Publications

Data analyses and products to inform science and management are only useful if they can be disseminated to end users. As such, sharing our work with the community of practice is a key part of our commitment to collaborative conservation. Specifically, the publication of our work in peer-reviewed and popular literature is one way to ensure our science can be actionable and of utility to the scientific community. The work highlighted on this page reflects our diverse programmatic work and collaborative partnerships.

2024:

Leipold EA, CN Gower, L McNew. 2024. Using an ensemble approach to predict habitat of Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) in Montana, USA.  Avian Conservation and Ecology 19(2):7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-02697-190207

Van Lanen NJ, AP Monroe, CL Aldridge. 2024. Despite regional variation, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (Pinyon Jay) densities generally increase with local pinyon–juniper cover and heterogeneous ground cover. Ornithological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duae036

Zhao Q, QS Latif, BL Nuse, DC Pavlacky, CL Kilner, TB Ryder, CE Latimer. 2024. Integrating counts from rigorous surveys and participatory science to better understand spatiotemporal variation in population processes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14368

Walker BL, AA Yappert, CL Brennan, CM Bossu, AW Jones. 2024. Field research guided by citizen science and monitoring data reveal a novel alpine breeding distribution and vegetation associations of a declining, habitat-specialist songbird in Colorado, USA. Avian Conservation and Ecology 19:10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-02595-190110

2023:

Bernath-Plaisted, J. S., M. D. Correll, S. G. Somershoe, A. M. Dwyer, A. Bankert, A. Beh, H. Berlanga, W. A. Boyle, J. L. Cruz-Romo, T. L. George, J. Herkert, N. Koper, A. Macías-Duarte, A. O. Panjabi, O. M. Ramírez-Flores, B. Robinson, I. Ruvalcaba-Ortega, J. Sibbing, E. H. Strasser, M. Titulaer, W. E. Van Pelt, and T. VerCauteren. 2023. Review of conservation challenges and possible solutions for grassland birds of the North American Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology & Management 90:165–185.

Van Lanen NJ, AP Monroe, CL Aldridge. 2023. Living on the edge: Predicting songbird response to management and environmental changes across an ecotone. Ecology and Evolution 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10648

Van Lanen NJ, JE Shyvers, CJ Duchardt, CL Aldridge. 2023. A multi‑ecosystem prioritization framework to balance competing habitat conservation needs of multiple species in decline. Landscape Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01712-z

Latif QS, NJ Van Lanen, EJ Chabot, DC Pavlacky Jr. 2023. Causal mechanisms for negative impacts of energy development inform management triggers for sagebrush birds. Ecosphere vol 14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4479

Van Lanen NJ, AP Monroe, CL Aldridge. 2023. A hidden cost of single species management: habitat-relationships reveal potential negative effects of conifer removal on a non-target species. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109959

Edwards BPM, AC Smith, TDS Docherty, MA Gahbauer, CR Gillespie, AR Grinde, T Harmer, DT Iles, SM Matsuoka, NL Michel, A Murray, GJ Niemi, J Pasher, DC Pavlacky Jr, BG Robinson, TB Ryder, P Sólymos, D Stralberg, EJ Zlonis. 2023. Point count offsets for estimating population sizes of North American landbirds. Ibis 165: 482-503. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13169

2022:

Pérez-Ordoñez, D., M. Titulaer, M. Correll, E. Strasser, F. Baeza-Tarin, R. Martin, and L. Harveson. 2022. The role of temperature and microclimate in the survival of wintering grassland birds. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17.

Latif QS, JB Cannon, EJ Chabot, RA Sparks. 2022. Simulated treatment effects on bird communities inform landscape-scale dry conifer forest management. Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2555.

Pavlacky Jr. DC, AW Green, TL George, R Iovanna, AM Bartuszevige, MD Correll, AO Panjabi, TB Ryder. 2022. Landscape-scale conservation mitigates the biodiversity loss of grassland birds. Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2548

2021:

Bernath-Plaisted, J., A. Panjabi, N. Guido, K. Bell, N. Drilling, E. Strasser, S. Johnson, and M. Correll. 2021. Quantifying multiple breeding vital rates in two declining grassland songbirds. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16.

Pavlacky Jr. DC, CA Hagen, AM Bartuszevige, R Iovanna, TL George, DE Naugle. 2021. Scaling up private land conservation to meet recovery goals for grassland birds. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13731

Zeller KA, SA Cushman, NJ Van Lanen, JD Boone, E Ammon. 2021. Targeting conifer removal to create an even playing field for birds in the Great Basin. Biological Conservation, Volume 257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109130

Monroe AP, DR Edmunds, CL Aldridge, MJ Holloran, TJ Assal, AG Holloran. 2021 Prioritizing landscapes for grassland bird conservation with hierarchical community models. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01211-z

2020:

Baltensperger AP, MD Dixon, DL Swanson. 2020. Implications of future climate- and land-change scenarios on grassland bird abundance and biodiversity in the Upper Missouri River Basin. Landscape Ecology 35: 1757–1773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01050-4

Michel NL, C Burkhalter, CB Wilsey, M Holloran, A Holloran, GM Langham. 2020. Metrics for conservation success: Using the “Bird‐Friendliness Index” to evaluate grassland and aridland bird community resilience across the Northern Great Plains ecosystem. Diversity and Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13163

Janousek WM, VJ Dreitz. 2020. Testing Huston’s dynamic equilibrium model along fire and forest productivity gradients using avian monitoring data. Diversity and Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13164.

