Greg Pederson's Research Publications & Presentations

Peer Reviewed Journal and Book Publications | Oral Presentations | Poster Presentations

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Peer Reviewed Journal and Book Publications

In Prep

Ault TR, AK Macalady, GT Pederson, JL Betancourt, and MD Schwartz. In prep. Was there a shift in spring-arrival date during the mid-1980’s. Geophysical Research Letters.

In Review

Ault TR, AK Macalady, GT Pederson, JL Betancourt, and MD Schwartz. In review. Northern Hemisphere modes of variability and the timing of spring. Journal of Climate.

Davidson JE, LJ Graumlich, E Rowland, GT Pederson, DD Breshears. In review. Views from climate space reveal missing assets in conservation portfolios: prioritizing land conservation efforts for building adaptive capacity. Conservation Biology.

Published

2012
Davison, J. E., L. J. Graumlich, E. L. Rowland, G. T. Pederson, and D. D. Breshears. 2012. Leveraging modern climatology to increase adaptive capacity across protected area networks. Global Environmental Change, 22, 268-274.

Saros, Jasmine E., Jeffery R. Stone, Gregory Thomas Pederson, Krista E. H. Slemmons, Trisha Spanbauer, Anna Schliep, Douglas Cahl, Craig E. Williamson, and Daniel R. Engstrom. In press. Climate-Induced Changes in Lake Ecosystem Structure Inferred from Coupled Neo- and Paleo-ecological Approaches. Ecology. 10.1890/11-2218.1

2011
Ault, Toby R., Alison K. Macalady, Gregory T. Pederson, Julio L. Betancourt, Mark D. Schwartz, 2011: Northern Hemisphere Modes of Variability and the Timing of Spring in Western North America. J. Climate, 24, 4003–4014. doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4069.1

Muhlfeld, Clint C, J. Joseph Giersch, F. Richard Hauer, Gregory T. Pederson, Gordon Luikart, Douglas P. Peterson, Christopher C. Downs, and Daniel B. Fagre. 2011. Climate change links fate of glaciers and an endemic alpine invertebrate. Climatic Change Letters. DOI 10.1007/s10584-011-0057-1

Pederson, G. T., S. T. Gray, C. A. Woodhouse, J. L. Betancourt, D. B. Fagre, J. S. Littell, E. Watson, B. H. Luckman, and L. J. Graumlich, 2011: The Unusual Nature of Recent Snowpack Declines in the North American Cordillera. Science, 9 June 2011: 1201570Published online 9 June 2011 [DOI:10.1126/science.1201570]

Pederson, Gregory T., Stephen T. Gray, Toby Ault, Wendy Marsh, Daniel B. Fagre, Andrew G. Bunn, Connie A. Woodhouse, Lisa J. Graumlich, 2011. Climatic Controls on the Snowmelt Hydrology of the Northern Rocky Mountains. J. Climate, 24, 1666–1687. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3729.1

Woodhouse, C. A., G. T. Pederson, and S. T. Gray. 2011. An 1800-yr record of decadal-scale hydroclimatic variability in the upper Arkansas River basin from bristlecone pine. Quaternary Research. 75(3) 483-490.

2010
McWethy D. B., S. T. Gray, P. E. Higuera, J. S. Littell, G. T. Pederson, A. J. Ray, and C. Whitlock. 2010. Climate and terrestrial ecosystem change in the U.S. Rocky Mountains and Upper Columbia Basin: Historical and future perspectives for natural resource management. Natural Resource Report NPS/GRYN/NRR—2010/260. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Pederson, G.T., L.J. Graumlich, D.B. Fagre, T. Kipfer and C.C. Muhlfeld. 2009. A century of climate and ecosystem change in Western Montana: what do temperature trends portend?. Climatic Change 96: DOI 10.1007/s10584-009-9642-y, 22pp.

