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Teresa N. Hollingsworth is affiliated with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Germany. Their research focuses on topics related to environmental and earth sciences, with particular attention to fire effects on ecosystems, climate change and permafrost, and cryospheric studies. Additional areas of study include peatlands and wetlands ecology, ecology and vegetation dynamics, rangeland and wildlife management, and forest ecology and biodiversity.

Their scholarly output spans major fields such as Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Subfields of focus include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Sociology and Political Science.

Teresa N. Hollingsworth has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include PLoS ONE, Earth System Science Data, and Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. Other publication outlets are Ecosphere and Ecology and Society.

Their authored papers reflect a range of environmental science topics and include:

  • Does fire always accelerate shrub expansion in Arctic tundra? Examining a novel grass-dominated successional trajectory on the Seward Peninsula (2021, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research)
  • Factors shaping alternate successional trajectories in burned black spruce forests of Alaska (2020, Ecosphere)
  • Assessing vulnerability of subsistence travel to effects of environmental change in Interior Alaska (2020, Ecology and Society)
  • Implications of climate variability and changing seasonal hydrology for subarctic riverbank erosion (2020, Climatic Change)
  • Can Siberian alder N-fixation offset N-loss after severe fire? Quantifying post-fire Siberian alder distribution, growth, and N-fixation in boreal Alaska (2020, PLoS ONE)

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Michelle C. Mack, Amy Breen, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Adrian V. Rocha, and Jill F. Johnstone. Each collaborator has worked on multiple joint publications, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Changes in fire regime break the legacy lock on successional trajectories in Alaskan boreal forest

    Jill F. Johnstone;Jill F. Johnstone;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;F. Stuart Chapin;Michelle C. Mack

  • Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire

    Michelle C. Mack;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;Randi R. Jandt

  • A first comprehensive census of fungi in soil reveals both hyperdiversity and fine-scale niche partitioning

    D. Lee Taylor;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;Jack W. McFarland;Niall J. Lennon

  • Fire, climate change, and forest resilience in interior Alaska

    Jill F. JohnstoneJ.F. Johnstone;F. Stuart ChapinF.S. Chapin;Teresa N. HollingsworthT.N. Hollingsworth;Michelle C. MackM.C. Mack

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • The role of mosses in ecosystem succession and function in Alaska's boreal forest.

    Merritt R. TuretskyM.R. Turetsky;Michelle C. MackM.C. Mack;Teresa N. HollingsworthT.N. Hollingsworth;Jennifer W. HardenJ.W. Harden

  • Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest to Climatic Change

    F. S. Chapin;A. D. McGuire;R. W. Ruess;T. N. Hollingsworth

  • Limited evidence of declining growth among moisture-limited black and white spruce in interior Alaska

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Robert R. Pattison;Annalis H. Brownlee;Sean M. P. Cahoon

  • Fire Severity Filters Regeneration Traits to Shape Community Assembly in Alaska’s Boreal Forest

    Teresa N. Hollingsworth;Jill F. Johnstone;Emily L. Bernhardt;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems

    Jane M. Wolken;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;T. Scott Rupp;Stuart Iii Chapin

  • Estimating aboveground biomass in interior Alaska with Landsat data and field measurements

    Lei Ji;Bruce K. Wylie;Dana R. Nossov;Birgit E. Peterson

  • Scale-dependent environmental controls over species composition in Alaskan black spruce communities

    T. N. Hollingsworth;M. D. Walker;F. S. Chapin;A. L. Parsons

  • Scenario studies as a synthetic and integrative research activity for long-term ecological research

    Jonathan R. Thompson;Arnim Wiek;Frederick J. Swanson;Stephen R. Carpenter

  • Fire severity mediates climate-driven shifts in understorey community composition of black spruce stands of interior Alaska

    Emily L. Bernhardt;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Factors shaping alternate successional trajectories in burned black spruce forests of Alaska

    Jill F. Johnstone;Jill F. Johnstone;G. Celis;F. S. Chapin;T. N. Hollingsworth;T. N. Hollingsworth

  • Plant Community Composition as a Predictor of Regional Soil Carbon Storage in Alaskan Boreal Black Spruce Ecosystems

    Teresa N. Hollingsworth;E. A. G. Schuur;F. S. Chapin;M. D. Walker

  • A key for predicting postfire successional trajectories in black spruce stands of interior Alaska.

    Jill F. Johnstone;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Effect of tree-ring detrending method on apparent growth trends of black and white spruce in interior Alaska

    Patrick F Sullivan;Robert R Pattison;Annalis H Brownlee;Sean M P Cahoon

  • Twenty-five years of vegetation change along a putative successional chronosequence on the Tanana River, Alaska

    Teresa N. HollingsworthT.N. Hollingsworth;Andrea H. LloydA.H. Lloyd;Dana R. NossovD.R. Nossov;Roger W. RuessR.W. Ruess

  • Absence of net long-term successional facilitation by alder in a boreal Alaska floodplain

    F. Stuart Chapin;Alexandra J. Conway;Jill F. Johnstone;Teresa N. Hollingsworth

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

F. Stuart Chapin
F. Stuart Chapin University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Michelle C. Mack
Michelle C. Mack Northern Arizona University
Roger W. Ruess
Roger W. Ruess University of Alaska Fairbanks
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
D. Lee Taylor
D. Lee Taylor University of New Mexico
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Knut Kielland
Knut Kielland University of Alaska Fairbanks
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park

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