Catherine S. Jarnevich, PhD
Catherine began working for the USGS while obtaining her doctorate in ecology in 2000. She gained skills in integrating disparate datasets of species’ location data and using these to generate spatially explicit models of species occurrence and abundance.
Catherine has developed a research program to assist multiple agencies and groups with species distributions, focusing on invasive species. Her current research involves the application of habitat suitability models to answer different applied research and management questions for various species across a range of taxa and spatial scales. She has also been working with spatially explicit state and transition modeling to inform efficient landscape scale invasive plant management.
Professional Experience
Research ecologist, Fort Collins Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, Ft. Collins, CO: 2011 - present
Ecologist, Fort Collins Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, Ft. Collins, CO: 2000 - 2011
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Colorado State University (Ecology), 2004
B.S., University of New Mexico, NM (Double major: Biology and Anthropology), 1998
Science and Products
VisTrails SAHM: visualization and workflow management for species habitat modeling
Using habitat suitability models to target invasive plant species surveys
Predicting tamarisk current and future distribution
Diet and conservation implications of an invasive chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in Hawaii
Will a changing climate increase interaction between rare and non-native plant species in Alaska?
How will climate change affect the potential distribution of Eurasian tree sparrows Passer montanus in North America?
Federated or cached searches: providing expected performance from multiple invasive species databases
Data for giant constrictors - Biological management profiles and an establishment risk assessment for nine large species of pythons, anacondas, and the boa constrictor
Challenges of predicting the potential distribution of a slow-spreading invader: a habitat suitability map for an invasive riparian tree
Distribution and abundance of saltcedar and Russian olive in the western United States
Bounding species distribution models
Challenges in identifying sites climatically matched to the native ranges of animal invaders
Background: Species distribution models are often used to characterize a species' native range climate, so as to identify sites elsewhere in the world that may be climatically similar and therefore at risk of invasion by the species. This endeavor provoked intense public controversy over recent attempts to model areas at risk of invasion by the Indian Python (Python molurus). We evaluated a number
Science and Products
VisTrails SAHM: visualization and workflow management for species habitat modeling
Using habitat suitability models to target invasive plant species surveys
Predicting tamarisk current and future distribution
Diet and conservation implications of an invasive chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in Hawaii
Will a changing climate increase interaction between rare and non-native plant species in Alaska?
How will climate change affect the potential distribution of Eurasian tree sparrows Passer montanus in North America?
Federated or cached searches: providing expected performance from multiple invasive species databases
Data for giant constrictors - Biological management profiles and an establishment risk assessment for nine large species of pythons, anacondas, and the boa constrictor
Challenges of predicting the potential distribution of a slow-spreading invader: a habitat suitability map for an invasive riparian tree
Distribution and abundance of saltcedar and Russian olive in the western United States
Bounding species distribution models
Challenges in identifying sites climatically matched to the native ranges of animal invaders
Background: Species distribution models are often used to characterize a species' native range climate, so as to identify sites elsewhere in the world that may be climatically similar and therefore at risk of invasion by the species. This endeavor provoked intense public controversy over recent attempts to model areas at risk of invasion by the Indian Python (Python molurus). We evaluated a number