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Musk, D., Lloren, J.I. & McCune, J.L. (2025). Tree seedling regeneration in Canada’s southern Rocky Mountains: contrasting recently burned and unburned areas. Northwest Science 97(4), 290-305.
Lait, L.A., Graham, B.A., Galbraith, D.A., Burg, T.M., & McCune, J.L. (2024) Conservation genetics of Stylophorum diphyllum (Papaveraceae): investigating the genetic diversity and differentiation of peripheral and core populations across the range. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01664-0 VIEW ONLINE
McCune, J.L., Baldwin, S., Bennett, J.R., Husband, B.C., Joly, S., Kraus, D., Lamb, E.G., Vamosi, J., Van Natto, A., & Whitton, J. (2024). The state of plant conservation in Canada: a survey of practitioners. FACETS 9, 1-13. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216
Chisholm, T., McCune, J.L. (2024) Habitat characteristics of Botrychium species in the Castle Region, Alberta, Canada. Western North American Naturalist, 84(1), 11-27.
Lloren, J.I., McCune, J.L. (2024) Testing for synergistic effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on ecological communities at a landscape scale. Landscape Ecology 39, 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01844-w
Chisholm, T., McCune, J.L. (2024) Vegetation type and trail use interact to affect the magnitude and extent of recreational trail impacts on plant communities. Journal of Environmental Management 351, 119817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119817
Reiter, J., McCune, J.L. (2023) Comparing the germination, growth, and morphology of native Canadian and commercially sourced seeds of wood-poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum). Native Plants Journal 24(2), 80–90.
Hanson, J.O., McCune, J.L., Chadès, I., Proctor, C.A., Hudgins, E.J., Bennett, J.R. (2022) Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14309
Reiter, D., Pittman, J., Anammasiya Ayambire, R., Brown, H.C.P., Colla, S.R., Loewen, T.M., McCune, J.L., Olive, A., Parrott, L. (2022) Lessons learnt from multiple private land conservation programs in Canada to inform species at risk conservation. The Canadian Geographer. http://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12770
Lee-Yaw, J.A., McCune, J.L., Pironon, S., Sheth, S.N. (2022) Species distribution models rarely predict the biology of real populations. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05877
Lalonde, S., McCune, J.L., Rivest, S.A., Kharouba, H.M. (2022) Decline in common milkweed along roadsides around Ottawa, Canada. Écoscience 29-37. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11956860.2021.1943930
Kusack, J.W., Mitchell, G.W., Evans, D.R., Cadman, M.D., McCune, J.L., Hobson, K.A. (2021) Diet of nestling barn swallows in an agroecosystem: insights from fecal DNA barcoding and feather stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) . Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01917-6
McCune, J.L., Frendo, C.J., Ramadan, M., Baldwin, L.K. (2021) Comparing the effect of landscape context on vascular plant and bryophyte communities in a human-dominated landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science 32, e12932. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jvs.12932
Rosner-Katz, H., McCune, J.L., Bennett, J.R. (2020) Using stacked SDMs with accuracy and rarity weighting to optimize surveys for rare plant species. Biodiversity and Conservation 29, 3209-3225.
McCune, J.L., Morrison, P.D.S. (2020) Conserving plant species at risk in Canada: land tenure, threats, and representation in federal programs. FACETS https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0014
McCune, J.L., Roser-Katz, H., Bennett, J.R., Schuster, R., & Kharouba, H.M. (2020) Do traits of plant species predict the efficacy of species distribution models for finding new occurrences? Ecology and Evolution 10, 5001-5014. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6254
Raymond, C.V., McCune, J.L., Rosner-Katz, H., Chadès, I., Schuster, R., Gilbert, B., & Bennett, J. R. (2020) Combining Species Distribution Models and Value of Information Analysis for spatial allocation of conservation resources. Journal of Applied Ecology 57, 819-830.
Lloren, J.I., Fahrig, L., Bennett, J.R, Contreras, T., McCune, J.L. (2020) The influence of landscape context on short- and long-term forest change following a severe ice storm. Journal of Ecology 108, 224-238.
