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Sarah Bisbing

Associate Professor, Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area Director

Summary

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.

Education

B.S. University of Montana, 2005
M.S. University of Montana, 2008
Ph.D. Colorado State University, 2013

Publications

Journals

2024

Earth's Future, Volume12, Issue 4, e2023EF004120

Jianning, R., Hanan, E., D'Odorico, P., Tague, C., Schimel, J., and Homyak, P.

Our findings suggest that under future climate change, prolonged droughts that are followed by more intense storms may increase hydrologic nitrogen export and pose a major threat to water quality in...

2024

Annals of Botany, 2024;, mcae064

Lacey E Hankin, Felipe H Barrios-Masias, Alexandra K Urza, Sarah M Bisbing

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.

Effect of the Gabcikovo waterworks (Slovakia) on riparian floodplain forest ecosystems the Danube inland delta: vegetation dynamics and trends.

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.

Karyological, morphological, and ecological differentiation of Sesleria caerula and Sesleria tatrae (Poaceae) in the Western Carpathians and adjacent regions

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

Proceedings

Influence of fire history on coast redwood regeneration and stand structure.

2017

In Standiford and Valachovic. Proceedings of the Coast Redwood Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-258.

Brousil, M.* and S. Bisbing