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Education

Ph.D. Forest Ecosystem Analysis. 2004. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

M.S. Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development. 1997. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

M.S. Forestry. 1997. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

B.S. 1990. The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

Courses Taught

• Elements of Ecological Restoration (NRSM 265)
• Restoration Ecology (NRSM 365)
• Integrative Ecological Restoration (NRSM 444)
• Advanced Problems in Restoration Ecology (FOR 565)

Research Interests

Research in the Restoration Ecology Lab focuses on three primary areas:1) effects of large-scale disturbance on understory plants and trees, 2) efficacy and ecological impacts of ecological restoration treatments, and 3) sampling methods for detecting changes in understory plant abundance.These topics are being explored at landscape, population, and organism scales, through field experiments, retrospective studies, and meta-analyses. Cara and her students are particularly interested in projects that contribute to basic knowledge of plant ecology, provide managers with timely information about the ecological effects of management interventions, and increase understanding of the conceptual foundations of ecological restoration.

Selected Publications

Carver, S., I. Convery, S. Hawkins, R. Beyers, A. Eagle, Z. Kun, E. Van Maanen, C. Yue, M. Fisher, S. Edwards, C.R. Nelson, G. Gann, S. Shurter K. Aguilar, A. Adrade, W. Ripple, J. Davis, T. Sinclair, M. Bekoff, R. Noss, D. Foreman, H. Pettersson, M Root-Bernstein, J.C. Svenning, P. Taylor, S. Wynne-Jones, A. Watson Featherstone, C. Fløjgaard, M. Stanley-Price, Mark; L. Navarro, A. Parfitt, M. Soule. 2021. Conservation Biology.

Weidlich, E. W. A., C.R. Nelson, J.L. Maron, R.M. Callaway, B.M. Delory, and V.M. Temperton. 2021. . Restoration Ecology 29(1): e13317.

Maher, C.T., C.I. Millar, R.E. Keane, D.L.R. Affleck, A. Sala, A.J. Larson, and C.R. Nelson. 2020. Ecological Applications. e2274.

Etter, A., J. Cortés, A. Andrade, C.R. Nelson, J. Cortés, and K. Saavedra. 2020. Land Use Policy 99: 104874.

León-Lobos P., M. A. Bustamante-Sánchez, C.R. Nelson, D. Alarcon, R. Hasbun, M. Way, H. Pritchard, and J.J. Armesto. 2020. . Restoration Ecology 28(2): 277-281.

Maher, C.T., C.R. Nelson, and A.J. Larson. 2019. . Journal of Ecology. 108(3): 1074-1087.

McWethy, D.A., T. Schoennagel, P. Higuera, M. Krawchuk, B. Harvey, E.C. Metcalf, C. Schultz, C. Miller, A.L. Metcalf, B. Buma, A. Virapongse, J.C. Kulig, R.C. Stedman, Z. Ratajczak, C.R. Nelson, and C. Holden. 2019. Nature Sustainability 2: 797-804.

Gann G.D., McDonald T., B. Walder, J. Aronson, C.R. Nelson, J. Jonson, J.G. Hallett, C. Eisenberg, M.R. Guariguata, J. Liu, F. Hua, C. Echeverría, E. Gonzales, N. Shaw, K. Decleer, K.W. Dixon. 2019. Restoration Ecology 27(S1): S1–S46.

·       C.R. Nelson lead author of Section 2 Principle 3, Ecological restoration practice is informed by native reference ecosystems, while considering environmental change. Pages 26-31.

·       C.R. Nelson lead author of Section 4 Part 1, Developing reference models for ecological restoration. Pages 65-68.

Gaulke_, S., E. Martelli_, L. Johnson, C. G. Letelier, N. Dawson_, and C.R. Nelson. 2019. Conservation Science and Practice 1(9):e99.

Higuera, P., A. Metcalf, C. Miller, B. Buma, D. McWethy, E. C. Metcalf, Z. Ratajczak, C.R. Nelson, B. Chaffin, R. Stedman, S. McCaffrey, T. Schoennagel, B. Harvey, S. Hood, C. Schultz, A. Black, D. Campbell, J. Haggerty, R. Keane, J. Kulig, R. Rafferty, and A. Virapongse. 2019 BioScience 69: 379-388.

