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) 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
Williams, J. L., Angert, A. L., Compagnoni, A., Campbell, A., DeMarche, M. L., Evans, M. E. K., Fowler, J. C., González, E. J., Iler, A. M., Loesberg, J. A., Louthan, A. M., Martin, A. B., Moutouama, J. K., Nordstrom, S. W., Petry, W. K., Şen, B., Sheth, S. N., & Miller, T. E. X. (2025). Linking Climate and Demography to Predict Population Dynamics and Persistence Under Global Change. Ecology Letters, 28(12), e70283. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70283
Loesberg, J. A. & Williams, J. L. (2025). Seasonal climate drives population growth but not costs of reproduction of a perennial wildflower. Ecology, 106(12), e70240. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70240
Hesketh, A. V.*, Loesberg, J. A.*, Bledsoe, E. K., Karst, J., & Macdonald, S. E. (2022). Seasonal and annual dynamics of western Canadian boreal forest plant communities: A legacy data set spanning four decades. Ecology, 103(11), e3805. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3805 * indicates equal contribution
Loesberg, J. A., & Meyer, W. M. (2021). Granivory in California sage scrub: Implications for common plant invaders and ecosystem conservation. Plant Ecology, 222(10), 1089–1100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01163-z
Caspi, T., Hartz, L. A., Soto Villa, A. E., Loesberg, J. A., Robins, C. R., & 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), 4980–4993. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5104
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)