Publications

*Indicates publication with graduate student

31	J. Kelly Hoffman*, Gerard Kyle, Morgan Treadwell, R. Patrick Bixler, Urs P. Kreuter. 2021. “A process-oriented model of decision-making toward landscape-scale prescribed fire implementation in the Southern Great Plains, USA” Forthcoming at Environmental Management.
30	R. Patrick Bixler, Sandeep Paul*, Jessica Jones*, Matthew Preisser*, Paola Passalaqua. 2021. “Unpacking adaptive capacity to flooding in urban environments: social capital, social vulnerability, and risk perception.” Forthcoming at Frontiers in Water.
29	J. Kelly Hoffman*, R. Patrick Bixler, Morgan Treadwell, Lars G. Coleman*, Thomas W. McDaniel*, Urs P. Kreuter. 2021. “The impact of affective heuristics in decision-making regarding the implementation of prescribed fire on private rangelands in the Southern Great Plains, USA”. Society and Natural Resources, 34(5): 621-638.
28	R. Patrick Bixler. 2020. “Fertile Soil for Organic Public Sociology: Community-Based Natural Resource Management.” The American Sociologist, 51: 558–565.
27	Samer Atshan*, R. Patrick Bixler, Varun Rai, David Springer. 2020. “Pathways to Urban Sustainability through Individual Behaviors: the Role of Social Capital.” Environmental Science and Policy, 112: 330-339.
26	R. Patrick Bixler, Katherine Lieberknecht, Samer Atshan*, Clare Zutz*, Steven Richter*, Amy Belaire. 2020. “Reframing urban governance for resilience implementation: A network paradigm and the role of network closure.” Cities, 103: 102726.
25	Stephanie Mansourian, John Parrotta, Poorna Balaji, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Suhas Bhasme, R. Patrick Bixler, et al.  2020. “Putting the Pieces Together: Integration for Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation.” Land Degradation and Development, 31(4): 419-429.
24	R. Patrick Bixler, Samer Atshan*, Jay Banner, Robert Mace, Darrel Tremaine. 2019. “Assessing integrated sustainability research: Use of social network analysis to evaluate scientific integration and transdisciplinarity in research networks.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 39: 103-113.
23	R. Patrick Bixler, Katherine Lieberknecht, Fernanda Leite, Micheal Oden, Juliana Felkner, Steven Richter, Samer Atshan*, Alvaro Zilveti*, and Rachel Thomas*. 2019. “An observatory framework for metropolitan change: understanding urban social-ecological-technical systems in Texas and beyond.” Sustainability, 11, 3611; doi:10.3390/su11133611
22	R. Patrick Bixler and David W. Springer. 2018. “Nonprofit Social Capital as an Indicator of a Healthy Nonprofit Sector.” Nonprofit Policy Forum, 9(3): 1.
21	Abrams, Jesse, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Marlene Luviano*, Chris Bone, R. Patrick Bixler Michael Nelson, and Cassandra Moseley. 2018. “Does Policy Respond to Environmental Change Events? An analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemics in the Western United States.” Environmental Science and Policy, 90: 102-109.
20	R. Patrick Bixler, Marisa Zappone, Lin Rui Li*, and Samer Atshan*. 2018. “Unpacking the role of data in philanthropy: Prospects for an integrated framework.” The Foundation Review, 10(2): 52-66.
19	Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Cody Evers*, Cassandra Moseley, Heidi Huber-Stearns, and R. Patrick Bixler. 2018. “Local capacity to engage in federal wildfire suppression efforts: An explanation of variability in local capture of suppression contracts.” Forest Science, 64 (5): 480-490.
18	R. Patrick Bixler, Melly Rueling, Shawn Johnson, and Gary Tabor. 2018. “The Crown of the Continent: A Case-study of Collaborative Climate Adaptation.” Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Volume 2: 307-315.
