Publications

Below are a list of my publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, opinion pieces, book reviews, technical reports, and extension products, as well as my professional presentations.  You can also check out my Google Scholar profile.

Peer-Reviewed

• Diver, S. Eitzel, M.V.; Brown, M.; Hazel, A. Fricke, S. and Reed, R. (2022) “Indigenous nations at the confluence: Water governance networks and system transformation in the Klamath Basin.” Ecology & Society 27(4):art4.
• Diver, S; Eitzel, M. V.; Fricke, S.; Hillman, L. (2022) “Networked sovereignty: Polycentric water governance and Indigenous self-determination in the Klamath Basin.” Water Alternatives 15(2): 523-550.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Solera, J; Wilson, K. B.; Mawere Ndlovu, A; Mhike Hove, E.; Ndlovu, D.; Changarara, A.; Ndlovu, A.; Neves, K.; Chirindira, A.; Omoju, O.E.; Fisher, A.C.; Veski, A. (2022) “Collaborative modeling as socio-technical data infrastructure in rural Zimbabwe.” In The Nature of Data: Infrastructures, Environments, Politics, Nost, E. and Goldstein, J. Eds. University of Nebraska Press.
• Eitzel M.V, (2021) A modeler’s manifesto: Synthesizing modeling best practices with social science frameworks to support critical approaches to data science. Research Ideas and Outcomes 7: e71553.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Solera, J.; Mhike Hove, E.; Wilson, K.B.; Mawere Ndlovu, A.; Ndlovu, D.; Changarara, A.; Ndlovu, A.; Neves, K.; Omoju, O.; Fisher, A.C.; Veski, A. (2021) “Assessing the Potential of Participatory Modeling for Decolonial Restoration of an Agro-pastoral System in Rural Zimbabwe.” Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 6(1), p.2.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Solera, J.; Wilson, K; Neves, K. T; Fisher, A.C.; Veski, A.; Omoju, O. E.; Mawere Ndlovu, A.; Mhike Hove, E. (2020) “Indigenous climate adaptation sovereignty in a Zimbabwean agro-pastoral system: exploring definitions of sustainability ‘success’ using a participatory agent-based model.” Ecology & Society 25(4), 13.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Solera, J.; Wilson, K; Neves, K. T; Fisher, A.C.; Veski, A.; Omoju, O. E.; Mawere Ndlovu, A.; Mhike Hove, E. (2020) “Using mixed methods to construct and analyze a participatory agent-based model of a complex Zimbabwean agro-pastoral system.” PLoS ONE 15(8), e0237638.
• Baumberger, K.; Eitzel, M. V.; Kirby, M.; Horn, M. (2019) “Home Range and Habitat Selection of the Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii) in Southern California.” PLoS ONE. 14 (10), e0222532.
• Eitzel, MV; Mhike Hove, E; Solera, J; Madzoro, S; Changarara, A; Ndlovu, D; Chirindira, A; Ndlovu, A; Gwatipedza, S; Mhizha, M; Ndlovu, M. (2018) “Sustainable Development as Successful Technology Transfer: Empowerment Through Teaching, Learning, and Using Digital Participatory Mapping Techniques in Mazvihwa, Zimbabwe.”  Development Engineering. (3) 196-208.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Cappadonna, J. L.; Santos-Lang, C.; Duerr, R. E.; Virapongse, A.; West, S.E.; Kyba, C. C. M.; Bowser, A. E.; Cooper, C. B.; Sforzi, A.; Metcalfe, A. N.; Harris, E. S.; Thiel, M.; Haklay, M.; Ponciano, L.; Roche, J.; Ceccaroni, L.; Shilling, F. M.; Dörler, D; Heigl, F.; Kiessling, T.; Davis, B. Y.; Jiang, Q. (2017)  “Citizen Science Terminology Matters: Exploring Key Terms.” Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 2(1), p.1. DOI: 10.5334/cstp.96       (Correction: http://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.113)
• Sarna-Wojicki, D.; Perret, M.; Eitzel, M. V.; Fortmann, L. (2017) “Where are the Missing Co-authors? Authorship Practices in Participatory Research.” Rural Sociology, 82:4, 713-746. (Version in French in Revue d’anthropologie des connaissances)
• Eitzel, M. V.; Kelly, M.; Dronova, I.; Valachovic, Y.; Quinn-Davidson, L.; Solera, J.; de Valpine, P. (2016) “Challenges and opportunities in synthesizing historical geospatial data using statistical models.” Ecological Informatics 31, 100-111.
  
