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Patrick S. Bourgeron

portrait 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 CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Research Interface / Management
Topic BiosphereBiosphere
Plants
Biodiversity
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseEconomy / Resource Use
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic SocietySociety
Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
Education / Communication / Participation
Topic SustainabilitySustainability
Ecological Sustainability
Time FrameTime Frame
Past: Historical / Archeological
Recent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleTime Scale
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsMethod
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 InitiativeMRI 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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