Kathleen A. Dwire, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Trevor A. Carter, Alice E. Stears, Paula J. Fornwalt, David H. Atkins, Kathleen A. Dwire, Jesse R. Fleri, Katherine R. Hayes, Hailey E. Mount, Erin M. Twaddell, Sienna A. Wessel, Brian Buma, Daniel C. Laughlin. 2025. Fine‑root traits coordinate with aboveground strategies yet poorly predict species’ response to spruce mortality
• David J. Millar, David J. Cooper, Kathleen A. Dwire, Robert M. Hubbard, Michael J. Ronayne, Joseph von Fischer. 2023. Hydrological dynamics and associated greenhouse gas fluxes in a mountain peatland under different climate scenarios
• Trevor A. Carter, Paula J. Fornwalt, Kathleen A. Dwire, Daniel C. Laughlin. 2022. Understory plant community responses to widespread spruce mortality in a subalpine forest
• Stephanie K. Kampf, Kathleen A. Dwire, Mathew P. Fairchild, Jason Dunham, Craig D. Snyder, Kristin L. Jaeger, Charles H. Luce, John C. Hammond, Codie Wilson, Margaret A. Zimmer, Marielle Sidell. 2021. Managing nonperennial headwater streams in temperate forests of the United States
• Robert C. Musselman, Kathleen A. Dwire, John L. Korfmacher, Mark Conrad. 2021. Chapter 10: Ecoregion 6.2.14 Southern Rockies: Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site (GLEES), Wyoming
• ., Lawrence E. Stevens, Anwar A. Aly, Sarah M. Arpin, Iva Apostolova, Gail M. Ashley, Paulo Quadri Barba, Jose Barquín, Aude Beauger, Lahcen Benaabidate, Sami Ullah Bhat, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Marco Cantonati, Teresa M. Carroll, Russell Death, Kathleen A. Dwire, Miguel Fernandes Felippe, Roderick J. Fensham, Alan E. Fryar, Roger Pascual i Garsaball, Vojsava Gjoni, Douglas S. Glazier, Nico Goldscheider, Joseph T. Gurrieri, Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Atzalan Rodriguez Guzman, Michal Hájek, Kristian Hassel, Tamara Heartsill Scalley, Jaume Solé i Herce, Dirk Hinterlang, Joseph H. Holway, Jari Ilmonen, Jeffrey Jenness, Jutta Kapfer, Ioannis Karaouzas, Robert L. Knight, Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, Christian Herrera Lameli, Jeri D. Ledbetter, Nataly Levine, Melinda D. Lyons, Robert E. Mace, Angeliki Mentzafou, Pierre Marle, Nils Moosdorf, Monica K. Norton, Allan Pentecost, Guillermo García Pérez, Bianca Perla, Abdullah A. Saber, Donald Sada, Stefano Segadelli, Kamilla Skaalsveen, Abraham E. Springer, Susan K. Swanson, Benjamin F. Schwartz, Peter Sprouse, Memory Tekere, Benjamin W. Tobin, Ernest Azwindini Tshibalo, Olivier Voldoire. 2021. The Ecological Integrity of Spring Ecosystems: A Global Review
• Charles C. Rhoades, Timothy Fegel, Timothy P. Covino, Kathleen A. Dwire, Kelly J. Elder. 2021. Sources of variability in springwater chemistry in Fool Creek, a high-elevation catchment of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
• Jennifer M. Cartwright, Kathleen A. Dwire, Zach Freed, Samantha J. Hammer, Blair McLaughlin, Louise W. Misztal, Edward R. Schenk, John R. Spence, Abraham E. Springer, Lawrence E. Stevens. 2020. Oases of the future? Springs as potential hydrologic refugia in drying climates
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Sabine Mellmann-Brown, Joseph T. Gurrieri. 2018. Potential effects of climate change on riparian areas, wetlands, and groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the Blue Mountains, Oregon, USA
• Brian Cooke, Michael A. Battaglia, Kathleen A. Dwire, Daniel J. Isaak, Linda A. Joyce, David Merritt, Jill Oropeza, Claudia Regan, Lindsay Reynolds, Janine Rice, Trey Schillie. 2018. Warming and warnings: Assessing climate change vulnerability in the Rocky Mountain Region
• Bonnie Heidel, Walter Fertig, Sabine Mellmann-Brown, Kent E. Houston, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2017. Fens and their rare plants in the Beartooth Mountains, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Sabine Mellmann-Brown. 2017. Climate change and special habitats in the Blue Mountains: Riparian areas, wetlands, and groundwater-dependent ecosystems [Chapter 7]
