Lab Publications
Lowman, H., Shriver, R.K. , Hall, R.O., Harvey, J.W., Savoy, P., Yackulic, C.B., & J.R. Blaszczak. Macroscale controls determine the recovery of river ecosystem productivity following flood disturbances. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In press.
Parker, T.H., A. Gerber, E. Campbell, M. Simonson, R. K. Shriver, L. Persico. 2024. Solar Radiation Drives Potential Demographic Collapse in a Perennial Bunchgrass via Dramatically Reduced Seedling Establishment. Rangeland Ecology & Management 92.
Schultz, E. S.K. Filippelli, J.C. Vogeler, R.K. Shriver. 2023. Density-dependent dynamics help explain the simultaneous expansion and decline of woodlands in the western US. Forest Ecology and Management 546. [Link]
Noel, A.R., R.K. Shriver, S.D. Crausbay, J.B. Bradford. 2023. Where can managers effectively resist climate-driven ecological transformation in pinyon-juniper woodlands of the US Southwest? Global Change Biology [Link]
Ensley-Field, M, R. K. Shriver, S.Law, P.B. Adler. 2023. Combining field observations and remote sensing to forecast fine fuel loads.Rangeland Ecology and Management. [Link]
Blaszczak, J.R., C.B. Yackulic, R.K. Shriver, and R.0.Hall Jr, 2023. Models of underlying autotrophic biomass dynamics fit to daily river ecosystem productivity estimates improve understanding of ecosystem disturbance and resilience. Ecology Letters. [Link]
Thomas, C.J, R.K. Shriver,F. Nippgen, M. Hepler, M.R.V. Ross. 2023. Mines to Forests? Analyzing long-term recovery trends for surface coal mines in Central Appalachia. Restoration Ecology 31:5. [Link]
Felton, A.J*, R.K. Shriver*, M. Stemkovski, J.B. Bradford, K.N. Suding, and P.B. Adler*. 2022. Climate disequilibrium dominates uncertainty in long-term projections of primary productivity. Ecology Letters 25:12.[Link]
* Equal Contributions
Doak, D.F., Waddle, E., Langendorf, R.E., Louthan, A.M., Chardon, N.I., Dibner, R., Shriver, R.K., Linares, C., Garcia, M.B., Fitzpatrick, S.W. and Morris, W.F. 2022.A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis: Reply. Ecology, p.e3822. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.B. Yackulic, D.M. Bell, J.B. Bradford. 2022. Dry forest decline is driven by both declining recruitment and increasing mortality in response to warm, dry conditions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:11. [Link]
McClinton, J., R.K. Shriver, E.A. Leger. 2022. Ecology of Eriogonum tiehmii, a rare soil specialist: arthropod diversity, soil preferences, and demography. Ecosphere. [Link]
McCauley, L.A., J. B. Bradford, M. D. Robles, R.K. Shriver, T. J. Woolley, C. A. Andrews. 2022. Landscape- scale forest restoration decreases drought mortality under climate change in Southwest US ponderosa forest. Forest Ecology and Management 509. [Link]
Bradford, J.B, R.K. Shriver, M.D. Robles, L.A. McCauley, T.J. Woolley, C.A. Andrews, M. Crimmins, D.M. Bell. Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance. In Press. Journal of Applied Ecology. [Link]
Felton, A.J, R. Snyder, R.K. Shriver, K.N. Suding, and P.B. Adler. The influence of life history strategy on ecosystem sensitivity to resource fluctuations. In Press. Journal of Ecology. [Link]
Barnard D.M., M.J. Germino, J.B. Bradford, R.C. O’Connor, C.M. Andrews, R.K. Shriver. 2021. Modeling depth-resolved moisture dynamics in dryland soils using a multi-scalar drought index. Ecological Indicators 133. [Link]
Ross, M.R.V., F. Nippgen, B.L. McGlynn, C. Thomas, A. Brooks, R.K. Shriver, E. Moore, E.S. Bernhardt. 2021. Mountaintop mining legacies constrain ecological, hydrological and biogeochemical recovery trajectories. Environmental Research Letters 16 (7). [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.B. Yackulic, D.M. Bell, J.B. Bradford. 2021. Quantifying the demographic vulnerabilities of dry woodlands to climate and competition using rangewide monitoring data. Ecology 102 (8). [Link]
Schlaepfer, D.R., J.B. Bradford, W.K. Lauenroth, R.K Shriver. 2021. Understanding the future of big sagebrush regeneration: challenges of projecting complex ecological processes. Ecosphere 12 (8). [Link]
Felton, A.J, R.K. Shriver, J.B. Bradford, K.N. Suding, B.W. Allred, and P.B. Adler. 2021. Biotic versus abiotic controls on temporal sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across North American drylands. New Phytologist 231(6). [Link]
Doak, D.F., E. Waddle, R. Langendorf, A.L. Louthan, N. Chardon, R. Dibner, D. Keinath, E. Lombardi, C. Steenbock, R.K. Shriver, C. Linares, M.B. Garcia, C.W. Funk, S. Fitzpatrick, W.F. Morris, M. Peterson. 2021. A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis. Ecological Monographs 91(2). [Link]
