Publications: 

JOURNAL ARTICLES (for individual use only, a shared folder is available with all PDFs)   

132. Abella, S.R., and C.D. Schelz. 2024. Resilient plant communities and increasing native forbs after wildfire in a southwestern Oregon oak shrubland. Northwest Science (in press).

131.  Abella, S.R., K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, and C.E. Hausman. 2024. Species and landscape variation in tree regeneration and 17 years of change in forested wetlands invaded by emerald ash borer. Forest Ecology and Management 557:121750.

130.  Chiquoine, L.P., S.R. Abella, C.D. Schelz, M.F. Medrano, and N.A. Fisichelli. 2024. Restoring historical grasslands in a desert national park: resilience or unrecoverable states in emerging climates? Biological Conservation 289:110387.  (PhD student first author)

129.  Abella, S.R., L.A. Sprow, K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, and L.G. Brewer. 2023. Changes in groundlayer communities with variation in trees, sapling layers, and fires during 34 years of oak savanna restoration. Natural Areas Journal 43:243-252. (article on journal cover)

128.  Jackson, S.K., L.H. Pilkington, K.M. Berghel, L.P. Chiquoine, and S.R. Abella. 2023. Seed banks and seed survival of submersion for an emerging plant invader in the Colorado River system, USA. River Research and Applications 39:1187-1192. (M.S. student lead author, undergraduate student third author, PhD student fourth author)

127.  Abella, S.R., T.A. Schetter, and L.A. Sprow. 2023. Ecology of witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) in the forest understory. Ohio Biological Survey Notes 12:1-10.

126.  Abella, S.R., K.H. Berry, and S. Ferrazzano. 2023. Techniques for restoring damaged Mojave and western Sonoran habitats, including those for threatened desert tortoises and Joshua trees. Desert Plants 38:4-52.

125.  Abella, S.R., K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, and T.L. Walters. 2023. Relationships of community diversity with distributions of rare species, non-native plants, and compositional stability in a temperate forest-open habitat landscape. Community Ecology 24:21-33.

124.  Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, M.A. Balogh, A.J. Taylor, and S.M. Munson. 2023. Do nurse plant effects strengthen over time? Results from 12 years of desert habitat restoration. Plant Ecology 224:299-314. (PhD student second author, M.S. student third author)

123.  Abella, S.R., T.A. Schetter, and T.D. Gallaher. 2022. Rapid increase in sensitive indicator plants concurrent with deer management in an oak forest landscape. Wildlife Society Bulletin 2022:e1377.

122.  Abella, S.R.. 2022. Are pre-restoration soil seed banks and vegetation nested and predictive subsets of post-restoration communities? Ecological Restoration 40:234-246.

121.  Viljur, M., S.R. Abella, M. Adamek, et al. 2022. Effects of stand-replacing natural disturbance on forest biodiversity: a meta-analysis. Biological Reviews 97:1930-1947.

120.  Chiquoine, L.P., J.L. Greenwood, S.R. Abella, and J.F. Weigand. 2022. Nurse rocks as a minimum-input restoration technique for the cactus Opuntia basilaris. Ecological Restoration 40:53-63.

119.  Chiquoine, L.P., S.R. Abella, T. Greenawalt, and C.D. Schelz. 2022. Outplanting establishment within a contaminated and nonnative invaded semiarid desert riparian corridor. Ecological Engineering 179:106598.

118.  Rader, A.J., L.P. Chiquoine, J.F. Weigand, J.L. Perkins, S.M. Munson, and S.R. Abella. 2022. Biotic and abiotic treatments as a bet-hedging appraoch to restoring plant communities and soil functions. Restoration Ecology 29:e13527. (M.S. student lead author)

117.  Abella, S.R., and, T.A. Schetter. 2021. Variation in characteristics and conservation values of plant communities on abandoned agricultural lands with and without fires. Applied Vegetation Science 24:e12629.

116.  Pirtel, N.L., R.M. Hubbard, J.B. Bradford, T.E. Kolb, M.E. Litvak, S.R. Abella, S.L. Porter, and M.D. Petrie. 2021. The aboveground and belowground growth characteristics of juvenile conifers in the southwestern United States. Ecosphere 12:e03839. (M.S. student lead author)

115.  Abella, S.R., L.A. Sprow, T.W. Walters, and T.A. Schetter. 2021. Forest community structure and composition following containment treatments for the fungal pathogen oak wilt. Biological Invasions 23:3733-3747.

114.  Abella, S.R., L.A. Sprow, and T.A. Schetter. 2021. Delayed tree mortality after prescribed fires in mixed oak forests in northwestern Ohio. Forest Science 67:412-418.

113.  Abella, S.R., K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, and C.E. Hausman. 2021. Co-variation among vegetation structural layers in forested wetlands. Wetlands 41:3.

112.  Abella, S.R., D.M. Gentilcore, and L.P. Chiquoine. 2021. Resilience and alternative stable states after desert wildfires. Ecological Monographs 91:e01432. (PhD student second author)

111.  Pereira, T.J., L.P. Chiquoine, A.J. Larranaga, and S.R. Abella. 2021. Seed germination of a rare gypsum-associated species, Arctomecon californica (Papaveraceae), in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 184:104313. (M.S. student lead author, undergraduate student second author)

110.  Abella, S.R. 2020. Cover-biomass relationships of an invasive annual grass, Bromus rubens, in the Mojave Desert. Invasive Plant Science and Management 13:288-292.

