Publications

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The following publications are categorized as:
EFI Publications, Concept Papers, Methods Papers, Decision Support, and Case Studies

EFI publications
* You can also find the EFI Publications on the EFI Google Scholar Page
These are publications that acknowledge an EFI funding source or are a product that came from an EFI working group or chapter

 
Lewis, A.S.L., D.W. Howard, G. Koren, C. Kowalski, J. McLachlan, J.A. Peters, G. Smies, and O. Tabares. 2023. Ethics in ecological forecasting: four case-based teaching modules. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 19: Practice #13. https://tiee.esa.org/vol/v19/issues/case_studies/lewis/abstract.html
(Research Coordination Network, NSF funding, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funding, EFI Education Working Group)
 

Lewis, A. S., Howard, D. W., Koren, G., Kowalski, C., McLachlan, J., Peters, J., Smies, G., Tabares, O. (2024).  Ehics in ecological forecasting: four case-based teaching modulesEFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/5D99-Y019.
This publication provides the same material published in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology. However, the QUBES version  allows others to share modifications they make to the materials and provides a DOI for the materials.

Wheeler, K.I., M.C. Dietze, D. LeBauer, J.A. Peters, A.D. Richardson, A.A. Ross, R.Q. Thomas, K. Zhu, U. Bhat, S. Munch, R.F. Buzbee, M. Chin, B. Goldstein, J. Guo, D. Hao, C. Jones, M. Kelly-Fair, H. Liu, C. Malmborg, N. Neupane, D. Pal, V. Shirey, Y. Song, M. Steen, E.A. Vance, W.M. Woelmer, J.H. Wynne, L. Zachmann. 2024. “Predicting Spring Phenology in Deciduous Broadleaf Forests: NEON Phenology Forecasting Community Challenge.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 345 (February): 109810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109810. (NEON Forecasting Challenge)
 
Dietze, M.C., R.Q. Thomas, J. Peters, C. Boettiger, G. Koren, A.N. Shiklomanov, and J. Ashander. 2023. A Community Convention for Ecological Forecasting: Output Files and Metadata Version 1.0.  Ecosphere 14 (11): e4686. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4686. (EFI Forecasting Standards Working Group)
 
Woelmer, Whitney M., Tadhg N. Moore, Mary E. Lofton, R. Quinn Thomas, and Cayelan C. Carey. 2023. Embedding Communication Concepts in Forecasting Training Increases Students’ Understanding of Ecological Uncertainty. Ecosphere 14 (8): e4628. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4628.
 
Willson, A. M., H. Gallo, J.A. Peters, A. Abeyta, N. Bueno Watts, C.C. Carey, T.N. Moore, G. Smies, R.Q. Thomas, W.M. Woelmer & J.S. McLachlan. 2023Assessing Opportunities and Inequities in Undergraduate Ecological Forecasting Education. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10001. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10001 (Research Coordination Network, NSF funding, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funding, EFI Education Working Group)
 
Thomas, R.Q., C. Boettiger, C.C. Carey, M.C. Dietze, L.R. Johnson, M.A. Kenney, J.S. McLachlan, J.A. Peters, E.R. Sokol, J.F. Weltzin, A. Willson, W.M. Woelmer, and Challenge Contributors (2023) The NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21 (3): 112–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2616. (Research Coordination Network, NSF funding and NEON Forecasting Challenge)
 
Lewis A.S.L, C.R. Rollinson, A.J. Allyn, J. Ashander, S. Brodie, C.B. Brookson, E. Collins, M.C. Dietze, A.S. Gallinat, N. Juvigny-Khenafou, G. Koren, D.J. McGlinn, H. Moustahfid J.A. Peters, N.R. Record, C.J. Robbins, J. Tonkin, G.M. Wardle (2022) The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory. Methods in Ecology and Evolution  001– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13955 (EFI Theory Working Group)
 
Bodner, K., C.R Firkowski, J.R. Bennett, C. Brookson, M. Dietze, S. Green, J. Hughes, J. Kerr, M. Kunegel-Lion, S.J. Leroux, E. McIntire, P.K. Molnár, C. Simpkins, E. Tekwa, A. Watts, M-J. Fortin (2021) Bridging the Divide between Ecological Forecasts and Environmental Decision Making. Ecosphere 12 (12): e03869. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3869. (Canadian EFI Chapter)
 
Lewis, A.S., W.M. Woelmer, H.L. Wander, D.W. Howard, J.W. Smith, R.P. McClure, M.E. Lofton, N.W. Hammond, R.S. Corrigan, R.Q. Thomas, C.C. Carey. (2021). Increased adoption of best practices in ecological forecasting enables comparisons of forecastability. Ecological Applications 322):e02500.  https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2500
 

Woelmer W.M., L.M. Bradley, L.T. Haber, D.H. Klinges, A.S.L. Lewis, E.J. Mohr, C.L. Torrens, K.I. Wheeler, A.M. Willson. 2021. Ten simple rules for training yourself in an emerging field. PLOS Computational Biology 17(10): e1009440. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009440 NOTE: This publication was led and written entirely by EFI Student Association members.

