Peer Reviewed Publications (as of spring 2024; please check Google Scholar for recent publications or contact me for an up-to-date CV)
Antaya, AM, A Dalke, B Mayer, B Blum, JK Beard, C Blouin, S Noelle, G Ruyle, AM Lien. 2024. Foundations of virtual fencing: the vital role of high-quality GIS data. Arizona Cooperative Extension Publication.
Antaya, AM, A Dalke, B Mayer, S Noelle, J Beard, B Blum, G Ruyle, AM Lien. 2024. What is virtual fence? Basics of a virtual fencing system. Publication AZ2079. Arizona Cooperative Extension Publication.
Lien, AM, O Banki, SK Barik, JS Buckeridge, L Christidis, M M Cigliano, S Conix, MJ Costello, D Hobern, PM Kirk, A Kroh, N Montgomery, S Nikolaeva, TM Orrell, RL Pyle, L Raz, K Thiele, SA Thomson, P van Dijk, N Wambiji, A Whalen, FE Zachos, Z Zhang, ST Garnett. 2023. Widespread support for a global species list with a formal governance system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
X Feng, ALS Swann, DD Breshears, E Baldwin, H Cheng, JJ Derbridge, C Fei, AM Lien, L López-Hoffman, B McCarl, DM McLaughlin, JR Soto. 2023. Distance decay and directional diffusion of ecoclimate teleconnections driven by regional-scale tree die-off. Environmental Research Letters.
Hovanes, KA, AM Lien, E Baldwin, YM Li, K Franklin, ES Gornish. 2023. Relationship between local-scale topography and vegetation on invsive C4 perennial bunchgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) size and reproduction. Invasive Plant Science and Management.
Baldwin, E, DM McLaughlin, V Jasso, D Woods, DD Breshears, L López-Hoffman, JR Soto, A Swann, AM Lien. 2023. Diverse stakeholders and their interests matter to the US Forest Service: a network of action situations analysis of how stakeholder affect forest plan outcomes. Sustainability Science.
Emerson, K, E Baldwin, T Scott, JR Pidot, AM Lien, F Currim, S Bethard, S Ram, ML Miller, L López-Hoffman. 2022. Toward NEPA performance: A framework for assessing EIAs. Environmental Impact Assessment Review.
Chester, C, AM Lien, J Sundberg, JE Diffendorfer, C Gonzalez, BJ Mattsson, RA Medellín, DJ Semmens, WE Thogmartin, L López-Hoffman. 2022. Using ecosystem services to identify inequitable outcomes in migratory species conservation. Conservation Letters.
Feng, X, BJ Enquist, DS Park, B Boyle, DD Breshears, RV Gallagher, AM Lien, E Newman, JR Burger, BS Maitner, Y Li, KM Huynh, K Ernst, E Baldwin, S Echeverría-Londoño, W Foden, L Hannah, PM Jørgensen, NJB Kraft, JC Lovett, PA Marquet, BJ McGill, C Merow, N Morueta-Holme, DM Neves, MM Núñez-Regueiro, AT Oliveira-Filho, RK Peet, M Pillet, P Roehrdanz, B Sandel, JM Serra-Diaz, I Šímová, J Svenning, C Violle, TD Weitmier, S Wiser, L López-Hoffman. 2022. A review of the heterogeneous landscape of biodiversity databases: opportunities and challenges for a synthesized biodiversity knowledge base. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Thogmartin, W, M Haefele, J Diffendorfer, D Semmens, J Derbridge, AM Lien, T Huang, L Lopez-Hoffman. 2022. Multi-species, multi-country analysis reveals North Americans are willing to pay for transborder migratory species conservation. People and Nature.
Wilder, B.T. , Jarnevich, C., Baldwin, E., Franklin, K.A., Grissom P., Hovanes, K., Kibria, A.S.M.G., Lien, AM., Olsson, A., Ponce A., Malusa J., Li Y.M., Lin Y.C., Rowe, J.A., Stahl, M., Soto J., Black, J.S., Young, N., Betancourt, J.L. 2021. Grassification and fast-evolving fire connectivity and risk in the Sonoran Desert, USA. Frontiers of Ecology and Environment.
Feng, X, C Merow, B Maitner, DS Park, P Roehrdanz, Z Liu, E Newman, B Boyle, AM Lien, JR Burger, MM Pires, PM Brando, MB Bush, CNH McMichael, DM Neves, L Hannah, DD Breshears, T Evans, JR Soto, K Ernst, BJ Enquist. 2021. The increasing impact of Amazonian fires on biodiversity accelerates in 2019. Nature.
Lien, AM, T Dew, G Ruyle, N Robbins Sherman, N Perozzo, M Miller, L López-Hoffman. 2021. Trust plays an essential role in implementation of adaptive management on public lands. Rangeland Ecology and Management.
Lien, AM, E Baldwin, K Franklin. 2021. Collective action and invasive species governance in southern Arizona. Rangeland Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.10.004
Lien, AM S Conix, FE Zachos, L Christidis, P van Dijk, OS Bánki, SK Barik, JS Buckeridge, MJ Costello, D Hobern, N Montgomery, S Nikolaeva, RL Pyle, K Thiele,SA Thomson, Z Zhang, ST Garnett. 2021. Towards a universal list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution
Johnson, MK, MJ Rowe, AM Lien, L López-Hoffman. 2021. Examining compatibility and conflicts in the integration of Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge into Natural Resource Conservation Service cost-share incentives. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
K Thiele, S Conix, RL Pyle, SK Barik, L Christidis, MJ Costello, P van Dijk, P Kirk, AM Lien, SA Thomson, FE Zachos, Z Zhang, ST Garnett. 2021. Towards a global list of accepted species I. Why taxonomists sometimes disagree, and why this matters. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution.
