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Integrated patterns of residence and movement create testable hypotheses about fish feeding migrations
Developing and testing alternate hypotheses about patterns, mechanisms, and consequences of movement in geographically-large, heterogeneous, natural systems can advance the scientific understanding of animal migration and benefit the conservation of most mobile species. Within organismal movement trajectories, different combinations of residence and movement are predicted from existing...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Ryland B. Taylor, Joseph P. Smith, Kayla M. Boles
Rowing in the same direction using MIX— A tool to initiate the melding of individual disciplinary experts into an integrated interdisciplinary team
A common problem for interdisciplinary sustainability research is that scientists trained in different disciplines are often not rowing their boat effectively in the same direction. Sustainability tools can aid the implementation of this team-melding process. Here, our purpose is to illustrate our Multi-step Integrated graphical and structured discussion eXercise (MIX) tool that...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Jason Bergtold, Marcellus Caldas, Ethan Bernick, Trisha Moore, Gabriel Granco, Aleksey Sheshukov, Ignacio Ciampitti
Empirical assessments of the type and strength of stream fish habitat associations can advance understanding of functional diversity and promote effective conservation.
The ability to accurately quantify biodiversity is fundamental to understanding ecological trends, identifying drivers of declines, and selecting effective conservation options. Scientists and resource managers have grappled with what metrics best show relevant biodiversity patterns and are still practical enough to aid on-the-ground resource conservation. Our purpose is to construct...
Authors
Sean M. Hitchman, Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith
Achieving success with RISE: A widely implementable, iterative, structured process for mastering interdisciplinary team science collaborations
Scientific experts from different disciplines often struggle to mesh their specialized perspectives into the shared mindset that is needed to address difficult and persistent environmental, ecological, and societal problems. Many traditional graduate programs provide excellent research and technical skill training. However, these programs often do not teach a systematic way to learn team...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Gabriel Granco, Jason S. Bergtold, Marcellus M. Caldas, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, Matthew R. Sanderson, Melinda D. Daniels
Adaptive problem maps (APM): Connecting data dots to build increasingly informed and defensible environmental conservation decisions
Connecting individual datasets from different projects to each other and to decisions can help manager-researcher-administrator teams build on what is known and adapt their environmental decision-making process as new information becomes available. Throughout their careers, environmental professionals often collect data on many individual projects that address similar sets of natural...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, John M. Dettmers
The gap between experts, farmers and non-farmers on perceived environmental vulnerability and the influence of values and beliefs
Science has played a mixed role in guiding conservation and sustainability-oriented decision-making by individuals, policymakers, institutions, and governments. Not all science-based conservation and sustainability initiatives that address issues facing humanity and ecosystems and global problems have gained public support. Conservation decisions and policy prescriptions are and may be...
Authors
Jason S. Bergtold, Marcellus M. Caldas, S.R. Ramsey, M.R. Sanderson, Gabriel Granco, Martha E. Mather
A review of empirical evidence that examines the effectiveness of harvest regulation evaluations in freshwater systems: A systematic, standardized collaborative approach
Harvest regulations are important tools that fisheries professionals use to impact fish abundance, alter population size structure, and improve fishing opportunities. Fisheries professionals often assume that specialized harvest regulations will have specific effects on target fish populations, but these predictions are not always realized because theory and practice do not always match...
Authors
Kristen Chestnut- Faull, Martha E. Mather, Quinton E. Phelps, Dan Shoup
Can identifying discrete behavioral groups with individual-based acoustic telemetry advance the understanding of fish distribution patterns?
Identifying patterns of organismal distribution can provide valuable insights for basic and applied marine and coastal ecology because understanding where animals are located is foundational to both research and science-based conservation. Understanding variation in distributional patterns can lead to a better assessment of ecological drivers and an improved ability to predict...