Prato, Tony, Qiu Zeyuan, Gregory Pederson, Dan Fagre, Lindsey E. Bengtson, and Jimmy R. Williams. 2010. Potential Economic Benefits of Adapting Agricultural Production Systems to Future Climate Change. Environmental Management 45(3): 577-589

2009
St. George S., D.M. Meko, M.P. Girardin, G.M. MacDonald, E. Nielsen, G.T. Pederson, D.J. Sauchyn, J.C. Tardif, and E. Watson. 2009. The tree-ring record of drought on the Canadian Prairies. Journal of Climate 22, 689-710. DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2441.1

2008
Reardon, BA, GT Pederson, CJ Caruso, DB Fagre. 2008. Spatial reconstructions of snow avalanche frequency and extent using tree rings in Glacier National Park, Montana. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 40(1): 148-160.

Watson, E, GT Pederson, BH Luckman, and DB Fagre. 2008. Glacier mass balance in the northern U.S. and Canadian Rockies: paleo-perspectives and 20th century change. B Orlove, BH Luckman, and E Wiegandt (Eds.) In: Darkening Peaks, University of California Press, Berkley, C.A. pp. 139-153.

2007
Pederson, GT, C Whitlock, E Watson, BH Luckman, and LJ Graumlich. 2007. Climate change and ecosystem history. D Fagre and T Prato (Eds.) In: Sustaining Rocky Mountain Landscapes: Science, Policy and Management of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, RFF Press, Washington D.C. pp. 151-170.

2006
Pederson, GT, S.T. Gray, D.B. Fagre, and L.J. Graumlich. 2006. Long-Duration Drought Variability and Impacts on Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from Glacier National Park, Montana USA. Earth Interactions, 10(4), pg. 1-28, Article ID: 10.1175/EI153.1.

2004
Gray, S.T., L.J. Graumlich, J.L. Betancourt, and G.T. Pederson. 2004. A tree-ring based reconstruction of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation since 1567 A.D. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, No. 12, L12205 10.1029/2004GL019932.

Pederson, G.T., D.B. Fagre, S.T. Gray and L.J. Graumlich. 2004. Decadal-scale climate drivers for glacial mass balance in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Geophysical Research Letters 31, L12203 10.1029/2004GL019770.

Published Abstracts

Oral Presentations:
Pederson GT, ST Gray, JJ Shanker, DB Fagre, and LJ Graumlich. 2007. A novel tree-ring based approach for reconstructing records of long-term snowpack variability in western North America [abstract] In: INQUA Journal, Quaternary International; July 28-August 3, Cairns, AU.

Gray ST, GT Pederson, and AG Bunn. 2007. Hydroclimatic variability in the Upper Colorado River Basin, USA since 900 AD [abstract] In: INQUA Journal, Quaternary International; July 28-August 3, Cairns, AU.

Gray ST, GT Pederson, and AG Bunn. 2007. Millennial-scale reconstructions of regional hydrology from the Upper Colorado River Basin, USA [abstract] In: 2007 Meeting of the Association of American Geographers; April 17-21, San Francisco, CA.

Pederson GT, ST Gray, JJ Shanker, DB Fagre, and LJ Graumlich. 2007. A novel approach for improving records of long-term, multi-scale snowpack variability in western North America [abstract] In: 2007 Meeting of the Association of American Geographers; April 17-21, San Francisco, CA.

Graumlich, LJ (presenter), ST Gray, GT Pederson, DF Fagre. 2006. Climate change and ecosystem services: defining the modern currency of Quaternary Science. [abstract] In: 2006 American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) Program; August 18-20, Bozeman, MT.

Fagre, DB (presenter), GT Pederson, ST Gray, and LJ Graumlich. 2006. Teleconnections through space and time: Glaciers, water and the West. [abstract] In: 2006 American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) Program; August 18-20, Bozeman, MT.

Watson E (presenter), BH Luckman, GT Pederson, and B Yu. 2005. Comparing tree-ring proxies of environmental variability in the Canadian Rockies. [abstract] In: 2005 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers; May 31-June 4, London, Ontario.

Pederson GT (presenter), DB Fagre, ST Gray, and LJ Graumlich. 2005. Fire and Ice: Understanding the Legacy of the Little Ice Age for Contemporary Landscape Patterns and Processes in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA [abstract] In: 2005 Meeting of the Association of American Gographers; April 5-9, Denver, CO.

Watson E (presenter), BH Luckman, GT Pederson, and RJ Wilson. 2005. Environmental changes in the southern Canadian Rockies from multiple-tree ring proxies. [abstract] In: MTNCLIM 2005; Mar 1-4, Chico Hotsprings, MT.

