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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:18:42.933374'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/nathan-stephenson
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: nstephenson@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dr. Nathan Stephenson is a Scientist Emeritus at the Western Ecological Research
     Center.
   name: Nathan Stephenson
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-0208-7229
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   organization_name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   personal_statement: "Earth\u2019s vast forests provide human communities with\
     \ irreplaceable goods and services such as carbon sequestration, hydrologic\
     \ regulation, clean water, biodiversity, critical wildlife habitat, wood products,\
     \ and recreational and spiritual opportunities. An overarching goal of Dr. Nathan\
     \ Stephenson's research is to improve scientists' and land managers' ability\
     \ to understand, forecast, and adapt to the effects of ongoing global changes\
     \ \u2013 particularly changing climatic and disturbance regimes \u2013 on forests.Accordingly,\
     \ most of his research falls in three broad, complementary themes: (1) improving\
     \ mechanistic understanding of forest and carbon dynamics, (2) detection, attribution,\
     \ and interpretation of forest changes, and (3) adaptations to rapid global\
     \ changes. The last theme extends well beyond forests, to natural areas in general.RESEARCH\
     \ INTERESTSForest ecologyGlobal change biologyClimate changeFire ecologyNatural\
     \ areas managementAdaptationEDUCATIONPh.D., Ecology and Systematics, Cornell\
     \ University, 1988B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine,\
     \ 1979"
   professional_experience: []
   title: Scientist Emeritus