Publications
2026
Jagannathan, L., Starinchak, B., Nussenbaum, N., Mosely, D., & Griscom, H. 2025. A comparison of soundscapes between traditional and sustainably managed cattle pastures. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Forthcoming.
Storch de Oliveira, F., Alencar, A., Maracahipes, L., Dias, A., Potter, N., Starinchak, B., Bendavid, N., Xavier, F., Rattis, L., Brando, P. 2025. Balancing production and conservation in Brazil’s agricultural frontier: the case of Mato Grosso’s PCI Strategy. Forthcoming.
Maracahipes L, Brando PM, Silvério D, Maracahipes-Santos L, Silva A, Verona L, Macedo M, Trumbore S, Lenza E, Starinchak BH, Herrera-Ramirez D, Potter N, Barros F, Rocha E, Andrade A, Byrnes L, Uribe M, Rattis L, Oliveira R. Forest recovery pathways following fire and drought in southeast Amazonia. 2026. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2532833123
Starinchak, B. Why Environmental Tipping Points Don't Have To Spell Doom. 2026. Undark Magazine. https://undark.org/2026/03/12/opinion-environmental-tipping-points/
2025
Maracahipes-Santos L, Maracahipes L, Silvério DV, Macedo MN, Silveiro AC, Potter N, Paolucci LN, Starinchak B, Alencar A, Brando PM. 2025. Amazonian forest resilience inferred from fire-induced changes in carbon stocks and tree diversity. Environmental Research Letters. 2025. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ade60d
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ade60d
Brando PM, Barlow J, Macedo M, Silvério D, Ferreira J, Maracahipes L, Anderson L, Morton D, Alencar A, Paolucci L, Jacobs S, Stouter H, Randerson J, Flores B, Starinchak BH, Pires M, Rattis L, Artaxo P, Ordway EM, Trumbore S, Staver C, Beringuer E, Menor IO, Maracahipes-
Santos L, Potter N, Uribe M. 2025. Tipping points of Amazonian forests: beyond myths and toward solutions. Annual Reviews 50(15):1-35. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-111522-
112804
2024
Portmann JM, Davenport GH, Starinchak BH, Griscom HP. 2024. A preliminary assessment of water quality in silvopastoral systems of Panama’s dry tropical forest. Neotropical Biology & Conservation. 19(2):223 - 233. Available from: https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/111865/ DOI: 10.3897/neotropical.19.e111865
Starinchak BH, Griscom H. 2024. Pastures as natural climate solutions: A socioecological study of tree carbon and beef production trade-offs. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 373:109112. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4579573
2023
Portmann JM, Gillen SK, Starinchak BH, Griscom HP. 2023. Case Study on Blacks Run: A Novel Approach to Assessing Urban Stream Restoration. Urban Naturalist. 10(6):1 - 12. Available from: https://eaglehill.us/urna-pdfs-notes/urna-006-Portmann.pdf