Holocene Bison Evolution
Visualization of changing body size and geographic distribution.
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portfolio
Bison Web Map
Interactive web map of bison ocurrences from archaeological and paleontological sites in the U.S. and Canada.
publications
The restoration process: lessons from a community-based conservation initiative in Tunkhel, Mongolia
Published in SIT Independent Study Project Collection, 2015
Recommended citation: Wendt, J. (2015). The Restoration Process: Lessons from a Community-Based Conservation Initiative in Tunkhel, Mongolia. Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2085. http://johnwendt.github.io/files/2015-Wendt.pdf
Temporal variability of soil seed banks in lodgepole pine forests
Published in Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2018
Recommended citation: Wendt, J.A.F., Paschke, M.W. (2018). Temporal variability of soil seed banks in lodgepole pine forests. Journal of Undergraduate Research. http://johnwendt.github.io/files/2018-Wendt-and-Paschke.pdf
Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
Published in Ecology and Society, 2021
Recommended citation: Epstein, K., Wood, D.J.A., Roemer, K., Currey, B., Duff, H., Gay, J.D., Goemann, H., Loewen, S, Milligan, M.C., Wendt, J.A.F., Brookshire, E.N.J, McNew, L., McWethy, D.B., Maxwell, B.D., Stoy, P.C., Haggerty, J. (2021). Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana. Ecology and Society. 26(1). http://johnwendt.github.io/files/2021-Epstein-et-al.pdf
Large-scale climatic drivers of bison distribution and abundance in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum
Published in Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022
Recommended citation: Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Widga, C., Shuman, B.N. 2022. Large-scale climatic drivers of bison distribution and abundance in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 284.
Getting information from the past: Palaeoecological studies of terrestrial ecosystems
Published in Key Methods in Geography, 2023
Recommended citation: Schiller, C., Alt, M., Nanavati, W.P., Wendt, J.A.F., Stahle, L.N. 2023. Getting information from the past: palaeoecological studies of terrestrial ecosystems (Chapter 22). Key Methods in Geography (eds. N. Clifford, M. Cope, T. Gillespie, S. French). Sage Publishing.
Past and present biomass consumption by herbivores and fire across productivity gradients in North America
Published in Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Recommended citation: Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Hempson, G.P., Brookshire, E.N.J., Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2023. Past and present biomass consumption by herbivores and fire across productivity gradients in North America. Environmental Research Letters. 18(12).10.1088/1748-9326/ad0ad0
talks
The restoration process: Lessons from a community-based conservation initiative in Tunkhel, Mongolia
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Earth, wind, and fire: Ecosystem response to disturbance, climate variability, and human impacts
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Co-presenters: McWethy, D., Alt, M., Kichas, N., Billman, P.
Rangelands in transition: Key feedbacks & knowledge gaps in a Central Montana case study
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Co-presenters: MSU Grasslands Graduate Group
Rangeland transitions in the American West: Key feedbacks and knowledge gaps in a Montana case stud
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Co-presenter: Epstein, K.
Bison Biogeography in Late Quaternary North America: Abundance, Distribution, and Climate
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View the poster here.
Bison Distribution and Abundance Responses to Climate Change in Late Quaternary North America
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Forage or fuel? How climate shapes long-term fire-herbivore interactions in Great Plains grasslands
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Reconstructing Large Herbivore Abundance and Environmental Interactions in Postglacial North America
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teaching
Introduction to GIScience and Cartography (GPHY 284)
Graduate teaching assistant, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, 2019
Taught two undergraduate lab sections on geographic information science and cartography. Semesters: Spring 2019 and Spring 2020.
Advanced GIS and Spatial Analysis (GPHY 384)
Graduate teaching assistant, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, 2020
Taught three undergraduate lab sections on geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis. Semesters: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2022.
Biogeography (GPHY 411)
Instructor, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, 2022
Led 50% of lectures of an upper-division biogeography course.