National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Recent papers from National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

1. Climate change may lead to larger fires, greater area burned, and more reburning across interior AlaskaCanadian Journal of Forest Research · 2026
2. Phenological Flexibility in Nesting Grassland Birds Over a Half Century Informs Timing of ManagementGlobal Change Biology · 2026
3. Mice use predictive environmental cues to adapt predatory behavior in hunting tasks of variable difficulty2026
4. Fall and Spring Staging in a Refugia‐Dependent Migratory SnakeEcology and Evolution · 2026
5. Differential microplastic storage in main channel and backwater sediments of the Kaskaskia River (Illinois, United States)Journal of Environmental Quality · 2026
6. Boreal Futures: Projecting Permafrost Dynamics, Wildfire, and Vegetation Shifts in Interior AlaskaJournal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · 2026
7. Patterns of floodplain forest mortality and recruitment along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers: associations with forest fragmentation and flood inundationLandscape Ecology · 2026
8. Life history traits and population dynamics of Freshwater Drum across large river gradientsTransactions of the American Fisheries Society · 2026
9. Between Risk and Refuge: Anthropogenic Linear Features Serve as Barriers, Corridors, and Habitat for Eastern Copperheads ( Agkistrodon contortrix )Ecology and Evolution · 2026
10. Promoting critical zone science literacy through education and outreachEnvironmental Research Communications · 2026
11. Legislation system lacking scientific basis undermines ecological health of Yangtze RiverCommunications Earth & Environment · 2026
12. Urban habitat restoration increases native bird diversity in the Midwestern United StatesEcological Applications · 2026
13. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Nutrient Fluxes in an Agricultural ReservoirJAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 2026
14. How do Hydrological Variability and Human Activities Control the Spatiotemporal Changes of Riverine Nitrogen Export in the Upper Mississippi River Basin?Environmental Science & Technology · 2025
15. Space use and environmental drivers of Northern Raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) activity in an urban park: evidence for avoidance of road crossingsJournal of Mammalogy · 2025
16. Legacy of historical disturbance shapes modern genetic diversity in a high-elevation salamander2025
17. Reforesting Upper Mississippi River floodplain openings colonized by invasive speciesInvasive Plant Science and Management · 2025
18. Total phosphorus trends in Mississippi and Atchafalaya River basin watersheds: Exploring the roles of streamflow and watershed features 2000–2020The Science of The Total Environment · 2025
19. Genetic diversity and historical demography of the imperiled rattlesnake-master borer moth (Papaipema eryngii)Journal of Insect Conservation · 2025
20. Spatio‐Temporal Comparisons Between Microclimate Species Distribution Models and Mechanistic Models of Potential Surface ActivityEcology and Evolution · 2025