• Adrianna C. Foster, Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Herman H. Shugart, Kathleen A. Dwire, Paula J. Fornwalt, Jason Sibold, Jose Negron. 2017. Validation and application of a forest gap model to the southern Rocky Mountains
• David J. Millar, David J. Cooper, Kathleen A. Dwire, Robert M. Hubbard, Joseph von Fischer. 2016. Mountain peatlands range from CO2 sinks at high elevations to sources at low elevations: Implications for a changing climate
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Kristen E. Meyer, Gregg Riegel, Timothy Burton. 2016. Riparian fuel treatments in the western USA: Challenges and considerations
• Claire M. Ruffing, Kathleen A. Dwire, Melinda D. Daniels. 2016. Carbon pools in stream-riparian corridors: legacy of disturbance along mountain streams of south-eastern Wyoming
• Nicholas A. Sutfin, Ellen E. Wohl, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2016. Banking carbon: A review of organic carbon storage and physical factors influencing retention in floodplains and riparian ecosystems
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Roberto Bazan, Robert M. Hubbard. 2015. Chapter 13: Forest Attributes and Fuel Loads of Riparian vs. Upland Stands in Mountain Pine Beetle-Infested Watersheds, Southern Rocky Mountains  (Project INT-EM-F-11-01)
• Rebecca J. Bixby, Scott D. Cooper, Robert E. Gresswell, Lee E. Brown, Clifford N. Dahm, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2015. Fire effects on aquatic ecosystems: An assessment of the current state of the science
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Roberto A. Bazan, Robert M. Hubbard. 2015. Forest attributes and fuel loads of riparian vs. upland stands in mountain pine beetle infested watersheds, southern Rocky Mountains [Chapter 13]
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Robert M. Hubbard, Roberto Bazan. 2015. Comparison of riparian and upland forest stand structure and fuel loads in beetle infested watersheds, southern Rocky Mountains
• Claire M. Ruffing, Melinda D. Daniels, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2015. Disturbance legacies of historic tie-drives persistently alter geomorphology and large wood characteristics in headwater streams, southeast Wyoming
• Simeon T. Caskey, Tyanna S. Blaschak, Ellen Wohl, Elizabeth Schnackenberg, David Merritt, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2015. Downstream effects of stream flow diversion on channel characteristics and riparian vegetation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA
• Paul M. Mayer, Kathleen A. Dwire, Judith A. Okay, Philipe G. Vidon. 2014. Featured collection introduction: Riparian ecosystems and buffers II
• Ellen Wohl, Kathleen A. Dwire, Nicholas Sutfin, Lina Polvi, Roberto Bazan. 2012. Mechanisms of carbon storage in mountainous headwater rivers
• Charlie H. Luce, Penny Morgan, Kathleen A. Dwire, Daniel J. Isaak, Zachary Holden, Bruce Rieman. 2012. Climate change, forests, fire, water, and fish: Building resilient landscapes, streams, and managers
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Ellen E. Wohl, Nicholas A. Sutfin, Roberto A. Bazan, Lina Polvi-Pilgrim. 2012. Carbon pools along headwater streams with differing valley geometry in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (Abstract)
• Sandra E. Ryan-Burkett, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2012. Wildfire impacts on stream sedimentation: re-visiting the Boulder Creek Burn in Little Granite Creek, Wyoming, USA
• Kristen E. Meyer, Kathleen A. Dwire, Patricia A. Champ, Sandra E. Ryan-Burkett, Gregg M. Riegel, Timothy A. Burton. 2012. Burning questions for managers: Fuels management practices in riparian areas
• Monique LaPerriere Nelson, Charles C. Rhoades, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2011. Influence of bedrock geology on water chemistry of slope wetlands and headwater streams in the southern Rocky Mountains
• J. Boone Kauffman, Chris Heider, Thomas G. Cole, Kathleen A. Dwire, Daniel C. Donato. 2011. Ecosystem carbon stocks of micronesian mangrove forests