Peterson, M.L, G. Bailes, S. Bridgham, L. Hendricks, B. Johnson, L. Pfeifer-Meister, P. Reed, R. K. Shriver, E. Waddle, H. Wroton, D.F. Doak, B. Roy, W.F. Morris. Latitudinal gradients in population growth do not predict demographic responses to climate for three perennial bunchgrasses. Ecological Applications 31(2). [Link]
Shriver, R.K., E. Campbell, H. Gaya, A. Hill, S. Kuzminiski, M. Miller-Bartley, K. Moen, R. Moettus, E. Oschrin, D. Reese, M. Simonson, A. Willson, T.H. Parker. 2021. Local Landscape position impacts demographic rates in a widespread steppe bunchgrass. Ecosphere 12(1) . [Link]
Pyke, D.A., R.K. Shriver,R,S. Arkle, D.S. Pilliod, C.L. Aldridge, P.S. Coates, M.J. Germino, J.A. Heinrichs, M.A. Ricca, S.E. Shaff. 2020. Early structural advantage of planting young container-grown sagebrush over seedings for restoration of greater sage-grouse habitat – considerations for building habitat. Restoration Ecology 28(6). [Link]
Massatti,R., R.K. Shriver, D. Winkler, B. Richardson, J.B. Bradford. 2020. Comprehensive genetic and climatic information makes for better seed transfer desicions. Restoration Ecology 28(3):485-493 [Link]
O’Connor, R.C., M.J. Germino, D.M. Barnard, C.M. Andrews, J.B. Bradford, D.S. Pilliod, R.S. Arkle, R.K. Shriver. 2020. Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts. In Press at Environmental Research Letters 15 (4). [Link]
Tomasek, B.J., L.T. Burghardt, R.K. Shriver. 2019. Filling in the gaps in survival analysis: Using interval-censored field data to infer time-varying survival in response to changing environments. Ecology 100(10):1-7. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.A. Andrews, R.S. Arkle, D.M. Barnard, M.C. Duniway, M.J. Germino, D.S. Pilliod, D.A. Pyke, J.L. Welty, J.B. Bradford. 2019. Transient population dynamics impede restoration and may promote ecosystem transformation after disturbance. Ecology Letters 22:1357-1366. [Link]
* Runner up for ESA Ecological Restoration Section Early Career Publication Award
Barnard, D.M., M.J. Germino, R.S. Arkle, J.B Bradford, M.C. Duniway, D.S. Pilliod, D.A. Pyke, R.K. Shriver, J.L. Welty. 2019. Soil Characteristics are associated with the recovery of big sagebrush canopy structure after disturbance. Ecosphere 10:1-12. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.M. Andrews, D.S. Pilliod, R.S. Arkle, J.L. Welty, M.J. Germino, M.C. Duniway, D.A. Pyke, J.B. Bradford. 2018. Adapting management to a changing world: Warm temperatures, dry soil, and inter-annual variability limit restoration success of a dominant woody shrub in temperate drylands. Global Change Biology 24:4972-4982. [Link]
Shriver, R.K. 2017. Rainfall variability and fine-scale life history tradeoffs help drive niche partitioning in a desert annual plant community. Ecology Letters 20:1231-1241. [Link]
* Awarded the ESA Postdoctoral Excellence Award in Plant Population Ecology
Coverdale, T.C., T.R. Kartzinel, K. Grabowski, R.K. Shriver, A. Hassan, J.R. Goheen, T.M. Palmer, R.M. Pringle. 2016. Elephants in the understory: opposing direct and indirect effects of consumption and ecosystem engineering. Ecology 97:3219-3230. [Link]
Shriver, R.K. 2016. Quantifying how short-term environmental variation leads to long-term demographic responses to climate change. Journal of Ecology 104:65-78. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., K. Cutler, D.F. Doak. 2012. Comparative demography of an epiphytic lichen: support for general life history patterns and solutions to common problems in demographic parameter estimation. Oecologia 170:137-146. [Link]
Minckley, T.A., R.K. Shriver, B. Shuman. 2012. Resilience and regime change in a southern Rocky Mountain ecosystem during the past 17,000 years. Ecological Monographs 82:49-68. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., T.A. Minckley. 2012. Late-holocene response of limber pine (Pinus flexilis) forests to fire disturbance in the Pine Forest Range, Nevada, USA. Quaternary Research 78:465-473. [Link]
Minckley, T.A., R. K. Shriver. 2011. Vegetation Responses to Changing Fire Regimes in a Rocky Mountain Forest. Fire Ecology 7:66-80. [Link]
Parker, T.H., A. Gerber, E. Campbell, M. Simonson, R. K. Shriver, L. Persico. 2024. Solar Radiation Drives Potential Demographic Collapse in a Perennial Bunchgrass via Dramatically Reduced Seedling Establishment. Rangeland Ecology & Management 92.
