Publications

Publications

Publications

Research Findings for a Desirable Future

This multidisciplinary publication list showcases findings from the FEWscapes project directly and associated research endeavors. They help advance science and decision-making for a desirable future.

2026

Booth, Eric G, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2026). Development of Historical Maps of Land Use-Land Cover, Crop Type, Nutrients, and Irrigation across CONUS (1938–2020) at Different Spatial Resolutions. Earth System Science Data 18(5), 3415–33. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3415-2026.

Ferin, Kelsie M, Booth, Eric G, Loheide II, Steven P, Turner, Monica G, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2026). Targeted grassland restoration increases potential for reduced nutrient export in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Environmental Research Letters, 21, 054022. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ae4abc.

Kneisel, A. N., A. R. Ives, and M. G. Turner. Evaluating patterns of change over four decades in north-temperate lakes of Wisconsin, USA. Ecological Monographs (In review).

Pieper, A. L., A. N. Kneisel, B. Zuckerberg, and M. G. Turner. Wetland habitat trends in the Upper Midwest (USA) under climate change and restoration. Landscape Ecology (In review).

Pieper, Anna L. 2026. Effectiveness of wetland restoration for habitat availability in the Upper Midwest under current and future climates. MS Thesis, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Zhao, Ying, Guo, Li, Liu, Jian, Xue, Jie, Liu, Jinzhao, Chen, Yinkai, Cai, Xinyan, Carroll, Kenneth C, Jobbagy, Esteban, Loheide, Steven P, Boomer, Kathleen MB, & Li, Yanping. (2026). Critical zone agrohydrology: An integrative paradigm for agricultural water sustainability. PNAS Nexus, 5(6), pgag203. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag203

2025

Orfanou, Anna, Sanford, Gregg R, Jackson, Randall D, Ruark, Matthew D, Gratton, Claudio, Pavlou, Dimitrios, Mourtzinis, Spyridon, Conley, Shawn P, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2025). Adapting an agroecosystem model to account for cover crop management in the Midwest USA. Smart Agricultural Technology, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.100930

Mackin, Hunter C, Jackson, Randall D, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2025). Adding pasture and grazing management to the Agro-IBIS agroecosystem simulation model. Agricultural Systems, 226 (C). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104326

2024

Ferin, Kelsie M, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2024). Irrigation expansion shows potential for increased maize yield and reduced nitrogen leaching in the Midwest US. Agricultural Systems, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104055

Juckem, Paul F, Corson-Dosch, Nicholas T, Schachter, Laura A, Green, Christopher T, Ferin, Kelsie M, Booth, Eric G, Kucharik, Christopher J, Austin, Brian P, & Kauffman, Leon J. (2024). Design and calibration of a nitrate decision support tool for groundwater wells in Wisconsin, USA. Environmental Modelling & Software, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.105999

Rissman, Adena, Booth, Eric, Olson, Madelyn, and Vir, Surya. (2024). Bridging a major disconnect: ideas for farm standards and systems to achieve phosphorus goals in Wisconsin lakes and streams. University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Zuidema, Shan, Wollheim, Wilfred M, Kucharik, Christopher J, & Lammers, Richard B. (2024). Existing wetland conservation programs miss nutrient reduction targets. PNAS Nexus, 3 (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae129

2023

Kucharik, Christopher J, Booth, Eric G, Loheide, Steven P, Power, Rebecca, Rissman, Adena R, Seifert, Jenny, & Turner, Monica G. (2023). Building US food‐energy‐water security requires avoiding unintended consequences for ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2634

Campbell, Tracy A, Masarik, Kevin C, Heineman, Emily Marrs, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2023). Quantifying the spatiotemporal variability of nitrate in irrigation water across the Wisconsin Central Sands. Journal of Environmental Quality, 52 (6). https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20521

Ferin, Kelsie M., Balson, Tyler, Audia, Ellen, Ward, Adam S., Liess, Stefan, Twine, Tracy E., & VanLoocke, Andy. (2023). Field‐scale analysis of miscanthus production indicates climate change may increase the opportunity for water quality improvement in a key Iowa watershed. GCB Bioenergy, 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13078

Fochesatto, Ana, Rissman, Adena, & Lu, Yu. 2023. “Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Perspectives on Labor and Social Policy.”