Cohen-Shacham, E., N. Dudley, M. Jones, A. Andrade, C. Kumar, S. Maginnis, C.R. Nelson, F. G. Renaud, S. Maynard, H. Gosnell, J. Dalton, R. Welling, G. Walters.  2019. Environmental Science and Policy 98: 20-29.

Wiggins, H.L., C.R. Nelson, A. Larson, and H. Stafford. 2019. Forest Ecology and Management 434: 318-330.

Gibson, A.L., C.R. Nelson, S. Rinehart, V. Archer, and A. Eramian. 2019. . Ecological Applications 29(2):e01835.

Amberson, J., M. Keville, and C.R. Nelson. 2018. Forests 9, 566: 1-23.

Maher, C.T., C.R. Nelson, A.J. Larson, and A. Sala. 2018. Forest Ecology and Management 429: 534-548.

Gann, G.D., T. McDonald, J. Aronson, B. Walder, J.G. Hallet, K.W. Dixon, K. Decleer, D.A. Falk, E. Gonzalez, C. Murcia, C.R. Nelson and A.J. Unwin. 2018. . Restoration Ecology 26(3): 426-430.

Gibson, A.L., C.R. Nelson, and D. Atwater. 2018. . Functional Ecology. 32(7):1857-1866.

McManamen, C., C.R. Nelson, and V. Wagner. 2018. . Restoration Ecology 26(6): 1137-1148.

Masin, E., M. Valliant, and C.R. Nelson. 2018. Range Ecology and Management 71(2): 185-188.

Nelson, C.R., K. Bowers, J. Lyndall, J. Munro, and J.T. Stanley. 2017.  Restoration Ecology 25(1): 4-7.

Urgenson, L.S., Nelson, C.R., R.D. Haugo, C.B. Halpern, J.D. Bakker, C.M. Ryan, A.E.M. Waltz, R.T. Belote, and E. Alvarado. 2018. Restoration Ecology 26(5): 987-996.

Carnwath, G.C. and C.R. Nelson. 2017. PLOS One 12(10): e0185604.

Gatica-Saavedra, P, C. Echeverría, and C.R. Nelson. 2017.  Restoration Ecology 25(6): 850-857.

Nelson, C.R., K. Bowers, J. Lyndall, S. Munro, and S.T. Stanley. 2017. . Restoration Ecology 25(1): 4-7.

Keville, M., C.R. Nelson, and F.R Hauer. 2017.  Ecosphere 8(1): e01620.

Urgenson, L.S., C.M. Ryan, C.B. Halpern, J.D. Bakker, R.T. Belote, J.F. Franklin, R.D. Haugo, C.R. Nelson, and A.E.M. Waltz. 2017. . Environmental Management 59:354-355.

Wagner, V., P.M. Antunes, M. Irvine, and C.R. Nelson. 2017. . Journal of Applied Ecology 54:198-204.

Gibson A.L., and C.R. Nelson. 2017. Natural Areas Journal 37:188-199.

Gibson A, L. Fishman, and C.R. Nelson. 2016. . Restoration Ecology 25(2): 184-190.

Carnwath, G.C., and C.R. Nelson. 2016.  Journal of Ecology 104(5): 1421-1431.

Hauer, R.F, H. Locke, V.J. Dreitz, M. Hebblewhite, W.H. Lowe, C.C. Muhlfeld, C.R. Nelson, M.F. Proctor, S.B. Rood. 2016. . Sciences Advances 2(6): e1600026.

Gibson, A.L., E. Espeland, V. Wagner, and C.R. Nelson. 2016. . Evolutionary Applications 9(10): 1219-1228.

Parks S.A., L. M. Holsinger, C. Miller, and C.R. Nelson. 2015.  Ecological Applications 25: 1478–1492.

Hobbs, R.J., E.S. Higgs, C.M. Hall, P. Bridgewater, F.S. Chapin III, E.C. Ellis, J.J. Ewel, L.M. Hallett, J.A. Harris, K.B. Hulvey, S.T. Jackson, P.L. Kennedy, C. Kueffer, L. Lach, T.C. Lantz, A.E. Lugo, J. Mascaro, S.D. Murphy, C.R. Nelson, M.P. Perring, D.M. Richardson, T.R. Seastedt, R. J. Standish, B.M. Starzomski, K.N. Suding, P.M. Tognetti, L. Yakob, and L. Yung. Dec. 2014. . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(10): 557-564.