• Eitzel, M. V.; Battles, J.; York, R.; de Valpine, P. (2015), “Can’t see the trees for the forest: complex factors influence survival in a temperate second-growth forest.” Ecosphere. 6:11, 1–17. DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00105.1 (Erratum: 10.1002/ecs2.1423)
  
• Andrade, K.; Corbin, C .; Diver, S.; Eitzel, M. V.; Williamson, J.; Brashares, J.; Fortmann, L. Authors contributed equally. (2014), Finding your way in the interdisciplinary forest: notes on educating future conservation practitioners. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23:14, 3405-3423.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Battles, J. ; York, R.; Knape, J.; de Valpine, P. (2013) Estimating Tree Growth Models from Complex Forest Monitoring Data. Ecological Applications. 23:6, 1288–1296. DOI: 10.1890/12-0504.1  (Erratum: 10.1002/eap.1424)
• Hallett, L. M.; Diver, S.; Eitzel, M. V.; Olson, J. J.; Ramage, B. S.; Sardinas, H.; Statman-Weil, Z.; Suding, K. N. (2013), Do We Practice What We Preach? Goal Setting for Ecological Restoration. Restoration Ecology. 21: 312–319.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Diver, S.; Sardinas, H.; Hallett, L. M.;  Olson, J. J.;  Romero, A.; Oliveira, G. de L. T. ; Schuknecht, A. T.; Tidmore, R.; Suding, K. N. (2012) Insights from a Cross-Disciplinary Seminar: 10 Pivotal Papers for Ecological Restoration. Restoration Ecology 20:2, 147-152.
• Zhang, X.; Liu, X.; Zhang, M.; Dahlgren,R. A.; M.V. Eitzel. (2010) “A Review of Vegetated Buffers and a Meta-analysis of Their Mitigation Efficacy in Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution” Journal of Environmental Quality, 39:1, 76-84.
• Tanimoto, T.; Eitzel, M.; Yano, T. (2008) “The Noise Cross-Correlation Approach for Apollo 17 LSPE Data: Diurnal Change in Seismic Parameters in Shallow Lunar Crust” Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 113 (e8): E08011.