Betancourt J(presenter), G McCabe, M Palecki, ST Gray, LJ Graumlich, and GT Pederson. 2004. Historic and climatic context for multiseasonal, multiyear, and multibasin droughts. In: Forest Health Monitoring Working Group; February 10, Sedona, AZ.

Graumlich LJ (presenter), GT Pederson, DF Fagre, ST Gray. 2004. Mountain systems, persistent drought and the vulnerability of ecosystem services: A case study from Glacier National Park, USA. [abstract] In: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting; Dec 13-17, San Francisco, CA.

Pederson GT (presenter), DB Fagre, ST Gray, and LJ Graumlich. 2004. Glacial extent of the past and present: Linkages between local and regional decadal-scale climater drivers of glacial dynamics in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. [abstract] In: WENGEN Workshops on Global Change Research - Mountain Glaciers and Society: Perception, Science, Impacts and Policy program; October 6-8, Wengen, Switzerland.

Gray ST (presenter), LJ Graumlich, and GT Pederson. 2004. Linking low-frequecy climate variability, ecosystem structure and hydrologic processes in the Rocky Mountain West. [abstract] In: Tree Rings and Climate; Sharpening the Focus; April 6-9, Tucson, AZ.

Poster Presentations:
Pederson, GT, BA Reardon, CJ Caruso, and DB Fagre (presenter). 2006. High resolution, tree-ring based spatial reconstructions of snow avalanche activity in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Proceeding of the 2006 International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW), October 1-6, Telluride, CO.

Watson, E, GT Pederson, BH Luckman, and DB Fagre. 2006. Evaluating the potential for snowpack reconstruction in interior British Columbia and the Northern U.S. Rockies using Larix Lyallii (Subalpine Larch). MTNCLIM 2006 program; Sep 19-22, Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood, OR.

Pederson, GT, LJ Graumlich, TK Kipfer, CJ Caruso, and DB Fagre. 2006. 20th century temperature data indicate that the “Last Best Place” is heating up. MTNCLIM 2006 program; Sep 19-22, Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood, OR.

Reardon, BA, DB Fagre, GT Pederson, and CJ Caruso 2006. Climate influences on, and interannual variability of, natural avalanches in three avalanche paths in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. MTNCLIM 2006 program; Sep 19-22, Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood, OR.

Graumlich, LJ, T Kipfer, GT Pederson (presenter). 2006. Ecological informatics links science and society at the Big Sky Institute, Montana State University. DLESE Data Services Workshop, May 15-17, Tucson, AZ.

Gray, S.T., GT Pederson, DB Fagre, LJ Graumlich, JL Betancourt. 2005. Disentangling the Climate/Growth Signal of Millennial Pinus Chronologies from the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP11A-1430.

Pederson, GT, ST Gray, C Woodhouse, T Kipfer. 2005. The Past Climate Variability and Impacts Clearinghouse: Linking New Users to Paleoenvironmental Resources. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP11A-1432.

Reardon, BA, DB Fagre, GT Pederson, CJ Caruso. 2005. Climate Influences on Large-Magnitude Natural Snow Avalanches in John F. Stevens Canyon, Montana. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC33A-1248

Pederson GT (presenter), E Watson, BH Luckman, DB Fagre, ST Gray, and LJ Graumlich. 2005. Tree-ring based estimates of glacier mass balance in the Northern Rocky Mountains for the past 300 years. [abstract] In: MTNCLIM 2005 program; Mar 1-4, Chico Hotsprings, MT.

Pederson GT (presenter), DB Fagre, ST Gray, and LJ Graumlich. 2004. Linking regional decadal-scale drivers of snowpack to local summer drought: A paleo-perspective on glacier mass balance in Glacier National Park, Montana. [abstract] In: Tree Rings and Climate; Sharpening the Focus; April 6-9, Tucson, AZ.

Pederson GT (presenter), DB Fagre, and LJ Graumlich. 2003. Do trees tell the same story as glaciers? Reconstructing drought in Glacier National Park, Montana since AD 1540. [abstract]. In: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting program; Dec 8-12, San Francisco, CA.