Dietze, M., C. Boettiger, A. Shiklomanov, Q. Thomas, & J. Peters. 2021. Ecological Forecasting Initiative: Community Standards R Package: v0.5 (Version v0.5). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7494824 (EFI Forecasting Standards Working Group)

Peters, JA. and R.Q. Thomas. 2021. Going virtual: What we learned from the Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network Virtual Workshop. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1828

Meyers, M.F., et al. 2021. Virtual Growing Pains: Initial Lessons Learned from Organizing Virtual Workshop, Summits, Conferences, and Networking Events during a Global Pandemic. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10431

Sjodin, A., L. Haber, S. LaDeau, A. Willson, M. Lofton, T. Moore, O. Tabares-Mendoza, D. Dalbotten, J. McLachlan, M. Dietze,  J. Peters. 2021. Ecological Forecasting Student Resource: Overview of Forecasting, Potential Careers, Helpful CoursesEFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/8VRF-WS31 (EFI Education Working Group)

Tabares-Mendoza, O. 2021. Are you learning R? Suggestions to help you as you learn. EFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/C477-BA02 (EFI Education Working Group)

Tabares-Mendoza, O. 2021. Are you teaching biostatistics with R? Suggestions to help you as work with your students.EFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/737B-R258 (EFI Education Working Group)

Willson, A. and J. Peters. 2021. Ecological Forecasting Repository of Online Educational ResourcesEFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/XAW7-JW16 (EFI Education Working Group and EFI Student Association)

Woodley, L. K. Pratt, S. Kobilka, J. Peters. 2021. CSCCE Community Profile: Ecological Forecasting Initiative. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5032317

Pennisi, E. 2019. An ecologist with an eye toward forecasting the future. ScienceInsider Interview.

Dietze, M. and H. Lynch. 2019. Forecasting a bright future for ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1994

Dietze, M. C., et al. 2018. Iterative near-term ecological forecasting: Needs, opportunities, and challenges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(7): 1424-1432. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710231115

Dietze, M. C., et al. 2017. NEON workshop report: Iterative near-term ecological forecasting: Needs, opportunities, and challenges. pp 72. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.4715317

Non-EFI Papers

Concepts papers

Clark, J. S., et al. 2001. Ecological Forecasts: An Emerging Imperative. Science, 293: 657–60. DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5530.657

Currie, D.J. 2018. Where Newton might have taken Ecology. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 18-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12842

Dietze M. C. 2017. Ecological Forecasting. Princeton University Press. 288 pp. ISBN 9781400885459

Dietze, M. C. 2017. Prediction in ecology: a first-principles framework. Ecological Applications, 27: 2048-2060. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1589

Harris, D. J., S. D. Taylor, and E. P. White. 2018. Forecasting biodiversity in breeding birds using best practices. PeerJ 6:e4278; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4278

Houlahan J.E., et al. 2017. The priority of prediction in ecological understanding. Oikos 126: 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03726

Luo, Y., T. F. Keenan, and M. Smith. 2014. Predictability of the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Global Change Biology, 21(5): 1737–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12766

Luo, Y., et al. 2011. Ecological forecasting and data assimilation in a data-rich era. Ecological Applications, 21(5): 1429-1442. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1275.1

MacCracken, M. 2001. Prediction versus Projection—Forecast versus Possibility. WeatherZine Guest Editorial, 26: 3–4.

Petchey, O. L., et al. 2015. The ecological forecast horizon, and examples of its uses and determinants. Ecology Letters, 18: 597-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12443

Shuman, F.G. 1989. History of numerical weather prediction at the National Meteorological Center. Weather Forecast, 4:286–296. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0434(1989)004%3C0286:HONWPA%3E2.0.CO;2

Weng, E., and Y. Luo. 2011. Relative Information Contributions of Model vs. Data to Short- and Long-Term Forecasts of Forest Carbon Dynamics. Ecological Applications, 21: 1490–1505. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1394.1

Methods Papers

Clark, J. S. 2005. Why Environmental Scientists Are Becoming Bayesians. Ecology Letters, 8: 2–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00702.x

Conn, P. B., et al. 2018. A Guide to Bayesian Model Checking for Ecologists. Ecological Monographs. http://doi.org/doi:10.1002/ecm.1314

Dormann, C. F., et al. 2018. Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information‐theoretic and tactical approaches for predictive inference. Ecological Monographs, 88(4); 485-504. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1309

Doucet, A., and A. M. Johansen. 2011. A tutorial on particle filtering and smoothing: fifteen years later. In D. Crisan & B. Rozovskii (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Nonlinear Filtering (Vol. 12, pp. 656–704). Oxford University Press. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/courses/cs281/papers/doucet-johansen.pdf

Evensen, G. 2009b. The Ensemble Kalman Filter for Combined State and Parameter Estimation. IEEE Control Syst. Mag., 29 (3): 83–104.

