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Since its inception in 2008, CASC-funded research projects have generated over 2,000 publications in academic journals across the sciences, including articles in high-impact journals such as Science and Nature. Browse a selection of publications from CASC-funded projects below. For a complete list of our scientific projects, publications, and data, explore our Project Explorer database.

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The CASC network develops an annual report each year to highlight successful and interesting activities from across the network over the past year. Explore past network reports.

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Relationship-centered engagement bridges the divide between science and management, and enhances climate adaptation Relationship-centered engagement bridges the divide between science and management, and enhances climate adaptation

The rapid pace of climate change demands changes in management practices. Despite abundant climate adaptation research, the implementation of climate adaptation can lag in the management space. In the present article, we argue that relationship-centered engagement—establishing and maintaining relationships among researchers and natural resource managers—is critical for bridging the...
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Marissa Weiss, Addie Rose Holland, Anthony D’Amato, Linda Deegan, William H. Farmer, Christopher Hoving, Ambarish Karmalkar, Alexander Latzka, Madeline Magee, Peter McIntyre, Toni Morelli, Michael Notaro, Nancy Olmstead, Richard Palmer, Nancy Pau, Rosalind B. Renfrew, Christine A. Ribic, John Sheppard, Michelle D. Staudinger, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Bethany Bradley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Differential responses of coolwater fishes to a whole-lake reduction of a warmwater thermal guild Differential responses of coolwater fishes to a whole-lake reduction of a warmwater thermal guild

Climate change is transforming the ecology of lakes at a rapid pace, shifting some lakes toward warmwater-dominant habitats. As a result, warmwater fishes are increasingly becoming more prevalent in lakes where they already existed, altering the patterning and strength of species interactions. Understanding shifting species interactions (e.g., competition, predation), and the role of...
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Holly Susan Embke, Stephen R. Carpenter, Beard, Giancarlo Coppola, Daniel Isermann, Eric Pedersen, Andrew Rypel, Christopher J. Sullivan, Tyler Tunney, M. Vander Zanden
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Snow refugia: Managing temperate forest canopies to maintain winter conditions Snow refugia: Managing temperate forest canopies to maintain winter conditions

Climate change is reducing snowpack across temperate regions with negative consequences for human and natural systems. Because forest canopies create microclimates that preserve snowpack, managing forests to support snow refugia—defined here as areas that remain relatively buffered from contemporary climate change over time that sustain snow quality, quantity, and/or timing appropriate...
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M.A. Pastore, S.J. Nelson, E.A. Burakowski, A.R. Contosta, A.W. D’Amato, S. Garlick, E. Lindsey, D.A. Lutz, Toni Morelli, A.P.K. Siren, Grace A. Smith, A. Weiskittel
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Catalyzing change: A literature review on the implementation of the Nature Futures Framework Catalyzing change: A literature review on the implementation of the Nature Futures Framework

The Nature Futures Framework (NFF), developed under the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), serves as a catalyst for advancing new scenarios and models focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services within the broader research community. In particular, the framework facilitates the development of scenarios and models that can help...
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Sana Okayasu, Jan Kuiper, Ghassen Halouani, HyeJin Kim, Brian Miller, America Paz Duran, Vermeer Angelique, Machteld Schoolenberg, Shizuka Hashimoto, Carolyn Lundquist
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Drought and deluge— Opportunities for climate-change adaptation in US national parks Drought and deluge— Opportunities for climate-change adaptation in US national parks

In a changing climate, resource management depends on anticipating changes and considering uncertainties. To facilitate effective decision making on public lands, we regionally summarized the magnitude and uncertainty of projected change in management-relevant climate variables for 332 national park units across the contiguous US. Temperature, frequency of extreme precipitation events...
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Meagan Oldfather, Amber N. Runyon, Kyra Clark-Wolf, Wynne Moss, Imtiaz Rangwala, Anthony Ciocco, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Helen Sofaer, Brian Miller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Challenges and priorities for climate-informed invasive species management across multiple scales Challenges and priorities for climate-informed invasive species management across multiple scales

In recent decades, substantial evidence has accumulated regarding the effects of climate change on the establishment, spread, and impact of invasive species. While the importance of incorporating climate change into invasive species management and policy is increasingly recognized, practitioner experiences and perspectives are often overlooked. Consequently, invasive species research may...
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A.E. Evans, L. Brewington, Carrie Jean Brown-Lima, E. Fusco, R.M. Gregg, D. Lieurance, Elliott Parsons, R.C. Nagy, Lindsey Thurman, Toni Morelli
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

The perspective of youth: Envisioning transformative pathways and desirable futures for people and nature The perspective of youth: Envisioning transformative pathways and desirable futures for people and nature

