Studies of ecohydrology – also called hydroecology – started in the 80s, but weren't necessarily labelled as such until the 90s. The Versita journal Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology started in 2000, while the Wiley journal Ecohydrology started in 2008 – neither has a shortage of submissions. But what exactly does ecohydrology mean? I used to think…
In my research I use the word 'post-disturbance' a lot. 'Post-disturbance hydrology', or 'post-disturbance snow accumulation and melt', or 'post-disturbance forest structure'. It's one of those hyphenated words that sounds good in a journal article, but what does it actually mean when we take it out of the academic realm and into the real world?…
When I hear the word ‘beetle’ I automatically think of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae): Much of my research in the past 6 years has focused on the effects of mountain pine beetle (MPB) on forest structure, and the subsequent impacts on snow accumulation and melt under the forest canopy. And since large areas of…
In a Science paper published in 2009, van Mantgem et al. discussed widespread tree mortality in the US, and linked it to both drought stress and increased air temperatures. In the past decade we’ve seen catastrophic death of piñon pine, sudden aspen decline, decimation of large swaths of various pine species, and death of yellow…
Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere 