PUBLICATIONS

In Review

Ahler, S.J., Morse, I., Padula, S., Taylor, S.A., Zavala, S., and Corwin, L. Coming Out(side): Challenges and supports experienced by LGBTQ+ undergraduates in field-based courses. Ecosphere.

Casper, A.M.A., Ahler, S., E., M., Gutierrez, A.,  Schlechter, T., Turner, O., and Eddy, S.L. ( in review) Queer Counterspaces in STEM: Building Community and Finding Support as Queer Researchers in Multiple Academic Life-Stages. Science Education.

Casper, A.M.A., Ahler, S., E., M., Gutierrez, A.,  Schlechter, T., Turner, O., and Eddy, S.L. (in review) “There is a Place for Us Here”: Exploring Narratives Supporting Students with Queer Genders in Biology Courses. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

2025

Hartmann, R., Kottler, E., Ahler, S., D’Camp, R; Hayes, R., Rinehart, S. (in pres) Experiences and Recommendations From Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students and Professionals in Field Ecology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.

Ahler, S.J., Larson, J. E., Lee, J., Madsen, M., Miller, C., Paladeni, K., Suding, K.N., & Shackelford, N. (2025) Rooting for the little guy: belowground traits predict juvenile grass demography in microsites. Functional Ecology.

Vandvik, V., Ahler, S.J, et al. (2025) Plant trait, carbon flux, reflectance and climate data from global change experiments and gradients in Norway. Scientific Data.

Halbritter, A., Atkinson, J., Maré, C.,  Ahler, S. J., et al. (2025) Effects of warming, nitrogen, and grazing on plant functional traits differ between alpine and subalpine grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science. 

2024

Ahler, S.J., Clark-Wolf, K., Dixon, C., Ringwala, I., & Miller Hesed, C.D. (2024) Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Introduced Grass Invasion in the Prairie Potholes Region, USA. Prairie Naturalist.

2023

Ahler, S.J., Ladwig, L.M., Charton, K.T., Henn, J.J. & Damschen, E.I. (2023). Dispersal and persistence traits inform long-term herbaceous plant community change in encroached savannas. Plant Ecology

2022

Toone, T.A., Ahler, S.J., Larson, J.E., Luong, J.C., Martínez-Baena, F., Ordóñez-Parra, C.A., Silva, M.C., van der Ouderaa, I.B.C. (2022). Inclusive restoration: Ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science. Restoration Ecology

2020

Shannon, T.P., Ahler, S.J., Mathers, A., Ziter, C. D., Dugan, H.A. 2020. Road salt impact on soil electrical conductivity across an urban landscape. Journal of Urban Ecology, 6(1)