publications and presentations

Recent Publications

Cartwright, J., & Johnson, H. M. (2018). Springs as hydrologic refugia in a changing climate? A remote-sensing approach. Ecosphere, 9(3), e02155. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2155

Arjan J H Meddens, Crystal A Kolden, James A Lutz, Alistair M S Smith, C Alina Cansler, John T Abatzoglou, Garrett W Meigs, William M Downing, Meg A Krawchuk (2018). Fire Refugia: What Are They, and Why Do They Matter for Global Change? BioScience, 68(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy103

Meigs, G., & Krawchuk, M. (2018). Composition and Structure of Forest Fire Refugia: What Are the Ecosystem Legacies across Burned Landscapes? Forests, 9(5), 243. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9050243

McLaughlin, B. C., Ackerly, D. D., Klos, P. Z., Natali, J., Dawson, T. E., & Thompson, S. E. (2017). Hydrologic refugia, plants, and climate change. Global Change Biology, 23(8), 2941–2961. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13629

Maher, S. P., Morelli, T. L., Hershey, M., Flint, A. L., Flint, L. E., Moritz, C., & Beissinger, S. R. (2017). Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change. Ecosphere, 8(4), e01673. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1673

Morelli, T. L., Daly, C., Dobrowski, S. Z., Dulen, D. M., Ebersole, J. L., Jackson, S. T., et al. (2016). Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0159909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159909

News articles

NE CSC Regional Science Meeting Refugia Session Output List May 17, 2017

NE CSC News New Publication: Mapping Meadows of Climate “Refugia” in the Sierra Nevada  May 8, 2017

NE CSC News New Publication: Managing Climate Change Refugia to Protect Wildlife  August 10, 2016

UMass Press Release  Managing Climate Change Refugia to Protect Wildlife August 10, 2016

Laboratory Equipment Managing Climate Change Refugia to Protect Wildlife August 11, 2016

Phys.Org Managing climate change refugia to protect wildlife August 10, 2016

Science Newsline Managing Climate Change Refugia to Protect Wildlife August 10, 2016

Terra Daily Managing climate change refugia to protect wildlife August 10, 2016

Gazette UMass researchers looking for places safe from climate change August 15, 2016

New England Public Radio Researchers At UMass Look For The Places That Climate Change Forgot, August 23, 2016

Wildlife Conservation Society Magazine  Steps to managing climate change refugia for wildlife  August 24, 2016

New England Public Radio Conservationists Try To Thwart Climate Change By Planting in Cold Spots June 21, 2017

Presentations

Morelli,T. L., Cartwright, J. M. and Ramirez, A. R. Presentation + Organized session on climate change refugia. ESA, New Orleans. August 2018.

The Science of Resistance: Climate change refugia, landscape connectivity, and translational ecology. Stony Brook University Department of Ecology and Evolution. Annual Retreat, March 2018.

Climate change refugia, landscape connectivity, and translational ecology. Reed College Department of Biology. February 2018.

The Science of Resistance: Climate change refugia, landscape connectivity, and translational ecology. University of Connecticut Department of Environment and Wildlife, November 2017.

Morelli, Toni Lyn. - Invited talk. ESA , Baltimore. August 2015.

Morelli, Toni Lyn. - Presentation + Organized session on climate change refugia. AGU. December, 2015.

Morelli, Toni Lyn. "How to Prioritize Key Areas for Conservation Efforts in a Changing Climate: A Look at “Climate Refugia”. NCCWSC Seminar. December 2015.

Morelli, Toni Lyn. Wrokshop: Managing Climate Change Refugia for Biodiversity Conservation. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. Honolulu, Hawaii. July 2016.

Morelli, Toni Lyn.  Organized Session: Co-production of knowledge: managers and scientists working together for effective conservation in the face of climate change. The Natural Areas Conference. Davis, CA. October 2016.

Morelli, Toni Lyn.  Organized Session: Climate-Influenced Species Range Shifts: Where Are We Headed? The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco. December 2016.

Morelli, Toni Lyn.  Invited Webinar: Climate Project Screening Tool. U.S. Forest Service Region 5. February 2017.

Morelli, Toni Lyn.  The Northeast Climate Science Center: Improving the Way Climate Science Informs Resource Management. 76th Annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Lincoln, Nebraska. February 2017.

Morelli, Toni Lyn. Symposium Presentation: Conserving Climate Change Refugia as a Climate Adaptation Strategy. George Wright. Norfolk Virginia. April 2017.