About

Jonathan Hoekstra is an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. He is a conservation biologist with academic training in ecology and evolutionary biology, which he has applied to a career in the environmental nonprofit sector. Hoekstra has worked as a research scientist, program manager, and executive in both global and local conservation organizations. His research includes work on global conservation challenges, habitat loss, and protection, contributing to understanding disparities in conservation efforts worldwide. He is also engaged in providing advice on non-academic career paths and translating science and research skills into various roles.

Research topics

• Geography
• Ecology
• Environmental resource management
• Biology
• Environmental planning

Selected publications

• Appendix F. Bivariate correlations between demographic indices and threat indicators.

  Figshare · 2016-01-01

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  Bivariate correlations between demographic indices and threat indicators.

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• Appendix E. Models 21–75 in the confidence set from which effects of the major threat classes on Chinook population trend are estimated for the small-scale analysis.

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  Models 21–75 in the confidence set from which effects of the major threat classes on Chinook population trend are estimated for the small-scale analysis.

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• Appendix C. Model-averaged estimates of direct, indirect, and total effects of the four major threats on Chinook population trend, when populations spawning in the interior Columbia River basin are excluded from the large-scale analysis.

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  Model-averaged estimates of direct, indirect, and total effects of the four major threats on Chinook population trend, when populations spawning in the interior Columbia River basin are excluded from the large-scale analysis.

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• Appendix D. Path diagram depicting estimated effects of threat indicators on Chinook population trend, when populations spawning in the interior Columbia River basin are excluded from the large-scale analysis.

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  Path diagram depicting estimated effects of threat indicators on Chinook population trend, when populations spawning in the interior Columbia River basin are excluded from the large-scale analysis.

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• Appendix B. Confidence set of models estimating the effects of major threats on Chinook population trend, when 79 populations spawning in the interior Columbia River basin are excluded from the large-scale analysis.

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  Confidence set of models estimating the effects of major threats on Chinook population trend, when 79 populations spawning in the interior Columbia River basin are excluded from the large-scale analysis.

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• Appendix A. Supplemental methods for estimating model-averaged effects and variance.

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  Supplemental methods for estimating model-averaged effects and variance.

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• Appendix G. Scatterplot matrix showing all possible combinations of the demographic indices and threat indicators used in the large-scale and small-scale analyses.

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  Scatterplot matrix showing all possible combinations of the demographic indices and threat indicators used in the large-scale and small-scale analyses.

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• Improving biodiversity conservation through modern portfolio theory

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012-04-20 · 30 citations

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  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

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• Redesigning biodiversity conservation projects for climate change: examples from the field

  Biodiversity and Conservation · 2010-12-07 · 78 citations

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  Few conservation projects consider climate impacts or have a process for developing adaptation strategies. To advance climate adaptation for biodiversity conservation, we tested a step-by-step approach to developing adaptation strategies with 20 projects from diverse geographies. Project teams assessed likely climate impacts using historical climate data, future climate predictions, expert input, and scientific literature. They then developed adaptation strategies that considered ecosystems and species of concern, project goals, climate impacts, and indicators of progress. Project teams identified 176 likely climate impacts and developed adaptation strategies to address 42 of these impacts. The most common impacts were to habitat quantity or quality, and to hydrologic regimes. Nearly half of expected impacts were temperature-mediated. Twelve projects indicated that the project focus, either focal ecosystems and species or project boundaries, need to change as a result of considering climate impacts. More than half of the adaptation strategies were resistance strategies aimed at preserving the status quo. The rest aimed to make ecosystems and species more resilient in the face of expected changes. All projects altered strategies in some way, either by adding new actions, or by adjusting existing actions. Habitat restoration and enactment of policies and regulations were the most frequently prescribed, though every adaptation strategy required a unique combination of actions. While the effectiveness of these adaptation strategies remains to be evaluated, the application of consistent guidance has yielded important early lessons about how, when, and how often conservation projects may need to be modified to adapt to climate change.

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• Concordance of freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity

  Conservation Letters · 2010-10-29 · 71 citations

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  Abstract Efforts to set global conservation priorities have largely ignored freshwater diversity, thereby excluding some of the world's most speciose, threatened, and valuable taxa. Using a new global map of freshwater ecoregions and distribution data for about 13,300 fish species, we identify regions of exceptional freshwater biodiversity and assess their overlap with regions of equivalent terrestrial importance. Overlap is greatest in the tropics and is higher than expected by chance. These high‐congruence areas offer opportunities for integrated conservation efforts, which could be of particular value when economic conditions force conservation organizations to narrow their focus. Areas of low overlap—missed by current terrestrially based priority schemes—merit independent freshwater conservation efforts. These results provide new information to conservation investors setting priorities at global or regional scales and argue for a potential reallocation of future resources to achieve representation of overlooked biomes.

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Frequent coauthors

• Peter Kareiva

  Aquarium of the Pacific

  11 shared

• Tamara K. Harms

  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  10 shared

• Mary Ruckelshaus

  Stanford University

  9 shared

• P. Dee Boersma

  University of Washington

  8 shared

• J. Alan Clark

  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

  8 shared

• Krista K. Bartz

  Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network

  8 shared

• Jennifer M. Moslemi

  8 shared

• Hopi E. Hoekstra

  Harvard University Press

  7 shared

Labs

• EcologyPI