In various universities, many of our Units are situated in schools, divisions, or colleges of forestry, ecology, natural resources, and life sciences. Forest ecology is the study of plants, animals, and ecosystems, and the interconnected processes in forests. Our forest ecologists lead research and teach courses on prescribed fire, chronic wasting disease in deer, white-nose syndrome in bats, grazing, tree invasion in grasslands, and fire-grassland bird restoration.
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Some contributions of the Cooperative Wildlife Research Units to forest wildlife management
Linking demographic rates to local environmental conditions: Empirical data to support climate adaptation strategies for Eleutherodactylus frogs
Demographic and potential biological removal models identify raptor species sensitive to current and future wind energy
Early successional riparian vegetation is important for western Yellow-billed Cuckoo nesting habitat
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In various universities, many of our Units are situated in schools, divisions, or colleges of forestry, ecology, natural resources, and life sciences. Forest ecology is the study of plants, animals, and ecosystems, and the interconnected processes in forests. Our forest ecologists lead research and teach courses on prescribed fire, chronic wasting disease in deer, white-nose syndrome in bats, grazing, tree invasion in grasslands, and fire-grassland bird restoration.
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Some contributions of the Cooperative Wildlife Research Units to forest wildlife management
Although the Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Program is nationwide in scope and has been in existence since 1935, it is probable that many readers of the Journal of Forestry are unaquainted with the program's objectives and accomplishments. This paper was written at the suggestion of a S.A.F. member to provide such information.AuthorsDaniel L. LeedyLinking demographic rates to local environmental conditions: Empirical data to support climate adaptation strategies for Eleutherodactylus frogs
Conducting managed species translocations and establishing climate change refugia are adaptation strategies to cope with projected consequences of global warming, but successful implementation requires on-the-ground validation of demographic responses to transient climate conditions. Here we estimated the effect of nine abiotic and biotic factors on local occupancy and an index of abundance (few oAuthorsA.C. Rivera-Burgos, Jaime A. Collazo, Adam Terando, Krishna PacificiDemographic and potential biological removal models identify raptor species sensitive to current and future wind energy
A central challenge in applied ecology is understanding the effect of anthropogenic fatalities on wildlife populations and predicting which populations may be particularly vulnerable and in greatest need of management attention. We used 3 approaches to investigate potential effects of fatalities from collisions with wind turbines on 14 raptor species for both current (106 GW) and anticipated futurAuthorsJames E. Diffendorfer, Jessica C. Stanton, Julie A. Beston, Wayne E. Thogmartin, Scott R. Loss, Todd E. Katzner, Douglas H. Johnson, Richard A. Erickson, Matthew D. Merrill, Margo D. CorumByEcosystems Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Species Management Research Program, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences CenterEarly successional riparian vegetation is important for western Yellow-billed Cuckoo nesting habitat
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Cuckoo; Coccyzus americanus) populations continue to decline in the western United States despite efforts to increase availability of riparian forest. Cuckoos have unique breeding habitat requirements such as large contiguous tracts of riparian forest (>80 ha), large estimated home ranges (20–90 ha), and dense vertical structure around the nest. However, local habitatAuthorsP.J. Wohner, S.A. Laymon, J.E. Stanek, Sammy L. King, R.J. Cooper