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Peter Weisberg

Professor, Landscape Ecology

Summary

The mission of Weisberg lab is to improve our understanding of landscape dynamics and to apply this understanding in support of sound natural resource management. We are interested in the causes and consequences of landscape change, including climate shifts, natural and anthropogenic disturbance, fire-climate-vegetation interactions, treeline dynamics, forest mortality and ecosystem resilience, response of vegetation to fire and to altered fire regimes, grazing effects, and invasive species. Of particular interest are the controlling influences on the distribution of trees in arid landscapes, in which context we study spatial pattern and causal mechanism underlying recent and historical expansions and contractions of semi-arid woodlands. With our collaborators we explore animal use of heterogeneous landscapes through spatial modeling of habitat quality, habitat change and landscape connectivity. Our research is highly interdisciplinary and employs a broad methodological toolkit, including field studies, dendrochronology, greenhouse experiments, GIS, remote sensing, geospatial analysis and ecological modeling. Although we often work internationally, the special geographical focus of the Lab is on landscapes of the Great Basin and eastern Sierras.

Education

B.S., 1992, SUNY College of Env. Science and Forestry (Forest Biology)
M.S., 1994, University of Wyoming (Biogeography)
PhD, 1998 Oregon State University (Forest Ecology)

Publications

Bulletins

Plant community response to tamarisk invasion and hydrologic regime in the Cataract Canyon, Canyonlands National Park.

2009

Canyonlands National Park.

Mortenson, S. G., Weisberg, P. J.

Monitoring vegetation of desert springs: a literature review

2008

Death Valley National Park, USDI National Park Service.(pp. 36 p.)

Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T.

Datasets

2020

Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive.

Board, David I.; Dilts, Thomas E.; Weisberg, Peter J.; Knight, Anna C.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Lord, Mark L.; Miller, Jerry R.

2020

FigShare

Garbarino, M., Weisberg, P. J.

Journals

2023

Landscape Ecology, 38, 1395–1410

Dilts, T.E., Blum, M.E., Shoemaker, K.T. et al.

2023

Ecosphere, 14(5), e4505

Redmond, M. D., Urza, A. K., & Weisberg, P. J.

2023

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 9(6), 729-742

Garbarino, M., Morresi, D., Anselmetto, N., & Weisberg, P. J.

2022

Journal of Biogeography, 49(12), pp.2309-2320

Vasey, G.L., Weisberg, P.J. and Urza, A.K.,

2021

Rangeland Ecology & Management, 76, pp.118-128

Flake, S.W. and Weisberg, P.J.

2021

Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(8), 1776–1789.

Urza, A. K., Weisberg, P. J., Board, D., Chambers, J. C., Kitchen, S. G., & Roundy, B. A.

2021

Remote Sensing of Environment, 263, 112568

Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T. E., Greenberg, J. A., Johnson, K. N., Pai, H., Sladek, C., … Ready, A.

2021

Applied Vegetation Science 24 (1), e12547

IT Borokini, PJ Weisberg, MM Peacock

2020

Ecological Applications, 30(7), e02158

Urza, A. K., Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T. E.

2020

Landscape Ecology, 35, 2641-2644

Garbarino, M., Weisberg, P. J.

2020

Water, 12(8), 2191

Lohani, S., Dilts, T. E., Weisberg, P. J., Null, S. E., Hogan, Z. S.

2019

Ecography, Volume 43, Issue 4

Wion, A. P., Weisberg, P. J., Pearse, I. S., Redmond, M. D.

2019

Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 3663-3671

Peckham, M. A., Gustin, M. S., Weisberg, P. J.

2019

Biogeochemistry (2019) 142: 265

Peckham, M., Gustin, M. S., Weisberg, P. J., Weiss-Penzias, P.

2019

New Phytologist, 223(4), 1795--1808

Urza, A. K., Weisberg, P. J., Chambers, J. C., Sullivan, B. W.

2018

Environmental Science and Technology, 52(23), 1174-1182.

Arnold, J., Gustin, M. S., Weisberg, P. J.

2018

Ecohydrology

Petersky R,, Shoemaker K.T., Weisberg P.J., Harpold A.

2018

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 108(6), 1635-1654.

Klimaszewski-Patterson, A., Weisberg, P. J., Mensing, S. A., Scheller, R. M.

2017

Ecological Indicators, 79, 173-181.

Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T., Baughman, O., Meyer, S., Leger, E. A., Van Gunst, J., Cleeves, L.

2017

Wetlands, 37(2), 257 - 268.