Schultz, E. S.K. Filippelli, J.C. Vogeler, R.K. Shriver. 2023. Density-dependent dynamics help explain the simultaneous expansion and decline of woodlands in the western US. Forest Ecology and Management 546. [Link]
Noel, A.R., R.K. Shriver, S.D. Crausbay, J.B. Bradford. 2023. Where can managers effectively resist climate-driven ecological transformation in pinyon-juniper woodlands of the US Southwest? Global Change Biology [Link]
Ensley-Field, M, R. K. Shriver, S.Law, P.B. Adler. 2023. Combining field observations and remote sensing to forecast fine fuel loads.Rangeland Ecology and Management. [Link]
Blaszczak, J.R., C.B. Yackulic, R.K. Shriver, and R.0.Hall Jr, 2023. Models of underlying autotrophic biomass dynamics fit to daily river ecosystem productivity estimates improve understanding of ecosystem disturbance and resilience. Ecology Letters. [Link]
Thomas, C.J, R.K. Shriver,F. Nippgen, M. Hepler, M.R.V. Ross. 2023. Mines to Forests? Analyzing long-term recovery trends for surface coal mines in Central Appalachia. Restoration Ecology 31:5. [Link]
Felton, A.J*, R.K. Shriver*, M. Stemkovski, J.B. Bradford, K.N. Suding, and P.B. Adler*. 2022. Climate disequilibrium dominates uncertainty in long-term projections of primary productivity. Ecology Letters 25:12.[Link]
* Equal Contributions
Doak, D.F., Waddle, E., Langendorf, R.E., Louthan, A.M., Chardon, N.I., Dibner, R., Shriver, R.K., Linares, C., Garcia, M.B., Fitzpatrick, S.W. and Morris, W.F. 2022.A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis: Reply. Ecology, p.e3822. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.B. Yackulic, D.M. Bell, J.B. Bradford. 2022. Dry forest decline is driven by both declining recruitment and increasing mortality in response to warm, dry conditions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:11. [Link]
McClinton, J., R.K. Shriver, E.A. Leger. 2022. Ecology of Eriogonum tiehmii, a rare soil specialist: arthropod diversity, soil preferences, and demography. Ecosphere. [Link]
McCauley, L.A., J. B. Bradford, M. D. Robles, R.K. Shriver, T. J. Woolley, C. A. Andrews. 2022. Landscape- scale forest restoration decreases drought mortality under climate change in Southwest US ponderosa forest. Forest Ecology and Management 509. [Link]
Bradford, J.B, R.K. Shriver, M.D. Robles, L.A. McCauley, T.J. Woolley, C.A. Andrews, M. Crimmins, D.M. Bell. Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance. In Press. Journal of Applied Ecology. [Link]
Felton, A.J, R. Snyder, R.K. Shriver, K.N. Suding, and P.B. Adler. The influence of life history strategy on ecosystem sensitivity to resource fluctuations. In Press. Journal of Ecology. [Link]
Barnard D.M., M.J. Germino, J.B. Bradford, R.C. O’Connor, C.M. Andrews, R.K. Shriver. 2021. Modeling depth-resolved moisture dynamics in dryland soils using a multi-scalar drought index. Ecological Indicators 133. [Link]
Ross, M.R.V., F. Nippgen, B.L. McGlynn, C. Thomas, A. Brooks, R.K. Shriver, E. Moore, E.S. Bernhardt. 2021. Mountaintop mining legacies constrain ecological, hydrological and biogeochemical recovery trajectories. Environmental Research Letters 16 (7). [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.B. Yackulic, D.M. Bell, J.B. Bradford. 2021. Quantifying the demographic vulnerabilities of dry woodlands to climate and competition using rangewide monitoring data. Ecology 102 (8). [Link]
Schlaepfer, D.R., J.B. Bradford, W.K. Lauenroth, R.K Shriver. 2021. Understanding the future of big sagebrush regeneration: challenges of projecting complex ecological processes. Ecosphere 12 (8). [Link]
Felton, A.J, R.K. Shriver, J.B. Bradford, K.N. Suding, B.W. Allred, and P.B. Adler. 2021. Biotic versus abiotic controls on temporal sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across North American drylands. New Phytologist 231(6). [Link]
Doak, D.F., E. Waddle, R. Langendorf, A.L. Louthan, N. Chardon, R. Dibner, D. Keinath, E. Lombardi, C. Steenbock, R.K. Shriver, C. Linares, M.B. Garcia, C.W. Funk, S. Fitzpatrick, W.F. Morris, M. Peterson. 2021. A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis. Ecological Monographs 91(2). [Link]