Conix, S, ST Garnett, KR Thiele, L Christidis, P van Dijk, OS Bánki, SK Barik, JS Buckeridge, MJ Costello, D Hobern, AM Lien, S Nikolaeva, RL Pyle, SA Thomson, Z Zhang, FE Zachos. 2021. Towards a global list of accepted species III: Independence and stakeholder inclusion. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution.
Pyle, RL, SK Barik, L Christidis, S Conix, MJ Costello, P van Dijk, ST Garnett, D Hobern, PM Kirk, AM Lien, TM Orrell, SA Thomson, N Wambiji, FE Zachos. 2021. Towards a global list of accepted species V: The devil is in the details. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution.
Lien, AM. 2020. The Institutional Grammar Tool in Policy Analysis and Applications to Resilience Research. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.02.004
Epstein, G, TH Morrison, AM Lien, GG Gurney, D Cole, M Delaroche, S Villamayor Tomas, NC Ban, M Cox, T Evans, D Armitage. 2020. Historical legacies and the diagnosis of complex social-ecological systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
Garnett, ST, L Christidis, S Conix, MJ Costello, FE Zachos, OS Bánki, Y Bao, S Barok, JS Buckeridge, D Hobern, AM Lien, N Montgomery, S Nikolaeva, RL Pyle, SA Thomson, PP van Dyck, A Whalen, Z-Q Zhang, K Thiele. 2020. Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s taxa. PLOS Biology.
Lien, AM, C Svancara, W Vanasco, G Ruyle, S Bonar, and L López-Hoffman. 2019. Opportunities and barriers for endangered species conservation using payments for ecosystem services. Biological Conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.017
Haefele, M, J Loomis, AM Lien, JA Dubovsky, R Merideth, K Bagstad, T Huang, B Mattsson, D Semmens, W Thogmartin, R Wiederholt, J Diffendorfer, L López-Hoffman. 2019. Multi-Country Willingness to Pay for Transbondary Migratory Species Conservation: A Case Study of Northern Pintails. Ecological Economics.
Bethard, S, E Laparra, S Wang, Y Zhao, R Al-Ghezi, AM Lien, L López-Hoffman. Inferring missing metadata from environmental policy texts. June 2019, Workshop on Language Technologies for the Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities. Minneapolis, MN.
Lien, AM, A Lona, and E Schlager. 2018. Using institutional grammar to improve understanding of the form and function of payment for ecosystem services programs. Ecosystem Services. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.03.011
Lien, AM, G Ruyle, L López-Hoffman. 2018. Q Methodology: A method for understanding complex viewpoints in communities served by Cooperative Extension. Journal of Extension
Johnson, M, AM Lien, L López-Hoffman. 2018. Barriers associated with the Environmental Quality Improvement Program: Case study on the Hopi Indian Reservation. Ecosystem Services. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.05.009
Loomis, J, M Haefele, J Dubovsky, AM Lien, WE Thogmartin, J Diffendorfer, D Humburg, K Bagstad, BJ Mattsson, L López-Hoffman, R Merideth, and D Semmens. 2018. Do economic values and expenditures for viewing waterfowl in the U.S. differ amoung species? Human Dimensions of Wildlife. doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2018. 1496371
Haefele, M, J Loomis, R Merideth, AM Lien, J Dubovsky, WE Thogmartin, J Diffendorfer, D Humburg, K Bagstad, BJ Mattsson, R Wiederholt, D Semmens, and L López-Hoffman. 2018. Willingness to Pay for Conservation of Transborder Migratory Species: A Case Study of the Mexican Free-tailed Bat in the United States and Mexico. Environmental Management. doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1046-1
Lien, AM, C Svancara, W Vanasco, G Ruyle, and L López-Hoffman. 2017. The land ethic of ranchers: a core value despite divergent views of government. Rangeland Ecology and Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2017.06.004
Lien, AM, J Neeley, G Ruyle, and L López-Hoffman. 2015. The effects of Federal policies on rangeland ecosystem services in the southwestern United States. Rangelands.doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2015.05.002
Svancara, C, AM Lien, L López-Hoffman,W Vanasco, G Ruyle and S Bonar.2015. Jaguar critical habitat designation causes concern for southwestern ranchers. Rangelands. doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2015.05.003
Lien, AM, W Vanasco, L López-Hoffman, and G Ruyle. 2015. Payments for Ecosystem Services for Southern Arizona Ranchers. Publication AZ1658. The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cooperative Extension. http://uacals.org/34g
Lien, AM, K Mott Lacroix, K Banister, and S Megdal. 2014. Using Watershed Assessments to Inform Planning for Rural Watersheds. Publication AZ1637. The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cooperative Extension. http://uacals.org/2co
Conference Papers (Peer reviewed)
Lien, AM. Institutional design of water quality trading programs: rules, action situations, and program effectiveness. Conference paper accepted for the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, June 2019.
Lien, AM & E Baldwin. How and when does polycentric governance emerge? Institutional development in invasive species governance.Conference paper accepted for the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, June 2019.
Lien, AM & E Baldwin. How and when does polycentric governance emerge? Institutional development in invasive species governance.Conference paper accepted for the Western Political Science Association Conference, April 2019.
Lien, AM, E Baldwin, J Soto, L López-Hoffman, A Swann, DD Breshears. Environmental governance strategies for a teleconnected world. Conference paper accepted for the 5th Annual Conference on Environmental Politics and Governance, June 2019.