Hooten, M., and N. T. Hobbs. 2015. A guide to Bayesian model selection for ecologists. Ecological Monographs, 85:3–28. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0661.1

Hyndman, RJ and G. Athanasopoulos. 2018. Forecasting: principles and practice. OTexts, 2nd edition, 382 pp. ISBN 978-0987507112

Medlyn, B. E., et al. 2015. Using ecosystem experiments to improve vegetation models. Nature Climate Change, 5(6): 528–534. http://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2621

van Oijen, M. 2017. Bayesian methods for quantifying and reducing uncertainty and error in forest models. Current Forestry Reports, 3(4): 269–280. http://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-017-0069-9

Wikle, C., and L. Berliner. 2007. A Bayesian tutorial for data assimilation. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 230(1–2): 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.017

Decision Support

Bradford, J. B., et al. 2018. Anticipitory natural resource science and management for a dynamic future. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. http://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1806

Gregory, R., et al. 2012. Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices. Wiley-Blackwell. 312 pp. ISBN: 978-1-444-33341-1

Hobday, A.J., et al. 2019. Ethical considerations and unanticipated consequences associated with ecological forecasting for marine resources. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy210

Ketz, A. C., et al. 2016. Informing management with monitoring data: the value of Bayesian forecasting. Ecosphere, 7(11): 01587. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1587

Milly, P.C.D., et al. 2008. Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management? Science, 319: 573–74. DOI: 10.1126/science.1151915

Morgan, M. G. 2014. Use (and Abuse) of Expert Elicitation in Support of Decision Making for Public Policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of  Science, U.S.A., 111: 7176–84. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319946111

Williams, P. J., and M. B. Hooten. 2016. Combining statistical inference and decisions in ecology. Ecological Applications, 26:1930–1942. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1593.1

Case Studies

Howell, P. E., B. R. Hossack, E. Muths, B. H. Sigafus, A. Chenevert-Steffler, and R. B. Chandler. 2019. A statistical forecasting approach to metapopulation viability analysis. Ecological Applications 30:e02038. *Received 2020 Ecological Forecasting Oustanding Publication Award

Chen, Y., et al. 2011. Forecasting Fire Season Severity in South America Using Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. Science, 334: 787–791. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1209472

Hardegree, S.P., J.T. Abatzoglou, M.W. Brunson, M.J. Germino, K.C. Hegewisch, C.A. Moffte, D.S. Pilliod, B.A.Roundy, A.R. Boehm, G.R. Meredith. 2018. Weather-centric rangeland revegetation planning. Randeland Ecology & Management, 71(1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2017.07.003

Hobbs N.T., et al. 2015. State-space modeling to support management of brucellosis in the Yellowstone bison population. Ecological Monographs, 85:525–556. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1413.1

Ibanez, I., et al. 2014. Integrated assessment of biological invasions. Ecological Applications, 24(1): 25–37. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0776.1

Kuikka, S., J. Vanhatalo, and H. Pulkkinen. 2014. Experiences in Bayesian Inference in Baltic Salmon Management. Statistical Science, 29(1): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-STS431

LaDeau, S. L., et al. 2011. Data-Model Fusion to Better Understand Emerging Pathogens and Improve Infectious Disease Forecasting. Ecological Applications, 21: 1443–60. https://doi-org.proxy.library.nd.edu/10.1890/09-1409.1

Ong, J.B.S., et al. 2010. Real-time Epidemic Monitoring and Forecasting of H1N1-2009 Using Influenza-like Illness from General Practice and Family Doctor Clinics in Singapore. PLoS One, 5: e10036. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010036

Paniw, M. et al. 2019. Life history responses of meerkats to seasonal changes in extreme environments. Science, 363(6427): 631-635. DOI: 10.1126/science.aau5905 *Received 2019 Ecological Forecasting Oustanding Publication Award

Scales, K. L.,  et al. 2017. Fit to predict? Eco-informatics for predicting the catchability of a pelagic fish in near real time. Ecological Applications, 27(8): 2313–2329. http://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1610

Thomas, R. Q., et al. 2017. Leveraging 35 years of Pinus taeda research in the southeastern US to constrain forest carbon cycle predictions: regional data assimilation using ecosystem experiments. Biogeosciences 14: 3525–3547.
*Received 2018 Ecological Forecasting Oustanding Publication Award

Tredennick, A. T., et al. 2016. Forecasting climate change impacts on plant populations over large spatial extents. Ecosphere, 7(10): e01525. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1525