McCune, J.L, Colla, S.R., Coristine, L.E., Davy, C.M., Flockhart, D.T.T., Schuster, R., & Orihel, D.M. (2019) Are we accurately estimating the potential role of pollution in the decline of species at risk in Canada? FACETS 4(1), 598-614. https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0025
McCune, J.L. (2019) A new record of Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) Nutt. in Canada: a case study of the value and limitations of building species distribution models for very rare plants. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 146, 119-127.
Krikun, R.G., McCune, J.L., Bayne, E.M., and Flockhart, D.T.T. (2018) Breeding habitat characteristics of Canada warblers in central Alberta. The Forestry Chronicle 94, 230-239.
MacDougall, A.S., McCune, J.L., Eriksson, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Pärtel, M., Firn, J., and Hierro, J.L. (2018) The Neolithic Plant Invasion Hypothesis: the role of preadaptation and disturbance in grassland invasion. New Phytologist 220, 94-103. doi: 10.111/nph.15285
Van Drunen, S.G., McCune, J.L., and Husband, B.C. (2018) Distribution and environmental correlates of fungal infection and host tree health in the endangered American chestnut in Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 427, 60-69.
MacDougall, A.S., Harvey, E., McCune, J.L., Nilsson, K.A., Bennett, J., Firn, J., Bartley, T., Grace, J.B., Kelly, J., Tunney, T.D., McMeans, B., Matsuzaki, S.S., Kadoya, T., Esch, E., Cazelles, K., Lester, N., and McCann, K.S. (2018) Context-dependent interactions and the regulation of species richness in freshwater fish. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03419-1
McCune, J.L., Van Natto, A., and MacDougall, A.S. (2017) The efficacy of protected areas and private land for plant conservation in a fragmented landscape. Landscape Ecology 32, 871-882. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0491-1
McCune, J.L., Carlsson, A.M., Colla, S., Davy, C., Favaro, F., Ford, A.T., Fraser, K.C., and Martins, E.G. (2017) Assessing public commitment to endangered species protection: A Canadian case study. FACETS http://www.facetsjournal.com/article/facets-2016-0054/
plain language summary on medium
article in Canadian Geographic online
Vellend, M., Baeten, L., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Boucher-Lalonde, V., McCune, J.L., Messier, J., Myers-Smith, I.H., and Sax, D.F. (2017) Plant biodiversity change across scales during the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Plant Biology 68, 563-586. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042916-040949
Olive, A., and McCune, J.L. (2017) Wonder, ignorance, and resistance: landowners and the stewardship of endangered species. Journal of Rural Studies 49, 13-22.
McCune, J.L. (2016) Species distribution models predict rare species occurrences despite significant effects of landscape context. Journal of Applied Ecology 53, 1871-1879. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12702
Article in the Waterloo Record
The Applied Ecologist's Blog
McCune, J.L., and Vellend, M. (2015) Using plant traits to predict the sensitivity of colonizations and extirpations to landscape context. Oecologia 178, 511-524. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-014-3217-y
McCune, J.L., Vellend, M., and Pellatt, M.G. (2015) Combining phytolith analysis with historical ecology to reveal the long-term, local-scale dynamics within a savannah-forest landscape mosaic. Biodiversity and Conservation 24, 609-626. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-014-0840-1
McCune, J.L., and Vellend, M. (2013) Gains in native species promote biotic homogenization over four decades in a human-dominated landscape. Journal of Ecology 101, 1542-1551.
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McCune, J.L., Pellatt, M.G., and Vellend, M. (2013) Multidisciplinary synthesis of long-term human-ecosystem interactions: A perspective from the Garry oak ecosystem of British Columbia. Biological Conservation 166, 293-300.
Lait, L.A., Graham, B.A., Galbraith, D.A., Burg, T.M., & McCune, J.L. (2024) Conservation genetics of Stylophorum diphyllum (Papaveraceae): investigating the genetic diversity and differentiation of peripheral and core populations across the range. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01664-0 VIEW ONLINE
McCune, J.L., Baldwin, S., Bennett, J.R., Husband, B.C., Joly, S., Kraus, D., Lamb, E.G., Vamosi, J., Van Natto, A., & Whitton, J. (2024). The state of plant conservation in Canada: a survey of practitioners. FACETS 9, 1-13. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216
Chisholm, T., McCune, J.L. (2024) Habitat characteristics of Botrychium species in the Castle Region, Alberta, Canada. Western North American Naturalist, 84(1), 11-27.