This paper examines the pathways to desirable nature futures as envisioned by 22 young people from all United Nations regions and diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the second edition of the IPBES Youth workshop (2022). The workshop employed the Three Horizons framework and the Nature Futures Framework (NFF) to describe the plurality of youth visions for desirable nature...
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Thomas M. Schmitt, Juliette Aminian–Biquet, Polina Blinova, Yohana G. Jimenez, Lider Sinav, Hana Vašková, Ana Sofia Lorda Dumont, Pham Trung Kien, Vinamra Mathur, Brenda Mwale, Deign Frolley Soriano, Nopparat Anantaprayoon, Abdul Wahid Arimiyaw, Sheila Koech, Kantuta Conde Choque, HyeJin Kim, Jan Kuiper, Laura M. Pereira, Brian Miller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Clarifying the role of the resist–accept–direct framework in supporting resource management planning processes Clarifying the role of the resist–accept–direct framework in supporting resource management planning processes

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Gregor Schuurman, Wylie Carr, Cat Hawkins Hoffman, David Lawrence, Brian Miller, Erik Beever, Jean Brennan, Katherine Clifford, Scott Covington, Shelley Crausbay, Amanda Cravens, John Gross, Linh Hoang, Stephen Jackson, Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Wendy Morrison, Elizabeth A. Nelson, Robin O'Malley, Jay Peterson, Mark T. Porath, Karen Prentice, Joel Reynolds, Suresh Sethi, Helen Sofaer, Jennifer Wilkening
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Biodiversity on public lands: How community science can help Biodiversity on public lands: How community science can help

Species inventories are crucial for conservation but are difficult to assemble and maintain. Bioblitzes, which encourage the public to document biodiversity in a particular area and timeframe, may offer useful information but their integration with other datasets poses challenges. We investigated the potential contribution of bioblitzes to natural resource management using observations...
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Amanda Katzer, Erin Boydston, Michael E. Akresh, Jennifer S. Briggs, Kelsey Cooper, Vijay Barve, Lena Lee, Toni Morelli
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Community for Data Integration (CDI)

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation induces escape hatching of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) embryos Exposure to ultraviolet radiation induces escape hatching of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) embryos

Cisco (Otoonapii in Ojibwe; Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818), is a widely distributed stenothermic freshwater fish whose embryos typically incubate under ice and in the dark. We used Cisco as a model organism for testing the potential of UV-induced escape hatching behaviour. Owing to reduced ice cover and increased water transparency in north temperate lakes, these experiments provide...
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Nicole Lynn Berry, David Bunnell, Erin P. Overholt, Jennifer A. Schumacher, Addison Z. Almeda, Casey W. Schoenebeck, Peter C. Jacobson, Kristopher Dey, Jason Smith, Andrew Tucker, Thomas J. Fisher, Elizabeth M. Mette, Bradley N. Carlson, Gretchen Hansen, Tyler D. Ahrenstorff, Derek L. Bahr, Kevin Keeler, Brian Weidel, Abigail Lynch, Craig Williamson
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Great Lakes Science Center

Limited directional change in mountaintop plant communities over 19 years in western North America Limited directional change in mountaintop plant communities over 19 years in western North America

Plant communities on mountain summits are commonly long-lived, cold-adapted perennials with low dispersal ability. These characteristics in tandem with limited area to track suitable conditions make these mountain communities potentially highly vulnerable to climate change, and indicators of climate change impacts. We investigated temporal changes in plant communities on 29 arid mountain...
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Kaleb Goff, Meagan Oldfather, Jan Nachlinger, Brian Smithers, Michael Koontz, Catie Bishop, Jim Bishop, Mary Burke, Seema Sheth
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Using plant invasions to compare occurrence- and abundance-based calculations of biotic homogenisation: Are results complementary or contradictory? Using plant invasions to compare occurrence- and abundance-based calculations of biotic homogenisation: Are results complementary or contradictory?

AimBeta diversity quantifies the similarity of ecological assemblages. Its increase, known as biotic homogenisation, can be a consequence of biological invasions. However, species occurrence (presence/absence) and abundance-based analyses can produce contradictory assessments of the magnitude and direction of changes in beta diversity. Previous work indicates these contradictions should...
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D.M. Buonaiuto, David Barnett, Dana Blumenthal, Andrea N. Nebhut, Ian Pearse, Helen Sofaer, Cascade Sorte, Jeffrey D. Corbin, Regan Early, Magda Garbowski, Ines Ibanez, Daniel Laughlin, Laís Petri, Montserrat Vilà, Bethany A. Bradley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Fort Collins Science Center, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
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