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Overview

John B. Bradford is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant body of work spanning 200 publications in this field.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecological Modeling

Key topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Forest ecology and management

John B. Bradford has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecohydrology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Forest Ecology and Management

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Daniel R. Schlaepfer
  • Robert K. Shriver
  • Caitlin M. Andrews
  • Matthew D. Petrie
  • William K. Lauenroth

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by John B. Bradford include:

  • Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

Additional relevant papers from the same period, though not authored by Bradford but indicative of the related research area, include:

  • Unfamiliar Territory: Emerging Themes for Ecological Drought Research and Management, 2020, One Earth
  • Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi-arid forests, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • A sagebrush conservation design to proactively restore America's sagebrush biome, 2022, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World

Best Publications

  • Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems

    Anthony W. D'Amato;John B. Bradford;Shawn Fraver;Shawn Fraver;Brian J. Palik

  • Recognizing trade‐offs in multi‐objective land management

    John B Bradford;Anthony W D'Amato

  • Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots

    Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Yunjian Luo;John B. Bradford;Hendrik Poorter

  • Climate change reduces extent of temperate drylands and intensifies drought in deep soils.

    Daniel R. Schlaepfer;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;John B. Bradford;William K. Lauenroth;William K. Lauenroth;Seth M. Munson

  • Forest management for mitigation and adaptation to climate change: Insights from long-term silviculture experiments

    Anthony W. D'Amato;John B. Bradford;Shawn Fraver;Brian J. Palik

  • Density‐dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought

    Alessandra Bottero;Alessandra Bottero;Anthony W. D'Amato;Anthony W. D'Amato;Brian J. Palik;John B. Bradford

  • Early indicators of change: divergent climate envelopes between tree life stages imply range shifts in the western United States

    David M. Bell;John B. Bradford;William K. Lauenroth

  • Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century.

    John Bradford;Daniel Rodolphe Schlaepfer;Daniel Rodolphe Schlaepfer;William K. Lauenroth;Kyle A. Palmquist

  • Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests

    J. B. Bradford;R. A. Birdsey;L. A. Joyce;M. G. Ryan;M. G. Ryan

  • Climate change, fire management, and ecological services in the southwestern US

    Matthew D. Hurteau;John B. Bradford;Peter Z. Fulé;Alan H. Taylor

  • Climate change-induced vegetation shifts lead to more ecological droughts despite projected rainfall increases in many global temperate drylands

    Britta Tietjen;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;John B. Bradford;William K. Lauenroth

  • Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients

    Kelly E. Gleason;John B. Bradford;Alessandra Bottero;Anthony W. D'Amato

  • Ecohydrology and the Partitioning AET Between Transpiration and Evaporation in a Semiarid Steppe

    W. K. Lauenroth;J. B. Bradford

  • A window of opportunity for climate-change adaptation: easing tree mortality by reducing forest basal area

    John B Bradford;David M Bell

  • Controls over invasion of Bromus tectorum: The importance of climate, soil, disturbance and seed availability

    John B. Bradford;William K. Lauenroth

  • Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA

    Dan Binkley;Daniel M. Kashian;Suzanne Boyden;Margot W. Kaye

  • A review of precipitation and temperature control on seedling emergence and establishment for ponderosa and lodgepole pine forest regeneration

    Matthew Petrie;Matthew Petrie;A.M. Wildeman;John B. Bradford;R.M. Hubbard

  • Ecohydrological niche of sagebrush ecosystems

    Daniel R. Schlaepfer;William K. Lauenroth;John B. Bradford

  • Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon storage in pine and aspen–birch ecosystems of northern Minnesota, USA

    John B. BradfordJ.B. Bradford;Douglas N. KastendickD.N. Kastendick

  • The relative importance of light-use efficiency modifications from environmental conditions and cultivation for estimation of large-scale net primary productivity

    J.B. Bradford;J.A. Hicke;W.K. Lauenroth

Frequent Co-Authors

William K. Lauenroth
William K. Lauenroth Yale University
Anthony W. D'Amato
Anthony W. D'Amato University of Vermont
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Brian J. Palik
Brian J. Palik US Forest Service
Shawn Fraver
Shawn Fraver University of Maine
Seth M. Munson
Seth M. Munson United States Geological Survey
Randall K. Kolka
Randall K. Kolka US Forest Service
Ingrid C. Burke
Ingrid C. Burke Yale University
Richard A. Birdsey
Richard A. Birdsey US Forest Service
David A. Pyke
David A. Pyke United States Geological Survey

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