Lloren, J.I., McCune, J.L. (2024) Testing for synergistic effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on ecological communities at a landscape scale. Landscape Ecology 39, 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01844-w
Chisholm, T., McCune, J.L. (2024) Vegetation type and trail use interact to affect the magnitude and extent of recreational trail impacts on plant communities. Journal of Environmental Management 351, 119817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119817
Reiter, J., McCune, J.L. (2023) Comparing the germination, growth, and morphology of native Canadian and commercially sourced seeds of wood-poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum). Native Plants Journal 24(2), 80–90.
Hanson, J.O., McCune, J.L., Chadès, I., Proctor, C.A., Hudgins, E.J., Bennett, J.R. (2022) Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14309
Reiter, D., Pittman, J., Anammasiya Ayambire, R., Brown, H.C.P., Colla, S.R., Loewen, T.M., McCune, J.L., Olive, A., Parrott, L. (2022) Lessons learnt from multiple private land conservation programs in Canada to inform species at risk conservation. The Canadian Geographer. http://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12770
Lee-Yaw, J.A., McCune, J.L., Pironon, S., Sheth, S.N. (2022) Species distribution models rarely predict the biology of real populations. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05877
Lalonde, S., McCune, J.L., Rivest, S.A., Kharouba, H.M. (2022) Decline in common milkweed along roadsides around Ottawa, Canada. Écoscience 29-37. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11956860.2021.1943930
Kusack, J.W., Mitchell, G.W., Evans, D.R., Cadman, M.D., McCune, J.L., Hobson, K.A. (2021) Diet of nestling barn swallows in an agroecosystem: insights from fecal DNA barcoding and feather stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) . Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01917-6
McCune, J.L., Frendo, C.J., Ramadan, M., Baldwin, L.K. (2021) Comparing the effect of landscape context on vascular plant and bryophyte communities in a human-dominated landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science 32, e12932. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jvs.12932
Rosner-Katz, H., McCune, J.L., Bennett, J.R. (2020) Using stacked SDMs with accuracy and rarity weighting to optimize surveys for rare plant species. Biodiversity and Conservation 29, 3209-3225.
McCune, J.L., Morrison, P.D.S. (2020) Conserving plant species at risk in Canada: land tenure, threats, and representation in federal programs. FACETS https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0014
McCune, J.L., Roser-Katz, H., Bennett, J.R., Schuster, R., & Kharouba, H.M. (2020) Do traits of plant species predict the efficacy of species distribution models for finding new occurrences? Ecology and Evolution 10, 5001-5014. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6254
Raymond, C.V., McCune, J.L., Rosner-Katz, H., Chadès, I., Schuster, R., Gilbert, B., & Bennett, J. R. (2020) Combining Species Distribution Models and Value of Information Analysis for spatial allocation of conservation resources. Journal of Applied Ecology 57, 819-830.
Lloren, J.I., Fahrig, L., Bennett, J.R, Contreras, T., McCune, J.L. (2020) The influence of landscape context on short- and long-term forest change following a severe ice storm. Journal of Ecology 108, 224-238.
McCune, J.L, Colla, S.R., Coristine, L.E., Davy, C.M., Flockhart, D.T.T., Schuster, R., & Orihel, D.M. (2019) Are we accurately estimating the potential role of pollution in the decline of species at risk in Canada? FACETS 4(1), 598-614. https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0025
McCune, J.L. (2019) A new record of Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) Nutt. in Canada: a case study of the value and limitations of building species distribution models for very rare plants. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 146, 119-127.
Krikun, R.G., McCune, J.L., Bayne, E.M., and Flockhart, D.T.T. (2018) Breeding habitat characteristics of Canada warblers in central Alberta. The Forestry Chronicle 94, 230-239.
MacDougall, A.S., McCune, J.L., Eriksson, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Pärtel, M., Firn, J., and Hierro, J.L. (2018) The Neolithic Plant Invasion Hypothesis: the role of preadaptation and disturbance in grassland invasion. New Phytologist 220, 94-103. doi: 10.111/nph.15285
Van Drunen, S.G., McCune, J.L., and Husband, B.C. (2018) Distribution and environmental correlates of fungal infection and host tree health in the endangered American chestnut in Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 427, 60-69.