Peterson, M.L, G. Bailes, S. Bridgham, L. Hendricks, B. Johnson, L. Pfeifer-Meister, P. Reed, R. K. Shriver, E. Waddle, H. Wroton, D.F. Doak, B. Roy, W.F. Morris. Latitudinal gradients in population growth do not predict demographic responses to climate for three perennial bunchgrasses. Ecological Applications 31(2). [Link]
Shriver, R.K., E. Campbell, H. Gaya, A. Hill, S. Kuzminiski, M. Miller-Bartley, K. Moen, R. Moettus, E. Oschrin, D. Reese, M. Simonson, A. Willson, T.H. Parker. 2021. Local Landscape position impacts demographic rates in a widespread steppe bunchgrass. Ecosphere 12(1) . [Link]
Pyke, D.A., R.K. Shriver,R,S. Arkle, D.S. Pilliod, C.L. Aldridge, P.S. Coates, M.J. Germino, J.A. Heinrichs, M.A. Ricca, S.E. Shaff. 2020. Early structural advantage of planting young container-grown sagebrush over seedings for restoration of greater sage-grouse habitat – considerations for building habitat. Restoration Ecology 28(6). [Link]
Massatti,R., R.K. Shriver, D. Winkler, B. Richardson, J.B. Bradford. 2020. Comprehensive genetic and climatic information makes for better seed transfer desicions. Restoration Ecology 28(3):485-493 [Link]
O’Connor, R.C., M.J. Germino, D.M. Barnard, C.M. Andrews, J.B. Bradford, D.S. Pilliod, R.S. Arkle, R.K. Shriver. 2020. Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts. In Press at Environmental Research Letters 15 (4). [Link]
Tomasek, B.J., L.T. Burghardt, R.K. Shriver. 2019. Filling in the gaps in survival analysis: Using interval-censored field data to infer time-varying survival in response to changing environments. Ecology 100(10):1-7. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.A. Andrews, R.S. Arkle, D.M. Barnard, M.C. Duniway, M.J. Germino, D.S. Pilliod, D.A. Pyke, J.L. Welty, J.B. Bradford. 2019. Transient population dynamics impede restoration and may promote ecosystem transformation after disturbance. Ecology Letters 22:1357-1366. [Link]
* Runner up for ESA Ecological Restoration Section Early Career Publication Award
Barnard, D.M., M.J. Germino, R.S. Arkle, J.B Bradford, M.C. Duniway, D.S. Pilliod, D.A. Pyke, R.K. Shriver, J.L. Welty. 2019. Soil Characteristics are associated with the recovery of big sagebrush canopy structure after disturbance. Ecosphere 10:1-12. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., C.M. Andrews, D.S. Pilliod, R.S. Arkle, J.L. Welty, M.J. Germino, M.C. Duniway, D.A. Pyke, J.B. Bradford. 2018. Adapting management to a changing world: Warm temperatures, dry soil, and inter-annual variability limit restoration success of a dominant woody shrub in temperate drylands. Global Change Biology 24:4972-4982. [Link]
Shriver, R.K. 2017. Rainfall variability and fine-scale life history tradeoffs help drive niche partitioning in a desert annual plant community. Ecology Letters 20:1231-1241. [Link]
* Awarded the ESA Postdoctoral Excellence Award in Plant Population Ecology
Coverdale, T.C., T.R. Kartzinel, K. Grabowski, R.K. Shriver, A. Hassan, J.R. Goheen, T.M. Palmer, R.M. Pringle. 2016. Elephants in the understory: opposing direct and indirect effects of consumption and ecosystem engineering. Ecology 97:3219-3230. [Link]
Shriver, R.K. 2016. Quantifying how short-term environmental variation leads to long-term demographic responses to climate change. Journal of Ecology 104:65-78. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., K. Cutler, D.F. Doak. 2012. Comparative demography of an epiphytic lichen: support for general life history patterns and solutions to common problems in demographic parameter estimation. Oecologia 170:137-146. [Link]
Minckley, T.A., R.K. Shriver, B. Shuman. 2012. Resilience and regime change in a southern Rocky Mountain ecosystem during the past 17,000 years. Ecological Monographs 82:49-68. [Link]
Shriver, R.K., T.A. Minckley. 2012. Late-holocene response of limber pine (Pinus flexilis) forests to fire disturbance in the Pine Forest Range, Nevada, USA. Quaternary Research 78:465-473. [Link]
Minckley, T.A., R. K. Shriver. 2011. Vegetation Responses to Changing Fire Regimes in a Rocky Mountain Forest. Fire Ecology 7:66-80. [Link]