Technical Reports, Conference Proceedings, Software, & Book Reviews

• Eitzel, M.V., Morley, S; Behymer, C; Meyer, R; Kagley, A; Ballard, H; Jadallah, C; Duda, J; Jennings, L; Miller, I; Stapleton, J; Shaffer, A; Miller, A; Shafroth, P; Blackie, B. (2023) Community and Citizen Science on the Elwha River: Past, Present, and Future. Report for Elwha ScienceScape and Open Rivers Fund.
• Eitzel, M.V. (2022, October 25). Theoretical Model of Oak Persistence Under Competition and Herbivory. (Version 1.0.0; peer-reviewed). CoMSES Computational Model Library. DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.25937/v8n4-rr69
• Eitzel, M.V., R Meyer, N Ulle, E Oldach, M Lubell, M Dobbins. (2022) Using MPA Watch Data to Analyze Human Activities Along the California Coast. Report for California Department of Fish and Wildlife Decadal Management Review.
• Eitzel, MV, Neves, K T, Solera, J, Wilson, K B, Mawere Ndlovu, A, Fisher, A C, Veski, A, Omoju, O E, Mhike Hove, E. (2018, June 19). “Zimbabwe Agro-Pastoral Management Model (ZAPMM): Musimboti wevanhu, zvipfuo nezvirimwa” (Version 1.0.0; peer-reviewed). CoMSES Computational Model Library.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.25937/ta23-sn46
• Eitzel, M. V.; Fan, C.; Solera, J.; Mawere Ndlovu, A.; Shang, H.; Changarara, A.; Mhike Hove, E.; Wilson, K.B. “Community resilience and the dynamics of relatedness and residence in a rural Zimbabwean village from 1986 to 2010.” (2016) Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute 2015 Complex Systems Summer School.
• Eitzel, M.V.; Kelly, M.; Quinn-Davidson, L. “Lessons Learned in Historical Mapping of Conifer and Oak in the North Coast.” (2015) Proceedings of the seventh California oak symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Dynamic World. (USFS GTR-PSW-251)
• Cohn, A.S.; Eitzel, M.V.; Fiorella, K.J.; Geoghegan, C.; Gupta, A. C.;  Kelley, L.C.; Seto, K.L. (2012) Book Review, “Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies: A Primer,” by Gunilla Oberg. Quarterly Review of Biology 87:3, 247-248.
• Eitzel, M. V.; Moresco, A.; Kitzes, J. (2012) “Lindsay Wildlife Museum: Hospital Effectiveness for Treatment of Mourning Doves.”  Lindsay Wildlife Museum. Internal Report, available upon request.
• Eitzel, M.; Grogan, K.; Zhang, X.; Steinmann, K.; Watson, T.; Zhang, M. (2010) “Agricultural Pesticide Best Management Practices Report: A Final Report for the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.” Technical report.
• Hurt, D.; Eitzel, M.; Scalettar, R.; Batrouni, G. (2006) “Analysis of the Blume-Capel model with the Wang-Landau algorithm.” In Computer simulation studies in condensed-matter physics XVIII. Vol. 105, 101-106, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Outreach  Materials

• Eitzel, M.V. (2022) Supporting Community and Citizen Science at the Elwha ScienceScape Symposium. Blog post, Center for Community and Citizen Science.
• Eitzel, M.V. (2022) Center for Community and Citizen Science supports expanded efforts in participatory monitoring of the Elwha River dam removal. Blog post, Center for Community and Citizen Science.
• Eitzel, M.V. (2022) “A Modeler’s Manifesto for More Trustworthy, Just, Relevant Data Science.” Data Science by Design Anthology “The Future of Data Science.”
• Eitzel, M.V. (2015) “How-To Guides on Mapping and Computer Use.” For The Muonde Trust research team. Available upon request.
• Eitzel, M.V. (2014) “SNAMP Pub #20: Estimating tree growth from complex forest monitoring data” Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project, Research Brief.
• Eitzel, M.V. (2014) “Guaranteeing the Future of Cooperative Extension: A training program for graduate students.” Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals, Winter Newsletter.
• Eitzel, M.V. and restoration ecology graduate seminar students. (2012) Restoration Ecology Blog, publicly-accessible companion website for “Insights from a Cross-Disciplinary Seminar: 10 Pivotal Papers in Ecological Restoration.: Nearly 100 reviews of scholarly articles on restoration ecology, written by seminar participants, organized and formatted for the public by M.V. Eitzel.
• Eitzel, M.V. (2009-2010) “Speaker Series Summaries of the Berkeley Chapter of the Indigenous Mapping Network.” Summaries reproduced with permission under “Outreach.”