109.  Abella, S.R., K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, and T.D. Gallaher. 2020. Changes in trees, groundlayer diversity, and deer-preferred plants across 18 years in oak (Quercus, Fagaceae) forests of northwestern Ohio. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 147:209-221.

108.  Abella, S.R., K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, L.A. Sprow, and J.F. Jaeger. 2020. Rapid and transient changes during 20 years of restoration management in woodland-savanna-prairie habitats threatened by woody plant encroachment. Plant Ecology 221:1201-1217.

107.  Abella, S.R., J.L. Hodel, and T.A. Schetter. 2020. Unusually high-quality soil seed banks in a Midwestern U.S. oak savanna region: variation with land use history, habitat restoration, and soil properties. Restoration Ecology 28:1100-1112.

106.  Guida, R.J., and S.R. Abella. 2020. Baseline climate grid resolution and climate time step impacts on desert vegetation habitat models. International Journal of Applied Geographical Research 11:79-100. (lead author M.S. student when the research was performed)

105.  Devitt, D.A., F. Landau, S.R. Abella, M.D. Petrie, A.M. McLuckie, and J.O. Kellam. 2020. Post burn restoration response of Encelia virginensis within a small wash system in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Restoration 38:169-179.

104.  Chiquoine, L.P., S.R. Abella, J.L. Greenwood, and A. DeCorte. 2020. Unexpected side effects in biocrust after treating non-native plants using carbon addition. Restoration Ecology 28:S32-S44. (fourth author M.S. student when part of the research was performed)

103.  Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, J.M. Moss, E.D. Lassance, and C.D. Schelz. 2020. Developing minimal-input techniques for invasive plant management: perimeter treatments enlarge native grass patches. Invasive Plant Science and Management 13:108-113.

102.  Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, and J.F. Weigand. 2020. Developing methods of assisted natural regeneration for restoring foundational desert plants. Arid Land Research and Management 34:231-237.

101.  Abella, S.R., C.E. Hausman, J.F. Jaeger, K.S. Menard, T.A. Schetter, and O.J. Rocha. 2019. Fourteen years of swamp forest change from the onset, during, and after invasion of emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions 21:3685-3696.

100.  Abella, S.R., R.J. Guida, C.L. Roberts, C.M. Norman, and J.S. Holland. 2019. Persistence and turnover in desert plant communities during a 37-yr period of land use and climate change. Ecological Monographs 89:e01390. (M.S. students second, third, and fifth authors when the research was performed)

99.  Perkins, L.B., K.R. Ducheneaux, G. Hatfield, and S.R. Abella. 2019. Badlands, seedbanks, and community disassembly. Rangeland Ecology and Management 72:736-741. (undergraduate student second author)

98.  Guida, R.J., S.R. Abella, C.L. Roberts, C.M. Norman, and W.J. Smith. 2019. Assessing historical and future habitat models for four conservation-priority Mojave Desert species. Journal of Biogeography 46:2081-2097. (M.S. students first and third authors when the research was performed)

97. Abella, S.R., L.A. Sprow, and T.A. Schetter. 2019. Predicting post-fire tree survival for restoring oak ecosystems. Ecological Restoration 37:72-76.

96. Abella, S.R., and L.P. Chiquoine. 2019. The good with the bad: when ecological restoration facilitates native and non-native species. Restoration Ecology 36:284-294.

95. Abella, S.R., T.A. Schetter, J.F. Jaeger, L.G. Brewer, K.S. Menard, T.D. Gallaher, J.J. Diver, and L.A. Sprow. 2018. Resistance and resilience to natural disturbance during ecological restoration. Ecological Restoration 36:284-294.

94. Chiquoine, L.P., and S.R. Abella. 2018. Soil seed bank assay methods influence interpretation of non-native plant management. Applied Vegetation Science 21:626-635.

93. Abella, S.R. 2018. Forest decline after a 15-year "perfect storm" of invasion by hemlock woolly adelgid, drought, and hurricanes. Biological Invasions 20:695-707.

92. Abella, S.R., T.A. Schetter, and T.L. Walters. 2018. Testing the hypothesis of hierarchical predictability in ecological restoration and succession. Oecologia 186:541-553.

91. Moore-O'Leary, K.A., R.R. Hernandez, D.S. Johnston, S.R. Abella, K.E. Tanner, A.C. Swanson, J. Kreitler, and J.E. Lovich. 2017. Sustainability of utility-scale solar energy - critical ecological concepts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15:385-394. (PhD student sixth author)

90. Schelz, C.D., D.A. Scher, T. Vegh, and S.R. Abella. 2017. How many Arizona walnut trees inhabit Walnut Canyon National Monument? Southwestern Naturalist 62:157-161.

89. Abella, S.R., T.A. Schetter, and T.L. Walters. 2017. Restoring and conserving rare native ecosystems: a 14-year plantation removal experiment. Biological Conservation 212:265-273.

