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Research in the lab utilizes field, lab, and greenhouse studies to understand the primary drivers of tree species’ distributions and evaluate the role of disturbance in altering forest composition, structure, and function. We are particularly interested in identifying the local abiotic and biotic factors determining successful regeneration and establishment. Our research uses this knowledge to examine how altered disturbance regimes and ongoing climate change will influence forest resilience and impact species’ ranges.
Projects are currently underway on a gradient of landscape scales, from a local study of salvage logging impacts on conifer regeneration to a range-wide study of coast redwood resilience to compound disturbances. Many of these projects include a permanent plot network that will facilitate long-term monitoring of forest ecosystem change over time. We work closely with local land managers and researchers to identify the gaps in knowledge necessary for management and conservation of forest ecosystems.
B.S. University of Montana, 2005
M.S. University of Montana, 2008
Ph.D. Colorado State University, 2013
2023
Ecological Indicators, 154, 110702
Kreitinger, E., D'Amore, D., Bisbing, S., Nadeau, S., Shapleigh, J., & Walter, M.
2023
Fire Ecology, 19(1), 1-17
Bisbing, S. M., Urza, A. K., York, R. A., Hankin, L. E., & Putz, T. R.
2023
Forest Ecology and Management, 545, 121263
Agne, M. C., Fontaine, J. B., Enright, N. J., Bisbing, S. M., & Harvey, B. J.
2023
Ecological Applications, 33(6), e2897
Hankin, L. E., Leger, E. A., & Bisbing, S. M.
2023
Forest Ecology and Management, 539, 121011
Brodie, E. G., Knapp, E. E., Latimer, A. M., Safford, H. D., Vossmer, M., & Bisbing, S. M.
2022
Plant Ecology. 223 (2022) 751
M.C. Agne, J.B. Fontaine, N.J. Enright, S.M. Bisbing, B.J. Harvey
2022
Forest Ecology & Management Volume 503, 1 January 2022, 119815
Bisbing, S.M., B.J. Buma, B. Vander Naald, and A.L. Bidlack
2021
BioScience, Volume 71, Issue 6, June 2021, Pages 581–595
Bidlack, A. L., Bisbing, S. M., Buma, B. J., Diefenderfer, H. L., Fellman, J. B., Floyd, W. C., … Perakis, S. S.
2021
Journal of Biogeography
Hankin, L. E., & Bisbing, S. M.
2021
Forest Ecology & Management, 488
Putz, T., Urza, A., Hankin, L., & Bisbing, S.
2021
American Journal of Botany
Nelson, K., S. Bisbing, D. Grossenbacher, M. Ritter, and J. Yost
2020
Diversity and Distributions, vol 27, iss2
Sarah M. Bisbing; Alexandra K. Urza; Brian J. Buma; David J. Cooper; Marjorie Matocq; Amy L. Angert
2019
Ecology
Buma, B., Bisbing, S., Wiles, G., Bidlack, A.
2019
Ecology & Evolution
Bisbing, S., Buma, B., Oakes, L., Krapek, J., Bidlack, A.
2018
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48(2): 180-191.
Bisbing, S.M. and D.V. D'Amore
2017
Ecology. 98(6): 1513-1523
Buma, B, S. Bisbing, J. Krapek, and G. Wright
2017
Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47(8): 1145-1151
Bidlack, A. S. Bisbing, B. Buma, D. D’Amore, P. Hennon, J. Krapek, R. Mulvey, and L. Oakes.
2017
Biologia. 72 (7): 722-734
Matecny, I., J. Medvecka, E. Uhercikova, P. Pisut, S. Kubalova, M. Valachovic, I. Hodalova, P. Mered’a Jr., S.M. Bisbing, and M. Petrasova.
2016
Northwest Science 90 (2): 176 – 194.
Mulvey, R. and S. Bisbing.
2015
Ecohydrology. doi: 10.1002/eco.1640
Bisbing, S.M., D.J. Cooper, D.V. D’Amore, and K.M. Marshall.
2014
Preslia 86: 245 – 277
Budzakova, M., I. Hodalova, P. Mered’a Jr., L. Somlyay, S.M. Bisbing, and J. Sibik
2013
Conservation Genetics 14 (2): 476-481
Bothwell, H., S. Bisbing, L. Crawford, N. Therkildsen, N. Alvarez, R. Holderegger, and S. Manel.
2010
Forest Ecology and Management 259 (5): 1041-1049.
Bisbing, S.M., P.B. Alaback, and T.H. DeLuca
2017
In Standiford and Valachovic. Proceedings of the Coast Redwood Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-258.
Brousil, M.* and S. Bisbing
1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557
Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Building, Mailstop: 186
cabnr@unr.edu
775-784-4020