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Stephanie Yelenik, PhD

Stephanie Yelenik, PhD
Rangeland Scientist
Rocky Mountain Research Station
0000-0002-9011-0769

Treesearch Publications

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

  • Yelenik, S.G., Roy, K., and Stallman, J. 2020. Successful restoration of Metrosideros polymorpha (ʻōhiʻa) is possible in forest sites with active Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death infections. Restoration Ecology, 28(5), 1257-1261. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13197.
  • Von Holle, B., Yelenik, S.G., and Gornish, E. 2020. Restoration at the landscape scale as a means of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 5(3), 85-97.
  • Henn, J., Yelenik, S.G and Damschen, E. 2019. Traits of native and exotic species along an environmental gradient in Hawaiʻi. Oecologia, 191: 397-409.
  • Gill, N.S., Yelenik, S.G., Banko, P., Dixon, C.B., Jaenecke, K. and Peck, R. 2018. Invasive rat control is an efficient, yet insufficient, method for recovery of the critically endangered Hawaiian plant hau kuahiwi (Hibiscadelphus giffardianus). PloS one 13.11 (2018): e0208106.
  • Yelenik, S.G. 2018. Long-term impacts of exotic grazer removal on native shrub recovery, Santa Cruz Island, California. Western North American Naturalist, 78:777–786.
  • D’Antonio, C.M., Ostertag, B., Cordell, S. and Yelenik, S.G. 2017. Interactions among invasive plants: Lessons from Hawaii. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 48: 521-541.
  • D’Antonio, C.M., Yelenik, S.G., and Mack, M.C. 2017. Ecosystem but not community resilience 25 years after grass invasions and fire in a subtropical woodland. Journal of Ecology, 105: 1462–1474.
  • Yelenik, S.G., D’Antonio, C.M and August-Schmidt, L. 2017. The role of soil resources and plant traits in invasion and restoration in Hawaiian woodlands. Plant Ecology, 218: 1149-1161
  • Paxton, E., Yelenik, S.G., Borneman, T., Rose, E.T., Camp, R., Kendall , S. 2017. Rapid colonization of a Hawaiian restoration forest by a diverse avian community. Restoration Ecology, 26: 165-173.
  • Rose, E.T., Stewart, M., Brinkman, A., Paxton, E., and Yelenik, S.G. 2017. Methods for measuring bird-mediated seed rain, insights from a Hawaiian mesic forest. Pacific Science, 71:287-302.
  • Yelenik, S.G. 2017. Linking dominant Hawaiian tree species to understory development in recovering pastures via impacts on soils and litter. Restoration Ecology, 25:42-52.
  • Yelenik, S.G., DiManno, N., and D’Antonio, C.M. 2015. Evaluating nurse plants for restoring native woody species to degraded subtropical woodlands. Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.1294
  • Yelenik, S.G., Colman, B., Hille Ris Lambers, J., and Levine, J.M. 2014. A mechanistic study of plant and microbial controls over R* for nitrogen in an annual grassland. PLoS ONE 9: e106059. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106059.
  • Yelenik, S.G. and D’Antonio, C.M. 2013. Self-reinforcing impacts of plant invasions change over time. Nature, 502: 517-520.
  • Yelenik, S.G., Perakis, S.S., and Hibbs, D. 2013. Regional constraints to N-fixation in post-fire forest communities. Ecology, 94: 739-750.
  • Yelenik, S.G. and Levine, J.M. 2011.The role of plant-soil feedbacks in driving native species recovery. Ecology, 92: 66-74.
  • Yelenik, S.G. and Levine, J.M. 2010. Processes limiting native shrub recovery in exotic grasslands after non-native herbivore removal. Restoration Ecology, 18: 418- 425.
  • Hille Ris Lambers, J., Yelenik, S.G., Colman, B., and Levine, J.M. 2010. California annual grass invaders: the passengers, not drivers of change. Journal of Ecology, 98: 1147-1156.
  • Yelenik, S.G. and Levine, J.M. 2010. Re-establishment of native shrubs into California exotic annual grasslands: are ecosystem services returned? Ecological Applications, 20: 716-727.
  • Levine, J.M., Adler, P.B., and Yelenik, S.G. 2004. A meta-analysis of biotic resistance to exotic plant invasions. Ecology Letters, 7: 975-989.
  • Yelenik, S.G., Stock, W.D., and Richardson, D.M. 2004.Ecosystem-level impacts of invasive Acacia saligna in the South African fynbos. Restoration Ecology, 12: 44-51.
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, Phd, The role of plant-soil feedbacks in coastal sage scrub regeneration after grazer removal, 2008
  • University of Cape Town, South Africa, Masters of Botany, Impacts of invasive Acacia saligna on fynbos soils and implications for restoration, 2000
  • University of California, Berkeley, Bachelors Science, Integrative Biology, 1997
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