88. Abella, S.R., T.A. Schetter, K.S. Menard, E.D. Ziegler, L.A. Sprow, T. Gallaher, J.F Jaeger, and T.L. Walters. 2017. Conserving large oaks and recruitment potential while restoring Midwestern savanna and woodland. American Midland Naturalist 177:309-317. 

87. Abella, S.R. 2017. Persistent establishment of outplanted seedlings in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Restoration 35:16-19.

86. Abella, S.R., and K.H. Berry. 2016. Enhancing and restoring habitat for the desert tortoise. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 7:255-279.

85. Chiquoine, L.P., S.R. Abella, and M.A. Bowker. 2016. Rapidly restoring biological soil crusts and ecosystem functions in a severely disturbed desert ecosystem. Ecological Applications 26:1260-1272.  (M.S. student lead author)

84. Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, E.C. Engel, K.E. Kleinick, and F.S. Edwards. 2015. Enhancing quality of desert tortoise habitat: augmenting native forage and cover plants. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 6:278-289.

83. Abella, S.R., N.A. Fisichelli, S.M. Schmid, T.M. Embrey, D.L. Hughson, and J. Cipra. 2015. Status and management of non-native plant invasion in three of the largest national parks in the United States. Nature Conservation 10:71-94.

82. Carvajal-Acosta, A.N., S.R. Abella, and D.B. Thompson. 2015. Initial vegetation response to fuel mastication treatments in rare butterfly habitat of the Spring Mountains, Nevada. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science  46:6-17.  (M.S. student lead author)

81. Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, and P.A. Sinanian. 2015. Forest change over 155 years along biophysical gradients of forest composition, environment, and anthropogenic disturbance. Forest Ecology and Management 348:196-207.  (undergraduate student third author)

80. Abella, S.R., J.E. Crouse, W.W. Covington, and J.D. Springer. 2015. Diverse responses across soil parent materials during ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology 23:113-121.

79. Abella, S.R., K.L. O'Brien, and M.W. Weesner. 2015. Revegetating disturbance in national parks: reestablishing native plants in Saguaro National Park, Sonoran Desert. Natural Areas Journal  35:18-25.

78. Abella, S.R., and P.J. Fornwalt. 2015. Ten years of vegetation assembly after a North American mega fire. Global Change Biology 21:789-802.

77. Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, A.C. Newton, and C.H. Vanier. 2015. Restoring a desert ecosystem using soil salvage, revegetation, and irrigation. Journal of Arid Environments 115:44-52.

76. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2015. Effects of tree cutting and fire on understory vegetation in mixed conifer forests. Forest Ecology and Management 335:281-299.  (Tamm Review)

75. Abella, S.R. 2014. Impacts and management of hemlock woolly adelgid in national parks of the eastern United States. Southeastern Naturalist 13:16-45. (part of a special issue on hemlock conservation in eastern USA)

74. Abella, S.R., and K.L. Chittick. 2014. Ecology and conservation of Acacia and Prosopis (Fabaceae) woodlands of the Mojave Desert, U.S.A. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8:175-195. (undergraduate student second author)

73. Fisichelli, N.A., S.R. Abella, M. Peters, and F.J. Krist. 2014. Climate, trees, pests, and weeds: change, uncertainty, and biotic stressors in eastern U.S. national park forests. Forest Ecology and Management 327:31-39.

72. Boyle, M.F., S.R. Abella, and V.B. Shelburne. 2014. An ecosystem classification approach to assessing forest change in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management  323:85-97.  (PhD student lead author)

71. Guida, R.J., S.R. Abella, W.J. Smith, H. Stephen, and C.L. Roberts. 2014. Climate change and desert vegetation distribution: assessing thirty years of change in southern Nevada’s Mojave Desert. Professional Geographer 66:311-322.  (M.S. student lead author)

70. Abella, S.R. 2014. Effectiveness of exotic plant treatments on National Park Service lands in the United States. Invasive Plant Science and Management  7:147-163.

69. Smith, R.J., S.R. Abella, and L.R. Stark. 2014. Post-fire recovery of desert bryophyte communities: effects of fires and propagule soil banks. Journal of Vegetation Science 25:447-456.  (M.S. student lead author)

68. Engel, E.C., S.R. Abella, and K.L. Chittick. 2014. Plant colonization and soil properties on newly exposed shoreline during drawdown of Lake Mead, Mojave Desert. Lake and Reservoir Management 30:105-114. (undergraduate student third author)

67. Smith, S.D., T.N. Charlet, S.F. Zitzer, S.R. Abella, C.H. Vanier, and T.E. Huxman. 2014. Long-term response of a Mojave Desert winter annual plant community to a whole-ecosystem atmospheric CO2 manipulation (FACE). Global Change Biology 20:879-892.

66. Abella, S.R., J.E. Craig, S.L. McPherson, and J.E. Spencer. 2014. Watercourse-upland and elevational gradients in spring vegetation of a Mojave-Great Basin Desert landscape. Natural Areas Journal 34:79-91. (M.S. student third author)

65. Abella, S.R., A.A. Suazo, C.M. Norman, and A.C. Newton. 2013. Treatment alternatives and timing affect seeds of African mustard (Brassica tournefortii), an invasive forb in American Southwest arid lands. Invasive Plant Science and Management 6:559-567.

