Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Casirati, S., Conklin, M. H., & Safeeq, M. (2023). Influence of snowpack on forest water stress in the Sierra Nevada. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1181819.
  2. Eriksson, M., Safeeq, M., Padilla, L., Pathak, T., O’Geen, T., Egoh, B., Lugg, J., & Bales, R. (2023). Drivers of social acceptance of natural-resource management: A comparison of the public and professionals in California. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118605.
  3. Eriksson, M., Safeeq, M., Pathak, T., Egoh, B. N., & Bales, R. (2023). Using stakeholder-based fuzzy cognitive mapping to assess benefits of restoration in wildfire-vulnerable forests. Restoration Ecology, 31(4), e13766.
  4. Leathers, K., Herbst, D., Safeeq, M., & Ruhi, A. (2023). Dynamic, downstream-propagating thermal vulnerability in a mountain stream network: Implications for biodiversity in the face of climate change. Limnology and Oceanography, 68, S101–S114.
  5. Moyers, K., Sabie, R., Waring, E., Preciado, J., Naughton, C. C., Harmon, T., Safeeq, M., Torres-Rua, A., Fernald, A., & Viers, J. H. (2023). A decade of data-driven water budgets: Synthesis and bibliometric review. Water Resources Research, 59(11), e2022WR034310.
  6. Nanda, A., & Safeeq, M. (2023). Threshold controlling runoff generation mechanisms in mediterranean headwater catchments. Journal of Hydrology, 620, 129532.
  7. Smidt, S., Haacker, E., Bai, X., Cherkauer, K., Choat, B., Crompton, O., Deines, J., Groh, J., Guzman, S., Hartman, S., et al. (2023). Forming the future of agrohydrology. Earth’s Future, 11(12), e2022EF003410.
  8. Abatzoglou, J. T., Marshall, A. M., Lute, A., & Safeeq, M. (2022). Precipitation dependence of temperature trends across the contiguous us. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(4), e2021GL095414.
  9. Bales, J., Bhaskar, A., Characklis, G., Flores, A., Gilmore, T., Gomez-Velez, J., Grant, G., Jefferson, A., Khan, S., Ledford, S., Loheide, S., Miller, G., Mishra, A., Nolin, A., VanBriesen, J., Zarnetske, J., Zimmer, M., & Ward, A. S. (2022). Covid-19 impacts highlight the need for holistic evaluation of research in the hydrologic sciences. Water Resources Research, 58(2), e2021WR030930.
  10. Guo, W., Safeeq, M., Liu, H., Wu, X., Cui, G., Ma, Q., Goulden, M. L., Lindeskog, M., & Bales, R. C. (2022). Mechanisms controlling carbon sinks in semi-arid mountain ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(3), e2021GB007186.
  11. Safeeq, M., Nanda, A., Wagenbrenner, J. W., Lewis, J., & Hunsaker, C. T. (2022). Climatic and hydrogeomorphic controls on sediment characteristics in the southern Sierra Nevada. Journal of Hydrology, 612, 128300.
  12. Yang, Y., Berhe, A. A., Hunsaker, C. T., Johnson, D. W., Safeeq, M., Barnes, M. E., McCorkle, E. P., Stacy, E. M., Bales, R. C., Bart, R. R., et al. (2022). Impacts of climate and disturbance on nutrient fluxes and stoichiometry in mixed-conifer forests. Biogeochemistry, 158(1), 1–20.
  13. Bart, R., Safeeq, M., Wagenbrenner, J., & Hunsaker, C. (2021). Do fuel treatments decrease forest mortality or increase streamflow? a case study from the Sierra Nevada (USA). Ecohydrology, 14(1), e2254. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2254
  14. Bart, R. R., Ray, R. L., Conklin, M. H., Safeeq, M., Saksa, P. C., Tague, C. L., & Bales, R. C. (2021). Assessing the effects of forest biomass reductions on forest health and streamflow. Hydrological Processes, 35(3), e14114.
  15. Safeeq, M., Bart, R. R., Pelak, N. F., Singh, C. K., Dralle, D. N., Hartsough, P., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2021). How realistic are water-balance closure assumptions? a demonstration from the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory and Kings River Experimental Watersheds. Hydrological Processes, 35(5), e14199.
