Below is a list of current publications by members of the lab, in reverse chronological order. Members of the WWL are marked in bold.
* indicates shared first authorship.
van Rees, C.B., and Reed, J.M. 2025. Opportunities for Translational Water Research in Global Biodiversity Conservation. Water Resources Research 61(9), e2025WR040493
Abera, L.E., Jumani, S., van Rees, C.B., … McKay, S.K. 2025. Integrating Nature-based Solutions for Urban Water Security in Global South. PLoS Water 4(6), e0000372.
van Rees, C.B., Geist, J. and Arthington, A. H. 2025. Grasping at Water: A Gap-Oriented Approach to Bridging Shortfalls in Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation. Biological Reviews 100(5), 1970-1993.
Drexler, J.Z., Raine, H., Harrington, C.L., … van Rees, C.B., Wolfe, B. 2025. The Scientific Benefits of a Statewide, Standardized, Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program in Hawai’i. Ecology and Evolution 15(4), e71293.
Wenger, S.J., Bhaskar, A.S., Murphy, B., Neale, M., … Scarlett, R., and van Rees, C.B. 2025. Reorienting urban stream management to focus on equitable delivery of benefits. PLoS Water, 4(2), e0000308.
MacPherson, M., Burgio, K.R., DeSaix, M.G., Freeman, B.G., Herbert, J., Herman, R., Jirinec, V., Shonfield, J., Slager, D.L., van Rees, C.B., and Jankowski, J.E. 2025. An introduction to predictive distribution modelling for conservation to encourage novel perspectives. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 48(1), e-001.
van Rees, C.B., Chambers, M., Buhr, D., Mansur, A., Suedel, B., and Nibbelink, N. 2024. Strategic Planning of Freshwater Nature-based Solutions: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis for Implementing Levee Setbacks. WIRES Water. 11(6), e1750.
van Rees, C.B. and Reed, J.M. 2024. Small translocations of endangered Gallinula galeata sandvicensis (Hawaiian Common Gallinule) may be sufficient to generate a viable reintroduced population. Ornithological Applications 126(3), duae022.
van Rees, C.B., Webber, B., Nietmann, L., et al. 2024. Updated vital rate estimates for the endangered Hawaiian Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 136: 106-113.
van Rees, C.B., Hernández-Abrams, D., Shudtz, M., et al. 2023. Re-imagining Infrastructure for a Biodiverse Future. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(46): e2214334120.
Chambers, M.L., van Rees, C.B., Huang, Y., Bledsoe, B. et al. 2023. Nature-based Solutions for Leveed River Corridors. Anthropocene 44: 100417.
McKay, S.K., Wenger, S.J., van Rees, C.B., Bledsoe, B.P., and Bridges, T.S. 2023. Jointly advancing infrastructure and biodiversity conservation. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment 4: 675-677.
van Rees, C.B., Jumani, S., Abera, L., Rack, L., McKay, S.K., and Wenger, S.J. 2023. The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis. PLoS Water 2(6): e0000126.
Paxton, A.H., Paxton, K.L., Kawasaki, M.T., Gorresen, P.M., van Rees, C.B., Underwood, J.G. 2023. Hawaiian waterbird movement across a developed landscape. The Journal of Wildlife Management 87(1): e22336.
Burgio, K.R., Davis, K.E., Dreiss, L.M., Cisneros, L.M., Klingbeil, B.T., Presley, S.J., van Rees, C.B., and Willig, M.R. 2022. Integrating multiple dimensions of biodiversity to inform global parrot conservation. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 45(2): 189-202.
van Rees, C.B., Elphick, C.S., and Reed, J.M. 2022. Evaluating the potential de-listing of two endangered Hawaiian waterbirds using population viability analysis and Bayesian hierarchical models. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17.1.
van Rees, C.B., Naslund, L., Hernandez-Abrams, D.D., McKay, S.K., Woodson, C.B., Rosemond, A., McFall, B., Altman, S., and Wenger, S.J. 2022. A Holistic Monitoring Approach for Natural Infrastructure. Science of the Total Environment 832: 155078.
van Rees, C.B., Hand, B.K., Bargeron, C., Carter, S.C. et al., 2022. A Framework to Integrate Innovations in Invasion Biology Science for Proactive Management. Biological Reviews 97(4): 1712-1735.
