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Laura Dee

@lauradee.bsky.social

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Associate Prof at University of Colorado. I study the effects of climate change on ecosystems and people. Interested in how to effectively design and evaluate nature based solutions, evidence, and strategies for climate adaptation and conservation. She/her

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

@tkmerchant.bsky.social absolutely crushing his exit talk!! Congrats, Tom!

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We find: NCP assessments could miss large impacts to values by ignoring disturbances (results below - e.g. risks of up to 50% losses) -- and common ecological metrics of stability fall short of predicting these impacts -- especially when considering dynamic human responses to disturbance.

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We demonstrate our approach quantifying impacts to timber and recreational enjoyment from extreme windstorms in a mid-latitude forest of Northern Minnesota. But provide a roadmap for applying our approach across different social-ecological systems, eg. 👇

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

To address our questions, our interdisciplinary team of ecologists and economist developed a new approach that formalizes what's in this figure 👇 & integrate knowledge from disturbance ecology and from approaches that value ecosystems in economic and cultural terms.

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The review process, which was excellent, prompted us to call for community-driven best practices in causal inference in ecology. We put some ideas in Box 4 to kick off that discussion. Curious what others think or would add! @jebyrnes.bsky.social @rmcelreath.bsky.social @juliajones.bsky.social

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Wildlife contributes to human well-being and values in visible and invisible ways that are under-recognized or dominated by conflict narratives. We review these critical contributions and what research and policy is needed to protect them: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Diagram depicting wildlife’s contributions to people (WCP) and their connection to nature’s contributions to people (NCP). Wildlife plays critical roles through actions like predation, herbivory, scavenging, and ecosystem engineering, directly and indirectly by supporting services such as habitat creation, climate regulation, pollination, food production, and cultural identity, while maintaining ecosystem balance. Designed by Sylvia Heredia.

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

4) there a plenty of misconceptions with causal inference that often arise; we address a few in Box 5. Looking forward, we provide a workflow to aid in choosing among different designs given goals, assumptions, and datasets. 5/n

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Foundations and future directions for causal inference in ecological research, forthcoming w/ @katherinesiegel.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/4mm57zzd. We wrote it based on our experience teaching causal inference to ecologists w/ some stuff we wish other papers had reviewed to share w/ the students 1/n

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Me trying to keep up with the computational abilities of students and postdocs in my lab! @ktmanley.bsky.social @tylerlmcintosh.bsky.social @meghanthayden.bsky.social @lucyvankleunen.bsky.social 😂😅

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

End of semester lab cookie bake off ! I’m lucky to be working with this dream team who also happen to be great bakers! 🥳🤩🤩

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Welcome to bluesky, @tylerlmcintosh.bsky.social who is a 1st year PhD student co-advised with Jennifer Balch @cu-esiil.bsky.social @earthlabcu.bsky.social studying social-ecological risk and resilience in the face of natural hazards (esp wildfire) in a changing world!

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Requisite pretty picture of Boulder

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