64. Abella, S.R., C.W. Denton, R.W. Steinke, and D.G. Brewer. 2013. Soil development in vegetation patches of Pinus ponderosa forests: interface with restoration thinning and carbon storage. Forest Ecology and Management 310:632-642.

63. Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, and D.M. Backer. 2013. Soil, vegetation, and seed bank of a Sonoran Desert ecosystem along an exotic plant (Pennisetum ciliare) treatment gradient. Environmental Management 52:946-957.

62. Abella, S.R., and E.C. Engel. 2013. Influences of wildfires on organic carbon, total nitrogen, and other properties of desert soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77:1806-1817.

61. Abella, S.R., and A. Tendick. 2013. Distribution of exotic plant species and relationship to vegetation type at Bryce Canyon National Park, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 120:48-58.

60. Van Linn, P.F., K.E. Nussear, T.C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, R.D. Inman, and S.R. Abella. 2013. Estimating wildfire risk on a Mojave Desert landscape using remote sensing and field sampling. International Journal of Wildland Fire 22:770-779.  (M.S. student lead author)

59. Abella, S.R., and S.D. Smith. 2013. Annual-perennial plant relationships and species selection for desert restoration. Journal of Arid Land 5:298-309. (Special issue: Invasive Species and Global Change from the International Symposium on Invasive Plants and Global Change, Urumqi, China, 2012)

58. Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, and C.H. Vanier. 2013. Characterizing soil seed banks and relationships to plant communities. Plant Ecology 214:703-715.

57. Juand, B.S., S.R. Abella, and A.A. Suazo. 2013. Seed bank longevity and carry over of the exotic annual grass Bromus rubens in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 94:68-75.  (M.S. student lead author)

56. Jurand, B.S., and S.R. Abella. 2013. Soil seed banks of the exotic annual grass Bromus rubens on a burned desert landscape. Rangeland Ecology and Management 66:157-163.  (M.S. student lead author)

55. Suazo, A.A., D.J. Craig, C.H. Vanier, and S.R. Abella. 2013. Seed removal patterns in burned and unburned desert habitats: implications for ecological restoration. Journal of Arid Environments 88:165-174.

54. Abella, S.R., L.P. Chiquoine, and D.M. Backer. 2012. Ecological characteristics of sites invaded by buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare). Invasive Plant Science and Management 5:443-453.

53. Embrey, T.M., J. Curtis, S.E. Henke, K.J. Edwards, K.A. Prengaman, S.M. Schmid, and S.R. Abella. 2012. Thirty new localities for Eriogonum jonesii. Canotia 8:59-64.

52. Abella, S.R., D.J. Craig, S.D. Smith, and A.C. Newton. 2012. Identifying native vegetation for reducing exotic species during the restoration of desert ecosystems. Restoration Ecology  20:781-787.

51. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2012. Soil seed banks in a mature coniferous forest landscape: dominance of native perennials and low spatial variability. Seed Science Research 22:207-217.

50. Abella, S.R., D.C. Craig, and A.A. Suazo. 2012. Outplanting but not seeding establishes native desert perennials. Native Plants Journal 13:81-89.

49. Abella, S.R., J.C. Hurja, D.J. Merkler, C.W. Denton, and D.G. Brewer. 2012. Overstory-understory relationships along forest type and environmental gradients in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada, USA. Folia Geobotanica 47:119-134.

48. Abella, S.R., T.M. Embrey, S.M. Schmid, and K.A. Prengaman. 2012. Biophysical correlates with the distribution of the invasive annual red brome (Bromus rubens) on a Mojave Desert landscape. Invasive Plant Science and Management 5:47-56.

47. Abella, S.R., E.C. Engel, J.D. Springer, and W.W. Covington. 2012. Relationships of exotic plant communities with native vegetation, environmental factors, disturbance, and landscape ecosystems of Pinus ponderosa forests, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 271:65-74.

46. Suazo, A.A., J.E. Spencer, E.C. Engel, and S.R. Abella. 2012. Responses of native and non-native Mojave Desert winter annuals to soil disturbance and water additions. Biological Invasions 14:215-227.

45. Abella, S.R., K.A. Prengaman, T.M. Embrey, S.M. Schmid, A.C. Newton, and D.J. Merkler. 2012. A hierarchical analysis of vegetation on a Mojave Desert landscape, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 78:135-143.

44. Abella, S.R. 2011. How well do U.S. Forest Service terrestrial ecosystem surveys correspond with measured vegetation properties? Silva Fennica 45:611-632.

43. Engel, E.C., and S.R. Abella. 2011. Vegetation recovery in a desert landscape after wildfires: influences of community type, time since fire and contingency effects. Journal of Applied Ecology 48:1401-1410.

42. Abella, S.R., A.C. Lee, and A.A. Suazo. 2011. Effects of burial depth and substrate on the emergence of Bromus rubens and Brassica tournefortii. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 110:17-24. (undergraduate student second author)

41. Abella, S.R., D.J. Craig, L.P. Chiquoine, K.A. Prengaman, S.M. Schmid, and T.M. Embrey. 2011. Relationships of native desert plants with red brome (Bromus rubens): toward identifying invasion-reducing species. Invasive Plant Science and Management 4:115-124.

