Persecuting, protecting or ignoring biodiversity under climate change

BR Scheffers, G Pecl - Nature Climate Change, 2019 - nature.com
A climate-driven global redistribution of species is currently underway. As species alter their
geographical distributions under climate change, many will not only cross into new habitats …

Seasonal survival estimation for a long-distance migratory bird and the influence of winter precipitation

SM Rockwell, JM Wunderle, TS Sillett, CI Bocetti… - Oecologia, 2017 - Springer
Conservation of migratory animals requires information about seasonal survival rates.
Identifying factors that limit populations, and the portions of the annual cycle in which they …

Multiscale drivers of restoration outcomes for an imperiled songbird

DJ McNeil, AD Rodewald, V Ruiz‐Gutierrez… - Restoration …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat restoration is a cornerstone of conservation, particularly for habitat‐limited species.
However, restoration efforts are seldom rigorously monitored at meaningful spatial scales …

A review of spatial patterns across species ranges to aid the targeting of conservation interventions

MD Burgess, MA Eaton, RD Gregory - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Conservation resources are limited and need to be used where they can be most effective.
Deciding where within a species range to implement conservation interventions requires …

Studying fire mitigation strategies in multi-ownership landscapes: Balancing the management of fire-dependent ecosystems and fire risk

BR Sturtevant, BR Miranda, J Yang, HS He… - Ecosystems, 2009 - Springer
Public forests are surrounded by land over which agency managers have no control, and
whose owners expect the public forest to be a “good neighbor.” Fire risk abatement on multi …

Using audio playback to expand the geographic breeding range of an endangered species

NM Anich, MP Ward - Diversity and Distributions, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species conservation typically involves working within the existing geographic range of
that species. However, with habitat loss and climate change, conservationists may need to …

Influence of habitat amount, arrangement, and use on population trend estimates of male Kirtland's warblers

DM Donner, JR Probst, CA Ribic - Landscape Ecology, 2008 - Springer
Kirtland's warblers (Dendroica kirtlandii) persist in a naturally patchy environment of young,
regenerating jack pine forests (ie, 5–23 years old) created after wildfires and human logging …

Contrasting measures of fitness to classify habitat quality for the black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)

AM Pidgeon, VC Radeloff, NE Mathews - Biological conservation, 2006 - Elsevier
Habitat quality is an important consideration when identifying source and sink habitat and
setting priority areas for avian conservation. The problem is that different measures may lead …

Using conservation management agreements to secure postrecovery perpetuation of conservation-reliant species: The Kirtland's warbler as a case study

CI Bocetti, DD Goble, JM Scott - BioScience, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Kirtland's warbler is one of many conservation-reliant species listed under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). This species has met recovery goals, but removing it from the protections …

Patch dynamics and the timing of colonization–abandonment events by male Kirtland's Warblers in an early succession habitat

DM Donner, CA Ribic, JR Probst - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Habitat colonization and abandonment affects the distribution of a species in space and
time, ultimately influencing the duration of time habitat is used and the total area of habitat …