Publications
DeSaix, M.G., T.L. George, A.E. Seglund, G.M. Spellman, E.S. Zavaleta, K.C. Ruegg. 2022. Forecasting climate change response in an alpine specialist songbird reveals the importance of considering novel climate. Diversity and Distributions 28: 2239-2254. High resolution PDF available HERE.
McLaughlin, B.C., S.A. Skikne, E. Beller, R.V Blakey, R.L. Olliff-Yang, N. Morueta-Holme, N.E. Heller, B.J. Brown, E.S. Zavaleta. 2022. Conservation strategies for the climate crisis: An update on three decades of biodiversity management recommendations from science. Biological Conservation 268: 109497.
Beller, E., E. Spotswood, A. Robinson, M. Anderson, E. Higgs, R.J. Hobbs, K. Suding, E. Zavaleta, L. Grenier, R. Grossinger. Building ecological resilience in highly modified landscapes. Bioscience 69: 80-92. (Project case study featured in Fast Company, February 2017: https://www.fastcoexist.com/3067796/how-google-is-restoring-wildlife-habitats-in-the-middle-of-silicon-valley-office-parks)
Suttle, K.B., E. Zavaleta and S. Genet. 2016. Conserving grassland resources into an uncertain future. In T.L. Root and K. Hall (Eds.) Biodiversity In A Changing Climate: Linking Science and Management in Conservation. University of California Press.
Hernández, D.L., D.M. Vallano, E.S. Zavaleta, Z. Tzankova, J.R. Pasari, S. Weiss, P.C. Selmants and C. Morozumi. 2016. Nitrogen Pollution Is Linked to US Listed Species Declines. BioScience 66: 213-222. (Selected as Editor’s Choice and featured through AAAS podcast.
Zavaleta, E. and H. Mooney. 2016. Introduction. In H. A. Mooney and E. S. Zavaleta (Eds.). Ecosystems of California. University of California Press, Oakland.
Zavaleta, E., E. Olimpi, A. Wolf, B. Stanford, J. Pasari, S. Skikne, P. Quadri, K. Ennis and F. Stoike. 2016. Biological Invasions. In H. A. Mooney and E. S. Zavaleta (Eds.). Ecosystems of California. University of California Press, Oakland.
Tershy, B., S. Harrison, B. Sinervo, A. Borker, T. Cornelisse, D. Spatz, C. Li, D. Croll and E. Zavaleta. 2016. California’s Biodiversity. In H. A. Mooney and E. S. Zavaleta (Eds.). Ecosystems of California. University of California Press, Oakland.
Merenlender, A., D.D. Ackerly, K. Suding, R. Shaw and E. Zavaleta. 2016. Stewardship, Conservation and Restoration in the Context of Environmental Change. In H. A. Mooney and E. S. Zavaleta (Eds.). Ecosystems of California. University of California Press, Oakland.
Cross, M.S., E.S. Zavaleta, D. Bachelet, M.L. Brooks, C.A.F. Enquist, E. Fleishman, L. Graumlich, C.R. Groves, L. Hannah, L. Hansen, G. Hayward, M. Koopman, J.J. Lawler, J. Malcolm, J. Nordgren, B. Petersen, D. Scott, S.L. Shafer, M.R. Shaw, and G.M. Tabor. 2012. The Adaptation for Conservation Targets (ACT) framework: A tool for incorporating climate change into natural resource management. Environmental Management 50: 341-351.
Hobbs, R.J., D.N. Cole, L. Yung, E.S. Zavaleta, G.H. Aplet, F.S. Chapin, III, P.B. Landres, D.J. Parsons, N.L. Stephenson, P.S. White, D.M. Graber, E.S. Higgs, C.I. Millar, J.M. Randall, K.A. Tonnessen, and S. Woodley. 2010. Guiding concepts for park and wilderness stewardship in an era of global environmental change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8, 483-490.
Chapin, F.S., III, S.F. Trainor, O. Huntington, A.L. Lovecraft, E. Zavaleta, D.C. Natcher, A.D. McGuire, J.L. Nelson, L. Ray, M. Calef, N. Fresco, H. Huntington, T.S. Rupp, L. DeWilde and R.L. Naylor. 2008. Increasing Wildfire in the Boreal Forest: Causes, Consequences, and Pathways to Potential Solutions of a Wicked Problem.Bioscience 58: 531-540.
Cole, D.N., L. Yung, E.S. Zavaleta, G.H. Aplet, F.S. Chapin III, D.M. Graber, E.S. Higgs, R.J. Hobbs, P.B. Landres, C.I. Millar, D.J. Parsons, J.M. Randall, N.L. Stephenson, K.A. Tonnessen, P.S. White and S. Woodley. 2008. Naturalness and Beyond: Protected Area Stewardship in an Era of Global Environmental Change. The George Wright Forum 25: 36-56.
Lindenmeyer, D., R. Hobbs, R. Montague-Drake, J. Alexandra, A. Bennett, M. Burgman, P. Cale, A. Calhoun, V. Cramer, P. Cullen, D. Driscoll, L. Fahrig, J. Fischer, J. Franklin, Y. Haila, M. Hunter, P. Gibbons, S. Lake, G. Luck, C. MacGregor, S. McIntyre, R. Mac Nally, A. Manning, J. Miller, H. Mooney, R. Noss, H. Possingham, D. Saunders, F. Schmiegelow, M. Scott, D. Simberloff, T. Sisk, G. Tabor, B. Walker, J. Wiens, J. Woinarski and E. Zavaleta. 2008. A Checklist for Ecological Management of Landscapes for Conservation. Ecology Letters 11: 78–91.
Chapin, F.S., III, A.L. Lovecraft, E.S. Zavaleta, J. Nelson, M.D. Robards, G.P. Kofinas, S.F. Trainor, G.D. Peterson, H.P. Huntington, and R.L. Naylor. 2006. Policy strategies to address sustainability of Alaskan boreal forests in response to a directionally changing climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 16637-16643.