40. Abella, S.R. 2010. Thinning pine plantations to reestablish Oak Openings species in northwestern Ohio. Environmental Management 46:391-403.

39. Abella, S.R. 2010. Disturbance and plant succession in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the American Southwest. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 7:1248-1284.

38. Craig, D.J., J.E. Craig, S.R. Abella, and C.H. Vanier. 2010. Factors affecting exotic annual plant cover and richness along roadsides in the eastern Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 74:702-707.

37. Abella, S.R., E.C. Engel, C.L. Lund, and J.E. Spencer. 2009. Early post-fire plant establishment on a Mojave Desert burn. Madroño 56:137-148.

36. Abella, S.R., and C.W. Denton. 2009. Spatial variation in reference conditions: historical tree density and pattern on a Pinus ponderosa landscape. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39:2391-2403.

35. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2009. Planting trials in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Restoration 27:290-299.

34. Abella, S.R. 2009. Post-fire plant recovery in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of western North America. Journal of Arid Environments 73:699-707.

33. Abella, S.R. 2009. Smoke-cued emergence in plant species of ponderosa pine forests: contrasting greenhouse and field results. Fire Ecology 5:22-37.

32. Abella, S.R., J.L. Gunn, M.L. Daniels, J.D. Springer, and S.E. Nyoka. 2009. Using a diverse seed mix to establish native plants on a Sonoran Desert burn. Native Plants Journal 10:21-31.

31. Abella, S.R., J.E. Spencer, J. Hoines, and C. Nazarchyk. 2009. Assessing an exotic plant surveying program in the Mojave Desert, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 151:221-230.

30. Abella, S.R. 2008. A unique old-growth ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 40:1-11.

29. Craig, J.E., and S.R. Abella. 2008. Vegetation of grassy remnants in the Las Vegas Valley, southern Nevada. Desert Plants 24:16-23.

28. Abella, S.R. 2008. A systematic review of wild burro grazing effects on Mojave Desert vegetation, USA. Environmental Management 41:809-819.

27. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2008. Canopy-tree influences along a soil parent material gradient in Pinus-ponderosa-Quercus gambelii forests, northern Arizona. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135:26-36.

26. Abella, S.R., A.C. Newton, and D.N. Bangle. 2007. Plant succession in the eastern Mojave Desert: an example from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, southern Nevada. Crossosoma 33:45-55.

25. Abella, S.R., W.W. Covington, P.Z. Fulé, L.B. Lentile, A.J. Sánchez Meador, and P. Morgan. 2007. Past, present, and future old growth in frequent-fire conifer forests of the western United States. Ecology and Society 12(2):16. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art16/. 16 pp.

24. Abella, S.R., J.D. Springer, and W.W. Covington. 2007. Seed banks of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: responses to environmental gradients and fire cues. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37:552-567.

23. Laughlin, D.C., and S.R. Abella. 2007. Abiotic and biotic factors explain independent gradients of plant community composition in ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Modelling 205:231-240. (PhD student lead author)

22. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2007. Forest-floor treatments in Arizona ponderosa pine restoration ecosystems: no short-term effects on plant communities. Western North American Naturalist 67:120-132.

21. Abella, S.R., and B.W. Zimmer. 2007. Estimating organic carbon from loss-on-ignition in northern Arizona forest soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:545-550.

20. MacDonald, N.W., B.T. Scull, and S.R. Abella. 2007. Mid-spring burning reduces spotted knapweed and increases native grasses during a Michigan experimental grassland establishment. Restoration Ecology 15:118-128. (undergraduate student second author)

19. Laughlin, D.C., S.R. Abella, W.W. Covington, and J.B. Grace. 2007. Species richness and soil properties in Pinus ponderosa forests: a structural equation modeling analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 18:231-242. (PhD student lead author)

18. Abella, S.R., J.F. Jaeger, and T.A. Schetter. 2007. Public land acquisition and ecological restoration: an example from northwest Ohio’s Oak Openings region. Natural Areas Journal 27:92-97.

17. Abella, S.R., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2006. Diameter caps for thinning southwestern ponderosa pine forests: viewpoints, effects, and tradeoffs. Journal of Forestry 104:407-414.

16. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2006. Forest ecosystems of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: multifactor classification and implications for ecological restoration. Journal of Biogeography 33:1368-1383.

15. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2006. Vegetation-environment relationships and ecological species groups of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape. Plant Ecology 185:255-268.

14. Abella, S.R. 2006. Effects of smoke and fire-related cues on Penstemon barbatus seeds. American Midland Naturalist 155:404-410.

13. Abella, S.R., J.F. Jaeger, and L.G. Brewer. 2004. Fifteen years of plant community dynamics during a northwest Ohio oak savanna restoration. Michigan Botanist 43:117-127.

12. Abella, S.R., L.R. Gering, and V.B. Shelburne. 2004. Slope correction of plot dimensions for vegetation sampling in mountainous terrain. Natural Areas Journal 24:348-350.

