L. E. Dee

Causal inference with observational data and unobserved confounding variables

This paper demonstrates how ecologists can use causal inference methods from other disciplines to address unobserved confounding in observational data, improving accuracy and power in ecological studies.

Trends in forest carbon offset markets in United States

The paper analyzes trends in US forest carbon offset projects, finding that 96% of credits come from improved forest management and 26% are at risk from wildfire.

Scaling up biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationships: the role of environmental heterogeneity in space and time

This study uses a Lotka-Volterra model to show that biodiversity required for ecosystem functioning increases with spatial or temporal scale, especially when environmental autocorrelation is low.

Temperature variability alters the stability and thresholds for collapse of interacting species

This study models how temperature variability affects predator-prey dynamics, showing it can lead to diverse outcomes like predator collapse or stable coexistence depending on interaction strengths and thermal performance differences.