  16. Wagenbrenner, J. W., Dralle, D. N., Safeeq, M., & Hunsaker, C. T. (2021). The Kings River Experimental Watersheds: Infrastructure and data. Hydrological Processes, 35(5), e14142.
  17. Wlostowski, A. N.,Molotch, N., Anderson, S. P., Brantley, S. L., Chorover, J., Dralle, D., Kumar, P., Li, L., Lohse, K. A., Mallard, J. M., et al. (2021). Signatures of hydrologic function across the critical zone observatory network. Water Resources Research, 57(3), e2019WR026635.
  18. Ackerer, J., Steefel, C., Liu, F., Bart, R., Safeeq, M., O’Geen, A., Hunsaker, C., & Bales, R. (2020). Determining how critical zone structure constrains hydrogeochemical behavior of watersheds: Learning from an elevation gradient in California’s Sierra Nevada. Frontiers in Water, 2, 23.
  19. Safeeq, M., Grant, G. E., Lewis, S. L., & Hayes, S. K. (2020). Disentangling effects of forest harvest on long-term hydrologic and sediment dynamics, western cascades, Oregon. Journal of Hydrology, 580, 124259.
  20. Awal, R., Safeeq, M., Abbas, F., Fares, S., Deb, S. K., Ahmad, A., & Fares, A. (2019). Soil physical properties spatial variability under long-term no-tillage corn. Agronomy, 9(11), 750.
  21. Fan, Y., Clark, M., Lawrence, D. M., Swenson, S., Band, L., Brantley, S. L., Brooks, P. D., Dietrich, W. E., Flores, A., Grant, G., et al. (2019). Hillslope hydrology in global change research and earth system modeling. Water Resources Research, 55(2), 1737–1772.
  22. Flitcroft, R., Lewis, S., Arismendi, I., Davis, C., Giannico, G., Penaluna, B., Santelmann, M., Safeeq, M., & Snyder, J. (2019). Using expressed behaviour of coho salmon (oncorhynchus kisutch) to evaluate the vulnerability of upriver migrants under future hydrological regimes: Management implications and conservation planning. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(7), 1083–1094.
  23. Haig, S. M., Murphy, S. P., Matthews, J. H., Arismendi, I., & Safeeq, M. (2019). Climate-altered wetlands challenge waterbird use and migratory connectivity in arid landscapes. Scientific reports, 9(1), 4666.
  24. Visser, A., Thaw, M., Deinhart, A., Bibby, R., Safeeq, M., Conklin, M., Esser, B., & Van der Velde, Y. (2019). Cosmogenic isotopes unravel the hydrochronology and water storage dynamics of the southern Sierra Critical Zone. Water Resources Research, 55(2), 1429–1450.
  25. Bales, R., Stacy, E., Safeeq, M., Meng, X., Meadows, M., Oroza, C., Conklin, M., Glaser, S., & Wagenbrenner, J. (2018). Spatially distributed water-balance and meteorological data from the rain–snow transition, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Earth System Science Data, 10(4), 1795–1805.
  26. Bales, R. C., Goulden, M. L., Hunsaker, C. T., Conklin, M. H., Hartsough, P. C., O’Geen, A. T., Hopmans, J. W., & Safeeq, M. (2018). Mechanisms controlling the impact of multi-year drought on mountain hydrology. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 690.
  27. Black, B. A., van der Sleen, P., Di Lorenzo, E., Griffin, D., Sydeman, W. J., Dunham, J. B., Rykaczewski, R. R., Garcia-Reyes, M., Safeeq, M., Arismendi, I., et al. (2018). Rising synchrony controls western north American ecosystems. Global change biology, 24(6), 2305–2314.
  28. 28 Clifton, C. F., Day, K. T., Luce, C. H., Grant, G. E., Safeeq, M., Halofsky, J. E., & Staab, B. P. (2018). Effects of climate change on hydrology and water resources in the blue mountains, Oregon, USA. Climate Services, 10, 9–19.