MacDougall, A.S., Harvey, E., McCune, J.L., Nilsson, K.A., Bennett, J., Firn, J., Bartley, T., Grace, J.B., Kelly, J., Tunney, T.D., McMeans, B., Matsuzaki, S.S., Kadoya, T., Esch, E., Cazelles, K., Lester, N., and McCann, K.S. (2018) Context-dependent interactions and the regulation of species richness in freshwater fish. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03419-1
McCune, J.L., Van Natto, A., and MacDougall, A.S. (2017) The efficacy of protected areas and private land for plant conservation in a fragmented landscape. Landscape Ecology 32, 871-882. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0491-1
McCune, J.L., Carlsson, A.M., Colla, S., Davy, C., Favaro, F., Ford, A.T., Fraser, K.C., and Martins, E.G. (2017) Assessing public commitment to endangered species protection: A Canadian case study. FACETS http://www.facetsjournal.com/article/facets-2016-0054/
plain language summary on medium
article in Canadian Geographic online
Vellend, M., Baeten, L., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Boucher-Lalonde, V., McCune, J.L., Messier, J., Myers-Smith, I.H., and Sax, D.F. (2017) Plant biodiversity change across scales during the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Plant Biology 68, 563-586. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042916-040949
Olive, A., and McCune, J.L. (2017) Wonder, ignorance, and resistance: landowners and the stewardship of endangered species. Journal of Rural Studies 49, 13-22.
McCune, J.L. (2016) Species distribution models predict rare species occurrences despite significant effects of landscape context. Journal of Applied Ecology 53, 1871-1879. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12702
Article in the Waterloo Record
The Applied Ecologist's Blog
McCune, J.L., and Vellend, M. (2015) Using plant traits to predict the sensitivity of colonizations and extirpations to landscape context. Oecologia 178, 511-524. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-014-3217-y
McCune, J.L., Vellend, M., and Pellatt, M.G. (2015) Combining phytolith analysis with historical ecology to reveal the long-term, local-scale dynamics within a savannah-forest landscape mosaic. Biodiversity and Conservation 24, 609-626. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-014-0840-1
McCune, J.L., and Vellend, M. (2013) Gains in native species promote biotic homogenization over four decades in a human-dominated landscape. Journal of Ecology 101, 1542-1551.
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McCune, J.L., Pellatt, M.G., and Vellend, M. (2013) Multidisciplinary synthesis of long-term human-ecosystem interactions: A perspective from the Garry oak ecosystem of British Columbia. Biological Conservation 166, 293-300.
McCune, J.L., Harrower, W.L., Avery-Gomm, S., Brogan, J.M., Csergo, A.M., Davidson, L.N., Garani, A.,Halpin, L.R., Lipsen, L.P.J., Lee, C., Nelson, J.C., Prugh, L.R., Stinson, C., Whitney, C.K., and Whitton, J. (2013) Threats to Canadian species at risk: an analysis of finalized recovery strategies. Biological Conservation 166, 254-265.
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Vellend, M., Brown, C., Kharouba, H.M., McCune, J.L., and Myers-Smith, I. (2013) Historical ecology: using unconventional data sources to study temporal change in plant populations and communities. American Journal of Botany 100, 1294-1305.
McCune, J.L.,& Pellatt, M.G. (2013) Phytoliths of Southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada, and their potential use to reconstruct shifting boundaries between Douglas-fir forest and oak savannah. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 383-384, 59-71.
Kharouba, H.M., McCune, J.L., Thuiller, W., Huntley, B. (2013). Do ecological differences between taxonomic groups influence the relationship between species’ distributions and climate? A global meta-analysis using species distribution models. Ecography 36(6), 657-664. Editor's choice
Dornelas, M., Magurran, A.E., Buckland, S.T., Chao, A., Chazdon, R.L., Colwell, R.K., Curtis, T., Gaston, K.J., Gotelli, N.J., Kosnik, M.A., McGill, B., McCune, J.L., Morlon, H., Mumby, P.J., Ovreas, L., Studeny, A., Vellend, M. (2013). Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: challenges and opportunities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1750), 20121931. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1931
McCune, J.L.,& Pellatt, M.G. (2013) Phytoliths of Southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada, and their potential use to reconstruct shifting boundaries between Douglas-fir forest and oak savannah. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 383-384, 59-71.