17	R. Patrick Bixler. 2017.“The World System of the Paris Agreement: Construction, Flow, and Implementation of Climate Knowledge Through REDD+”. Social Thought and Research (STAR),34:  33-58.
16	Keske, Catherine M.H., R. Patrick Bixler, Christopher T. Bastian, Jennifer E. Cross. 2016. “Are Population and Land Use Changes Perceived as Threats to Sense of Place in the New West? A Multilevel Approach.” Rural Sociology,82 (2): 263-290.
15	Romolini, Michele, R. Patrick Bixler, Morgan Grove. 2016. “A social-ecological framework for urban stewardship network research to promote sustainable and resilient cities.” Sustainability,8: 956.
14	R. Patrick Bixler, Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett. 2016. “Forging New Models of Natural Resource Governance.” Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 14(3): 115.
13	R. Patrick Bixler, Dara M. Wald, Laura A. Ogden, Kirsten M. Leong, and Erik W. Johnston, Michele Romolini. 2016. “Network Governance for Large-Scale Natural Resource Conservation and the Challenge of Capture.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,14(3): 165-171.
12	R. Patrick Bixler, Shawn Johnson, Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi, Melly Reuling, Charles Curtin, Michele Romolini, and J. Morgan Grove. 2016. “Networks and Landscapes: A Framework for Setting Goals and Evaluating Performance at the Large-landscape Scale.” Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 14(3): 145-153.
11	Bone, Christopher, Cassandra Moseley, Kirsten Vinyeta, R. Patrick Bixler. 2016. “Employing Resilience in the United States Forest Service.” Land Use Policy, 52: 430-438.
10	Sample, Alaric, R. Patrick Bixler, Maureen McDonough, Steven Bullard, and Mary Snieckus. 2015. “The Promise and Performance of Forestry Education in the United States: Results of a Survey of Forestry Employers, Graduates, and Educators.” Journal of Forestry,113(6): 528-537.
9	Jedd, Theresa and R. Patrick Bixler. 2015.“Accountability in networked governance: Learning from a case of landscape-scale forest conservation.” Environmental Policy and Governance, 25: 172-187.
8	R. Patrick Bixler, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Orleans Mfune, Hassan Roba. 2015. “The Political Ecology of Participation: A Cross-Continent Assessment.” Journal of Political Ecology, 22: 164-182.
7	Pejchar, Liba, Sarah Reed, R. Patrick Bixler, Lindsay Ex, Miranda Mockrin. 2015. “Consequences of Residential Development for Biodiversity and Human Well-being.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,13(3): 146–153.
6	Mattor, Katherine, Michele Betsill, Ch’aska Huayhuaca, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Theresa Jedd, Faith Sternlieb, R. Patrick Bixler, Matthew Luizza, Antony S. Cheng. 2014. “Transdisciplinary Research on Environmental Governance: A View from the Inside.”  Environmental Science and Policy,42: 90-100.
5	Bixler, R. Patrick. 2014. “From Community Forest Management to Polycentric Governance: Assessing Evidence from the Bottom-up.” Society and Natural Resources,27 (2): 155-169.
4	Sternlieb, Faith, R. Patrick Bixler, Heidi Huber-Sterns, and Ch’aska Huaska. 2013. “A Question of Fit: Reflections on Boundaries, Organizations, and Social-Ecological Systems.” Journal of Environmental Management, 130: 117-125.
3	Bixler, R. Patrick.2013. “The Political Ecology of Local Environmental Narratives: Power, Knowledge, and Mountain Caribou Conservation.” Journal of Political Ecology,20: 273-285.
2	Wyborn, Carina and R. Patrick Bixler.2013. “Collaboration and Nested Environmental Governance: Scale Dependency, Scale Framing, and Cross-Scale Interactions in Collaborative Conservation.” Journal of Environmental Management,123: 58-67.
1	Bixler, R. Patrick and Peter Leigh Taylor.2012. “Toward a Community of Innovation in Community-Based Natural Resource Management: Insights from Open Source Software.” Human Organization,71 (3): 234-243.