  29. Klos, P. Z., Goulden, M. L., Riebe, C. S., Tague, C. L., O’Geen, A. T., Flinchum, B. A., Safeeq, M., Conklin, M. H., Hart, S. C., Berhe, A. A., et al. (2018). Subsurface plant-accessible water in mountain ecosystems with a mediterranean climate. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 5(3), e1277.
  30. O’Geen, A., Safeeq, M., Wagenbrenner, J., Stacy, E., Hartsough, P., Devine, S., Tian, Z., Ferrell, R., Goulden, M., Hopmans, J. W., et al. (2018). Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory and Kings River Experimental Watersheds: A synthesis of measurements, new insights, and future directions. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 1–18.
  31. Danner, A. G., Safeeq, M., Grant, G. E., Wickham, C., Tullos, D., & Santelmann, M. V. (2017). Scenario-based and scenario-neutral assessment of climate change impacts on operational performance of a multipurpose reservoir. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 53(6), 1467–1482.
  32. Saksa, P., Safeeq, M., & Dymond, S. (2017). Recent patterns in climate, vegetation, and forest water use in California montane watersheds. Forests, 8(8), 278.
  33. Cooper, M. G., Nolin, A. W., & Safeeq, M. (2016). Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of cascades snowpacks. Environmental Research Letters, 11(8), 084009.
  34. Fares, A., Safeeq, M., Awal, R., Fares, S., & Dogan, A. (2016). Temperature and probe-to-probe variability effects on the performance of capacitance soil moisture sensors in an oxisol. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(3), vzj2015–07.
  35. Flitcroft, R. L., Lewis, S. L., Arismendi, I., LovellFord, R., Santelmann, M. V., Safeeq, M., & Grant, G. (2016). Linking hydroclimate to fish phenology and habitat use with ichthyographs. PLoS One, 11(12), e0168831.
  36. Safeeq, M., & Fares, A. (2016). Groundwater and surface water interactions in relation to natural and anthropogenic environmental changes. Emerging issues in groundwater resources, 289–326.
  37. Safeeq, M., & Hunsaker, C. T. (2016). Characterizing runoff and water yield for headwater catchments in the southern Sierra Nevada. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 52(6), 1327–1346.
  38. Safeeq, M., Shukla, S., Arismendi, I., Grant, G. E., Lewis, S. L., & Nolin, A. (2016). Influence of winter season climate variability on snow–precipitation ratio in the western United States. International Journal of Climatology, 36(9), 3175–3190.
  39. Penaluna, B. E., Dunham, J. B., Railsback, S. F., Arismendi, I., Johnson, S. L., Bilby, R. E., Safeeq, M., & Skaugset, A. E. (2015). Local variability mediates vulnerability of trout populations to land use and climate change. PLoS One, 10(8), e0135334.
  40. Safeeq, M., Grant, G. E., Lewis, S. L., & Staab, B. (2015). Predicting landscape sensitivity to present and future floods in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Hydrological Processes, 29(26), 5337–5353.
  41. Shukla, S., Safeeq, M., AghaKouchak, A., Guan, K., & Funk, C. (2015). Temperature impacts on the water year 2014 drought in California. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(11), 4384–4393.
  42. Abbas, F., Ahmad, A., Safeeq, M., Ali, S., Saleem, F., Hammad, H. M., & Farhad, W. (2014). Changes in precipitation extremes over arid to semiarid and subhumid Punjab, Pakistan. Theoretical and applied climatology, 116, 671–680.
  43. Ahmad, A., Fares, A., Hue, N., Safeeq, M., Radovich, T., Abbas, F., Ibrahim, M., et al. (2014). Root distribution of sweet corn (zea mays) as affected by manure types, rates and frequency of applications. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 24(2), 592–599.
  44. Arismendi, I., Safeeq, M., Dunham, J. B., & Johnson, S. L. (2014). Can air temperature be used to project influences of climate change on stream temperature? Environmental Research Letters, 9(8), 084015.
  45. Safeeq, M., & Fares, A. (2014). Interception losses in three non-native Hawaiian forest stands. Hydrological Processes, 28(2), 237–254.