Gosejohan, M. C., Weisberg, P. J., Merriam, K. E.

2017

Journal of Arid Environments, 147, 34-39.

Ziffer-Berger, J., Weisberg, P. J., Cablk, M. E., Moshe, Y., Osem, Y.

2017

Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 2069.

Shelef, O., Weisberg, P. J., Provenza, F. D.

2017

Journal of Ecology, 106(2), 625-639

Redmond, M. D., Weisberg, P. J., Cobb, N. S., Clifford, M. J.

2016

Forest Ecology and Management

Redmond, M. D., Weisberg, P. J., Cobb, N. S., Gehring, C. A., Whipple, A. V., Whitham, T. G.

Do denser forests have greater risk of tree mortality: A remote sensing analysis of density-dependent forest mortality.

2016

Forest Ecology and Management, 359, 19-32.

Van Gunst, K. J., Weisberg, P. J., Yang, J., Fan, Y.

Impacts of climate change and renewable energy development on habitat of an endemic squirrel Xerospermophilus mohavensis in the Mojave Desert, USA.

2016

Biological Conservation, 200, 112-121

Inman, R., Esque, T., Nussear, K., Matocq, M., Leitner, P., Weisberg, P., Dilts, T.

Multi-scale connectivity and graph theory highlight critical areas for conservation under climate change.

2016

Ecological Applications, 26, 1223-1237

Dilts, T., Weisberg, P., Leitner, P., Matocq, M., Inman, R., Nussear, K., Esque, T.

2016

Livestock use has mixed effects on slender orcutt grass in northeastern California vernal pools.

Merriam, K. E., Gosejohan, M. C., Weisberg, P. J., Bovee, K. M.

2016

Rangeland Ecology and Management, 69(2), 129-133

Condon, L., Weisberg, P. J.

Fire modulates climate change response of simulated aspen distribution across topoclimatic gradients in a semi-arid montane landscape.

2015

Landscape Ecology, 30(6), 1055 - 1073.

Yang, J., Weisberg, P. J., Shinneman, D. J., Dilts, T., Earnst, S. L., Scheller, R. M. (2015).

Functionally relevant climate variables for arid lands: using climatic water deficit modeling to predict distribution of desert shrub vegetation.

2015

Journal of Biogeography, 42(10), 1986 - 1997.

Dilts, T., Weisberg, P. J., Dencker, C. M., Chambers, J. C.

Geomorphic predictors of riparian vegetation in small mountain watersheds.

2015

Journal of Plant Ecology, 8, 593 - 604.

Engelhardt, B. M., Chambers, J. C., Weisberg, P. J.

Predicting wildfire occurrence distribution with spatial point process models and its uncertainty assessment: a case study in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA.

2015

International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24, 380 - 390.

Yang, J., Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T., Loudermilk, L., Scheller, R., Stanton, A., Skinner, C.

Sex-related spatial segregation along environmental gradients in the dioecious conifer, Taxus baccata.

2015

Forest Ecology and Management, 358, 122 - 129.

Garbarino, M., Weisberg, P. J., Bagnara, L., Urbinati, C.

Synergistic effects of spring temperatures and land cover on nest survival of urban birds.

2015

Condor, 117, 18 - 30.

Becker, M. E., Weisberg, P. J.

A 40-year record of tree establishment following chaining and prescribed fire in pinyon-juniper woodlands.

2014

Rangeland Ecology and Management, 67, 389-396.

Bristow, N. A., Weisberg, P. J., Tausch, R. J.

Application of tree rings [dendrochemistry] for detecting historical trends in air Hg concentrations across multiple scales

2014

Biogeochemistry120:149-12

Wright, G., Woodward, C., Peri, L., Weisberg, P., Gustin, M. S.

2014

Acta Oecologica, 59, 72-83.

Weisberg, P. J., Dilts, T., Becker, M. E., Young, J. S., Wong-Kone, D. C., Newton, W. E., Ammon, E. C.

Influence of climate and environment on post-fire recovery of mountain big sagebrush.

2014

International Journal of Wildland Fire, 23, 131-142.

Nelson, Z. J., Weisberg, P. J., Kitchen, S. G.

Spatial patterns provide support for the stress-gradient hypothesis over a range-wide aridity gradient.

2014

Journal of Arid Environments, 102, 27-33.

Berger, J. Z., Weisberg, P. J., Cablk, M., Osem, Y.

Spatio-temporal analysis of remotely-sensed forest mortality associated with road de-icing salts.