Authors
Ryland B. Taylor, Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith, Kayla M. Boles
Local environment and individuals’ beliefs: The dynamics shaping public support for sustainability policy in an agricultural landscape
Agricultural landscapes are the bleeding-edge in the advancement of sustainability and climate change adaptation. Our study focuses on how individual support for sustainability policy is shaped in coupled natural and human systems. We present an agent-based model in which a cultural decision-rule quantifies the probability that a stakeholder decides to support an easement policy for a...
Authors
Gabriel Granco, Marcellus M. Caldas, Jason S. Bergtold, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Martha E. Mather, Matthew R. Sanderson, Melinda D. Daniels, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, David A. Haukos, Steven M. Ramsey
Merging scientific silos: Integrating specialized approaches for thinking about and using spatial data that can provide new directions for persistent fisheries problems
By merging our specialization silos, fisheries professionals can expand the options that are available to them to address difficult fisheries and aquatic conservation problems, which require an understanding of spatial patterns in geographically large systems. Our purpose is to start a profession-wide conversation about additional ways to think about and use spatial data. We use case...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith, Kayla M. Boles, Ryland B. Taylor, Cristina G. Kennedy, Sean M. Hitchman, Jane Rogosch, Holly J. Frank
Does type, quantity, and location of habitat matter for fish diversity in a Great Plains riverscape?
Fisheries professionals frequently measure habitat type and amount, but less often measure the importance of where those habitats are located and in what combinations. We address this challenge by testing whether the individual and combined type, quantity, and location of habitat affects fish diversity in the upper Neosho River basin, Kansas, as a different approach to measuring habitat...
Authors
Sean M. Hitchman, Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith
Modeling larval American Shad recruitment in a large river
Climate change is altering the spatial and temporal patterns of temperature and discharge in rivers, which is expected to have implications for the life stages of anadromous fish using those rivers. We developed an individual-based model to track American Shad Alosa sapidissima offspring within a coarse template of spatially and temporally variable habitat conditions defined by a...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Marschall, David C. Glover, Martha E. Mather, Donna L. Parrish
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 45
Integrated patterns of residence and movement create testable hypotheses about fish feeding migrations
Developing and testing alternate hypotheses about patterns, mechanisms, and consequences of movement in geographically-large, heterogeneous, natural systems can advance the scientific understanding of animal migration and benefit the conservation of most mobile species. Within organismal movement trajectories, different combinations of residence and movement are predicted from existing...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Ryland B. Taylor, Joseph P. Smith, Kayla M. Boles
Rowing in the same direction using MIX— A tool to initiate the melding of individual disciplinary experts into an integrated interdisciplinary team
A common problem for interdisciplinary sustainability research is that scientists trained in different disciplines are often not rowing their boat effectively in the same direction. Sustainability tools can aid the implementation of this team-melding process. Here, our purpose is to illustrate our Multi-step Integrated graphical and structured discussion eXercise (MIX) tool that...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Jason Bergtold, Marcellus Caldas, Ethan Bernick, Trisha Moore, Gabriel Granco, Aleksey Sheshukov, Ignacio Ciampitti
Empirical assessments of the type and strength of stream fish habitat associations can advance understanding of functional diversity and promote effective conservation.
The ability to accurately quantify biodiversity is fundamental to understanding ecological trends, identifying drivers of declines, and selecting effective conservation options. Scientists and resource managers have grappled with what metrics best show relevant biodiversity patterns and are still practical enough to aid on-the-ground resource conservation. Our purpose is to construct...
