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Patrick S. Bourgeron
Dr. Patrick S. Bourgeron Senior Scientist Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research INSTAAR University of Colorado Campus Box 450 Boulder, CO 80309-0450 United States of America Phone: +1 3034925212 E-mail: patrick.bourgeron(at)colorado.edu URL Institution: instaar.colorado.edu/ Phone: +1 3034925212 E-mail: patrick.bourgeron(at)colorado.edu URL Institution: instaar.colorado.edu/ |
Additional functions:
Chair, Working Group: Disturbance regimes and social-ecological systems in complex mountain landscapes,The Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MtnSEON, University of Idaho
Key Publications of Patrick S. Bourgeron (up to ten) :
1. Jensen, M.E., and P.S. Bourgeron, eds. 2001. A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
2. V. Spyratos, P.S. Bourgeron, and M. Ghil. 2007. Development at the wildland–urban interface and the mitigation of forest-fire risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104: 14272-14276 Access online at http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/36/14272
3. Malanson, G., P.S. Bourgeron and 14 others. 2007. Alpine Treeline of Western North America and Global Change: Linking Organism-to-Landscape Dynamics. Physical Geography 28: 378-396.
4. Humphries, H.C., P.S. Bourgeron, and K.M. Reynolds. 2007. Evaluating the performance of networks of conservation areas using different suitability ratings in the interior Columbia River basin. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17: 467-492.
5. Humphries, H.C., P.S. Bourgeron, and L. Mujica-Crapanzano. 2008. Tree spatial patterns and environmental relationships in the forest-alpine tundra ecotone at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Ecological Research. 23:589-605.
6. Petteri Vihervaara; Dalia D'Amato; Martin Forsius; Per Angelstam; Cornelia Baessler; Patricia Balvanera; Bazartseren Boldgiv; Patrick Bourgeron; Jan Dick; Robert Kanka; Stefan Kloltz; Manuel Maass; Viesturs Melecis; Petr Petrík; Hideaki Shibata; Jianwu Tang; Jill Thompson; Steffen Zacharias. 2013. Using long-term ecosystem service and biodiversity data to study the impacts of and adaptation options in response to climate change: insights from the global ILTER sites network Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (Elsevier). 5:53-66.
7. Reynolds, K., P. Hessburg, and P.S. Bourgeron, eds. 2014. Decision Support for Environmental Management: Applications of the Ecosystem Management Decision Support System. Springer Verlag,
8. Bourgeron, P.S., H.C. Humphries, D. Liptzin, and T.R. Seastedt. 2015. The forest-alpine ecotone: a multi-scale approach to spatial and temporal dynamics of treeline change at Niwot Ridge. Long Term Alpine Ecological Research Monographs, Special Issue of Plant Ecology & Diversity. Plant Ecology & Diversity 8 (5-6), 763-779
9. Maass, M., P. balvanera, P.S. Bourgeron et al. 2016. The impact of biodiversity (ecosystem integrity) change on tradeoffs among ecosystem services, stakeholders and components of well-being. Ecology and Society. 21(3):31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08587-210331. Insight, part of a Special Feature on Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS): Knowledge for Sustainable Stewardship of Social-ecological Systems
10. Fischer, A.P., Thomas A. Spies, Toddi A. Steelman, C. Moseley, B.R. Johnson, J.D. Bailey, A.A. Ager, P Bourgeron, et al. 2016 Wildfire risk as a socio-ecological pathology Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(5): 276–284
Expertise of Patrick S. Bourgeron:
Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Expert Type |
Scientific / Fundamental Research | |
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering | |
Research Interface / Management | |
Topic Biosphere | Biosphere |
Plants | |
Biodiversity | |
Topic Integrated Systems | Integrated Systems and Ecology |
Topic Ecosystems | Ecosystems |
Terrestrial Ecosystems | |
Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Economy / Resource Use |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery | |
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
Topic Society | Society |
Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation | |
Education / Communication / Participation | |
Topic Sustainability | Sustainability |
Ecological Sustainability | |
Time Frame | Time Frame |
Past: Historical / Archeological | |
Recent / Today | |
Future | |
Statistical Focus | Mean Change / Trends |
Variability | |
Time Scale | Time Scale |
Decadal / Centennial | |
Methods | Method |
Data Collection | |
Data Analysis | |
Literature Study | |
Modeling | |
Applied Research / Technology | |
Integrated Assessment | |
Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building | |
Program Coordination / Management | |
Mountain Research Initiative | MRI Research area |
Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions | |
Sustainable land use and natural resources management | |
MRI Regions (please tick your mountain regions of interest) | |
Europe (including Eastern Europe) | |
North America | |
Latin America |
Specialties of Patrick S. Bourgeron:
Regional ecosystem analysis; Conservation and land use planning; Conservation, ecosystem, landscape, and vegetation ecology; Ecosystem management; Integrated social-ecological analysis, modeling, and assessments; Statistical and numerical modeling; Strategic positioning and planning for science and conservation programs; Integration of natural, physical, and socio-economic sciences in environmental research and management.
Last update: 12/12/16
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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