Jeannine M Cavender-Bares

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PhD, Harvard University

Award Date: May 1 2000

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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Integrating Machine Learning into Early Detection and Rapid Response of Forest Health Threats
Cavender-Bares, J. M. (PI)
USDI NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
8/28/23 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
Dimensions US-China: Collaborative Research: Consequences of diversity in Asian and American oak syngameons for functional variation, adaptation and symbiont biodiversity
Cavender-Bares, J. M. (PI) & Kennedy, P. G. (PI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
10/15/21 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
LTER: The Changing Nature of Cities: Ecological and Social Dynamics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urban Ecosystem
Dalbotten, D. M. (PI), Davenport, M. A. (PI), Derickson, K. D. (PI), Feng, X. (PI), Finlay, J. C. (PI), Fleischman, F. D. (PI), Hobbie, S. E. (PI), Karwan, D. L. (PI), Keeler, B. L. (PI), Kenney, M. (PI), Menninger, H. L. (PI), Montgomery, R. A. (PI), Polasky, S. (PI), Snell-Rood, E. (PI), Watkins, E. (PI), Baker, L. A. (CoI), Cavender-Bares, J. M. (CoI), Chapman, J. A. (CoI), Dockry, M. (CoI), Gulliver, J. S. (CoI), Ishii, S. (CoI), Jelinski, N. A. (CoI), Knight, J. (CoI), Lonsdorf, E. V. (CoI), Nelson, K. C. (CoI), Nieber, J. L. (CoI) & Twine, T. E. (CoI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
3/15/21 → 2/28/27
Project: Research project
BII-Implementation: The causes and consequences of plant biodiversity and its emergent properties across scales in a rapidly changing world
Banerjee, A. (PI), Cavender-Bares, J. M. (PI), Isbell, F. (PI), Menninger, H. L. (PI), Potter, C. (PI), Reich, P. B. (PI), Springer, N. M. (PI), Yang, Y. (PI), Butler, E. E. (CoI), Hobbie, S. E. (CoI), Montgomery, R. A. (CoI), Pinto Ledezma, J. N. (CoI), Stefanski, A. (CoI), Williams, L. J. (CoI) & Willis, C. (CoI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
9/1/20 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
Socioeconomic assessments: enhancing and measuring the value of Earth observations for informing decisions
Chaplin-Kramer, R. E. (PI), Polasky, S. (PI), Cavender-Bares, J. M. (CoI), Liu, L. (CoI) & Lonsdorf, E. V. (CoI)
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR
10/1/22 → 12/31/22
Project: Research project

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11 Chapter
10 Comment/debate
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Evolutionary and environmental drivers of dry-season deciduousness in a legume genus
Cássia-Silva, C., Cavender-Bares, J., Simon, M. F., Herrera-Alsina, L., Marcilio-Silva, V., Gagnon, E., Oliveira, R. S. & Pinto-Ledezma, J. N., Jun 2026, In: New Phytologist. 250, 6, p. 3631-3645 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Cities Is Not Consistent Among Cosmopolitan Plant Species
Hoffman, A. M., Cocciardi, J. M., Manna, P., Alvarado-Serrano, D. F., Cavender-Bares, J., Groffman, P. M., Hall, S. J., Hobbie, S. E., Lerman, S. B., Padullés Cubino, J., Pataki, D. E., Trammell, T. L. E. & Avolio, M. L., Feb 2026, In: Molecular ecology. 35, 3, e70261.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Next-generation specimen digitization: capturing reflectance spectra from the world's herbaria for modeling plant biology across time, space, and taxa
Cavender-Bares, J., White, D. M., Ahlstrand, N. I., Austin, M. W., Bastianelli, D., Bazan, S., Boughalmi, K., Cardinal-McTeague, W., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Couvreur, T. L. P., Davis, C., Durgante, F. M., Grace, O. M., Guzmán Q., J. A., Hansen, K., Hernández-Leal, M. S., Hopkins, M. J. G., Jackson, R., Kothari, S. & Lee, A. K. & 13 others, Léveillé-Bourret, É., Pinto-Ledezma, J., Quinteros Casaverde, N. L., Meireles, J. E., Neto-Bradley, B., Nichodemus, C. O., Ree, R. H., Schmull, M., Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., Tuomisto, H., Ustin, S. L. & Vasconcelos, C. C., Jul 2026, In: New Phytologist. 251, 2, p. 645-665 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
4 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement
Sutherland, W. J., Burgess, N. D., Edwards, S. V., Jones, J. P. G., Soltis, P. S., Tilman, D., Allen, J. M., Andrianandrasana, H. T., Armour, C. J., August, T., Bawa, K. S., Bailey, S., Birch, T., Boersch-Supan, P. H., Cavender-Bares, J., Blaxter, M., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Daru, B. H., De Palma, A. & Eisenberg, C. & 26 others, Elphick, C. S., Freckleton, R. P., Frick, W. F., Gonzalez, A., Goetz, S. J., Greenspoon, L., Grozingeree, C. M., Hankins, D. L., Hazell, J., Isaac, N. J. B., Lambertini, M., Lewin, H. A., Aodha, O. M., Madhavapeddy, A., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Milo, R., O’Dwyer, J., Purvis, A., Salafsky, N., Tallis, H., Tanshi, I., Vijay, V., Wikelski, M., Williams, D. R., Woodard, S. H. & Robinson, G. E., Mar 10 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 10, e2519345123.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
All the light we cannot see: Climate manipulations leave short and long-term imprints in spectral reflectance of trees
Stefanski, A., Butler, E. E., Williams, L. J., Bermudez, R., Guzmán Q., J. A., Larson, A., Townsend, P. A., Montgomery, R., Cavender-Bares, J. & Reich, P. B., May 2025, In: Ecology. 106, 5, e70048.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
3 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations

Remotely detected aboveground plant function predicts belowground processes in two midwestern prairie grassland experiments
Cavender-Bares, J. M., Gamon, J., Gholizadeh, H., Kimberly, H., Lapadat, C., Madritch, M. D., Townsend, P. A., Wang, Z. & Hobbie, S. E., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Jun 8 2021
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220311
Dataset
Data and code for remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest biomass
Williams, L. J., Cavender-Bares, J. M., Townsend, P. A., Couture, J. J., Wang, Z., Stefanski, A., Messier, C. & Reich, P. B., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2020
DOI: 10.13020/s7pf-am91, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/215251
Dataset
Light access and leaf trait variation within and among tree species across diverse mixtures within a common garden
Williams, L. J., Cavender-Bares, J. M., Reich, P. B., Paquette, A. & Messier, C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2019
DOI: 10.13020/jt9r-tf03, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/208650
Dataset
Canopy spectral reflectance detects oak wilt at the landscape scale using phylogenetic discrimination
Sapes, G., Lapadat, C., Schweiger, A. K., Juzwik, J., Montgomery, R. A., Gholizadeh, H., Townsend, P. A., Gamon, J. & Cavender-Bares, J. M., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Apr 26 2022
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227133
Dataset
Horticultural availability and homeowner preferences drive plant diversity and composition in urban yards
Cavender-Bares, J. M., Padulles Cubino, J., Pearse, W. D., Hobbie, S. E., Lange, A. J., Knapp, S. & Nelson, K. C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2019
DOI: 10.13020/89ae-2877, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/210002
Dataset

UMN researchers say invasive fungus that threatens oak trees is spreading
Cavender-Bares, J. M., Juzwik, J., Montgomery, R. A., Sapes, G., Pinto Ledezma, J. N., Lapadat, C. & Yang, A. M.
9/27/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
UMN researchers say invasive fungus that threatens oak trees is spreading
Cavender-Bares, J. M., Yang, A. M. & Pinto Ledezma, J. N.
9/27/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
University awarded $12.5 million grant to study Earth’s biodiversity
Cavender-Bares, J. M. & Springer, N. M.
9/14/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
How Oak Trees Evolved to Rule the Forests of the Northern Hemisphere
Cavender-Bares, J. M.
7/14/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
Five major new biodiversity assessments to be launched as 750 world experts and policymakers meet
Cavender-Bares, J. M.
3/23/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview

Jeannine M Cavender-Bares

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Integrating Machine Learning into Early Detection and Rapid Response of Forest Health Threats

Dimensions US-China: Collaborative Research: Consequences of diversity in Asian and American oak syngameons for functional variation, adaptation and symbiont biodiversity

LTER: The Changing Nature of Cities: Ecological and Social Dynamics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urban Ecosystem

BII-Implementation: The causes and consequences of plant biodiversity and its emergent properties across scales in a rapidly changing world

Socioeconomic assessments: enhancing and measuring the value of Earth observations for informing decisions

Evolutionary and environmental drivers of dry-season deciduousness in a legume genus

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Cities Is Not Consistent Among Cosmopolitan Plant Species

Next-generation specimen digitization: capturing reflectance spectra from the world's herbaria for modeling plant biology across time, space, and taxa

Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement

All the light we cannot see: Climate manipulations leave short and long-term imprints in spectral reflectance of trees

Remotely detected aboveground plant function predicts belowground processes in two midwestern prairie grassland experiments

Data and code for remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest biomass

Light access and leaf trait variation within and among tree species across diverse mixtures within a common garden

Canopy spectral reflectance detects oak wilt at the landscape scale using phylogenetic discrimination

Horticultural availability and homeowner preferences drive plant diversity and composition in urban yards

UMN researchers say invasive fungus that threatens oak trees is spreading

UMN researchers say invasive fungus that threatens oak trees is spreading

University awarded $12.5 million grant to study Earth’s biodiversity

How Oak Trees Evolved to Rule the Forests of the Northern Hemisphere

Five major new biodiversity assessments to be launched as 750 world experts and policymakers meet

Jeannine M Cavender-Bares

Personal profile

Education/Academic qualification

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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Press/Media