Publications

(In review) Loesberg, J.A. & J.L. Williams. Conspecific density and reproductive trade-offs govern population response to climate in a clonal wildflower. Submitted to Journal of Ecology

(In press) Jennifer L. Williams, Amy L. Angert, Aldo Compagnoni, Ali Campbell, Megan L. DeMarche, Margaret E. K. Evans, Joshua C. Fowler, Edgar J. González, Amy M. Iler, Jenna A. Loesberg, Allison M. Louthan, Alexandra Jimenez Martin, Jacob K. Moutouama, Scott W. Nordstrom, William K. Petry, Bilgecan Şen, Seema N. Sheth, Tom E. X. Miller. Linking climate to demography to predict population dynamics and persistence under global change. Submitted to Ecology Letters, accepted November 21, 2025

(In press) Loesberg, J.A. & J.L. Williams. Seasonal climate drives population growth but not costs of reproduction of a perennial wildflower. Submitted to Ecology, accepted August 21, 2025

(In press) Clark, J.; Siren, A.; Loesberg, J.; Morelli, T.L. SiMPL Wildlife Magnet: A camera trap tool for detecting all creatures great and small. Submitted to Ecology and Evolution, accepted October 3, 2025

Hesketh, A.*; Loesberg, J.*; Bledsoe, E.; Karst, J.; Macdonald, E. 2022. Seasonal and annual dynamics of western Canadian boreal forest plant communities: a legacy dataset spanning four decades. Ecology 103:11.  * indicates equal contribution

Loesberg, J.A. & W.M. Meyer III. 2021. Granivory in California sage scrub: implications for plant invasions and ecosystem conservation. Plant Ecology 222: 1089-1100.

Caspi, T.; L.A. Hartz; A.E. Soto Villa; J.A. Loesberg, C.R. Robins; Meyer, W.M. 2019. Impacts of invasive annuals on soil carbon and nitrogen storage in southern California depend on the identity of the invader. Ecology and Evolution 9(8): 1-14.

Manuscripts in progress

(In prep) Scott W. Nordstrom, Jenna A. Loesberg, Jennifer L. Williams. Direct effects of rainfall manipulation influence population growth more than flowering phenology for a temperate perennial herb. In preparation to send to PNAS

(In prep) Jenna A. Loesberg & Jennifer L. Williams. Influence of invasive grass neighbors on population growth of a native annual forb under climate change. In preparation to send to Journal of Ecology

(In prep) Jeannette Whitton, Evan Hersch, Jenna A. Loesberg, Jennifer L. Williams. Life history differences between sexual and asexual populations of a perennial plant, Townsendia hookeri (Asteraceae)

Garry oak meadow in early spring