Publications
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Klein, J. A., C. M. Tucker, A. W. Nolin, K. A. Hopping, R. S. Reid, C. Steger, A. Grêt-Regamey, S. Lavorel, B. Müller, E. T. Yeh, R. B. Boone, P. Bourgeron, V. Butsic, E. Castellanos, X. Chen, S. K. Dong, G. Greenwood, M. Keiler, R. Marchant, R. Seidl, T. Spies, J. Thorn, K. Yager, Mountain Sentinels Network. Catalyzing transformations to sustainability in the world’s mountains. Earth’s Future. 7(5):547-557.
Nyima, Y. and K. A. Hopping. 2019. Tibetan lake expansion from a pastoral perspective: local observations and coping strategies for a changing environment. Society and Natural Resources. 32(9):965-982.
Klein, J. A., C. M. Tucker, C. Steger, A. Nolin, R. Reid, K. A. Hopping, E. T. Yeh, M. S. Pradhan, A. Taber, D. Molden, R. Ghate, D. Choudhury, I. Alcántara-Ayala, S. Lavorel, B. Müller, A. Grêt-Regamey, R. B. Boone, P. Bourgeron, E. Castellanos, X. Chen, S. Dong, M. Keiler, R. Seidl, J. Thorn, K. Yager. 2019. An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems. Environmental Science and Policy. 94:143-152.
Hopping, K. A., S. M. Chignell, E. F. Lambin. 2018. The demise of caterpillar fungus in the Himalayan region due to climate change and overharvesting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(45):11489-11494.
Dorji, T., K. A. Hopping, S. Wang, S. Piao, T. Tarchen, J. A. Klein. 2018. Grazing and spring snow counteract the effects of warming on an alpine plant community in Tibet through effects on the dominant species. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 263:188-197.
Hopping, K. A., A. K. Knapp, T. Dorji, J. A. Klein. 2018. Warming and land use change concurrently erode ecosystem services in Tibet. Global Change Biology. 24(11):5534-5548.
Yang, Y., K. A. Hopping, G. Wang, J. Chen, A. Peng, J. A. Klein. 2018. Permafrost and drought regulate vulnerability of Tibetan Plateau grasslands to warming. Ecosphere. 9(5):e02233.
Hopping, K. A., E. T. Yeh, Gaerrang, R. B. Harris. 2018. Linking people, pixels, and pastures: a multi-method, interdisciplinary investigation of how rangeland management affects vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau. Applied Geography. 94:147-162.
Jiang S., J. Pan, G. Shi, T. Dorji, K. A. Hopping, J. A. Klein, Y. Liu, H. Feng. 2018. Identification of root-colonizing AM fungal communities and their responses to short-term climate change and grazing on the Tibetan Plateau. Symbiosis. 74:159-166.
Ojima, D., C. Togtokh, K. A. Galvin, K. Hopping, T. Beeton, T. Ulambayar, B. Narantuya, M. Altanbagana. 2017. Coping with climate extremes in Mongolian pastoral communities. In: Making Climate Compatible Development Happen, Fiona Nunan, ed., Routledge.
Zinda, J. A., K. A. Hopping, E. Schmitt, E. T. Yeh, S. Harrell, E. N. Anderson. 2016. China’s ecosystems: Sacrificing the poor. Science. 353(6300):657-658.
Hopping, K. A., C. Yangzong, J. A. Klein. 2016. Local knowledge production, transmission, and the importance of village leaders in a network of Tibetan pastoralists coping with environmental change. Ecology and Society. 21(1):25.
Ernakovich, J. G., K. A. Hopping, A. B. Berdanier, R. T. Simpson, E. J. Kachergis, H. Steltzer, M. Wallenstein. 2014. Predicted responses of arctic and alpine ecosystems to altered seasonality under climate change. Global Change Biology. 20(10):3256-3269.
Klein, J. A., K. A. Hopping, E. T. Yeh, Y. Nyima, R. B. Boone, K. A. Galvin. 2014. Unexpected climate impacts on the Tibetan Plateau: Local and scientific knowledge in findings of delayed summer. Global Environmental Change. 28:141-152.
Yeh, E. T., Y. Nyima, K. A. Hopping, J. A. Klein. 2014. Tibetan pastoralists’ vulnerability to climate change: A political ecology analysis of capacity to cope with snowstorms. Human Ecology. 42(1):61-74.
Hu, J., K. A. Hopping, J. K. Bump, S. Kang, J. A. Klein. 2013. Climate change and water use partitioning by different plant functional groups in a grassland on the Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE. 8(9):e75503.
Dorji, T., Ø. Totland, S. R. Moe, K. A. Hopping, J. Pan, J. A. Klein. 2013. Plant traits mediate reproductive phenology and success in response to experimental warming and snow addition in an alpine ecosystem in Tibet. Global Change Biology. 19(2):459-472.
Sala, A., K. A. Hopping, E. J. B. McIntire, S. Delzon, E. E. Crone. 2012. Masting in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) depletes stored nutrients. New Phytologist. 196(1):189-199.
Klein, J. A., E. T. Yeh, J. K. Bump, Y. Nyima, K. A. Hopping. 2011. Coordinating environmental protection and climate change adaptation policy in resource-dependent communities: a case study from the Tibetan Plateau. In: editors, Ford and Ford: Climate change adaptation in developed nations, Springer-Verlag.
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