selected publications
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academic article
- Characterizing individual tree-level snags using airborne lidar-derived forest canopy gaps within closed-canopy conifer forests. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13:476-484. 2022
- Evaluating the Use of Lidar to Discern Snag Characteristics Important for Wildlife. Remote Sensing. 14. 2022
- Drones provide a better method to find nests and estimate nest survival for colonial waterbirds: a demonstration with Western Grebes. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 2020
- Harvester ant seed removal in an invaded sagebrush ecosystem: Implications for restoration. Ecology and Evolution. 2020
- Thermal Environments Within Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Tree Cavities During Summer: Implications for Breeding and Roosting Cavity Users. Journal of Thermal Biology. 81:41-48. 2019
- Climate change, woodpeckers, and forests: Current trends and future modeling needs. Ecology and Evolution. 9:2305-2319. 2019
- Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115:E7863-E7870. 2018
- Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of bird assemblages are oppositely associated to productivity and heterogeneity in temperate forests. Remote Sensing of Environment. 215:145-156. 2018
- Thermal conditions within tree cavities in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests: potential implications for cavity users. International Journal of Biometeorology. 62:553-564. 2018
- Relationships among Vegetation Structure, Canopy Composition, and Avian Richness Patterns across an Aspen-Conifer Forest Gradient. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 43.0:231.0-243.0. 2017
- Airborne laser scanning and spectral remote sensing give a bird's eye perspective on arctic tundra breeding habitat at multiple spatial scales. Remote Sensing of Environment. 184:337-349. 2016
- The role of wood hardness in limiting nest site selection in avian cavity excavators. Ecological Applications. 25:1016-1033. 2016
- Occupancy and abundance of predator and prey: implications of the fire-cheatgrass cycle in sagebrush ecosystems. Ecosphere. 7. 2016
- Foraging plasticity by a keystone excavator, the white-headed woodpecker, in managed forests: Are there consequences for productivity?. Forest Ecology and Management. 363:110-119. 2016
- A social-ecological impact assessment for public lands management: application of a conceptual and methodological framework. Ecology and Society. 21. 2016
- Bird functional diversity supports pest control services in a Costa Rican coffee farm. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 235:277-288. 2016
- Ecosystem Engineering of Harvest Ants: Effects on Vegetation in a Sagebrush - steppe Ecosystem . Western North American Naturalist. 76:82-89. 2016
- Transition of Vegetation States Positively Affects Harvester Ants in the Great Basin, United States. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 69:449-456. 2016
- A New Framework for Spatio-temporal Climate Change Impact Assessment for Terrestrial Wildlife. Environmental Management. 56:1514-1527. 2015
- Establishing conservation baselines with dynamic distribution models for bat populations facing imminent decline. Diversity and Distributions. 21:1401-1413. 2015
- Incorporating Shrub and Snag Specific LiDAR Data into GAP Wildlife Models. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 6:437-447. 2015
- Occupancy of red-naped sapsuckers in a coniferous forest: using LiDAR to understand effects of vegetation structure and disturbance. Ecology and Evolution. 5:5383-5393. 2015
- Space use by white-headed woodpeckers and selection for recent forest disturbances. Journal of Wildlife Management. 79:1286-1297. 2015
- Indicators of climate change in Idaho: An assessment framework for coupling biophysical change and social perception. Weather Climate and Society. 2015
- Sampling animal sign in heterogeneous environments: How much is enough?. Journal of Arid Environments. 119:51-55. 2015
- Variogram models reveal habitat gradients predicting patterns of territory occupancy and nest survival among vesper sparrows. Wildlife Biology. 20:97-107. 2014
- How much does the time lag between wildlife field- data collection and LiDAR- data acquisition matter for studies of animal distributions? A case study using bird communities. Remote Sensing Letters. 5:185-193. 2014
- Using Satellite and Airborne LiDAR to Model Woodpecker Habitat Occupancy at the Landscape Scale. PLOS One. 8:e80988. 2013
- Lidar-Derived Canopy Architecture Predicts Brown Creeper Occupancy Of Two Western Coniferous Forests. Condor. 115:614-622. 2013
- Assessing the status and trend of bat populations across broad geographic regions with dynamic distribution models. Ecological Applications. 22:1098-1113. 2012
- Incorporating Wildlife Conservation into County Comprehensive Plans: A GIS Approach. Northwest Science. 86:53-70. 2012
- Estimating Temporal Trend in the Presence of Spatial Complexity: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for a Wetland Plant Population Undergoing Restoration. PLOS One. 6:e28635. 2011
- Spinning a laser web: predicting spider distributions using LiDAR. Ecological Applications. 21:577-588. 2011
- A Practical Sampling Design for Acoustic Surveys of Bats. Journal of Wildlife Management. 75:1094-1102. 2011
- Nonideal habitat selection by a North American cavity excavator: pecking up the wrong tree?. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 88:527-535. 2010
- SPATIAL DEPENDENCE IN NORTHERN FLICKER HABITAT-REPRODUCTION RELATIONSHIPS: AN APPLICATION OF DUTILLEUL'S MODIFIED t-TEST. Condor. 112:363-368. 2010
- Experimental and Ecological Implications of Evening Bird Surveys in Stream-Riparian Ecosystems. Environmental Management. 44:789-799. 2009
- Nest Niche Partitioning Of Lewis'S And Red-Headed Woodpeckers In Burned Pine Forests. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 121:89-96. 2009
- Preburn characteristics and woodpecker use of burned coniferous forests. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72:422-427. 2008
- Reuse of Woodpecker Cavities in the Breeding and Non-Breeding Seasons in Old Burn Habitats in the Black Hills, South Dakota. American Midland Naturalist. 160:413-429. 2008
- Old burns as source habitats for Lewis's woodpeckers breeding in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Condor. 109:122-131. 2007
- Landscape-scale attributes of elk centers of activity in the central Black Hills of South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70:1060-1069. 2006
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article
- Mapping species ranges and distribution models across the United States. USGS Gap Analysis Bulletin. 2010
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chapter
- Assessing Biodiversity by Airborne Laser Scanning. Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning: Concepts and Case Studies. Springer. 357-374. 2014