Publications
* Denotes undergraduate advisee
^ Denotes graduate student advisee
# Denotes equal co-lead authorship
Chapters in Preparation (National Assessments)
U.S. Global Change Research Program: National Nature Assessment
Ignace, D.D., M. Kearney, M. Adams, S. Allison, G. Hurtt, F. Isbell, A. Moore, R. Newman, J. Sullivan, L. Rocha, H. Throop, K. Yazzie, and B. Young. (In preparation). Status, Trends and Future Projections of Drivers of Change of Nature in the U.S. In: First National Nature Assessment (Full Assessment Scheduled for release in 2026), U.S. Global Change Research Program. [Note: The zero order draft outline has been published online]
IN REVIEW:
Gazing Wolf, J., J. Painter, J. Grimm, L. L. Jennings, M. L. Reed., D. D. Ignace, M. Montgomery, R. Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, K. DeerinWater, G. Bridge, C. Greene, J. DeLaCruz, J. Vergun, M. K. Nelson, S. E Brownell. (Manuscript in review). Methodological apartheid: the systematic erasure of Indigenous voices in social science research.
Gazing Wolf, J., J. Painter, J. Grimm, L. L. Jennings, M. L. Reed, D. D. Ignace, M. Montgomery, R. Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, K. DeerinWater, G. Bridge, C. Greene, J. DeLaCruz, J. Vergun, M. K. Nelson, S. E Brownell. (Manuscript in review). Indigenous Identity, Values, and Barriers to Persistence in Settler-Colonial STEM Institutions.
Travers-Smith^, H, N.C. Coops, C. Mulverhill, M.A. Wulder, T.C. Lantz, and D.D. Ignace. (Manuscript in review). Satellite observations reveal stable forest limits and widespread shrub expansion across the Canadian forest-tundra ecotone.
Publications:
Gazing Wolf, J., Simmons, E., Blanchard, P., Jennings, L. L., Ignace, D. D., David-Chavez, D. M., Smiles, D., Montgomery, M., Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, R., Nelson, M. K., Doan-Crider, D., Black Elk, Linda, Black Elk, Luke, Bridge, G., Chischilly, A. M., Deer, K., DeerinWater, K., Ecoffey, T., Vergun, J., Wildcat, D., & Rattling Leaf, J. (In press). A path to reconciliation between Indigenous and settler-colonial epistemologies. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Soares, B. E., K. Bailey, D. D. Ignace, F. Abbott, T. Mourad, and C. R. Cid. 2025. Lessons from the Diversity Forum at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The Bulletin, Ecological Society of America. 0(0):e70012. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.70012
Rice, M., S. Tumber-Dávila, M. Baiz, S.J. Cheng, K. Darragh, C.O. Estien, J.W. Hammond, D.D. Ignace, L. Khadempour, K.M. Gaynor, K. Mills, J.A. Cooke, A.C. Moore. 2025. Terminology in ecology and evolutionary biology disproportionately harms marginalized groups. PLoS Biology. 23(1): e3002933 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002933
Travers-Smith^, H, N.C. Coops, T.C. Lantz, M. Hamp, D.D. Ignace, M.A. Wulder, and J. van der Sluijs. 2025. Vegetation structure and soil organic carbon storage across northern forest-tundra ecotones in continuous permafrost. Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0048
Ignace, D.D., and D. Smiles. Expressions of Gratitude: Two Indigenous Scholars Share Their Experiences with the Work of Robin Wall Kimmerer. 2024. The Bulletin, Ecological Society of America. 105(3):e02150. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2150
Wolf J. G.# D.D. Ignace#, D. David-Chavez#, L. Jennings#, D. Smiles#, P. Blanchard#, E. Simmons#, D. Doan-Crider, R. Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, M. Montgomery, M.K. Nelson, L. Black Elk, L. Black Elk, G. Bridge, A.M. Chischilly, K. Deer, K. DeerinWater, T. Ecoffey, J. Vergun, D. Wildcat, J. Rattling Leaf. 2024. Centering Indigenous Knowledges in ecology and beyond. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2024; e2776. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2776
Travers-Smith, H., N.C. Coops, C. Mulverhill, M.A. Wulder, D. D. Ignace, and T.C. Lantz. 2024. Mapping vegetation height and identifying the northern forest limit across Canada using ICESat-2 and Landsat satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 305 (2024) 114097 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114097
Cheng S, K Gaynor, A. Moore, K. Darragh, C. Estein, J. Hammond, C. Lawrence, K. Mills, M. Baiz, D.D. Ignace, L. Khadempour, M. McCary, M. Rice, S. Tumber-Davila, and J. Smith. 2023. Championing inclusive terminology in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Click here for the article
D.D. Ignace. 2019. Determinants of temperature sensitivity of soil respiration with the decline of a foundation species. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223566. Click here for the article
*A. Fassler, J. Bellemare, and D.D. Ignace. 2019. Loss of a foundation species, Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), may lead to biotic homogenization of fungal communities and altered timing of bacterial activity in the forest floor. Northeastern Naturalist. 26(3): 684-712. Click here for the article
Ignace, D.D., *A. Fassler, and J. Bellemare. 2018. Decline of a foundation trees species due to invasive insects will trigger net release of soil organic carbon. Ecosphere 9(8). Click here for the article
Ignace, D.D., N. Huntly, and P. Chesson. 2018. The role of climate in the dynamics of annual plants in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Evolutionary Ecology Research 19: 1-19.
