
Alan Knapp
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I try to share useful information. University Distinguished Professor, Colo. State Univ. Senior Ecologist, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. All views my own.
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Major congrats to one of my (and many others) most influential mentors Sasha Reed on the AGU (American Geophysical Union) #UnionFellow election 🎉🎉!! Such a well deserved honor!!


Impressive analysis by an even more impressive group of scientists. Another great product from the USGS Powell Center Powell Center Naturalized species drive functional trait shifts in plant communities | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Just out and worth reading because "atmospheric dryness is predicted to increase... while soil moisture becomes more variable" The intricacies of vegetation responses to changing moisture conditions - Green - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Interesting results: terrestrial ecosystems have been undergoing significant thermal acclimation with current warming Increasing Optimum Temperature of Vegetation Activity Over the Past Four Decades - Wang - 2024 - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

For those interested in this topic...co-authored by Matt Sturchio Ecovoltaics in an increasingly water-limited world: An ecological perspective: One Earth cell.com/one-earth/full…


Shifting seasonality of precipitation can have large impacts in grasslands... Integrating experiments and monitoring reveals extreme sensitivity of invasive winter annuals to precipitation - Rinella - Ecological Applications - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Using the proposed 880 MW solar park in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, as a case study, a recent paper highlights the importance of aligning green energy with biodiversity conservation goals. Munib Khanyari Nature Conservation Foundation Matt Sturchio Alan Knapp ✒️Nikhil Sreekandan india.mongabay.com/2024/12/solar-…

Happy to share our new nature paper, "Large global-scale vegetation sensitivity to daily rainfall variability," led by the amazing Andrew Feldman w/ Pierre Gentine Lixin Wang (him, he) and others. UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment UArizona Ag, Life & Environmental Sciences nature.com/articles/s4158…


It's seldom simple. Nice work! The most abundant species had opposing growth forms & resource-use strategies. Divergent resource‐use strategies of encroaching shrubs: Can traits predict encroachment success in tallgrass prairie? - Wedel - J of Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Check it out...a call for more coordinated research efforts to understand the ecological consequences of solar energy expansion Network science can improve the sustainable development of solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2753-3… via IOP Environment



Another example of the value of long-term data. Precipitation anomalies cryptically influencing resilience Precipitation anomalies may affect productivity resilience by shifting plant community properties - Perez - Journal of Ecology - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

A well-written, nicely designed and clearly illustrated study. Not my field, but I admire the presentation. Selection‐mediated adaptive responses of native species to an invasive grass: Shade tolerance vs shade avoidance - Stotz - Functional Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…


Shifts in the seasonality of precipitation, even subtle, are an unappreciated aspect of climate change. Nice study... A Colorado Front Range grassland exhibits decreasing dominance of cheatgrass (B. tectorum) over time - Prevéy - 2025 - Ecosphere - Wiley esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Aboveground Biomass C was only ~9% of fixed carbon, was reduced by ~30% with drought & remained below average for years after. !!! Stand density & local climate drive allocation of GPP to aboveground woody biomass - Kannenberg - New Phytologist- Wiley nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

My experience also... Passionate statistical arguments typically occur between researchers whose expertise lies in other areas The Statistical Competency Paradox in Ecological Research - Dettogni Guariento - Bull. Ecological Society of America - Wiley esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…