Spatial partitioning in ecological communities has predominantly been described in two
dimensions, yet habitat is complex and 3D. Complex space use mediates community …

Global biodiversity is threatened by unprecedented and increasing anthropogenic
pressures, including habitat loss and fragmentation. LiDAR can become a decisive …

The use of passive acoustic monitoring in wildlife ecology has increased dramatically in
recent years as researchers take advantage of improvements in autonomous recording units …

Changes in the distribution and abundance of invasive species can have far-reaching
ecological consequences. Programs to control invaders are common but gauging the …

Managing forests for biodiversity conservation while maintaining economic output is a major
challenge globally and requires accurate and timely monitoring of imperiled species. In the …

Passive acoustic monitoring using autonomous recording units (ARUs) is a fast-growing
area of wildlife research especially for rare, cryptic species that vocalize. Northern Spotted …

Wildlife monitoring programs designed to inform forest management and conservation
decisions in the face of climate change benefit from long-term datasets with consistent …

Breeding dispersal, the movement from one breeding territory to another, is rare for
philopatric species that evolved within relatively stable environments, such as the old …

Owls are important avian predators in forested systems, but little is known about landscape
use by most forest‐adapted owl species in environments impacted by mixed‐severity …

Background The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is an Endangered Species
Act-listed subspecies that requires coniferous forests with structurally complex and closed …