2014

Science of the Total Environment, 472, 929-938.

Fan, Y., Weisberg, P. J., Nowak, R. S.

2013

Ecological Modelling, 250: 45-57.

Karam, S. L., Weisberg, P. J., Scheller, R. M., Johnson, D. W., and W. Miller.

2013

Restoration Ecology, 21(1): 12-16.

Weisberg, P.J., Mortenson, S.G., and T.E. Dilts.

2012

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(3): 531-548.

Dilts, T.E., Yang, J., Weisberg, P.J., Olson, T.J., Turner, P.L., and Condon, L.A.

2012

Forest Ecology and Management, 263: 67-73.

Weisberg, P.J., and D.W. Ko.

2012

Biological Invasions, 14(5): 1061-1076.

Mortenson, S.G., Weisberg, P.J. and L.E. Stevens.

2011

International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20, 597-604

Condon, L. A., Weisberg, P. J., Chambers, J. C.

2011

Landscape and Urban Planning, 102(2), 93-101

Trammell, E. Jamie, Weisberg, P. J., Bassett, S.

Land-use legacy of historical tree harvesting for charcoal production in a semi-arid woodland

2011

Forest Ecology and Management, 261(7), 1283-1292

Ko, D. W., Sparrow, A. D., Weisberg, P. J.

2011

Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(9), 2384-2389

Sunderman, S. O., Weisberg, P. J.

2010

Global Ecology & Biogeography, 19, 562-574.

Mortenson, S. J., Weisberg, P. J.

2010

Global Ecology and Biogeography, no. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00616.x

Pautasso, M., Böhning-Gaese, K., Clergeau, P., Cueto, V. R., Dinetti, M., Fernández-Juricic, E., Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, M.-L., Jokimäki, J., McKinney, M. L., Sodhi, N. S., Storch, D., Tomialojc, L., Weisberg, P. J., Woinarski, J., Fuller, R. A., Cantarello, E.

Application of a rule-based model to estimate mercury exchange for three background biomes in the continental United States.

2009

Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 4989 - 4994.

Hartman, J., Weisberg, P. J., Pillai, R., Ericksen, J., Kuiken, T., Lindberg, S., Zhang, H., Rytuba, J., Gustin, M. S.

Canopy cover estimation in semi-arid woodlands: comparison of field-based and remote sensing methods..

2009

Forest Science, 55, 132 - 141.

Ko, D., Bristow, N., Greenwood, D. L., Weisberg, P. J.

Fire history of a central Nevada pinyon-juniper woodland..

2009

Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39, 1589 - 1599.

Bauer, J. M., Weisberg, P. J.

GIS-based modeling of pinyon-juniper woodland structure in the Great Basin..

2009

Forest Science, 55, 1 - 12.

Greenwood, D. L., Weisberg, P. J.

Historical fire frequency on contrasting slope facets along the McKenzie River, western Oregon Cascades..

2009

Western North American Naturalist, 69, 206 - 214.

Weisberg, P. J.

Influence of climate, fire, and topography on contemporary age structures of Douglas-fir at 205 old forest sites in Western Oregon: A study in variability.

2009

Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39, 1518 - 1530.

Poage, N. J., Weisberg, P. J., Tappeiner, J. C., Impara, P. C., Sensenig, T. S.

Natural and anthropogenic disturbances: interactions and effects on the structure of European larch forests..

2009

Forest Ecology and Management, 257, 1794 - 1802.

Garbarino, M., Weisberg, P. J., Motta, R.

Modeling fire and landform influences on the distribution of old-growth pinyon-juniper woodland.

2008

Landscape Ecology, 23, 931-943.

Weisberg, P. J., Ko, D., Py, C., Bauer, J.

Presentations

2019

American Fisheries Society & The Wildlife Society

M Matocq, TE Dilts, E Larrucea, P Weisberg, M Crowell, KT Shoemaker

Professional Papers

Fire Patterns and Fire Effects on the Plant Community, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

2010

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Weisberg, P. J., Sunderman, S. O., Karam, S. L.

Long-term Vegetation Response to Chaining and Prescribed Fire in Eastern Nevada Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands.

2010

Bureau of Land Management.

Bristow, N., Tausch, R., Weisberg, P. J.

Research Reports

2023

Nevada Historical Society Q 66(4), 2-38

Page, D.H., Jr., Weisberg, P., Page, S.E., & Straka, T.J.

Technical Publication

2018

US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Board, D. I., Chambers, J. C., Miller, R. F., Weisberg, P. J.