Zachary Robbins

College of Natural Resources

Works (8)

Updated: December 18th, 2024 05:02

2024 article

Fire regimes of the Southern Appalachians may radically shift under climate change

Robbins, Z. J., Loudermilk, E. L., Mozelewski, T. G., Jones, K., & Scheller, R. M. (2024, January 12). Fire Ecology, Vol. 20.

By: Z. Robbins n, E. Loudermilk*, T. Mozelewski*, K. Jones n  & R. Scheller n 

author keywords: Climate-fire interactions; Landscape modeling; Southern Appalachians; Mesic forests; Fire management
topics (OpenAlex): Fire effects on ecosystems; Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics; Rangeland and Wildlife Management
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 29, 2024

2024 article

Interactions Between Climate and Species Drive Future Forest Carbon and Water Balances

McQuillan, K. A., Oishi, A. C., Robbins, Z. J., Scheller, R., & Martin, K. L. (2024, December 4). Ecohydrology, Vol. 12.

By: K. McQuillan n, A. Oishi *, Z. Robbins*, R. Scheller n  & K. Martin n 

author keywords: Coweeta; forest landscape model; LANDIS II; mesophication; NECN; transpiration; xylem anatomy
topics (OpenAlex): Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics; Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies; Tree-ring climate responses
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 5, 2024

2023 article

Carbon stored in live ponderosa pines in the Sierra Nevada will not return to pre-drought (2012) levels during the 21st century due to bark beetle outbreaks

Robbins, Z. J., Xu, C., Jonko, A., Chitra-Tarak, R., Fettig, C. J., Costanza, J., … Scheller, R. M. (2023, March 14). Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 11.

By: Z. Robbins n, C. Xu *, A. Jonko *, R. Chitra-Tarak *, C. Fettig *, J. Costanza* , L. Mortenson*, B. Aukema *, L. Kueppers *, R. Scheller n 

author keywords: bark beetles; climate change; Dendroctonus brevicomis; forest disturbance; forest recovery; Pinus ponderosa; tree mortality; Sierra Nevada
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Fire effects on ecosystems; Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 17, 2023

2022 article

Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape

Robbins, Z. J., Loudermilk, E. L., Reilly, M. J., O'Brien, J. J., Jones, K., Gerstle, C. T., & Scheller, R. M. (2022, June 1). Ecosphere, Vol. 13.

By: Z. Robbins n, E. Loudermilk*, M. Reilly *, J. O'Brien *, K. Jones n , C. Gerstle n, R. Scheller n 

author keywords: delayed fire mortality; fire ecology; fire modeling; landscape simulation mesophication; Southern Appalachians
topics (OpenAlex): Fire effects on ecosystems; Rangeland and Wildlife Management; Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: June 27, 2022

2022 article

Forecasting the influence of conservation strategies on landscape connectivity

Mozelewski, T. G., Robbins, Z. J., & Scheller, R. M. (2022, February 25). Conservation Biology, Vol. 6.

By: T. Mozelewski n, Z. Robbins n & R. Scheller n 

author keywords: conservation alternatives; conservation forecasting; conservation planning; dynamic connectivity; graph theory; network theory
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources / methods; Ecosystem; Forests; North Carolina
topics (OpenAlex): Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 5, 2022

2021 article

Capturing functional strategies and compositional dynamics in vegetation demographic models

Buotte, P. C., Koven, C. D., Xu, C., Shuman, J. K., Goulden, M. L., Levis, S., … Kueppers, L. M. (2021, July 30). Biogeosciences.

By: P. Buotte *, C. Koven *, C. Xu *, J. Shuman *, M. Goulden *, S. Levis, J. Katz*, J. Ding * ...

topics (OpenAlex): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics; Fire effects on ecosystems
TL;DR: This work presents an approach for developing PFT parameterizations that are connected to the underlying ecological processes determining forest composition in the mixed-conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, USA, and constrain multiple relative trait values between PFTs, as opposed to randomly sampling within the range of observations. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 16, 2021

2021 article

Resistance and Resilience of Hyrcanian Mixed Forests Under Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances

Vakili, M., Shakeri, Z., Motahari, S., Farahani, M., Robbins, Z. J., & Scheller, R. M. (2021, July 21). Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol. 7.

By: M. Vakili*, Z. Shakeri *, S. Motahari *, M. Farahani*, Z. Robbins n & R. Scheller n 

author keywords: forest management; Hyrcanian forest; insect outbreak; LANDIS-II; oak charcoal disease; resilience; resistance
topics (OpenAlex): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Fire effects on ecosystems; Forest Insect Ecology and Management
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 23, 2021

2021 article

Warming increased bark beetle‐induced tree mortality by 30% during an extreme drought in California

Robbins, Z. J., Xu, C., Aukema, B. H., Buotte, P. C., Chitra‐Tarak, R., Fettig, C. J., … Scheller, R. M. (2021, October 28). Global Change Biology, Vol. 10.

By: Z. Robbins n, C. Xu *, B. Aukema *, P. Buotte *, R. Chitra‐Tarak  n, C. Fettig *, M. Goulden *, D. Goodsman * ...

author keywords: bark beetles; climate impacts; drought; forest dynamics; modeling; tree mortality
MeSH headings : Animals; Coleoptera; Droughts; Pinus; Pinus ponderosa; Plant Bark; Trees
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect-Plant Interactions and Control; Insect and Pesticide Research
TL;DR: Assessment of how contemporary warming affected western pine beetle populations and mortality of its host, ponderosa pine, during an extreme drought in the Sierra Nevada, California, and United States found that contemporary warming increased the development rate of the western pine beetles and decreased the overwinter mortality rate ofWestern pine beetle larvae leading to increased population growth during periods of lowered tree defense. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 8, 2021

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