• Sandra E. Ryan-Burkett, Kathleen A. Dwire, Mark Dixon. 2011. Impacts of wildfire on runoff and sediment loads at Little Granite Creek, western Wyoming
• Katharine R. Stone, David S. Pilliod, Kathleen A. Dwire, Charles C. Rhoades, Sherry P. Wollrab, Michael K. Young. 2010. Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the western USA
• Paul M. Mayer, Albert H. Todd, Judith A. Okay, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2010. Introduction to the featured collection on riparian ecosystems and buffers
• Ellen Wohl, Daniel A. Cenderelli, Kathleen A. Dwire, Sandra E. Ryan-Burkett, Michael K. Young, Kurt D. Fausch. 2010. Large in-stream wood studies: A call for common metrics
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael K. Young. 2010. Potential effects of fuel management activities on riparian areas
• John D. Wiener, Kathleen A. Dwire, Susan K. Skagen, Robert R. Crifasi, David Yates. 2008. Riparian ecosystem consequences of water redistribution along the Colorado Front Range
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Sandra E. Ryan, Laura J. Shirley, Danna Lytjen, Nick Otting, Mark Dixon. 2006. Influence of herbivory on regrowth of riparian shrubs following a wildland fire
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Catherine Parks, Michael L. McInnis, Bridgett Naylor. 2006. Seed production and dispersal of sulfur cinquefoil in northeast Oregon
• Kathleen A. Dwire, Richard R. Lowrance. 2006. Riparian ecosystems and buffers - multiscale structure, function, and management: introduction
• Kathleen A. Dwire, J. Boone Kauffman, John E. Baham. 2006. Plant species distribution in relation to water-table depth and soil redox potential in montane riparian meadows
• Dana L. Perkins, Catherine Parks, Kathleen A. Dwire, Bryan A. Endress, Kelsi L. Johnson. 2006. Age structure and age-related performance of sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta).
• Catherine Parks, Steven R. Radosevich, Bryan A. Endress, Bridgett Naylor, Dawn Anzinger, Lisa J. Rew, Bruce D. Maxwell, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2005. Natural and land-use history of the Northwest mountain ecoregions (USA) in relation to patterns of plant invasions.
• Kathleen A. Dwire, J. Boone Kauffman, E. N. Jack Brookshire, John E. Baham. 2004. Plant biomass and species composition along an environmental gradient in montane riparian meadows
• E. N. Jack Brookshire, Kathleen A. Dwire. 2003. Controls on patterns of coarse organic particle retention in headwater streams
• Kathleen A. Dwire, J. Boone Kauffman. 2003. Fire and riparian ecosystems in landscapes of the western USA

• Project
  

  PeatRestore: National Mapping, Condition Analysis, and Restoration Decision Support Tools for Peatlands, One of the Largest Vulnerable Carbon Pools on the Planet and a Source of Mercury

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-peatrestore
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  The GLEES AmeriFlux Site (US-GLE)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/glees
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Program
  

  Water and Watersheds

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/waterwatersheds
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Lake George Diversion Dam removal and stream restoration on the upper South Platte River

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-lake-george-diversion-dam-removal-and-stream-restoration-upper-south-platte-river
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Boise Basin Experimental Forest Project: Science and Management working together to restore dry mixed-conifer forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/boise-basin-experimental-forest-project
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

• University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Environmental Biology, 1975
• University of California, Davis, M.S., Plant Ecology, 1983
• Oregon State University, Ph.D., Fisheries, 2001