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John C. Stella is affiliated with the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Environmental Science, where they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their scientific inquiries frequently address topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

John C. Stella has published numerous papers in various academic journals. Some recent notable publications include:

  • Groundwater-dependent ecosystem map exposes global dryland protection needs (2024, Nature)
  • Drought onset and propagation into soil moisture and grassland vegetation responses during the 2012-2019 major drought in Southern California (2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences)
  • Groundwater dependence of riparian woodlands and the disrupting effect of anthropogenically altered streamflow (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Divergence of riparian forest composition and functional traits from natural succession along a degraded river with multiple stressor legacies (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Climate sensitivity of water use by riparian woodlands at landscape scales (2020, Hydrological Processes)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a cohort of coauthors, including Michael Bliss Singer, Dar A. Roberts, K. K. Caylor, Julian D. Olden, and Melissa M. Rohde. These collaborations reflect a consistent interdisciplinary approach within environmental and ecological sciences.

John C. Stella's publications are often found in several leading scientific venues such as Ecological Applications, Journal of Environmental Management, Global Change Biology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, and The Science of The Total Environment. These outlets illustrate the breadth of their engagement across ecosystem science, environmental management, and landscape processes.

Best Publications

  • Riparian vegetation research in Mediterranean-climate regions: common patterns, ecological processes, and considerations for management

    John C. Stella;Patricia M. Rodríguez-González;Simon Dufour;Jacob Bendix

  • Climate change perils for dioecious plant species.

    Kevin R. Hultine;Kevin C. Grady;Troy E. Wood;Stephen M. Shuster

  • Synchrony of seed dispersal, hydrology and local climate in a semi-arid river reach in California

    John C. Stella;John C. Stella;John J. Battles;Bruce K. Orr;Joe R. McBride

  • Global sensitivity analysis for complex ecological models: a case study of riparian cottonwood population dynamics

    Elizabeth B. Harper;John C. Stella;Alexander K. Fremier

  • Contrasting water‐uptake and growth responses to drought in co‐occurring riparian tree species

    Michael Bliss Singer;Michael Bliss Singer;John C. Stella;Simon Dufour;Hervé Piégay

  • Subsidy or stress? Tree structure and growth in wetland forests along a hydrological gradient in Southern Europe

    Patricia María Rodríguez-González;John Christopher Stella;Filipe Campelo;Maria Teresa Ferreira

  • The Role of Abandoned Channels as Refugia for Sustaining Pioneer Riparian Forest Ecosystems

    John C. Stella;Maya K. Hayden;John J. Battles;Hervé Piégay

  • Riparian Seedling Mortality from Simulated Water Table Recession, and the Design of Sustainable Flow Regimes on Regulated Rivers

    John C. Stella;John J. Battles;Joe R. McBride;Bruce K. Orr

  • When do plants modify fluvial processes? Plant‐hydraulic interactions under variable flow and sediment supply rates

    Rebecca B. Manners;Andrew C. Wilcox;Li Kui;Anne F. Lightbody

  • Regional growth decline of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and its potential causes

    Daniel Alexander Bishop;Daniel Alexander Bishop;Daniel Alexander Bishop;Colin M. Beier;Neil Pederson;Neil Pederson;Gregory B. Lawrence

  • How do riparian woody seedlings survive seasonal drought

    John C. Stella;John J. Battles

  • Flow and scour constraints on uprooting of pioneer woody seedlings

    Sharon Bywater‐Reyes;Andrew C. Wilcox;John C. Stella;Anne F. Lightbody

  • Climate and local geomorphic interactions drive patterns of riparian forest decline along a Mediterranean Basin river

    John C. Stella;Jess Riddle;Hervé Piégay;Matthieu Gagnage

  • Drought onset and propagation into soil moisture and grassland vegetation responses during the 2012–2019 major drought in Southern California

    Maria Magdalena Warter;Michael Bliss Singer;Michael Bliss Singer;Mark O. Cuthbert;Mark O. Cuthbert;Dar Roberts

  • Ecogeomorphic feedbacks and flood loss of riparian tree seedlings in meandering channel experiments

    Li Kui;John C. Stella;Anne Lightbody;Andrew C. Wilcox

  • Multiple stressors in riparian ecosystems

    John C. Stella;Jacob Bendix

  • Groundwater dependence of riparian woodlands and the disrupting effect of anthropogenically altered streamflow

    Melissa M. Rohde;Melissa M. Rohde;John C. Stella;Dar A. Roberts;Michael Bliss Singer;Michael Bliss Singer

  • The Biota of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Algae and Vascular Plants

    Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;Xisca Timoner;Gudrun Bornette;Mélissa De Wilde

  • Fluvial sediment burial increases mortality of young riparian trees but induces compensatory growth response in survivors

    Li Kui;John C. Stella

  • Divergence of riparian forest composition and functional traits from natural succession along a degraded river with multiple stressor legacies.

    Philippe Janssen;Philippe Janssen;John C. Stella;Hervé Piégay;Bianca Räpple

  • What drives riparian vegetation encroachment in braided river channels at patch to reach scales? Insights from annual airborne surveys (Drôme River, SE France, 2005–2011)

    Bianca Räpple;Hervé Piégay;John C. Stella;Dimitri Mercier

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bliss Singer
Michael Bliss Singer Cardiff University
Hervé Piégay
Hervé Piégay École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Dar A. Roberts
Dar A. Roberts University of California, Santa Barbara
John J. Battles
John J. Battles University of California, Berkeley
Leonard S. Sklar
Leonard S. Sklar Concordia University
Kelly K. Caylor
Kelly K. Caylor University of California, Santa Barbara
Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson University of St Andrews
Laura K. Lautz
Laura K. Lautz Syracuse University
Mark O. Cuthbert
Mark O. Cuthbert Cardiff University
Neil Pederson
Neil Pederson Harvard University

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