Latif QS, RL Truex, RA Sparks, DC Pavlacky Jr. 2020. Dry conifer forest restoration benefits Colorado Front Range avian communities. Ecological Applications doi:10.1002/eap.2142. Erratum

Latif QS, JS Ivan, AE Seglund, DL Pavlacky, RL Truex. 2020. Avian relationships with bark beetle outbreaks and underlying mechanisms in lodgepole pine and spruce-fir forests of Colorado. Forest Ecology and Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118043

Green AW, HR Sofaer, DL Otis, NJ Van Lanen. 2020. Co‐occurrence and occupancy of mourning doves and Eurasian collared‐doves. Journal of Wildlife Management doi:10.1002/jwmg.21835.

2019:

Correll, M. D., E. H. Strasser, A. W. Green, and A. O. Panjabi. 2019. Quantifying specialist avifaunal decline in grassland birds of the Northern Great Plains. Ecosphere 10:e02523.

Green AW, DC Pavlacky Jr, and TL George. 2019. A Dynamic Multi-Scale Occupancy Model to Estimate Temporal Dynamics and Hierarchical Habitat Use for Nomadic Species. Ecology and Evolution 9:793-803.

Janousek WM, BA Hahn, VJ Dreitz. 2019. Disentangling monitoring programs: design, analysis, and application considerations. Ecological Applications 00(00):e01922. 10.1002/eap.1922

Janousek WM, JA Hicke, AJH Meddens, VJ Dreitz. 2019. The effects of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on avian communities in lodgepole pine forests across the greater Rocky Mountain region. Forest Ecology and Management 444:374-381.

2018:

Green AW, MD Correll, TL George, I Davidson, S Gallagher, C West, A Lopata, D Casey, K Ellison, DC Pavlacky Jr., L Quattrini, AE Shaw, EH Strasser, T VerCauteren, and AO Panjabi. 2018. Using Structured Decision Making to prioritize species assemblages for conservation. Journal for Nature Conservation 45:48-57.

Peña-Peniche A, I Ruvalcaba-Ortega, O Rojas-Soto. 2018. Climate complexity in the migratory cycle of Ammodramus bairdii. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202678. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202678

2017:

Macías‐Duarte, A., A. O. Panjabi, E. H. Strasser, G. J. Levandoski, I. Ruvalcaba‐Ortega, P. F. Doherty, and C. I. Ortega‐Rosas. 2017. Winter survival of North American grassland birds is driven by weather and grassland condition in the Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Field Ornithology 88:374–386.

Pavlacky DC Jr., PM Lukacs, JA Blakesley, RC Skorkowsky, DS Klute, BA Hahn, VJ Dreitz, TL George, and DJ Hanni. 2017. A statistically rigorous sampling design to integrate avian monitoring and management within Bird Conservation Regions. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185924.

Lipsey MK, DE Naugle, J Nowak, PM Lukacs. 2017. Extending utility of hierarchical models to multi-scale habitat selection. Diversity and Distributions 23:783-793.

Dreitz VJ, LT Stinson, BA Hahn, JD Tack, PM Lukacs. 2017. A large-scale perspective for managing prairie avifauna assemblages across the western US: influences of habitat, land ownership and latitude. PeerJ 5:e2879 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2879

2016:

Swanson DL, MD Dixon, JS Palmer. 2016. A reassessment of the distribution of Virginia’s warbler in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Western Birds 47:214-226.

2015:

Mutter M, DC Pavlacky Jr., NJ Van Lanen, and R Grenyer. 2015. Evaluating the impact of gas extraction infrastructure on the occupancy of sagebrush-obligate songbirds. Ecological Applications 25:1175-1186.

Lipsey MK, KE Doherty, DE Naugle, S Fields, JS Evans, SK Davis, N Koper. 2015. One step ahead of the plow: using cropland conversion risk to guide Sprague’s Pipit conservation in the northern Great Plains. Biological Conservation 191:739-749

2012:

Beason, J. P., C. Gunn, K. M. Potter, R. A. Sparks, and J. W. Fox. 2012. The Northern Black Swift: Migration Path And Wintering Area Revealed. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124:1–8.

Pavlacky DC Jr., JA Blakesley, GC White, DJ Hanni, and PM Lukacs. 2012. Hierarchical multi-scale occupancy estimation for monitoring wildlife populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:154-162.

Reports covering Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ bird monitoring and research in the United States, Mexico and Canada are available for download below. Sharing what we learn in the field is an important part of our commitment to collaborative conservation.

 

 

For more information:

Chris White
Director of Science Operations
(970) 482-1707 x 24