Andreas is a postdoc at Fort Collins Science Center stationed at the New Mexico Landscapes Field Station. His research includes demography, disturbance, and dynamics of southwestern forests and woodlands.
Andreas Wion earned a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014. He previously worked as a seasonal botanist and archaeologist for the US Forest Service in Utah and South Dakota. He earned a PhD in Ecology from Colorado State University in 2022. Since joining the USGS, he has continued to work on research projects involving tree mortality and forest die-off, mast seeding, and ecosystem transformation following fires and drought. Andreas is currently building a program of ecological forecasting to improve management of dry forest and woodland ecosystems in the southwest.
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Synthesis and Forecasts of Piñon-Juniper Woodland Die-off
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Synthesis and Forecasts of Piñon-Juniper Woodland Die-off
Drought, hotter temperatures, and insect outbreaks are affecting dryland ecosystems across the globe. Pinon-juniper (PJ) woodlands are a widespread vegetation type common to drylands of North America, which have been hit particularly hard by a warming climate. Specifically, mass tree die-off events are transforming PJ woodland structure, composition, and distributions. This project aims to...
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