11. Abella, S.R., and V.B. Shelburne. 2004. Ecological species groups of South Carolina’s Jocassee Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 131:220-231.

10. Abella, S.R., and W.W. Covington. 2004. Monitoring an Arizona ponderosa pine restoration: sampling efficiency and multivariate analysis of understory vegetation. Restoration Ecology 12:359-367.

9. Abella, S.R., and J.F. Jaeger. 2004. Ecology of eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) in Oak Openings Preserve, northwestern Ohio. Michigan Botanist 43:1-11.

8. Abella, S.R. 2004. Tree thinning and prescribed burning effects on ground flora in Arizona ponderosa pine forests: a review. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 36:68-76.

7. Abella, S.R. 2003. Quantifying ecosystem geomorphology of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Physical Geography 24:488-501.

6. Abella, S.R., V.B. Shelburne, and N.W. MacDonald. 2003. Multifactor classification of forest landscape ecosystems of Jocassee Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains, South Carolina. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:1933-1946.

5. Abella, S.R., and V.B. Shelburne. 2003. Eastern white pine establishment in the oak landscape of the Ellicott Rock Wilderness, southern Appalachian Mountains. Castanea 68:201-210.

4. Abella, S.R., and N.W. MacDonald. 2002. Spatial and temporal patterns of eastern white pine regeneration in a northwestern Ohio oak stand. Michigan Botanist 41:115-123.

3. Abella, S.R., J.F. Jaeger, D.H. Gehring, R.G. Jacksy, K.S. Menard, and K.A. High. 2001. Restoring historic plant communities in the Oak Openings region of northwest Ohio. Ecological Restoration 19:155-160.

2. Abella, S.R. 2001. Effectiveness of different management strategies for controlling spotted knapweed in remnant and restored prairies. Ecological Restoration 19:117-118.

1. Abella, S.R., and N.W. MacDonald. 2000. Intense burns may reduce spotted knapweed germination. Ecological Restoration 18:203-205.

BOOK CHAPTERS/PARTS OF LARGER WORKS (for individual use only, a shared folder is available with all PDFs)

9.   Erickson, T.E., M. Muñoz-Rojas, A. Guzzomi, M. Masarei, E. Ling, A.M. Bateman, O.A. Kildisheva, A.L. Ritchie, S.R. Turner, B. Parsons, P. Chester, T. Webster, S. Wishart, J.J. James, M.D. Madsen, S.R. Abella, and D.J. Merritt. 2019. A case study of seed-use technology development for Pilbara mine site rehabilitation. Pp. 679-693 in Fourie, A.B., and M. Tibbett (eds.). Mine closure – proceedings of the 13th international conference on mine closure. Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth.

8. Abella, S.R. 2017. Restoring desert ecosystems. Pp. 158-172 in Allison, S.K., and S.D. Murphy (eds.). Routledge handbook of ecological and environmental restoration. Routledge, NY. 512 pp.

7. Abella, S.R. 2013. Great Basin montane forests. Pp. 607-609 in Howarth, R.W. (ed.). Biomes and ecosystems: an encyclopedia. Salem Press, Hackensack, NJ. 1440 pp.

6. Engel, E.C., and S.R. Abella. 2012. Littoral vegetation. Pp. 99-100 in Rosen, M.R., K. Turner, S.L. Goodbred, and J.M. Miller (eds.). A synthesis of aquatic science for management of Lakes Mead and Mohave. Circular 1381. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 168 pp.

5. Abella, S.R., and E.C. Engel. 2012. Riparian vegetation. Pp. 95-98 in Rosen, M.R., K. Turner, S.L. Goodbred, and J.M. Miller (eds.). A synthesis of aquatic science for management of Lakes Mead and Mohave. Circular 1381. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 168 pp.

4. Abella, S.R. 2012. Restoration of desert ecosystems. Nature Education Knowledge 4(1):7. http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/restoration-of-desert-ecosystems-84676323

3. Springer, J.D., S.R. Abella, and T.R. DeKoker. 2011. A survey of monitoring and management activities for conserving rare plants in national parks and protected areas, Arizona and Nevada, USA. Pp. 307-317 in Daniels, J.A. (ed.). Advances in environmental research, volume 8. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.

2. Abella, S.R. 2010. Exotic species. Pp. 1048-1050 in Warf, B. (ed.). Encyclopedia of geography, volume 2. SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

1. Abella, S.R., and A.C. Newton. 2009. A systematic review of species performance and treatment effectiveness for revegetation in the Mojave Desert, USA. Pp. 45-74 in Fernandez-Bernal, A., and M.A. De La Rosa (eds.). Arid environments and wind erosion. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY. 394 pp.

BOOK

Abella, S.R. 2015. Conserving America's National Parks. CreateSpace, Charleston, SC. 200 pp. 

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (a shared folder is available with all PDFs)

10. Dingman, S, S.R. Abella, M. Frey, P. Budde, and T. Hogan. 2018. Invasive plant management planning: technical considerations. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRSS/BRD/NRR—2018/1820. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, Fort Collins, CO. 84 pp.