Kharouba, H.M., McCune, J.L., Thuiller, W., Huntley, B. (2013). Do ecological differences between taxonomic groups influence the relationship between species’ distributions and climate? A global meta-analysis using species distribution models. Ecography 36(6), 657-664. Editor's choice
Dornelas, M., Magurran, A.E., Buckland, S.T., Chao, A., Chazdon, R.L., Colwell, R.K., Curtis, T., Gaston, K.J., Gotelli, N.J., Kosnik, M.A., McGill, B., McCune, J.L., Morlon, H., Mumby, P.J., Ovreas, L., Studeny, A., Vellend, M. (2013). Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: challenges and opportunities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1750), 20121931. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1931
McCune, J.L. & Knapp, D.A. (2008) The rediscovery and status of Dissanthelium californicum (Poaceae) on Santa Catalina Island. Madrono 55(1), 60-68.
Article in Discover Magazine Catalina Island Conservancy website |
Connolly, M., McCune, J., Dauncey, E. & Lovell, C.R. (2004) Primula obconica – is contact allergy on the decline? Contact Dermatitis 51(4): 167-171.
Klironomos, J.N., McCune, J., & Moutoglis, P. (2004) Species of arbuscular mychorrhizal fungi affect
mycorrhizal responses to simulated herbivory. Applied Soil Ecology 26, 133-141.
McCune, J. & Prendergast, HDV. (2003) Betula makes music in Europe: three birch horns from Kew’s
Economic Botany Collections. Economic Botany 56(4), 303-305.
Klironomos, J.N., McCune, J., Hart, M. & Neville, J. (2000) The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae on the
relationship between plant diversity and productivity. Ecology Letters 3, 137-141.
Book chapters:
McCune, J.L. (2010) A preliminary study of the plant knowledge and grassland management practices of English livestock farmers, with implications for grassland conservation. pp. 307-328. In: Ethnobotany in the New Europe: People, Health and Wild Plant Resources. Eds. M. Pardo-de-Santayana, A. Pieroni and R.K. Puri. Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Non-refereed reports and articles:
McCune, J.L. (2018) The Eye of the Sandpiper: Stories from the Living World, by Brandon Keim (book review). Quarterly Review of Biology 93, 285-286.
McCune, J.L. (2013) Gardens Aflame: Garry Oak Meadows of BC’s South Coast, by Maleea Acker (book review). BC
Studies 179 (Autumn), 215-216. Link
McCune, J.L. (2005) Report on the census and survey of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella Engelm.) and canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.) groves on Catalina Island, 2004 and 2005. Unpublished report prepared for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
You can access my thesis here.
Klironomos, J.N., McCune, J., & Moutoglis, P. (2004) Species of arbuscular mychorrhizal fungi affect
mycorrhizal responses to simulated herbivory. Applied Soil Ecology 26, 133-141.
McCune, J. & Prendergast, HDV. (2003) Betula makes music in Europe: three birch horns from Kew’s
Economic Botany Collections. Economic Botany 56(4), 303-305.
Klironomos, J.N., McCune, J., Hart, M. & Neville, J. (2000) The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae on the
relationship between plant diversity and productivity. Ecology Letters 3, 137-141.
Book chapters:
McCune, J.L. (2010) A preliminary study of the plant knowledge and grassland management practices of English livestock farmers, with implications for grassland conservation. pp. 307-328. In: Ethnobotany in the New Europe: People, Health and Wild Plant Resources. Eds. M. Pardo-de-Santayana, A. Pieroni and R.K. Puri. Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Non-refereed reports and articles:
McCune, J.L. (2018) The Eye of the Sandpiper: Stories from the Living World, by Brandon Keim (book review). Quarterly Review of Biology 93, 285-286.
McCune, J.L. (2013) Gardens Aflame: Garry Oak Meadows of BC’s South Coast, by Maleea Acker (book review). BC
Studies 179 (Autumn), 215-216. Link
McCune, J.L. (2005) Report on the census and survey of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella Engelm.) and canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.) groves on Catalina Island, 2004 and 2005. Unpublished report prepared for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
You can access my thesis here.