Publications

    • Beckman, N. G., C. E. Aslan, H. R. Rogers, O. Kogan, J. L. Bronstein, J. M. Bullock, F. Hartig, J. HilleRisLambers, Y. Zhou, D. Zurell, J. F. Brodie, E. M. Bruna, S. R. Cantrell, R. Decker, E. O. Effiom, E. C. Fricke, K. Gurski, A. Hastings, J. Johnson, B. A. Loiselle, M. N. Miriti, M. G. Neubert, L. Pejchar, J. R. Poulsen, G. Pufal, O. H. Razafindratsima, M. Sandor, K. Shea, S. J. Schreiber, E. W. Schupp, R. S. Snell, C. Strickland, and J. Zambrano. Accepted pending minor revisions. Advancing an interdisciplinary framework to study seed dispersal ecology. AoB Plants.

    • Cortina, C., C. E. Aslan, and S. Litson. In press. Importance of non-native honeybees (Apismellifera) as flower visitors to the Hawaiian tree ʻŌhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) across an elevation gradient. Pacific Science.

    • Aslan, C., Beckman, N., Rogers, H., Bronstein, J., Zurell, D., Hartig, F., Shea, K., Pejchar, L., Neubert, M., Poulsen, J., HilleRisLambers, J., Miriti, M., Loiselle, B., Effiom, E., Zambrano, J., Schupp, E., Pufal, G., Johnson, J., Bullock, J., Brodie, J., Bruna, E., Cantrell, S., Decker, R., Fricke, E., Gurski, K., Hastings, A., Kogan, O., Powell, J., Razafindratsima, O., Sandor, M., Schreiber, S., Snell, R., Strickland, C., & Zhou, J.  2019. Employing plant functional groups to advance seed dispersal ecology and conservation. AoB Plants. online first (editor’s choice). doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz006.

    • Aslan, C. E., A. Shiels, W. Haines, and C. T. Liang. 2019. Non-native insects dominate daytime pollination in a high-elevation Hawaiian dryland ecosystem (Featured article). American Journal of Botany 106: doi 10:1002/ajb2.1233.

    • Aslan, C. E., C. T. Liang, A. Shiels, and W. Haines. 2018. Absence of native flower visitors for the endangered Hawaiian mint Stenogyne angustifolia: impending ecological extinction? Global Ecology and Conservation 16:e00468.

    • Aslan, C. E., B. Petersen, A. Shiels, W. Haines, and C. Liang. 2018. Operationalizing resilience for conservation objectives: the 4 S’s. Restoration Ecology 26:1032-1038.

    • Aslan, C. E., L. Samberg, B. G. Dickson, and M. E. Gray. 2018. Management thresholds stemming from altered fire dynamics in present-day arid and semi-arid environments. Journal of Environmental Management 227:87-94.

    • Stortz, S.D., C.E. Aslan, T.D. Sisk, T. Chaudhry, J.M. Rundall, J. Palumbo, L. Zachmann, and B. Dickson. 2018. The Greater Grand Canyon Landscape Assessment: A resource condition assessment of Grand Canyon National Park and surrounding region. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS, Ft. Collins, CO.

    • Petersen, B., C. Aslan, D. Stuart, and P. Beier. 2018. Incorporating social and ecological adaptive capacity into vulnerability assessments and adaptation decisions for conservation. Bioscience doi:10.1093/biosci/biy020.

    • Zavaleta, E., C. Aslan, W. Palen, T. Sisk, M. E. Ryan, and B. G. Dickson. 2017. Expanding career pathways in conservation science.

    • Aslan, C. E., C. T. Liang, B. Galindo, K. Hill, and W. Topete. 2016. The role of honeybees as pollinators in natural areas. Natural Areas Journal 36:478-488.

    • Aslan, C. E., J. Bronstein, H. S. Rogers, K. B. Gedan, J. F. Brodie, T. Palmer, and T. P. Young. 2016. Leveraging nature’s backup plans to incorporate interspecific interactions and resilience into restoration. Restoration Ecology 24:434-440.

    • Aslan, A., P. Hart, J. Wu, and C. E. Aslan. 2014. Evaluating the qualitative effectiveness of a novel pollinator: a case study of two endemic Hawaiian plants. Biotropica 46:732-739.

    • Aslan, C. E. 2014. Pollination of the endangered Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus arizonicus). American Midland Naturalist 173:61-72.

    • Franklin, K. A., P. N. Sommers, C. E. Aslan, B. R. López, J. L. Bronstein, E. Bustamante, A. Búrquez, R. A. Medellín, and B. Marazzi. 2016. Plant biotic interactions in the Sonoran Desert: current knowledge and future research perspectives. International Journal of Plant Sciences 177:217-234.

    • Aslan, C. E., B. A. Sikes, K. B. Gedan. 2015. Research on mutualisms between native and non-native partners can contribute critical ecological insights. Neobiota 26:39-54.

    • Aslan, C. E., N. Holmes, D. Croll, B. Tershy. 2014. Benefits to poorly-studied taxa of conservation of bird and mammal diversity on islands. Conservation Biology DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12354.

