HexSim: a modeling environment for ecology and conservation

NH Schumaker, A Brookes - Landscape Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Context Simulation models are increasingly used in both theoretical and applied studies to
explore system responses to natural and anthropogenic forcing functions, develop …

Climate change, woodpeckers, and forests: Current trends and future modeling needs

ES Walsh, KT Vierling, E Strand… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The structure and composition of forest ecosystems are expected to shift with climate‐
induced changes in precipitation, temperature, fire, carbon mitigation strategies, and …

[HTML][HTML] Projected avifaunal responses to climate change across the US National Park System

JX Wu, CB Wilsey, L Taylor, GW Schuurman - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Birds in US national parks find strong protection from many longstanding and pervasive
threats, but remain highly exposed to effects of ongoing climate change. To understand how …

Climate policy action needed to reduce vulnerability of conservation‐reliant grassland birds in North America

C Wilsey, L Taylor, B Bateman… - … Science and Practice, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Grassland birds have suffered dramatic population declines and are under threat of further
grassland conversion. Simultaneously, grassland regions are projected to have high rates of …

Urban open spaces from a dispersal perspective: lessons from an individual-based model approach to assess the effects of landscape patterns on the viability of …

HM Penteado - Urban Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
Green areas drawn on a city plan represent open spaces that have different meanings for
humans and wildlife. Diverse kinds of green may influence species viability in urban …

Influences of potential oil and gas development and future climate on Sage‐grouse declines and redistribution

JA Heinrichs, MS O'Donnell, CL Aldridge… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple environmental stressors impact wildlife populations, but we often know little about
their cumulative and combined influences on population outcomes. We generally know …

Characterizing long‐term population conditions of the elusive red tree vole with dynamic individual‐based modeling

JA Heinrichs, BG Marcot, MA Linnell… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Old growth forests are declining globally, threatening dependent wildlife. Many arboreal old‐
growth obligates, such as the threatened red tree vole, are difficult to monitor for changes in …

Managing for red‐cockaded woodpeckers is more complicated under climate change

MS Lucash, S Weiss, MJ Duveneck… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Open pine (Pinus spp.) savannas are home to the federally endangered red‐cockaded
woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis). Frequent fires are essential for maintaining the …

Drying landscape and interannual herbivory‐driven habitat degradation control semiaquatic mammal population dynamics

EM Ward, K Wysong, SM Gorelick - Ecohydrology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Semiaquatic muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) are in decline throughout their native range. We
report on the environmental and behavioural mechanisms responsible for a half‐century of …

Assessing source-sink stability in the context of management and land-use change

JA Heinrichs, JJ Lawler, NH Schumaker, LE Walker… - Landscape …, 2019 - Springer
Context Management actions and land-use change can disrupt interdependent population
processes, re-define population networks, and change source-sink dynamics. Yet we know …