Research contributions spanning paleoecology, rangeland science, and disturbance dynamics.
Wendt, J.A.F., Argiriadis, E., Whitlock, C., Bortolini, M., Battistel, D., McWethy, D.B. 2024. A 2000-year record of fecal biomarkers reveals past herbivore presence and impacts in a catchment in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311950
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Hempson, G.P., Brookshire, E.N.J., Fuhlendorf, S.D., 2023. Past and present biomass consumption by herbivores and fire across productivity gradients in North America. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0ad0
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Widga, C., Shuman, B.N. 2022. Large-scale climatic drivers of bison distribution and abundance in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107472
Epstein, K., Wood, D.J.A., Roemer, K., Currey, B., Duff, H., Gay, J.D., Goemann, H., Loewen, S, Milligan, M.C., Wendt, J.A.F., Brookshire, E.N.J, McNew, L., McWethy, D.B., Maxwell, B.D., Stoy, P.C., Haggerty, J. 2021. Towards an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12141-260110
Taylor, W.T.T., Wendt, J.A F., Hart, I. A., Graham, R. W., Dombrosky, J., Ward, C., Jones, E. L., Miller, J. H. 2025. Understanding ancient moose populations in the Rocky Mountains: The historic and archaeological evidence. Preprint. https://zenodo.org/records/16779059
Taylor, W., Wendt, J., Miller, J. 2025. Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/moose-have-lived-in-colorado-for-centuries-unpacking-the-evidence-from-history-archaeology-and-oral-traditions-261060
Taylor, W., Ward, C., Jones, E.L., Dombrowsky, J., Wendt, J. 2024. Do Moose “Belong” in Colorado? Sapiens. https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/moose-colorado-invasive-species-archaeology/
Wendt, J.A.F. 2023. Reconstructing large herbivore abundance and environmental interactions in Postglacial North America (Doctoral Dissertation). Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/18309
Schiller, C. M., Alt, M., Nanavati, W. P., Wendt, J.A.F. 2023. Getting information from the past: paleoecological studies of terrestrial ecosystems (Chapter 22). Key Methods in Geography (eds. N. Clifford, M. Cope, T. Gillespie, S. French). Sage Publishing.
Wendt, J.A.F., Paschke, M.W. 2018. Temporal variability of soil seed banks in lodgepole pine forests. Journal of Undergraduate Research. 9.
Wendt, J. 2015. The restoration process: lessons from a community-based conservation initiative in Tunkhel, Mongolia. Independent Study Project Collection. Paper 2085.
Wendt, J.A.F., Cibils, A., Fuhlendorf, S. Rangeland Health Beyond Carbon. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting. February 11, 2025. Spokane, WA. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. Are rangeland soils resilient carbon sinks? ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. November 13, 2024. San Antonio, TX. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., Argiriadis, E., Whitlock, C., Bortolini, M., Battistel, D., McWethy, D.B. Reconstructing 2000 years of herbivore abundance, identity, and impacts with molecular biomarkers in a catchment in northern Yellowstone National Park. September 3, 2024. Big Sky, MT. Poster presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Lee, C., Doyle, S., Brien, A., Ewing, S., Neely, M., Mahoney, N., Alt, M. Human use, landscape characteristics and environmental change at two bison driveline sites, Montana. 16th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. September 3, 2024. Big Sky, MT. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., Argiriadis, E., Whitlock, C., Bortolini, M., Battistel, D., McWethy, D.B. Molecular biomarkers reveal management-driven changes in spatiotemporal resource use by ungulates in the Yellowstone Northern Range. IALE-NA 2024 Annual Meeting. April 2, 2024. Oklahoma City, OK. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Hempson, G.P., Brookshire, E.N.J., Fuhlendorf, S.D. Trends and drivers of consumer dominance in ancient and modern North America. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting. January 30, 2024. Sparks, NV. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Widga, C., Shuman, B. Forage or fuel? How climate shapes long-term fire-herbivore interactions in Great Plains grasslands. 3rd Great Plains Fire Summit. August 24, 2022. North Platte, NE. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Widga, C., Shuman, B. Bison Distribution and Abundance Responses to Climate Change in Late Quaternary North America. 15th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. May 18, 2022. Bozeman, MT. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., McWethy, D.B., Widga, C., Shuman, B. Bison Biogeography in Late Quaternary North America: Abundance, Distribution, and Climate. Montana State University Earth Sciences Student Colloquium. April 14, 2022. Bozeman, MT. Poster presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. Bison responses to Late Quaternary Climate Change in North America. Crossing the Paleontological-Ecological Gap Conference. September 8, 2021. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. Responses of North American Bison to Late Quaternary climate change. Montana State University Earth Sciences Student Colloquium. April 23, 2021. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. The long view: Paleo-perspectives on rangeland disturbance in the Northern Great Plains. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting. February 17, 2020. Denver, CO. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., Epstein, K. Rangeland transitions in the American West: Key feedbacks and knowledge gaps in a Montana case study. Annual Matador Ranch Science Symposium. June 12, 2019. Zortman, MT. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., Paschke, M.W. Temporal variability of soil seed banks in lodgepole pine forests. HAR-CeRSER 2017 Conference. March 7-9, 2017. Fort Collins, CO. Poster presentation.
Wendt, J. The restoration process: lessons from a community-based conservation initiative in Tunkhel, Mongolia. Front Range Student Ecology Symposium. February 23-24, 2016. Fort Collins, CO. Poster presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. Managed Grazing for Soil Carbon in Rapidly Changing Rangelands. December 17, 2024. US Forest Service Carbon Convos. Webinar. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. Meta-analysis: Can grazing intensity be optimized for soil carbon? USDA Long-Term Agroecological Research Grazinglands Working Group. April 5, 2024. Remote meeting. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. Reconstructing Large Herbivore Abundance and Environmental Interactions in Postglacial North America. November 5, 2023. Bozeman, MT. Dissertation Defense. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F., Argiriadis, E., Whitlock, C., Bortolini, M., Battistel, D., McWethy, D.B. 2023. Tracers of the past: What can fossil molecules tell us about the history of Yellowstone’s herbivores? Montana Institute on Ecosystems and Department of Earth Sciences Seminar. November 1, 2023. Bozeman, MT. Oral presentation.
Wendt, J.A.F. 2021. Reconstructing past herbivore distribution, abundance, and community composition. Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics Seminar. November 18, 2021. Venice, Italy. Oral presentation.
Grasslands Graduate Group. 2019. Rangelands in transition: Key feedbacks & knowledge gaps in a Central Montana case study. Montana Institute on Ecosystems Rough Cut Seminar Series. April 17, 2019. Bozeman, MT. Oral presentation.
McWethy, D., Alt, M., Wendt, J., Kichas, N., Billman, P. 2019. Earth, wind, and fire: Ecosystem response to disturbance, climate variability, and human impacts. Montana Institute on Ecosystems Rough Cut Seminar Series. February 20, 2019. Bozeman, MT. Oral presentation.
Bison, fire, and climate in Late Quaternary North America. Course: Biogeography at Montana State University. Instructor: David Varicchio. March 19, 2024.
Biomarkers: How can organic compounds be used as proxies? Course: Organic Geochemistry at Oklahoma State University. Instructor: Tracy Quan. October 17, 2024.