Forest structure and snow depth alter the movement patterns and subsequent expenditures of a forest carnivore, the Pacific marten

ME Martin, KM Moriarty, JN Pauli - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Energetic balance is central to the survival and persistence of free‐ranging animals.
Quantifying expenditures and identifying factors that drive energetics informs our …

Conservation of rare and cryptic species: Challenges of uncertainty and opportunities for progress

ME Martin, MS Delheimer, KM Moriarty… - … Science and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Effective conservation of at‐risk species presents a conundrum, often requiring rapid status
assessments and timely actions regardless of the adequacy of best available information …

Structural complexity characterizes fine‐scale forest conditions used by Pacific martens

MS Delheimer, KM Moriarty, HL Munro… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When wildlife species exhibit unexpected associations with vegetation, replication of studies
in different locales can illuminate whether patterns of use are consistent or divergent. Our …

Clarifying space use concepts in ecology: range vs. occurrence distributions

JM Alston, CH Fleming, MJ Noonan, MA Tucker, I Silva… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Quantifying animal movements is necessary for answering a wide array of research
questions in ecology and conservation biology. Consequently, ecologists have made …

Landscape seasonality influences the resource selection of a snow-adapted forest carnivore, the Pacific marten

ME Martin, KM Moriarty, JN Pauli - Landscape Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Context Characterizing animal space-use and resource selection is central to effective
conservation. In seasonally variable systems, animals may alter space-use to minimize risk …

Biotic factors influencing the unexpected distribution of a Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) population in a young coastal forest

CE Eriksson, KM Moriarty, MA Linnell, T Levi - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Pacific martens (Martes caurina) are often associated with mature forests with complex
structure for denning, resting, and efficient hunting. Nonetheless, a small isolated population …

Combined field and clinical methods clarify mortality causes and survival patterns of Pacific martens

ME Martin, MS Delheimer, MW Gabriel… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the demography of wildlife populations is imperative to evaluating population
trends. Understanding patterns of influential demographic parameters often requires …

Seeking efficiency with carnivore survey methods: a case study with elusive martens

KM Moriarty, MA Linnell, JE Thornton… - Wildlife Society …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Obtaining reliable information on species distributions is often the first step in conservation.
Distribution information can be used to focus survey efforts to estimate population size and …

Western spotted skunk spatial ecology in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest

MI Tosa, DB Lesmeister, T Levi - Ecosphere, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A major threat to small mammalian carnivore populations is human‐induced land use
change, but conservation and management are inhibited by limited knowledge about their …

Effective sampling area is a major driver of power to detect long‐term trends in multispecies occupancy monitoring

JM Tucker, KM Moriarty, MM Ellis, JD Golding - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Occupancy‐based monitoring has become an important tool in wildlife conservation and
management. Nonetheless, meeting occupancy modeling assumptions and providing …