*Howard, L., *van Rees, C.B., Dahlquist, Z., Luikart, G., and Hand, B.K. 2022. A Review of Invasive Species Reporting Apps for Citizen Science and Opportunities for Innovation. NeoBiota 71.
Carter, S., van Rees, C.B., Hand, B.K., Muhlfeld, C., Luikart, G., and Kimball, J.S. 2022. Testing a machine learning workflow for aquatic invasive species on Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Northwest Montana. Frontiers in Big Data 4.
*Leigh, D.M., *van Rees, C.B., Milette, K.L., et al. 2021. Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies. Nature Reviews Genetics 22(12): 791-807.
van Rees, C.B., Aragonés, D., Bouten, W., Bustamente, J., and Green, A.J. 2021. Dynamic space use of Andalusian rice fields by Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) is driven by flooding pattern. Ibis 163(4): 1252-1270.
Paz-Vinas, I., Jensen, E.L., Bertola, L.D., Breed, M.F., Hand, B.K., Hunter, M.E., Kershaw F., Leigh D.M., Luikart, G., Mergeay, J., Miller, J.M., van Rees, C.B., Segelbacher, G., Hoban, S. 2021. Macro-genetic studies must not ignore limitations of genetic markers and scale. Ecology Letters 24(6): 1282-1284.
van Rees, C.B., Muñoz, M.A., Cooke, S.C., and Reed, J.M. 2021. Morphometric differences in an isolated, island-endemic subspecies of the Common gallinule (Gallinula galeata). Pacific Science 74(4): 345-364.
van Rees, C.B., Jähnig, S.C., et al., 2021. Safeguarding Freshwater Life Beyond 2020: Recommendations for the new Global Biodiversity Framework from the European Experience. Conservation Letters 14(1): e12771.
Gormally, B.M.G., van Rees, C.B., Bowers, E., Reed, J.M., and Romero, L.M. 2020. Feather corticosterone does not correlate with environmental stressors or body condition in an endangered waterbird. Conservation Physiology 8(1): coaa125.
van Rees, C.B., Surya, G., and Reed, J.M. 2020. Multiple Sources of Evidence for density dependence in the endangered Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudsenii). Population Ecology 62: 207-219.
van Rees, C.B., Rozek, J.C., Garcia, G., and J.M. Reed 2019. Ecological Stakeholder Analogs as intermediaries between freshwater biodiversity conservation and sustainable water management. Environmental Policy and Governance 29.4: 303-312.
Cooke, S.C., Haskell, L.E., van Rees, C.B., and Fessl, B. 2019. A Review of the Introduced Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) in Galápagos. Biological Conservation. 229:38-49.
van Rees, C.B. 2018. Wetland conservation in Hawaii and the need for flagship species. `Elepaio 78: 37-41.
van Rees, C.B. and J.M. Reed. 2018. The potential effects of habitat connectivity, management and sea level rise on the extinction risk of an endangered waterbird in a fragmented island landscape. PeerJ 6: e4990.
van Rees, C.B., Reed, J.M., Wilson, R.E., Underwood, J.G., and S.A. Sonsthagen 2018. Landscape genetics implicates stream and drainage infrastructure as corridors in the dispersal of an endangered wetland bird. Ecology and Evolution 8: 8328-8343.
van Rees, C.B., et al. 2018. Estimation of vital rates for the Hawaiian gallinule, a cryptic, endangered waterbird. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:117-131.
van Rees, C.B., Reed, J.M., Wilson, R.S., Underwood J.G., and S.A. Sonsthagen. 2018. Small-scale genetic structure in an endangered wetland specialist: possible effects of landscape change and population recovery. Conservation Genetics 19:129-142.
van Rees, C.B. and J.M. Reed 2015. Water Diplomacy from a Duck’s Perspective: Wildlife and Ecosystems as stakeholders in Water Management. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 155:28-42.
van Rees, C.B. and J.M. Reed 2014. Wetland Loss in Hawai`i since human settlement. Wetlands 32:335-350.