A5038306552- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Coccidia and coccidiosis research
- Turfgrass Adaptation and Management
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine animal studies overview
- Study of Mite Species
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest ecology and management
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Landslides and related hazards
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
United States Geological Survey
2018-2024
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
2020-2024
Boise State University
2015
Intermountain Healthcare
2015
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
2012
Abstract The U.S. federal government has recently committed to the difficult task of slowing and managing invasive grass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe, where property, livelihoods, entire ecosystems are at risk. To safely manage this crisis, proposed construct about 17,700 km fuel breaks millions hectares reduction treatments six western states. A challenge for resource managers will be strategic placement these land treatments. We investigated need massive effort from perspective...
ABSTRACT In conservation paradigms, management actions for umbrella species also benefit co‐occurring because of overlapping ranges and similar habitat associations. The greater sage‐grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ) is an it occurs across vast sagebrush ecosystems western North America the recipient extensive restoration efforts that might sympatric species. Biologists' understanding how non‐target from is, however, limited. Reptiles, in particular, are interest this regard their...
Abstract Improving post‐wildfire restoration of foundational plant species is crucial for conserving imperiled ecosystems. We sought to better understand the initial establishment sagebrush ( Artemisia sp.), a shrubland over vast area western North America, in first 1–2 years post‐wildfire, critical time period population recovery. Field data from 460 populations sampled across Great Basin revealed several patterns. Sagebrush seedlings were uncommon after fire, with none detected 69% plots,...
Widespread ecological degradation has prompted calls for massive global investments in restoration, yet limited resources necessitate efficient application of restoration efforts. In western North America, altered fire regimes are increasing the scale needed to preserve sagebrush (Artemisia species) biome but prioritizing and implementing effective is complicated by vast heterogeneous landscape, which includes gradients climate, disturbance, species composition. To develop spatially explicit...
The Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is currently listed as a sensitive species by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Previous research in our study area, South Hills of Minidoka Ranger District Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, identified possible signs parasite infections among banded adult and nestling goshawks, which could influence their survival breeding success. Therefore, we sought to quantify prevalence intensity Leucocytozoon parasites sample goshawks during 2012 season. We sampled...
First posted August 3, 2018 Revised February 2023 For additional information, contact: Director, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey777 NW 9th St., Suite 400Corvallis, Oregon 97330 Land managers make decisions regarding restoration rehabilitation actions that influence landscapes ecosystems. Many of these involve soil vegetation manipulations, often known as land treatments. Historically, treatments were planned on a case by basis with derived from personal...
ABSTRACT We assessed changes in fundamental climate‐niche space for lizard and snake species western North America under modeled climate scenarios to inform natural resource managers of possible shifts distributions. generated eight distribution models each 130 six time‐by‐climate scenarios. combined the highest‐performing per into a single ensemble model scenario. Maps were from depict Patterns richness based on suitability niche calculated projections at scale entire study area individual...