Peer-reviewed publications
(7) Vahsen ML, Blum MJ, Megonigal JP, Emrich SJ, Holmquist JR, Stiller B, Todd-Brown KEO & McLachlan JS (2023). Rapid evolution of plant traits can alter coastal wetland resilience to global change. Science 379: 393-398. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0595
(6) Vahsen ML, Gentile RM, Summers JL, Kleiner HS, Foster B, McCormack R, James E, Metts D, Saunders CJ, Megonigal JP, Blum MJ & McLachlan JS (2021). Accounting for variability when resurrecting dormant propagules substantiates their use in eco-evolutionary studies. Evolutionary Applications 14(12): 2831-2847. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13316
(5) Endriss SB*, Vahsen ML*, Bitume EV, Monroe JG, Turner KG, Norton AP, Hufbauer RA (2019). The importance of growing up: juvenile environment influences dispersal of individuals and their neighbours. Ecology Letters 22(1): 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13166
* co-first authors
(4) Woodward BD, Evangelista PH, Young NE, Vorster AG, West AM, Carroll SL, Girma RK, Hatcher EZ, Anderson R, Vahsen ML, Vashisht A, Mayer T, Carver D, Jarnevich (2018). CO-RIP: A riparian vegetation and corridor extent dataset for Colorado River streams and rivers. Int J Geo-Inf 7(10): 397-415. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7100397
(3) Monroe JG, Markman DW, Beck WS, Felton AJ, Vahsen ML, Pressler Y (2018). Ecoevolutionary dynamics of carbon cycling in the Anthropocene. Trends Ecol Evol 33(3): 213-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.12.006
(2) Vahsen ML, Shea K, Hovis CL, Teller BJ & Hufbauer RA (2018). Prior adaptation, diversity, introduction frequency mediate the positive relationship between propagule pressure and the initial success of founding populations. Biol Invasions 20(9): 2451-2459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1713-4
(1) Szucs M*, Vahsen ML*, Melbourne BA, Weiss-Lehman C & Hufbauer RA (2017). Rapid adaptive evolution in novel environments acts as an architect of population range expansion. PNAS 114(51): 13501-13506. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712934114
* co-first authors
Manuscripts in review/ in revision
Vahsen ML, Todd-Brown KEO, Hicks J, Pilyugin SS, Morris JT & Holmquist JR. Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM): History, mathematics, and implementation. In revision for JGR: Biogeosciences (Dec 2022).
Vahsen ML, Kleiner HS, Kodak H, Summers JL, Vahsen WL, Blum MJ, Megonigal JP & McLachlan JS. Complex eco-evolutionary responses of a foundational coastal marsh plant to global change. In revision for New Phytologist (Feb 2023).
Other publications
McDonough CM, Barak R, Bayer S, Bletz M, Brunson M, Dudney J, Gaoue O, Gill J, Harris A, Knuebbing S, McGill B, Nocco M, Tonietto R, Vahsen ML, Waring E (2020). Plant Love Stories: Share your story and grow a movement. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 101(2): e01663. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1663
Carroll S, Butler K, Hilte A, Vahsen M, West A, Woodward B, Evangelista P (2017). Mapping Quaking Aspen in the Laramie Mountain Range, Wyoming. IEEE Earthzine. https://earthzine.org/mapping-quaking-aspen-in-the-laramie-mountain-range-wyoming-3/
Software development
Holmquist JR, Todd-Brown KEO, Morris JT, Vahsen ML & Hicks J. rCMEM: R package for the Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM). doi:10.5281/zenodo.6629447
(7) Vahsen ML, Blum MJ, Megonigal JP, Emrich SJ, Holmquist JR, Stiller B, Todd-Brown KEO & McLachlan JS (2023). Rapid evolution of plant traits can alter coastal wetland resilience to global change. Science 379: 393-398. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0595
- Press release from University of Notre Dame
- Feature in Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02004-0
(6) Vahsen ML, Gentile RM, Summers JL, Kleiner HS, Foster B, McCormack R, James E, Metts D, Saunders CJ, Megonigal JP, Blum MJ & McLachlan JS (2021). Accounting for variability when resurrecting dormant propagules substantiates their use in eco-evolutionary studies. Evolutionary Applications 14(12): 2831-2847. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13316
(5) Endriss SB*, Vahsen ML*, Bitume EV, Monroe JG, Turner KG, Norton AP, Hufbauer RA (2019). The importance of growing up: juvenile environment influences dispersal of individuals and their neighbours. Ecology Letters 22(1): 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13166
* co-first authors
(4) Woodward BD, Evangelista PH, Young NE, Vorster AG, West AM, Carroll SL, Girma RK, Hatcher EZ, Anderson R, Vahsen ML, Vashisht A, Mayer T, Carver D, Jarnevich (2018). CO-RIP: A riparian vegetation and corridor extent dataset for Colorado River streams and rivers. Int J Geo-Inf 7(10): 397-415. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7100397
(3) Monroe JG, Markman DW, Beck WS, Felton AJ, Vahsen ML, Pressler Y (2018). Ecoevolutionary dynamics of carbon cycling in the Anthropocene. Trends Ecol Evol 33(3): 213-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.12.006
- Press release from Colorado State University
(2) Vahsen ML, Shea K, Hovis CL, Teller BJ & Hufbauer RA (2018). Prior adaptation, diversity, introduction frequency mediate the positive relationship between propagule pressure and the initial success of founding populations. Biol Invasions 20(9): 2451-2459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1713-4
(1) Szucs M*, Vahsen ML*, Melbourne BA, Weiss-Lehman C & Hufbauer RA (2017). Rapid adaptive evolution in novel environments acts as an architect of population range expansion. PNAS 114(51): 13501-13506. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712934114
* co-first authors
- Press release from Colorado State University
Manuscripts in review/ in revision
Vahsen ML, Todd-Brown KEO, Hicks J, Pilyugin SS, Morris JT & Holmquist JR. Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM): History, mathematics, and implementation. In revision for JGR: Biogeosciences (Dec 2022).
Vahsen ML, Kleiner HS, Kodak H, Summers JL, Vahsen WL, Blum MJ, Megonigal JP & McLachlan JS. Complex eco-evolutionary responses of a foundational coastal marsh plant to global change. In revision for New Phytologist (Feb 2023).
Other publications
McDonough CM, Barak R, Bayer S, Bletz M, Brunson M, Dudney J, Gaoue O, Gill J, Harris A, Knuebbing S, McGill B, Nocco M, Tonietto R, Vahsen ML, Waring E (2020). Plant Love Stories: Share your story and grow a movement. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 101(2): e01663. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1663
Carroll S, Butler K, Hilte A, Vahsen M, West A, Woodward B, Evangelista P (2017). Mapping Quaking Aspen in the Laramie Mountain Range, Wyoming. IEEE Earthzine. https://earthzine.org/mapping-quaking-aspen-in-the-laramie-mountain-range-wyoming-3/
Software development
Holmquist JR, Todd-Brown KEO, Morris JT, Vahsen ML & Hicks J. rCMEM: R package for the Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM). doi:10.5281/zenodo.6629447
