Recent Peer-review articles
Klimaszewski-Patterson, A., S. Mensing. 2015. Multi-disciplinary approach to identifying Native American impacts on Late Holocene forest dynamics in the southern Sierra Nevada range, California, USA. Anthropocene.
Crawford, Jeffrey N., Mensing, Scott A., Lake, Frank K., Zimmerman, Susan R.H. 2015. Late Holocene fire and vegetation reconstruction from the western Klamath
Mountains, California, USA: A multi-disciplinary approach for examining potential human land-use impacts. The Holocene, DOI: 10.1177/0959683615584205.
Mensing, S. A., Tunno, I., Sagnotti, L., Florindo, F., Noble, P., Archer, C., Zimmermann, S., Pavón-Carrasco, F., Cifani, G., Passigli, S., Piovesan, G. 2015. 2700 years of
Mediterranean environmental change in central Italy: A synthesis of sedimentary and cultural records to interpret past impacts of climate on society. Quaternary Science
Reviews, 116, 72-94.
Crawford, Jeffrey N., Mensing, Scott A., Lake, Frank K., Zimmerman, Susan R.H. 2015. Late Holocene fire and vegetation reconstruction from the western Klamath
Mountains, California, USA: A multi-disciplinary approach for examining potential human land-use impacts. The Holocene, DOI: 10.1177/0959683615584205.
Mensing, S. A., Tunno, I., Sagnotti, L., Florindo, F., Noble, P., Archer, C., Zimmermann, S., Pavón-Carrasco, F., Cifani, G., Passigli, S., Piovesan, G. 2015. 2700 years of
Mediterranean environmental change in central Italy: A synthesis of sedimentary and cultural records to interpret past impacts of climate on society. Quaternary Science
Reviews, 116, 72-94.
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Kirby, M. E., Feakins, S. J., Hiner, C. A., Fantozzi, J., Zimmerman, S. R. H., Dingemans, T., & Mensing, S. A . 2014. Tropical Pacific forcing of Late-Holocene hydrologic
variability in the coastal southwest United States. Quaternary Science Reviews, 102, 27–38. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.005.
Dingemans, Theodore, Scott A. Mensing, Sarah J. Feakins, Matthew E. Kirby and Susan H. Zimmerman. 2014. 3000 years of environmental change at Zaca Lake, California,
USA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.V2 (article 34) doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00034
Kennett, Douglas A.; Brendan J Culleton; Jaime Dexter; Scott Mensing; David H Thomas. 2014. High Precision AMS 14C Chronology for Gatecliff Shelter, Nevada, Journal
of Archaeological Science , 1-12.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.06.008
Mensing, S., Sharpe, S., Tunno, I., Sada, D., Thomas, J., Starratt, S., Smith, J. 2013.The Late Holocene Dry Period: Multiproxy evidence for an extended drought between
2800 and 1850 cal yr BP across the central Great Basin, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews 78, 266-282.
Mensing, S., S. Strachan, J. Arnone, L. Fenstermaker, F. Biondi, D. Devitt, B. Johnson, B. Bird, E. Fritzinger. 2013. A network for observing Great Basin climate change. Eos,
Transactions American Geophysical Union 94(11): 105-106.
Mensing, S. A., J. Smith, M. Allan, K. B. Norman. 2008. Extended drought in the Great Basin western North America in the last two millennia reconstructed from pollen
records. Quaternary International 188. p79-89.
M. J. Power, J. Marlon, N. Ortiz, P. J. Bartlein, S. P. Harrison, F. E. Mayle, A. Ballouche, R. H. W. Bradshaw, C. Carcaillet, C. Cordova, S. Mooney, P. I. Moreno, I. C. Prentice,
K. Thonicke, W. Tinner, C. Whitlock, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A. A. Ali, R. S. Anderson, R. Beer, H. Behling, C. Briles, K. J. Brown, A. Brunelle, M. Bush, P. Camill, G. Q. Chu,
J. Clark, D. Colombaroli, S. Connor, A.-L. Daniau, M. Daniels, J. Dodson, E. Doughty, M. E. Edwards, W. Finsinger, D. Foster, J. Frechette, M.-J. Gaillard, D. G. Gavin,
E. Gobet, S. Haberle, D. J. Hallett, P. Higuera, G. Hope, S. Horn, J. Inoue, P. Kaltenrieder, L. Kennedy, Z. C. Kong, C. Larsen, C. J. Long, J. Lynch, E. A. Lynch, M. McGlone,
S. Meeks, S. Mensing, G. Meyer, T. Minckley, J. Mohr, D. M. Nelson, J. New, R. Newnham, R. Noti, W. Oswald, J. Pierce, P. J. H. Richard, C. Rowe, M. F. Sanchez Goñi, B.
N. Shuman, H. Takahara, J. Toney, C. Turney, D. H. Urrego-Sanchez, C. Umbanhowar, M. Vandergoes, B. Vanniere, E. Vescovi, M. Walsh, X. Wang, N. Williams,
J. Wilmshurst and J. H. Zhang. 2008. Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data.
Climate Dynamics, 30(7-8): 887-907.
