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69
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1410
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515

Overview

Joshua J. Lawler is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to global and planetary change, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and plant science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Lawler has published in multiple scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in Landscape Ecology, Conservation Science and Practice, Land, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Scientific Reports.

Their recent papers include:

  • "An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Global review on interactions between insect pests and other forest disturbances," 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • "Topographic, soil, and climate drivers of drought sensitivity in forests and shrublands of the Pacific Northwest, USA," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Planning for climate change through additions to a national protected area network: implications for cost and configuration," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Combining physical and species-based approaches improves refugia identification," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Collaborative efforts have involved frequent co-authors such as Julia Michalak, Gregory N. Bratman, Spencer A. Wood, Jennifer Cartwright, and Caitlin E. Littlefield.

Best Publications

  • Random Forests for Classification in Ecology

    D. Richard Cutler;Thomas C. Edwards;Thomas C. Edwards;Karen H. Beard;Adele Cutler

  • Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective.

    Gregory N. Bratman;Christopher B. Anderson;Marc G. Berman;Bobby Cochran

  • Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

    Regan Early;Bethany A. Bradley;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Joshua J. Lawler

  • Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda

    Howard Frumkin;Gregory N. Bratman;Sara Jo Breslow;Bobby Cochran

  • Machine Learning Methods Without Tears: A Primer for Ecologists

    Julian D. Olden;Joshua J. Lawler;N. LeRoy Poff

  • Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United States.

    Joshua J. Lawler;David J. Lewis;Erik Nelson;Andrew J. Plantinga

  • Dispersal will limit ability of mammals to track climate change in the Western Hemisphere

    Carrie A. Schloss;Tristan A. Nuñez;Joshua J. Lawler

  • Will Extreme Climatic Events Facilitate Biological Invasions

    Jeffrey M Diez;Carla M D'Antonio;Jeffrey S Dukes;Edwin D Grosholz

  • Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere.

    Joshua J. Lawler;Sarah L. Shafer;Denis White;Peter Kareiva

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on Amphibian Populations

    Andrew R. Blaustein;Susan C. Walls;Betsy A. Bancroft;Joshua J. Lawler

  • Predicting climate‐induced range shifts: model differences and model reliability

    Joshua J. Lawler;Denis White;Ronald P. Neilson;Andrew R. Blaustein

  • Climate change adaptation strategies for resource management and conservation planning.

    Joshua J. Lawler

  • Efficiency of incentives to jointly increase carbon sequestration and species conservation on a landscape

    Erik Nelson;Stephen Polasky;David J. Lewis;Andrew J. Plantinga

  • Behavioral flexibility as a mechanism for coping with climate change

    Erik A Beever;Erik A Beever;L Embere Hall;Johanna Varner;Anne E Loosen

  • Circuit-theory applications to connectivity science and conservation.

    Brett G. Dickson;Christine M. Albano;Ranjan Anantharaman;Paul Beier

  • Achieving climate connectivity in a fragmented landscape

    Jenny L. McGuire;Joshua J. Lawler;Brad H. McRae;Tristan A. Nuñez

  • Preparing for and managing change: climate adaptation for biodiversity and ecosystems

    Bruce A Stein;Amanda Staudt;Molly S Cross;Natalie S Dubois

  • The theory behind, and the challenges of, conserving nature's stage in a time of rapid change

    Joshua J. Lawler;David D. Ackerly;Christine M. Albano;Mark G. Anderson

  • Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions

    Bethany A. Bradley;Dana M. Blumenthal;Regan Early;Edwin D. Grosholz

  • Rare Species and the Use of Indicator Groups for Conservation Planning

    Joshua J. Lawler;Denis White;Jean C. Sifneos;Lawrence L. Master

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Andrew J. Plantinga
Andrew J. Plantinga University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew R. Blaustein
Andrew R. Blaustein Oregon State University
Paul Beier
Paul Beier Northern Arizona University
David M. Theobald
David M. Theobald Colorado State University
Volker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carlos Carroll
Carlos Carroll Klamath Center for Conservation Research
Spencer A. Wood
Spencer A. Wood University of Washington

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