Ignace, D.D. and P. Chesson. 2014. Removing an invader: Evidence for forces reassembling a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Ecology 95(11):3203-3212.
Ogle, K., R.W. Lucas, L.P. Bentley, J.M. Cable, G. Barron-Gafford, A. Griffith, D.D. Ignace, G. D. Jenerette, A. Tyler, T.E. Huxman, M.E. Loik, S.D. Smith, and D.T. Tissue. 2012. Differential daytime and nighttime stomatal behavior and substantial nighttime water loss in plants from deserts of North America. New Phytologist 194: 464-476.
Ignace, D.D., S.I. Dodson, and D. Kashian. 2011. Identification of the critical timing of sex determination in Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) for use in toxicological studies. Hydrobiologia 668(1):117-123.
Ignace, D.D. and T.E. Huxman. 2009. Limitations to photosynthetic function across season in Larrea tridentata (creosotebush) growing on contrasting soil surfaces in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 73:626-633.
Resco, V., D.D. Ignace, W. Sun, T.E. Huxman, J.F. Weltzin, and D.G. Williams. 2008. Chlorophyll fluorescence, predawn water potential and photosynthesis in precipitation pulse-driven ecosystems - implications for ecological studies. Functional Ecology 22: 479-483.
Ignace, D.D., T.E. Huxman, J. Weltzin, and D.G. Williams. 2007. Leaf gas exchange and water status responses of a native and non-native grass to precipitation across contrasting soil surfaces in the Sonoran Desert. Oecologia 152:401-413.
Patrick, L., J. Cable, D. Potts, D.D. Ignace, G. Barron-Gafford, N. Van Gestel, T. Robertson, H. Alpert, A. Griffith, T. Huxman, J. Zak, M. Loik, D. Tissue. 2007. Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol-grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oecologia 151:704-718.
Potts, D.L., T.E. Huxman, J.M. Cable, N.B. English, D.D. Ignace, J.A. Eilts, M.J. Mason, J.F. Weltzin, and D.G. Williams. 2006. Antecedent moisture and seasonal precipitation influence response of canopy-scale carbon and water exchange to rainfall pulses in a semi-arid grassland. New Phytologist 170:849-860.
Yepez, E.A., T.E Huxman, D.D. Ignace, N.B. English, J.F. Weltzin, A.E. Castellanos, D.G. Williams. 2005. Dynamics of transpiration and evaporation following a moisture pulse in semiarid grassland: A chamber-based isotope method for partitioning flux components. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 132 (3-4): 359-376.
Huxman, T.E., J.M. Cable, D.D. Ignace, J.A. Eilts, N.B. English, J. Weltzin, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Response of net ecosystem gas exchange to a simulated precipitation pulse in a semi-arid grassland: the role of native versus non-native grasses and soil texture. Oecologia 141:295-305. B
Enquist, B.J., E.P. Economo, T.E. Huxman, A.P. Allen, D.D. Ignace, and J.F. Gillooly. 2003. Scaling metabolism from organisms to ecosystems. Nature 423:639-642.
Manuscripts in Preparation:
Ignace, D.D., M. MacLean, and C. Hart. (In preparation). Weaving Indigenous perspectives and Western science in invasive species and climate change research. Invited Tansley Review, New Phytologist
Crafts^, G., L. Daniels, and D.D. Ignace. (In preparation). Fire impact on culturally-significant plants and biodiversity at Vaseux Lake, British Columbia.
Ignace, D.D., Clauser, A.*, Meadows-McDonnell, M.*, and. (In preparation). Comparing seedling and adult photosynthetic capacity of dominant forest tree species at Harvard Forest.
Reports
Daniels, L.D., D.D. Ignace, M. Godek^, and G. Crafts^. Prescribed and cultural fire impact on plants, soils and biodiversity at Vaseux Lake, British Columbia. 2024. Report for the Koerner Foundation and Canadian Wildlife Services.