Wagner, V., and C.R. Nelson. 2014. . Restoration Ecology 22(3): 288-291.

Parks, S.A., C, Miller, C.R. Nelson, and Z. A. Holden. 2013.  Ecosystems 17:29-42.

Harris, J.A., S.D. Murphy, C.R. Nelson, M. Perring, and P. Tognetti. 2013. Characterizing novel ecosystems: challenges for measurement. Chapter 24 in Hobbs, R. and E. Higgs, Novel Ecosystems: When and How Do We Intervene in the New Ecological World Order? London: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hulvey, K.B., R.J. Standish, L.M. Hallett, B.M. Starzomski, S.D. Murphy, C.R. Nelson, M.R. Gardener, P.L. Kennedy, T. Seastedt, and K.N. Suding. 2013. Chapter 18 in Hobbs, R. and E. Higgs, Novel Ecosystems When and How Do We Intervene in the New Ecological World Order? London: Wiley-Blackwell.

Carnwath, G.C., D.W. Peterson, and C.R. Nelson. 2012. Forest Ecology and Management 285: 44-52.

Parisien, M.A., S. Snetsinger, J.A. Greenberg, C.R. Nelson, T. Schoennagel, S.Z. Dobrowski, and M.A. Moritz. 2012.  International Journal of Wildland Fire 21(4) 313-327.

Switalski, T. A. and C.R. Nelson. 2011. . Biological Conservation 144: 2666-2673.

Alexander, S., C.R. Nelson, J. Aronson, D. Lamb, A. Cliquet, K. Erwin, M. Finlayson, R. de Groot, J. Harris, E. Higgs, R. Hobbs, R.R. Lewis III, D. Martinez, and C. Murcia. 2011. . Restoration Ecology 19(6): 683-794.

Abrahamson, I., C.R. Nelson, and D. Affleck. 2011. . Ecological Applications 21: 452-464.

Grant, A.S., C.R. Nelson, A. Switalski, and S. Rinehart. 2011.  Restoration Ecology 19(201): 160-169.

Schoennagel, T., and C.R. Nelson. 2011. . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9(5): 271-277.

Sutherland, S. and C.R. Nelson. 2010. . Western Journal of Applied Forestry 25: 27-33.

Schoennagel, T., C.R. Nelson, D.M. Theobald, G.C. Carnwath, and T.B. Chapman. 2009.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 10706-10711.

Schoennagel, T., C.R. Nelson, D.M. Theobald, G.C. Carnwath, and T. B. Chapman. 2009. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: E88-E88.

Manolis, J., K. M. Chan, S. Stephens, M. Finkelstein, C.R. Nelson, J. B. Grant, and M. P. Dombeck. 2009. . Conservation Biology 23(4): 879-886.

Nelson, C.R., C.B. Halpern, and J.K. Agee. 2008. . Ecological Applications 18: 762-770.

Nelson, C.R., T. Schoennagel, and E. Gregory. 2008. . Restoration Ecology 16(2): 225-230.

Nelson, C.R., C.B. Halpern, and J.A. Antos. 2007. . Ecology 88(11): 2880-2890.

Grant, J.B., J.D. Olden, Lawler, J.J, C.R. Nelson, and B. Silliman. 2007. . Conservation Biology 21(5): 1139-1144.

Lawler, J.J, J.E. Aukema, J.B. Grant, B. Halpern, P. Kareiva, C.R. Nelson, J.D. Olden, K. Ohleth, M.A. Schlaepfer, B. Silliman, and P. Zaradic. 2006. . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(9): 473-480.

Nelson, C.R. and C.B. Halpern. 2005. . Ecological Applications 15(1): 196-209.

Nelson, C.R. and C.B. Halpern. 2005. . Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 610-620.

Nelson, C.R. and C.B. Halpern. 2005. . In: Peterson, C. E. and Maguire, D. A., eds. Balancing ecosystem values: innovative experiments for sustainable forestry. PNW-GTR-635. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Schlaepfer, M.A., J.E. Aukema, J. Grant, B. Halpern, J. Hoekstra, P. Kareiva, J. Lawler, J.C. Manolis, C.R. Nelson, J. D. Olden, B. Silliman, S. Stephens, J. Wiens, and P. Zaradic. 2005.