Biondi, F., Strachan, S., Mensing, S. A., Piovesan, G. 2007. Radiocarbon analysis confirms the annual nature of sagebrush growth rings. Radiocarbon, 49(3): 1231-1240.
Mensing, S. A. The History of Oak Woodlands in California, Part II: The Native American and historic period. 2006. The California Geographer 46: 1-31.
Mensing, S., Livingston, S., and Barker, P. 2006. Long-term fire history in Great Basin sagebrush reconstructed from macroscopic charcoal in spring sediments, Newark
Valley, Nevada. Western North American Naturalist. 66: 64-77.
variability in the coastal southwest United States. Quaternary Science Reviews, 102, 27–38. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.005.
Dingemans, Theodore, Scott A. Mensing, Sarah J. Feakins, Matthew E. Kirby and Susan H. Zimmerman. 2014. 3000 years of environmental change at Zaca Lake, California,
USA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.V2 (article 34) doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00034
Kennett, Douglas A.; Brendan J Culleton; Jaime Dexter; Scott Mensing; David H Thomas. 2014. High Precision AMS 14C Chronology for Gatecliff Shelter, Nevada, Journal
of Archaeological Science , 1-12.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.06.008
Mensing, S., Sharpe, S., Tunno, I., Sada, D., Thomas, J., Starratt, S., Smith, J. 2013.The Late Holocene Dry Period: Multiproxy evidence for an extended drought between
2800 and 1850 cal yr BP across the central Great Basin, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews 78, 266-282.
Mensing, S., S. Strachan, J. Arnone, L. Fenstermaker, F. Biondi, D. Devitt, B. Johnson, B. Bird, E. Fritzinger. 2013. A network for observing Great Basin climate change. Eos,
Transactions American Geophysical Union 94(11): 105-106.
Mensing, S. A., J. Smith, M. Allan, K. B. Norman. 2008. Extended drought in the Great Basin western North America in the last two millennia reconstructed from pollen
records. Quaternary International 188. p79-89.
M. J. Power, J. Marlon, N. Ortiz, P. J. Bartlein, S. P. Harrison, F. E. Mayle, A. Ballouche, R. H. W. Bradshaw, C. Carcaillet, C. Cordova, S. Mooney, P. I. Moreno, I. C. Prentice,
K. Thonicke, W. Tinner, C. Whitlock, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A. A. Ali, R. S. Anderson, R. Beer, H. Behling, C. Briles, K. J. Brown, A. Brunelle, M. Bush, P. Camill, G. Q. Chu,
J. Clark, D. Colombaroli, S. Connor, A.-L. Daniau, M. Daniels, J. Dodson, E. Doughty, M. E. Edwards, W. Finsinger, D. Foster, J. Frechette, M.-J. Gaillard, D. G. Gavin,
E. Gobet, S. Haberle, D. J. Hallett, P. Higuera, G. Hope, S. Horn, J. Inoue, P. Kaltenrieder, L. Kennedy, Z. C. Kong, C. Larsen, C. J. Long, J. Lynch, E. A. Lynch, M. McGlone,
S. Meeks, S. Mensing, G. Meyer, T. Minckley, J. Mohr, D. M. Nelson, J. New, R. Newnham, R. Noti, W. Oswald, J. Pierce, P. J. H. Richard, C. Rowe, M. F. Sanchez Goñi, B.
N. Shuman, H. Takahara, J. Toney, C. Turney, D. H. Urrego-Sanchez, C. Umbanhowar, M. Vandergoes, B. Vanniere, E. Vescovi, M. Walsh, X. Wang, N. Williams,
J. Wilmshurst and J. H. Zhang. 2008. Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data.
Climate Dynamics, 30(7-8): 887-907.
Biondi, F., Strachan, S., Mensing, S. A., Piovesan, G. 2007. Radiocarbon analysis confirms the annual nature of sagebrush growth rings. Radiocarbon, 49(3): 1231-1240.
Mensing, S. A. The History of Oak Woodlands in California, Part II: The Native American and historic period. 2006. The California Geographer 46: 1-31.
Mensing, S., Livingston, S., and Barker, P. 2006. Long-term fire history in Great Basin sagebrush reconstructed from macroscopic charcoal in spring sediments, Newark
Valley, Nevada. Western North American Naturalist. 66: 64-77.
Book Chapters
Tausch, R. J., Nowak, C. J., and Mensing, S. A. 2004.
Climate change and associated vegetation dynamics during the Holocene: The paleoecological record.
In (Chambers, J. and Miller, J. eds.). “Understanding and restoring watershed and riparian ecosystems at risk: The Great Basin Ecosystem Management Project.” .”
Pgs 24-48. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
Climate change and associated vegetation dynamics during the Holocene: The paleoecological record.
In (Chambers, J. and Miller, J. eds.). “Understanding and restoring watershed and riparian ecosystems at risk: The Great Basin Ecosystem Management Project.” .”
Pgs 24-48. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