9. Kaufmann, M.R., D.W. Huisjen, S. Kitchen, M. Babler, S.R. Abella, T.S. Gardiner, D. McAvoy, J. Howie, and D.H. Page. 2016. Gambel oak ecology and management in the southern Rockies: the status of our knowledge. SRFSN Publication 2016-1. Southern Rockies Fire Sciences Network, Fort Collins, CO. 16 pp.

8. Abella, S.R., C.W. Denton, D.G. Brewer, W.A. Robbie, R.W. Steinke, and W.W. Covington. 2011. Using a terrestrial ecosystem survey to estimate historical density of ponderosa pine trees. Research Note RMRS-RN-45. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 9 pp.

7. Abella, S.R. 2009. Tree canopy types constrain plant distributions in ponderosa pine-Gambel oak forests, northern Arizona. Research Note RMRS-RN-39. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 7 pp.

6. Abella, S.R. 2008. Managing Gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine forests: the status of our knowledge. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-218. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 27 pp.

5. Abella, S.R. 2008. Gambel oak growth forms: management opportunities for increasing ecosystem diversity. Research Note RMRS-RN-37. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 6 pp.

4. Abella, S.R., and P.Z. Fulé. 2008. Changes in Gambel oak densities in southwestern ponderosa pine forests since Euro-American settlement. Research Note RMRS-RN-36. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 6 pp.

3. Abella, S.R., and J.D. Springer. 2008. Estimating soil seed bank characteristics in ponderosa pine forests using vegetation and forest-floor data. Research Note RMRS-RN-35. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 8 pp.

2. Abella, S.R. 2008. Plant recruitment in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest: testing seed- and leaf litter-limitation hypotheses. Pp. 119-127 in Olberding, S.D., and M.M. Moore (tech. coords.). Fort Valley Experimental Forest – a century of research 1908-2008. Proceedings RMRS-P-53CD. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 402 pp.

1. Abella, S.R., and P.Z. Fulé. 2008. Fire effects on Gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine-oak forests. Research Note RMRS-RN-34. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 6 pp.

OUTREACH/POPULAR ARTICLES

59. Abella, S., L. Chiquoine, M. Balogh, A. Taylor, and S. Munson. 2023. Long-term change in desert annuals during restoration, Joshua Tree National Park. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

58. Abella, S., K. Berry, and S. Ferrazzano. 2023. Status of knowledge synthesis for desert habitat restoration and post-fire rehabilitation. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

57. Abella, S., L. Sprow, and T. Schetter. 2022. Delayed tree mortality after prescribed fires in mixed oak forests in northwestern Ohio. Ignis: Newsletter of the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium 11(2):2-3.

56. Abella, S., A. Rader, L. Chiquoine, J. Weigand, J. Perkins, and S. Munson. 2021. Bet-hedging desert restoration practices during drought. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

55. Abella, S. 2021. Field guide for estimating desert invasive grass fuel. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

54. Abella, S. 2020. Post-fire recovery four decades after desert wildfires. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

53. Chiquoine, L., and S. Abella. 2020. Reducing fuel while protecting soil biocrusts. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

52. Abella, S. 2020. Treatments and planting location affect post-burn restoration. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

51. Abella, S., L. Chiquoine, and J. Weigand. 2019. Facilitating natural recruitment for desert revegetation. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

50. Abella, S., R. Guida, C. Roberts, C. Norman, and J. Holland. 2019. Long-term change in Mojave Desert vegetation during 37 years of climatic and land-use dynamics. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

49. Abella, S. 2019. National Park Service guidance for invasive plant management planning. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

48. Abella, S., and L. Chiquoine. 2018. Non-native plants, fuels, and desert revegetation. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

47. Abella, S. 2016. Forest changes studied in Jocassee Gorges between 2001 and 2016. Jocassee Journal 17(2):10. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC.

46. Abella, S., and L. Chiquoine. 2016. Restoring desert biocrusts after severe disturbances. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

45. Abella, S., and K. Berry. 2016. Synthesizing best-management practices for desert tortoise habitats. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 2 pp.

44. Abella, S. 2016. Fire and active conservation in national parks. Publication review. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 1 p.

43. Abella, S. 2016. Improving forage quality for desert tortoises. Research brief for resource managers. California Fire Science Consortium, Berkeley, CA. 1 p.

42. Abella, S. 2015. Best management practices: reducing impacts of roads. Fact sheet for desert tortoise habitat management. Desert Tortoise Council, Palmdale, CA. 3 pp.

41. Abella, S. 2015. Best management practices: rehabilitating severe disturbance. Fact sheet for desert tortoise habitat management. Desert Tortoise Council, Palmdale, CA. 3 pp.

40. Abella, S. 2015. Best management practices: salvaging topsoil. Fact sheet for desert tortoise habitat management. Desert Tortoise Council, Palmdale, CA. 3 pp.

39. Abella, S. 2015. Best management practices: enhancing forage. Fact sheet for desert tortoise habitat management. Desert Tortoise Council, Palmdale, CA. 3 pp.

38. Abella, S. 2015. Best management practices: restoring perennial plants. Fact sheet for desert tortoise habitat management. Desert Tortoise Council, Palmdale, CA. 3 pp.

37. Abella, S., and J. Springer.  2014. Effects of tree cutting and fire on understory vegetation in mixed conifer forests. Fact sheet. Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ. 3 pp.

