Jacob Bendix
Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Highest degree earned
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Selected Publications
(Selected Publications)
2024 Shepherd, J. M., Bendix, J. and Urban, M.A. Increasing racial and ethnic diversity in physical geography, Eos, 105, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EO240043.
2022 Shuman, J. et al. (Bendix 10th of 86 authors). Reimagine fire science for the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac115.
2021 Martin, D.J., Pavlowsky, R.T., Bendix, J., Dogwiler, T. and Hess, J. Impacts of an extreme flood on large wood recruitment and transport processes. Physical Geography, pp.1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2021.1980958.
2020 Bendix, J. and Urban, M.A. Nothing New under the Sun? George Perkins Marsh and Roots of U.S. Physical Geography. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2020.1761769.
2019 Stella, J.C. and Bendix, J. Multiple stressors in riparian ecosystems. In S. Sabater, A. Elosegi and R. Ludwig, eds., Multiple Stressors in River Ecosystems: Status, Impacts and Prospects for the Future, pp. 81-110. Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811713-2.00005-4.
2018 Bendix, J. and Hartnett, J.J. Asynchronous lightning and Santa Ana winds highlight human role in southern California fire regimes. Environmental Research Letters 13: 074024.
2017 Bendix, J. and Commons, M.G. Distribution and frequency of wildfire in California riparian ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters 12: 075008.
2017 Bendix, J., Wiley Jr., J.J. and Commons, M.G. Intermediate disturbance and patterns of species richness. Physical Geography DOI:10.1080/02723646.2017.1327269.
2016 Bendix, J. Clay (a poem). GeoHumanities, 2(1):276-277.
2014 Bendix, J. and Vale, T.R. Placing the river in context: James C. Knox, fluvial geomorphology, and physical geography. Geography Compass , 8(5):325-335.
2013 Bendix, J. and Cowell, C.M. Disturbance and riparian tree establishment in the Sespe Wilderness, California, USA. Physical Geography, 34(2):149-158.
2013 Bendix, J. and Stella, J.C. Riparian Vegetation and the Fluvial Environment: A Biogeographic Perspective. In : Shroder, J., Jr., Butler, D.R., Hupp, C.R., Eds., Treatise on Geomorphology, vol. 12, pp. 53-74. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
2013 Stella, J.C., Rodríguez-González, P., Dufour, S. and Bendix, J. Physical Controls on Riparian Vegetation in Mediterranean-Climate Regions. Hydrobiologia, 719:291-315.
2010 Bendix, J. and Cowell, C.M. Fire, floods and woody debris: Interactions between biotic and geomorphic processes. Geomorphology, 116(3-4):297-304.
2010 Bendix, J. and Cowell, C.M. Impacts of wildfire on the composition and structure of riparian forests in Southern California. Ecosystems, 13(1):99-107 .
2002 Bendix, J. Pre-European Fire in California Chaparral. In T. Vale, ed., Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape, pp. 269-293. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.
2000 Bendix, J. and Hupp, C.R. Hydrological and geomorphological impacts on riparian plant communities. Hydrological Processes, 14(16-17): 2977-2990.
1999 Bendix, J. Stream power influence on southern Californian riparian vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science, 10(2):243-252.
1999 Bendix, J. and Liebler, C. M. (1999). Place, distance, and environmental news: Geographic variation in newspaper coverage of the spotted owl conflict. Annals of the Association of American Geographers , 89(4):658-676.
1998 Bendix, J. Impact of a flood on southern Californian riparian vegetation. Physical Geography, 19(2): 162-174.
1997 Bendix, J. Flood disturbance and the distribution of riparian species diversity. Geographical Review, 87(4): 468-483.
1996 Parker, K.C. and Bendix, J. Landscape-scale geomorphic influences on vegetation patterns in four environments. Physical Geography, 17(2):113-141.
1996 Liebler, C.M. and Bendix, J. Old-growth forests on network news: News sources and the framing of an environmental controversy. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 73(1):53-65
1994 Bendix, J. Scale, direction and pattern in riparian vegetation-environment relationships. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 84(4):654-667.
1994 Bendix, J. Among-site variation in riparian vegetation of the Southern California Transverse Ranges. American Midland Naturalist, 132:136-151.
Previous Teaching Appointments
2019- Professor of Geography and the Environment
1999-2019 Associate Professor of Geography
1994-1999 Assistant Professor of Geography
1992-94 Temporary Assistant Professor, University of Georgia