Presentations

• “Reproduction and recruitment of blue oak (\textit{Quercus douglasii}) in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California.” 8th Oak Woodland Symposium (Oral presentation 2022)
• “A Theoretical Model of Oak Persistence Under Competition and Herbivory.” 8th Oak Woodland Symposium (Oral presentation 2022)
• “Community and Citizen Science on the Elwha: Past, Present, and Future.” Elwha ScienceScape Symposium (Oral presentation 2022)
• “Using occupancy modeling with community-based surveys from the MPA Watch program to investigate human coastal use throughout California.” North American Congress for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting} (Oral presentation 2022)
• “Using occupancy modeling with community-based surveys from the MPA Watch program to investigate human coastal use throughout California.” C*Sci 2022 (Poster presentation 2022)
• Assessing the Potential of Participatory Modeling for Decolonial Restoration of an Agro-pastoral System in Rural Zimbabwe.” C*Sci 2022 (Poster presentation 2022)
• “Works-in-Progress with Melissa Eitzel Solera.” UC Santa Cruz Science & Justice Research Center Works in Progress Series (Invited oral presentation 2022)
• “Situated, Collaborative Modeling: Critical Participatory Data Science in Rural Zimbawe with the Muonde Trust.” Invited Oral Presentation, UC Santa Cruz Socially Responsible Data Science Day (2019)
• “Mapping Indigenous Water Governance and Colonial Legacies in the Lower Klamath, California.” (With Sibyl Diver) Oral Presentation, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (2018)
• “Situated Modeling: Applying a Modeler’s Manifesto to Collaborative Data Science in Rural Zimbabwe.” Invited talk, UC Berkeley Geography Department Colloquium (2018)
• “Tracking California Buckeye Phenology using Citizen Science Observations from Nature’s Notebook.” California Naturalist Program Regional Rendezvous (Invited lightning talk (2017)
• “Sustainability from the Ground Up: Successful Teaching, Learning, and Using Digital Mapping Technology in Mazvihwa, Rural Zimbabwe.” Lightning Talk, Geospatial Analysis for International Development Symposium (Geo4Dev), UC Berkeley (2017)
• “Collaborative Modeling of Long-term Community-based Research Data in Rural Zimbabwe.” Oral Presentation, Citizen Science Association Biennial Meeting  (2017)
• “Big Data in ecology: a modeler’s manifesto.” Oral Presentation, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (2017)
• “Examining the Resilience of Crop Production, Livestock Carrying Capacity, and Woodland Density in a Rural Zimbabwean Socio-Ecological System Using Agent-Based Models Representing Human Management Decisions.” Poster Presentation,  American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (2016)
• “Successful Teaching, Learning, and Use of Digital Mapping Technology in Mazvihwa, Rural Zimbabwe.”  Oral Presentation, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (2016)
• “Working with ‘found data’: using statistical, mathematical, and photogrammetric tools to gain new insights from long-term Californian forest datasets.” Invited Oral Presentation, California Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Lunch Series (2015)
• “Working with ‘found data’: using statistical, mathematical, and photogrammetric tools to gain new insights from long-term Californian forest datasets.” Invited Oral Presentation, San Francisco Estuary Institute Brown Bag Lunch Series (2015)
• “The Graduate Students in Extension (GSE) Program: Connecting talent between campuses and Cooperative Extension (CE).” Poster Presentation, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Statewide Conference (2015)
• “Resilience and complexity in rural Zimbabwe: Understanding the dynamics of households through extended kinship networks.” Oral Presentation Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School (2015)
• “Resilience and complexity in rural Zimbabwe: Land-use planning for a feedback-rich system using agent-based modeling.” Oral Presentation, Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School (2015)
• “Lessons Learned in Historical Mapping of Conifer and Oak in the North Coast.” Oral Presentation, The seventh California oak symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Dynamic World (2014)
• “Estimating Tree Growth Models from Complex Forest Monitoring Data” Invited Guest Lecture, Hierarchical modeling (ESPM 215) (2013)
• “Estimating tree growth models from complex forest monitoring permanent plot data” Oral Presentation, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland (2012)
• “Modeling Tree Growth from Forest Inventory Data: Sophisticated Models for Complex Monitoring Data” Poster Presentation, Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals Meeting  (2012)
• “Something about statistics: Tree Growth from Forest Inventories” Oral Presentation, Blodgett Forest Research Conference (2012)
• “Are Blue Oak Populations in Decline? Assessing key vulnerabilities using integral projection modeling” Oral Presentation, Oak Woodland Conservation Workgroup Meeting, (2011).
• “Recovering shallow shear wave velocity structure in the Los Angeles basin by combining cross-correlation and Z/H ratio techniques” Oral Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, (2006)
• “Recovering shallow shear wave velocity structure in the Los Angeles basin using cross-correlation techniques on 0.05 to 0.3 Hz seismic data from CISN” Poster Presentation, Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting (2006)
• “Possible Links Between Ground Water Saturation and Rayleigh Wave Particle Motion in Microseisms: A Comparison of Data and Simulation for Seismic Stations in Southern California” Oral Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, (2005)