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Curriculum Vitae

pdf, updated 5.7.2025

Education

2017 - 2022

University of Montana
Ph.D. in Systems Ecology

2013 - 2016

Colorado College
B.A. in Environmental Science

Publications

Wolf, K. D., K. T. Davis, P. E. Higuera, and S.Z. Dobrowski. (2021). Wildfire impacts on forest microclimates vary across biophysical gradients. Ecosphere. Top Cited Article 2021-2022.

Higuera, P. E., B. Shuman, K. D. Wolf. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Rocky Mountain subalpine forests now burning more than any time in recent millennia.

Clark-Wolf, K., P. E. Higuera, K.T. Davis. (2022). Conifer seedling demography reveals mechanisms of initial forest resilience to wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management.

Parish, M. C., K. D. Wolf, P. E. Higuera, B. N. Shuman. (2022). Quaternary Research. Holocene water levels of Silver Lake, Montana, and the hydroclimate history of the Inland Northwest.

Higuera, P.E., S. Crausbay, B. Shuman, K. D. Wolf. (2022). Past Global Changes Magazine. Challenges to forest restoration in an era of unprecedented climate and wildfire activity in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests.

Clark-Wolf, K., P. E. Higuera, B. N. Shuman, K. K. McLauchlan. (2023). Wildfire activity in northern Rocky Mountain subalpine forests still within millennial-scale range of variability. Environmental Research Letters.

Clark-Wolf, K., P. E. Higuera, K. K. McLauchlan, B. N. Shuman, M. C. Parish. (2023). Fire-regime variability and ecosystem resilience over four millennia in a Rocky Mountain subalpine watershed. Journal of Ecology.

Davis, K. T. and 62 others, including K. Clark-Wolf. (2023). Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2208120120.

Clark-Wolf, K., W.E. Moss, B.W. Miller, I. Rangwala, H.R. Sofaer, et al. (2025). Ecological scenarios: embracing ecological uncertainty in an era of global change. Ecosphere: e70278.

Oldfather, M. F., A. N. Runyon, K. Clark‐Wolf, W. E. Moss, I. Rangwala, A. Ciocco, A. Bamzai‐Dodson, H. R. Sofaer, and B. W. Miller. 2025. Drought and deluge—opportunities for climate‐change adaptation in US national parks. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: e2858.

Oldfather, M. F., A. Ennis, B. W. Miller, K. Clark-Wolf, I. Rangwala, H. Robe, and C. Littlefield. (2025). Climate change impacts and adaptation in U.S. Rocky Mountain high-elevation ecosystems. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 57:2450089.

Stemkovski, M., J. R. Bernhardt, B. W. Blonder, J. B. Bradford, K. Clark‐Wolf, L. E. Dee, M. E. K. Evans, V. Iglesias, L. C. Johnson, A. J. Lynch, S. L. Malone, B. B. Osborne, M. A. Pastore, M. Paterson, M. L. Pinsky, C. R. Rollinson, O. Selmoni, J. J. Venkiteswaran, A. P. Walker, N. K. Ward, J. W. Williams, C. M. Zarakas, and P. B. Adler. 2025. Ecological acclimation: A framework to integrate fast and slow responses to climate change. Functional Ecology: 1365-2435.70079.

Ahler, S. J., K. Clark-Wolf, C. Dixon, I. Rangwala, and C. D. M. Hesed. 2025. Climate Change Impacts on Introduced Grass Invasion in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States Great Plains. Prairie Naturalist 2:102–113.

Research Scientist

North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

University of Colorado Boulder

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