Research
I work in temperate and tropical forests, rangelands, and agroecosystems. I seek to promote and conserve biodiversity by exploring the function and uses of biodiversity in agricultural systems, and by supporting biodiversity conservation organizations based in tropical Africa (Lukango Tree Conservancy) and Indonesia (Green Moluccas).
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Moler E, Herold C. 2023. Cone Monitoring, Procurement, and Handling in a Rapidly Changing Climate: Past patterns and future concerns. In M. Spearing (Ed.), Canadian Forest Genetics Association Tree Seed Working Group News Bulletin, 73 (pp. 8-11). Available at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/tree-seed/tree-seed-centre/cone-seed-improvement-program/tree-seed-working-group
Toca A, Moler E, Nelson A, Jacobs D. 2022. Environmental conditions in the nursery regulate root
system development and architecture of forest tree seedlings: a systematic review. New Forests, p. 1-31
Moler E, Reinhardt K, Sniezko R, Aho K. 2022. First report of fungal endophyte communities and non-defensive phytochemistry of biocontrol-inoculated white-bark pine seedlings in a restoration planting. MDPI Forests, 13(6), 824
Moler E, Toca A, Jacobs D, Nelson A. 2022. Root system adaptations represent untapped opportunities for forest tree seedling improvement. New Forests
Moler E, Zorio S, Aho K. 2022. Bromus tectorum responds to intergenerational drought through increased variation in functional traits: implications for trait evolvability under climate warming. Weed Research
*Vale A, Moler E, Nelson AS. 2021. Two studies of the potential of drought preconditioning to enhance deep root production in seedlings of western larch (Larix occidentalis). REFORESTA
Moler E and Nelson AS. 2021. Perspectives on drought preconditioning treatments with a case study using western larch. Frontiers in Plant Science, DOI:10.3389/fpls.2021.741027
Moler E, Kolb T, *Brady A, *Palmiero BN, *Wallace TR, Waring KM, & Whipple AV, 2021. Plant developmental stage influences responses of Pinus strobiformis seedlings to experimental warming. Plant‐Environment Interactions, 2(3), 148-164.
Moler E, Page G, Flores-Renteria L, Garms CG, Hull JB, Cooper HF, Swenson J, Perks S, Waring KM, and Whipple AV, 2021. A method for experimental warming of developing tree seeds with a common garden demonstration of seedling responses. Plant Methods, 17(1), 1-12.
Moler E, Abakir A, Eleftheriou M, Johnson JS, Krutovsky KV, Lewis, LC, Ruzov A, Whipple AV, and Rajora OP, 2018. ‘Population Epigenomics: Advancing Understanding of Phenotypic Plasticity, Acclimation, Adaptation and Diseases’, in Rajora, OP (ed.) Population Genomics: Concepts, Approaches and Applications. Springer International Publishing, 1-82.
Moler E and Aho K. 2018. Whitebark pine foliar fungal endophyte communities in the southern Cascade Range, USA: Host mycobiomes and white pine blister rust. Fungal Ecology, 33, 104-114.