Abstract In coniferous western forests, recent widespread tree mortality provided
opportunities to test the long-held theory that forest cover loss increases water yield. We …

Snowfall may have different stable isotopic compositions compared with rainfall, allowing its
contribution to potentially be tracked through the hydrological cycle. This review summarizes …

Snowmelt from forested, mountainous environments in the western United States is a critical
regional water resource for streamflow and ecological productivity. These landscapes are …

The recent climate-exacerbated mountain pine beetle infestation in the Rocky Mountains of
North America has resulted in tree death that is unprecedented in recorded history. The …

Bark beetle populations have drastically increased in magnitude over the last several
decades leading to the largest-scale tree mortality ever recorded from an insect infestation …

The retrieval of detailed, co‐located snow depth and canopy cover information from airborne
lidar has advanced our understanding of links between forest snow distribution and canopy …

In the semiarid interior western USA, where a majority of surface water supply comes from
mountain forests, high‐resolution aerial lidar‐based surveys are commonly used to study …

Recent bark beetle epidemics have caused regional‐scale tree mortality in many snowmelt‐
dominated headwater catchments of western North America. Initial expectations of …

Snow sublimation is an important component of the snow mass balance, but the spatial and
temporal variability of this process is not well understood in mountain environments. This …

Western US forest ecosystems and downstream water supplies are reliant on seasonal
snowmelt. Complex feedbacks govern forest–snow interactions in which forests influence …