Pacific Southwest Research Station

Recent papers from Pacific Southwest Research Station

1. Right on time: evaluating accuracy and timing of burn-severity assessments to support post-fire managementFire Ecology · 2026
2. Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) ecology and conservation through the lens of the full annual cycleJournal of Mammalogy · 2026
3. Automated workflow demonstrates mixed treatment impacts on burn severity across ecoregion scalesInternational Journal of Wildland Fire · 2026
4. Semiochemical inhibitors for protecting conifers from bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western United States: research, development, and applicationFrontiers in Insect Science · 2026
5. A comparison of attribute non-attendance in online and mail choice experiment surveys for eliciting Colorado homeowners values for reducing wildfire risksJournal of Environmental Economics and Policy · 2026
6. Recent high-severity wildfires in a dry-conifer landscape are unprecedented over five centuries and foretell future forest lossProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
7. Groundwater Leakage, Resolved—The Hidden Flux Connecting Ridge to Reef in the Hawaiian IslandsHydrological Processes · 2026
8. Meeting the moment: decision support amidst great environmental change and uncertaintyFrontiers in Forests and Global Change · 2026
9. Fire-adapted natural climate solutions to reduce wildfire emissions in US forestsBioScience · 2026
10. Biophysical drivers of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in lodgepole pine forests in the Intermountain West, U.S.Forest Ecology and Management · 2026
11. Return on investment applications in forest management and landscape restoration: current practices and future directionsFrontiers in Forests and Global Change · 2026
12. Understanding visitors’ preferences for recreation sites during wildfire- and drought-induced displacements in the Southern California national forestsTrees Forests and People · 2026
13. (3E,5Z)-Octadien-2-ol is an Aggregation-Sex Pheromone Produced by Males of the Queensland Longhorned Beetle, Acalolepta aesthetica (Olliff 1890)Journal of Chemical Ecology · 2026
14. Habitat loss and fragmentation for an old‐forest species is driven by severe wildfire and droughtConservation Science and Practice · 2026
15. First-Year Effects of Biochar, Biosolids, and Greenwaste on Tall Fescue Under Deficit Irrigation: Part IAgronomy · 2026
16. Evaluating Post‐Fire Salvage Logging Erosion Mitigation Treatments in the California Sierra Nevada, USAHydrological Processes · 2026
17. Prescribed fire is unlikely to reduce net PM 2.5 emissions in most locationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
18. Assessing streamflow depletion from agricultural groundwater use in headwater catchments using storage-discharge functionsJournal of Hydrology · 2026
19. Listening for extinction: Range‐wide occupancy highlights critical risks and priorities for northern spotted owlsEcological Applications · 2026
20. Robust historical timber inventories describe patterns of forest structure, composition, and competition across a wide latitudinal gradientForest Ecology and Management · 2026