  46. Safeeq, M., Grant, G. E., Lewis, S. L., Kramer, M. G., & Staab, B. (2014). A hydrogeologic framework for characterizing summer streamflow sensitivity to climate warming in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(9), 3693–3710.
  47. Safeeq, M., Mauger, G. S., Grant, G. E., Arismendi, I., Hamlet, A. F., & Lee, S.-Y. (2014). Comparing large-scale hydrological model predictions with observed streamflow in the Pacific Northwest: Effects of climate and groundwater. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15(6), 2501–2521.
  48. Arismendi, I., Safeeq, M., Johnson, S. L., Dunham, J. B., & Haggerty, R. (2013). Increasing synchrony of high temperature and low flow in western North American streams: Double trouble for coldwater biota? Hydrobiologia, 712, 61–70.
  49. Safeeq, M., Grant, G. E., Lewis, S. L., & Tague, C. L. (2013). Coupling snowpack and groundwater dynamics to interpret historical streamflow trends in the western United States. Hydrological Processes, 27(5), 655–668.
  50. Safeeq, M., Mair, A., & Fares, A. (2013). Temporal and spatial trends in air temperature on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. International Journal of Climatology, 33(13), 2816–2835.
  51. Safeeq, M., & Fares, A. (2012). Hydrologic effect of groundwater development in a small mountainous tropical watershed. Journal of hydrology, 428, 51–67.
  52. Safeeq, M., & Fares, A. (2011). Accuracy evaluation of climgen weather generator and daily to hourly disaggregation methods in tropical conditions. Theoretical and applied climatology, 106, 321–341.
  53. Fares, A., Safeeq, M., & Jenkins, D. (2009). Adjusting temperature and salinity effects on single capacitance sensors. Pedosphere, 19(5), 588–596.
  54. Garg, K. K., Das, B. S., Safeeq, M., & Bhadoria, P. B. (2009). Measurement and modeling of soil water regime in a lowland paddy field showing preferential transport. Agricultural water management, 96(12), 1705–1714.
  55. Fares, A., Abbas, F., Ahmad, A., Deenik, J. L., & Safeeq, M. (2008). Response of selected soil physical and hydrologic properties to manure amendment rates, levels, and types. Soil science, 173(8), 522–533.

Other Publications

  1. Lewis, D., O’Geen, A., Tate, K., & Safeeq, M. (2022). Background total suspended solids and turbidity conditions in oak woodland headwater streams. Proceeding of the 8th California Oak symposium. https://ucanr.edu/sites/oaksymposium/files/375103.pdf
  2. Lugg, J., & Safeeq, M. (2020). Mitigating the lasting effects of wildfire. Tulare Basin Watershed Partnership Network.   https://www.tularebasinwatershedpartnership.org/
  3. Hunsaker, C., & Safeeq, M. (2018). Kings river experimental watersheds meteorology data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive.  https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0028
  4. Hunsaker, C., & Safeeq, M. (2017). Kings river experimental watersheds stream discharge. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive.  https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0037
  5. Clifton, C. F., Day, K. T., Dello, K., Grant, G. E., Halofsky, J. E., Isaak, D. J., Luce, C. H., Safeeq, M., Staab, B. P., & Stevenson, J. (2016). Climate change and hydrology in the blue mountains. Climate Change Vulnerability; Adaptation in the Blue Mountains; Halofsky, JE, Peterson, DL, Eds. https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/download/54016.pdf
  6. Watts, A., Grant, G., & Safeeq, M. (2016). Flows of the future–how will climate change affect streamflows in the Pacific Northwest? science findings, 187. Portland, OR: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.   https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/sciencef/scifi187.pdf
  7. Fares, A., Safeeq, M., & Jenkins, D. (2006). Temperature dependent scaled voltage to improve the performance of single capacitance sensors. ASABE Annual Meeting Proceeding. Portland, Oregon. 062121. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=20712
  8. Fares, A., Safeeq, M., Dogan, A., & Kimoto, A. (2006). Use of buffers to reduce nitrogen transport to water bodies. In Delgado, J.A., R.F. Follett, eds. Advances in Nitrogen Management for Water Quality. Ankeny, IA. Soil; Water Conservation Society.