Liu, Jing, Bowling, Laura, Kucharik, Christopher, Jame, Sadia, Baldos, Uris, Jarvis, Larissa, Ramankutty, Navin, & Hertel, Thomas. (2023). Tackling policy leakage and targeting hotspots could be key to addressing the ‘Wicked’ challenge of nutrient pollution from corn production in the U.S. Environmental Research Letters, 18 (10). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf727

Rissman, Adena, Fochesatto, Ana, & Lu Yu, 2023. “Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Perspectives on Water Quality.”

Rissman, Adena R., Fochesatto, Ana, Lowe, Erin B., Lu, Yu, Hirsch, Regina M., & Jackson, Randall D. (2023). Grassland and managed grazing policy review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1010441

Shrestha, Debendra, Masarik, Kevin, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2023). Nitrate losses from Midwest US agroecosystems: Impacts of varied management and precipitation. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 78 (2). https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00048

Shrestha, Ojaswee. 2023. Vegetation responses to weather extremes in agricultural landscapes. MS Thesis, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Wardropper, Chloe B., Genskow, Ken, Lavoie, Avery, Franklin, Derek, Usher, Emily, Wilke, Adam, Arbuckle, J., Jackson-Smith, Doug, Prokopy, Linda, & Rissman, Adena. (2023). Policy process and problem framing for state Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the US Upper Mississippi River Basin. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 78 (1). https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00025

Zuidema, Shan, Liu, Jing, Chepeliev, Maksym G., Johnson, David R., Baldos, Uris Lantz, Frolking, Steve, Kucharik, Christopher J., Wollheim, Wilfred M., & Hertel, Thomas W. (2023). US climate policy yields water quality cobenefits in the Mississippi Basin and Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (43). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302087120

2022

Campbell, Tracy A., Booth, Eric G., Gratton, Claudio, Jackson, Randall D., & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Agricultural Landscape Transformation Needed to Meet Water Quality Goals in the Yahara River Watershed of Southern Wisconsin. Ecosystems, 25 (3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00668-y

Heineman, Emily Marrs, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Characterizing Dominant Field-Scale Cropping Sequences for a Potato and Vegetable Growing Region in Central Wisconsin. Land, 11 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020273

Jefferson, Anne J., Loheide, Steven P., & McCay, Deanna H. (2022). Faculty perspectives on a collaborative, multi-institutional online hydrology graduate student training program. Frontiers in Water, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.958094

Lark, Tyler J., Hendricks, Nathan P., Smith, Aaron, Pates, Nicholas, Spawn-Lee, Seth A., Bougie, Matthew, Booth, Eric G., Kucharik, Christopher J., & Gibbs, Holly K. (2022). Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (9). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101084119

Sanford, Gregg R., Jackson, Randall D., Rui, Yichao, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Land use-land cover gradient demonstrates the importance of perennial grasslands with intact soils for building soil carbon in the fertile Mollisols of the North Central US. Geoderma, 418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115854

Wepking, Carl, Mackin, Hunter C., Raff, Zach, Shrestha, Debendra, Orfanou, Anna, Booth, Eric G., Kucharik, Christopher J., Gratton, Claudio, & Jackson, Randall D. (2022). Perennial grassland agriculture restores critical ecosystem functions in the U.S. Upper Midwest. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1010280

2021

Booth, Eric G., & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Data inaccessibility at sub-county scale limits implementation of manuresheds. Journal of Environmental Quality, 51, 614–621. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20271

Church, Sarah P., Floress, Kristin M., Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D., Wardropper, Chloe B., Ranjan, Pranay, Eaton, Weston M., Gasteyer, Stephen, & Rissman, Adena. (2021). How water quality improvement efforts influence urban–agricultural relationships. Agriculture and Human Values, 38(2), 481–498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10177-8

Huang, Jingyi, Hartemink, Alfred E., & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2021). Soil-dependent responses of US crop yields to climate variability and depth to groundwater. Agricultural Systems, 190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103085

Rissman, Adena R., & Wardropper, Chloe B. (2021). Adapting Conservation Policy and Administration to Nonstationary Conditions. Society & Natural Resources, 34 (4), 524–537. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1799127