Authors
Sean M. Hitchman, Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith
Achieving success with RISE: A widely implementable, iterative, structured process for mastering interdisciplinary team science collaborations
Scientific experts from different disciplines often struggle to mesh their specialized perspectives into the shared mindset that is needed to address difficult and persistent environmental, ecological, and societal problems. Many traditional graduate programs provide excellent research and technical skill training. However, these programs often do not teach a systematic way to learn team...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Gabriel Granco, Jason S. Bergtold, Marcellus M. Caldas, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, Matthew R. Sanderson, Melinda D. Daniels
Adaptive problem maps (APM): Connecting data dots to build increasingly informed and defensible environmental conservation decisions
Connecting individual datasets from different projects to each other and to decisions can help manager-researcher-administrator teams build on what is known and adapt their environmental decision-making process as new information becomes available. Throughout their careers, environmental professionals often collect data on many individual projects that address similar sets of natural...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, John M. Dettmers
The gap between experts, farmers and non-farmers on perceived environmental vulnerability and the influence of values and beliefs
Science has played a mixed role in guiding conservation and sustainability-oriented decision-making by individuals, policymakers, institutions, and governments. Not all science-based conservation and sustainability initiatives that address issues facing humanity and ecosystems and global problems have gained public support. Conservation decisions and policy prescriptions are and may be...
Authors
Jason S. Bergtold, Marcellus M. Caldas, S.R. Ramsey, M.R. Sanderson, Gabriel Granco, Martha E. Mather
A review of empirical evidence that examines the effectiveness of harvest regulation evaluations in freshwater systems: A systematic, standardized collaborative approach
Harvest regulations are important tools that fisheries professionals use to impact fish abundance, alter population size structure, and improve fishing opportunities. Fisheries professionals often assume that specialized harvest regulations will have specific effects on target fish populations, but these predictions are not always realized because theory and practice do not always match...
Authors
Kristen Chestnut- Faull, Martha E. Mather, Quinton E. Phelps, Dan Shoup
Can identifying discrete behavioral groups with individual-based acoustic telemetry advance the understanding of fish distribution patterns?
Identifying patterns of organismal distribution can provide valuable insights for basic and applied marine and coastal ecology because understanding where animals are located is foundational to both research and science-based conservation. Understanding variation in distributional patterns can lead to a better assessment of ecological drivers and an improved ability to predict...
Authors
Ryland B. Taylor, Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith, Kayla M. Boles
Local environment and individuals’ beliefs: The dynamics shaping public support for sustainability policy in an agricultural landscape
Agricultural landscapes are the bleeding-edge in the advancement of sustainability and climate change adaptation. Our study focuses on how individual support for sustainability policy is shaped in coupled natural and human systems. We present an agent-based model in which a cultural decision-rule quantifies the probability that a stakeholder decides to support an easement policy for a...
Authors
Gabriel Granco, Marcellus M. Caldas, Jason S. Bergtold, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Martha E. Mather, Matthew R. Sanderson, Melinda D. Daniels, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, David A. Haukos, Steven M. Ramsey
Merging scientific silos: Integrating specialized approaches for thinking about and using spatial data that can provide new directions for persistent fisheries problems
By merging our specialization silos, fisheries professionals can expand the options that are available to them to address difficult fisheries and aquatic conservation problems, which require an understanding of spatial patterns in geographically large systems. Our purpose is to start a profession-wide conversation about additional ways to think about and use spatial data. We use case...
Authors
Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith, Kayla M. Boles, Ryland B. Taylor, Cristina G. Kennedy, Sean M. Hitchman, Jane Rogosch, Holly J. Frank
Does type, quantity, and location of habitat matter for fish diversity in a Great Plains riverscape?
Fisheries professionals frequently measure habitat type and amount, but less often measure the importance of where those habitats are located and in what combinations. We address this challenge by testing whether the individual and combined type, quantity, and location of habitat affects fish diversity in the upper Neosho River basin, Kansas, as a different approach to measuring habitat...
Authors
Sean M. Hitchman, Martha E. Mather, Joseph P. Smith
Modeling larval American Shad recruitment in a large river
Climate change is altering the spatial and temporal patterns of temperature and discharge in rivers, which is expected to have implications for the life stages of anadromous fish using those rivers. We developed an individual-based model to track American Shad Alosa sapidissima offspring within a coarse template of spatially and temporally variable habitat conditions defined by a...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Marschall, David C. Glover, Martha E. Mather, Donna L. Parrish