    • Brodie, J. F., C. E. Aslan, H. S. Rogers, K. H. Redford, J. L. Maron, J. L Bronstein, and C. R. Groves. 2014. Secondary extinctions of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and the Environment DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.012.

    • Aslan, A. B., P. Hart, J. X. Wu, and C. E. Aslan. 2014. Implications of a novel mutualist for fecundity of endemic Hawaiian plants. Biotropica 46:732-739.

    • Aslan, C. E., A. B. Aslan, B. Tershy, D. Croll, and E. S. Zavaleta. 2014. Building taxon substitution guidelines on a biological control foundation. Restoration Ecology 22:437-441.

    • Aslan, C. E., M. Pinsky, M. Ryan, S. Souther, K. Terrell. 2013. Cultivating creativity in conservation science. Conservation Biology DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12173.

    • Aslan, C. E., E. S. Zavaleta, B. Tershy, D. Croll, and R. Robichaux. 2014. Imperfect replacement of native species by non-native species as pollinators of endemic Hawaiian plants. Conservation Biology 28:478-488.

    • Aslan, C. E., E. S. Zavaleta, B. Tershy, and D. Croll. 2013. Mutualism disruption threatens global plant biodiversity: a systematic review. PLoS ONE 8:e66993.

    • Aslan, C. E., E. S. Zavaleta, B. Tershy, and D. Croll. 2012. Effects of native and non-native vertebrate mutualists on plants. Conservation Biology 12:778-789.

    • Thomas, S. M., A. A. Agostinho, L. C. Gomes, M. J. Silveira, M. Rejmánek, C. E. Aslan, and E. Chow. 2012. Using space-for-time substitution and time sequence approaches in invasion ecology. Freshwater Biology 57:2401-2410.

    • Aslan, C., M. Rejmánek. 2012. Native fruit traits may mediate dispersal competition between native and non-native plants. NeoBiota 12:1-24.

    • Brodie, J. F., and C. E. Aslan. 2012. Halting regime shifts in floristically intact tropical forests deprived of their frugivores. Restoration Ecology 20:153-157.

    • Aslan, C. E., M. Rejmánek, and R. Klinger. 2012. Evaluating early spread of woody invaders in urban-rural matrix landscapes: an exploration of efficient methods using two species of Oleaceae. Journal of Applied Ecology 49:331-338.

    • Aslan, C. E., and M. Rejmánek. 2011. Smaller Olea europaea fruits have more potential dispersers: implications for olive invasiveness in California. Madroño 58:86-91.

    • Aslan, C. E. 2011. Implications of newly-formed seed dispersal mutualisms between birds and introduced plants in northern California, USA. Biological Invasions 13:2829-2845.

    • Aslan, C. E., and M. Rejmánek. 2010. Avian use of introduced plants:       ornithologist records illuminate interspecific associations and research needs. Ecological Applications 20:1005-1020.

    • Epanchin-Niell, R. S., M. B. Hufford, C. E. Aslan, J. P. Sexton, J. D. Port, and T. M. Waring. 2010. Controlling invasive species in complex social landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:210-216.

    • Bower, M. J., C. E. Aslan, and M. Rejmánek. 2009. Invasion potential of Chinese tallowtree (Triadica sebifera) in California’s Central Valley. Invasive Plant Science and Management 2:386-395,

    • Aslan, C. E., M. B. Hufford, R. S. Epanchin-Niell, J. D. Port, J. P. Sexton, and T. M. Waring. 2009. Practical challenges in private stewardship of rangeland ecosystems: yellow starthistle control in Sierra Nevadan foothills. Rangeland Ecology and Management 62:28-37.

    • Aslan, C. E., Pinsky, M. L., Ryan, M. E., Souther, S., & Terrell, K. A. (2014). Cultivating Creativity in Conservation Science. Conservation Biology, 28(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12173

    • Aslan, C. E., Sandor, M., Sample, M., Stortz, S., Souther, S., Levine, C., Samberg, L., Gray, M., & Dickson, B. (2021). Estimating social-ecological resilience: Fire management futures in the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Applications, 31(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2303

    • Aslan, C. E., Souther, S., Stortz, S., Sample, M., Sandor, M., Levine, C., Samberg, L., Gray, M., & Dickson, B. (2021). Land management objectives and activities in the face of projected fire regime change in the Sonoran desert. Journal of Environmental Management, 280, 111644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111644

    • Aslan, C., & Souther, S. (2022). The interaction between administrative jurisdiction and disturbance on public lands: Emerging socioecological feedbacks and dynamics. Journal of Environmental Management, 319, 115682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115682

    • Aslan, C., Souther, S., Thode, A., Youberg, A., & Evans, Z. (2024). Measuring and predicting disturbance resilience in ecosystems, with emphasis on fire: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 372, 123353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123353

    • Chamberlain, J. L. (2018). Assessment of Nontimber Forest Products in the United States Under Changing Conditions. Government Printing Office.