36. Abella, S. 2013. Impacts and management of hemlock woolly adelgid in forest ecosystems of eastern parks. Project brief. Biological Resource Management Division, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 2 pp.

35. Abella, S. 2013. Ecological conditions along an exotic plant removal gradient in Saguaro National Park. Project brief. Biological Resource Management Division, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 2 pp.

34. Abella, S. 2013. Effectiveness of exotic plant treatments on National Park Service lands. Project brief. Biological Resource Management Division, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 2 pp.

33. Abella, S. 2011. Lake Mead’s applied science program. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 4(4):1-3.

32. Abella, S. 2011. Benefits of publications available to resource managers and stakeholders. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 4(3):9-10.

31. Engel, E.C., and S.R. Abella. 2011. Vegetation recovery in a desert landscape after wildfires: influences of community type, time since fire and contingency effects: article available online – early view in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 4(3):1, 3.

30. Abella, S., C. Denton, D. Brewer, W. Robbie, R. Steinke, and W.W. Covington. 2011. Using a terrestrial ecosystem survey to estimate the historical density of ponderosa pine trees. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 4(2):3-4.

29. Abella, S. 2011. Article in press on overstory-understory changes in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 4(2):1, 9-12.

28. Abella, S. 2011. Red brome distribution in the eastern Mojave Desert. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 4(1):3-4.

27. Abella, S. 2010. Native species interactions with red brome: suggestions for burn-area revegetation. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 3(4):1.

26. Engel, C., and S. Abella. 2010. Trying to beat the brome: understanding establishment thresholds and choosing competitive native species at Parashant National Monument. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 3(4):3,7.

25. Abella, S. 2010. Undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental science at UNLV. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 3(4):4.

24. Abella, S. 2010. Renewable energy projects in southwestern deserts – update on our involvement. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 3(2):5-7.

23. Engel, E.C., and S.R. Abella. 2010. Evaluating efficacy of restoration techniques, Keys View Road reconstruction, Joshua Tree National Park, California, U.S.A. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 3(2):3-4.

22. Abella, S. 2010. Survey of resource managers completed on monitoring and management actions for rare plants in Arizona and Nevada. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 3(2):1-2.

21. Abella, S.R., C.W. Denton, D.G. Brewer, W.A. Robbie, R.W. Steinke, and W.W. Covington. 2010. Using a terrestrial ecosystem survey to estimate the historical density of ponderosa pine trees in northern Arizona. Fact sheet, Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ. 4 pp.

20. Abella, S. 2009. Progress in strategic research areas. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 2(4):1-2.

19. Abella, S., and C. Engel. 2009. Heat and smoke effects on red brome soil seed banks. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 2(3):3,5.

18. Abella, S. 2009. Synthesis completed of post-fire recovery of native perennials in the Mojave, Sonoran Deserts. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 2(2):5.

17. Springer, J., and S. Abella. 2009. Using a diverse seed mix to establish native plants on a Sonoran Desert burn. The Plant Press 33(1):16-17. Arizona Native Plant Society, Tucson, AZ.

16. Abella, S. 2009. ENV 492 undergraduate research symposium. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 2(1):2.

15. Abella, S. 2008. Fire history and forest structural change in the Spring Mountains. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(4):2.

14. Craig, J., and S. Abella. 2008. Opportunities for new collaborative projects. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(4):1.

13. Abella, S. 2008. New book chapter reviewing Mojave Desert revegetation practices is forthcoming. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(3):4.

12. Abella, S. 2008. We’re moving into UNLV’s new Science and Engineering Building. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(2):2.

11. Engel, C., and S. Abella. 2008. Plant community response to fire: a chronosequence study. Mojave Applied Ecology Notes 1(1):3.

10. Abella, S.R. 2007. Propagation protocol for vegetative production of container Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray plants (1 gallon container). In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery, Moscow, ID.

9. Abella, S. 2005. Smoke-cued germination in forest understory plants. Restoration News, Fall 2005. 3 pp. Newsletter of the Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ.

8. Abella, S. 2004. Researching soil and vegetation gradients in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests. Restoration News, Winter 2004. 2 pp. Newsletter of the Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ.

7. Abella, S. 2003. Ecosystem modeling in Jocassee Gorges will help with future management. Jocassee Journal 4(1):7. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC.

6. Abella, S.R., and V.B. Shelburne. 2002. Jocassee Gorges ecosystem classification project continues. Jocassee Journal 3(2):1. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC.

5. Abella, S. 2000. Jocassee ecosystem diversity to be researched. Jocassee Journal 1(2):7. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC.

4. Abella, S. 2000. Nature’s datebook: seasonal highlights to search for in your metroparks. Green Scene Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2000:13. Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH.

3. Abella, S. 2000. Harroun Park: hidden gem of Sylvania. Sylvania Herald 90(27):1. Herald Newspapers, Sylvania, OH.

2. Abella, S. 2000. Residents landscape with native plants. Sylvania Herald 90(12):3. Herald Newspapers, Sylvania, OH.

1. Abella, S. 2000. Metroparks restore habitat with prescribed fire. Sylvania Herald 90(9):2. Herald Newspapers, Sylvania, OH.