Publications
* Denotes undergraduate advisee
† Denotes graduate advisee
@Denotes equal lead authorship
Book Chapters in Preparation:
Ignace, D.D.@, S. Pete@, T. Martnes@, A. Reid@. Navigating Indigenous knowledge and decolonial constructs in academic science (In Preparation for 2024). Chapter in Building Bridges - Dialogues between Indigenous science(s) and Western science: Decolonial impacts and challenges“ (Dr. Gregory Cajete, Dr. Rangimārie Mahuika, and Dr. Ronald Lutz, eds)
Manuscripts in Preparation:
Daniels, L.D., D.D. Ignace, M. Godek†, and G. Crafts†. (In Preparation). Prescribed and cultural fire impact on plants, soils and biodiversity at Vaseux Lake, British Columbia.
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
Ignace, D.D., M. Meadows-McDonnell*, and A. Clauser*. (In Preparation). Comparing seedling and adult photosynthetic capacity of dominant forest tree species at Harvard Forest.
Publications (peer-reviewed):
Travers-Smith†, H., N.C. Coops, T. Lantz, M. Hamp, D.D. Ignace, M.A. Wulder, and J. Van Der Sluijs. (Manuscript submitted). Response of soil organic carbon pools to treeline and shrubline advance in continuous permafrost. Ecosystems.
Ignace, D.D., and D. Smiles. (Accepted for publication) The meaning of Robin Wall Kimmerer winning the MacArthur Award (In Preparation). Essay for The Bulletin, Ecological Society of America.
Wolf J. G., D. D. Ignace, L. Jennings, D Smiles, P. Blanchard, D. M. David-Chavez, L. Black Elk, L. Black Elk, G. Bridge, A. M. Chischilly, K. Deer, K. DeerinWater, D. Doan-Crider, T. Ecoffey, M. Montgomery, M. K. Nelson, R. Plenty Sweetgrass She-Kills, E. Simmons, J. Vergun, D. Wildcat, J. Rattling Leaf. (Accepted for publication). Elevating Indigenous Knowledges in ecology and beyond. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Travers-Smith, H., N.C. Coops, C. Mulverhill, M.A. Wulder, 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 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.