    • Crocker, S. J. (2024). Proceedings of the 2022 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA 2022) science stakeholder meeting: Grow. adapt. regenerate—monitoring and responding to global change to promote resilient and productive forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-225. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 102 p., 225, 1. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-225

    • Experimental test for adaptive differentiation of ginseng populations reveals complex response to temperature | Annals of Botany | Oxford Academic. (2024, December 17). https://academic.oup.com/aob/article-abstract/110/4/829/150163

    • Frontiers | Training community engaged climate adaptation leaders using multiple case study analysis:Insights from cognitive learning sciences. (2024, December 17). https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2023.1196467/full

    • Hruska, A. M., Souther, S., & Mcgraw, J. B. (2014). Songbird dispersal of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). Écoscience, 21(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.2980/21-1-3679

    • McGraw, J. B., Lubbers, A. E., Van der Voort, M., Mooney, E. H., Furedi, M. A., Souther, S., Turner, J. B., & Chandler, J. (2013). Ecology and conservation of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in a changing world. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1286(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12032

    • McGraw, J. B., Souther, S., & Lubbers, A. E. (2010). Rates of Harvest and Compliance with Regulations in Natural Populations of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Natural Areas Journal, 30(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.030.0207

    • McGraw, J. B., Turner, J. B., Souther, S., Bennington, C. C., Vavrek, M. C., Shaver, G. R., & Fetcher, N. (2015). Northward displacement of optimal climate conditions for ecotypes of riophorum vaginatum L. across a latitudinal gradient in Alaska. Global Change Biology, 21(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12991

    • Souther, S. (2013). Drawbacks to Natural Gas. Science, 340(6129), Article 6129. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.340.6129.141-a

    • Souther, S., Colombo, S., & Lyndon, N. N. (2023). Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into USpublic land management: Knowledge gaps and research priorities. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.988126

    • Souther, S., Fetcher, N., Fowler, Z., Shaver, G. R., & McGraw, J. B. (2014). Ecotypic differentiation inphotosynthesis and growth of Eriophorum vaginatum along a latitudinal gradient in the Arctic tundra. Botany, 92(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2013-0320

    • Souther, S. K., Sandor, M. E., Sample, M., Gabrielson, S., & Aslan, C. E. (2024). Bee and butterfly records indicate diversity losses in western and southern North America, but extensive knowledge gaps remain. PLOS ONE, 19(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289742

    • Souther, S., Loeser, M., Crews, T. E., & Sisk, T. (2019). Complex response of vegetation to grazing suggests need for coordinated, landscape-level approaches to grazing management. Global Ecology and Conservation, 20, e00770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00770

    • Souther, S., Loeser, M., Crews, T. E., & Sisk, T. (2020). Drought exacerbates negative consequences of highintensity cattle grazing in a semiarid grassland. Ecological Applications, 30(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2048

    • Souther, S., Lyndon, N., & Randall, D. (2021). Insights into the restoration and sustainable management of Emory oak: A southwestern cultural keystone species. Forest Ecology and Management, 483, 118900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118900

    • Souther, S., & McGRAW, J. B. (2011). Evidence of Local Adaptation in the Demographic Response of American Ginseng to Interannual Temperature Variation: Ginseng Response to Climate Variation. Conservation Biology, 25(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01695.x

    • Souther, S., & McGraw, J. B. (2011). Vulnerability of wild American ginseng to an extreme early spring temperature fluctuation. Population Ecology, 53(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-010-0218-5

    • Souther, S., & McGraw, J. B. (2014). Synergistic effects of climate change and harvest on extinction risk of American ginseng. Ecological Applications, 24(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0653.1

    • Souther, S., McGraw, J. B., Souther, J. D., & Waller, D. M. (2022). Effects of altered climates on American ginseng population dynamics. Population Ecology, 64(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12099

    • Souther, S., Randall, V., & Lyndon, N. (2021). The Use of Citizen Science to Achieve Multivariate Management Goals on Public Lands. Diversity, 13(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070293

    • Souther, S., Sample, M., Conley, G., & Aslan, C. (2022). Demographic Analysis of the Endangered Plant Pectis imberbis Highlights Tradeoffs between Deer Browse and Interspecific Competition. Natural Areas Journal, 42(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3375/22-3

    • Souther, S., Tingley, M. W., Popescu, V. D., Hayman, D. T., Ryan, M. E., Graves, T. A., Hartl, B., & Terrell, K. (2014). Biotic impacts of energy development from shale: Research priorities and knowledge gaps. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1890/130324

    • Souther, S., Sample, M. W., & Aslan, C. E. (2025). Interacting stressors drive landscape variation in demographic response of the endangered plant, Pectis imberbis (A. Gray). Journal of Arid Environments, 227, 105284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105284

    • Springer, J. D., Stoddard, M. T., Rodman, K. C., Huffman, D. W., Fornwalt, P. J., Pedersen, R. J., Laughlin, D. C., McGlone, C. M., Daniels, M. L., Fulé, P. Z., Moore, M. M., Kerns, B. K., Stevens, J. T., Korb, J.E., & Souther, S. (2024). Increases in understory plant cover and richness persist following restoration treatments in Pinus ponderosa forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14538