Several new papers are out this spring from the lab!
Congratulations to post-docs Susana, Enric, and Naia:
Alcantara, S., R. Mello-Silva G. Teodoro, K. Drequeceler, D.D. Ackerly, R. Oliveira. Carbon assimilation and habitat segregation in resurrection plants: Comparison between desiccation and non-desiccation tolerant species of Neotropical Velloziaceae (Pandanales). Func. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12462
Batllori, E., D.D. Ackerly, and M.A. Moritz. A minimal model of fire-vegetation feedbacks and disturbance stochasticity generates alternative stable states in grassland-shrubland-woodland systems. Env Research Letters, 10: 034018, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034018
Engemann K., B.J. Enquist, B. Sandel, B. Boyle, P.M. Jørgensen, N. Morueta-Holme, R.K. Peet, C. Violle, J.-C. Svenning. Limited sampling hampers “big data” estimation of species richness in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Evolution 5(3): 807, doi:10.1002/ece3.1405
Blonder, B., D. Nogués-Bravo, M.K. Borregaard, M.K., J.C. Donoghue II, P.M. Jørgensen, N.J.B. Kraft, J.-P. Lessard, N. Morueta-Holme, B. Sandel, J.-C. Svenning, C. Violle, C. Rahbek, and B.J. Enquist 2015. Linking environmental filtering and disequilibrium to biogeography with a community climate framework. Ecology 96: 972, doi:10.1890/14-0589.1
And two papers from TBC3 collaborations:
Lawler, J., D.D. Ackerly, C. Albano, M. Anderson, M. Cross, S. Dobrowski, J. Gill, N. Heller, R. Pressey, E. Sanderson, and S. Weiss. 2015. The theory behind, and challenges of, conserving nature’s stage in a time of rapid change. Conservation Biology, early view, doi:10.1111/cobi.12505
Heller, N.E., J. Kreitler, D.D. Ackerly, S. Weiss, A. Recinos, R. Branciforte, L.E. Flint, A.L. Flint, and E. Micheli. Targeting climate diversity in conservation planning to build resilience to climate change: a case study with the San Francisco Bay Area Conservation Lands Network. Ecosphere, 6: 65, doi:10.1890/ES14-00313.1