Kathi Irvine, Ph.D.
I am a Research Statistician with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Bozeman, Montana.
Research Interest
Prior to finding my home in the federal system in 2011, I was an assistant professor at Montana State University (2008-2010). Since receiving my PhD in Statistics from Oregon State University in 2007, I have collaborated with ecologists and biologists charged with monitoring natural resources on federal and state lands. My team provides statistical support for monitoring programs led by the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and state agencies. Our work involves development of survey design and analysis strategies for a variety of plants, animals, and other indicators. We currently support monitoring of whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, upland plant communities throughout the Western US, and bats across North America.
My applied statistical research involves developing analytical approaches for ordinal data and bat acoustic surveys that better link the ecological and observation process within a Bayesian framework, applications of causal analysis, investigating spatial sampling designs, and model-assisted methods for status and trend analyses. I mentor statistics students and support graduate research assistants at Montana State University (MSU). Several of my students have participated in writing peer-reviewed papers during their time at MSU. I encourage students interested in ecological statistics to contact me for possible graduate research assistantships, paid summer work, and other opportunities.
Related Projects:
https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/
Education and Certifications
PhD. Statistics. Oregon State University
MS. Statistics. Oregon State University; MS. Ecology and Environmental Sciences. University of Maine
BS. Biology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Power analysis and trend detection for water quality monitoring data. An application for the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network Power analysis and trend detection for water quality monitoring data. An application for the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network
An important consideration for long term monitoring programs is determining the required sampling effort to detect trends in specific ecological indicators of interest. To enhance the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network’s water resources protocol(s) (O’Ney 2006 and O’Ney et al. 2009 [under review]), we developed a set of tools to: (1) determine the statistical power for...
Authors
Kathryn M. Irvine, Kezia Manlove, Cynthia Hollimon
Monitoring direct and indirect climate effects on whitebark pine ecosystems at Crater Lake National park Monitoring direct and indirect climate effects on whitebark pine ecosystems at Crater Lake National park
Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is the distinctive, often stunted, and picturesque tree line species in the American West. As a result of climate change, mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae) have moved up in elevation, adding to nonnative blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) disease as a major cause of mortality in whitebark pine. At Crater Lake National Park, Oregon...
Authors
S.B. Smith, D.C. Odion, D.A. Sarr, K.M. Irvine
Estimating temporal trend in the presence of spatial complexity: A Bayesian hierarchical model for a wetland plant population undergoing restoration Estimating temporal trend in the presence of spatial complexity: A Bayesian hierarchical model for a wetland plant population undergoing restoration
Monitoring programs that evaluate restoration and inform adaptive management are important for addressing environmental degradation. These efforts may be well served by spatially explicit hierarchical approaches to modeling because of unavoidable spatial structure inherited from past land use patterns and other factors. We developed Bayesian hierarchical models to estimate trends from...
Authors
T.J. Rodhouse, K.M. Irvine, K.T. Vierling, L.A. Vierling
Spatial design and strength of spatial signal: Effects on covariance estimation Spatial design and strength of spatial signal: Effects on covariance estimation
In a spatial regression context, scientists are often interested in a physical interpretation of components of the parametric covariance function. For example, spatial covariance parameter estimates in ecological settings have been interpreted to describe spatial heterogeneity or “patchiness” in a landscape that cannot be explained by measured covariates. In this article, we investigate...
Authors
Kathryn M. Irvine, Alix I. Gitelman, Jennifer A. Hoeting
Evaluating shading bias in malaise and intercept traps Evaluating shading bias in malaise and intercept traps
Foresters are increasingly focusing on landscape level management regimes. At the landscape level, managed acreage may differ substantially in structure and micro-climatic conditions. Trapping is a commonly used method to evaluate changes in insect communities across landscapes. Among those trapping techniques, Malaise and window-pane traps are conveniently deployed to collect large...
Authors
Kathryn M. Irvine, Stephen A. Woods
Non-USGS Publications**
Dinger, E.C., Sarr, D.A., Mohren, S., R., Irvine, K.M., Stanley, C.E., 2013. Integrated aquatic community and water quality monitoring of wadeable streams in the Klamath Network: Narrative and standard operating procedures: Natural Resource Report. NPS/KLMN/NRR—2013/669, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2195825
Maxwell, B., Backus, V., Hohmann, M.G., Irvine, K.M., Lawrence, P., Lehnhoff, E., Rew, L., 2012, Comparison of transect-based standard and adaptive sampling methods for invasive plant species, Invasive plant science and management, v. 5, p. 178-193.
Rodhouse, Vierling, Irvine 2011. A practical sampling design for acoustic surveys of bats. Journal of Wildlife Management. Vol. 75, No. 5 (July 2011), pp. 1094-1102
Irvine, K. M., Gitelman, A.I., 2011, Graphical Spatial Models: A New View on Interpreting Spatial Pattern, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, v. 18 no. 3, p. 447-469. DOI: 10.1007/s10651-010-0146-8
Irvine, K. M., Dinger, E., Sarr, D., 2011, A power Analysis for multivariate tests of temporal trend in species composition, Ecology, v. 92, no. 10, p. 1879-188
Starkey, E.N., Rodhouse, T.J., Dicus, G.H., Garrett, L.K., Irvine, K.M., Archer, E.K., 2011, Upper Columbia Basin Network riparian condition monitoring protocol: Narrative version 1.0: Natural Resource Report. NPS/UCBN/NRR—2011/463. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-2180551.
Starkey, E.N., Rodhouse, T.J., Dicus, G.H., Garrett, L.K., Irvine, K.M., Archer, E.K., 2011, Upper Columbia Basin Network Stream Channel Characteristics Monitoring Protocol: Narrative Version 1.0: Natural Resource Report, NPS/UCBN/NRR—2011/340, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2170010
Irvine, K. M., and T. J. Rodhouse. 2010. Power Analysis for Trend in Ordinal Cover classes: Implications for Long-Term Vegetation Monitoring, Journal of Vegetation Science, v. 21, p. 1152-1161.
Rodhouse, T. J., Beever, E., Garrott, L. K. , Irvine, K.M., Munts, M., Ray, C., Shardlow, M. R, 2010, Distribution of the Lava Beds Pika (Ochotona Princeps Goldmani): Conservation Implications from the Range Periphery, Journal of Mammology, v. 91, p. 1287-1299.
Stephens J.L., Mohren, S.R., Alexander, J.D., Sarr, D.A., Irvine, K.M., 2010, Klamath Network Landbird Monitoring Protocol, Natural Resource Report, NPS/KLMN/NRR—2010/187, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-664359.
Tarasoff, C. S., Ball, D. A. , Mallory-Smith, C. A. , Pypker, T. G., Irvine, K.M., 2010, Site Characteristics Associated with Nuttall's and Weeping Alkaligrass in Northeastern Oregon, Northwest Science, v. 84, p. 351-360
Yeo J.J., Rodhouse, T.J., Dicus, G.H., Irvine, K.M., Garrett, L.K., 2009, Upper Columbia Basin Network Sagebrush Steppe Vegetation Monitoring Protocol: Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures (Appendix to Narrative) Version 1.0: Natural Resource Report. NPS/UCBN/NRR—2009/142, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-662446.
Wollenberg, E., Rischer, R., Dorr, M., Irvine, K.M., Pereira,C., Stevens, J.F., 2008, Chemodiversity of Exudate Flavonoids in Cassinia and Ozothamnus(Asteraceae Gnaphalieae), Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Natirforschung, Tubingen, v. 63c, p. 731-739.
Chung-MacCoubrey, A., Truitt, R.E., Caudill, C.C., Rodhouse, T.J., Irvine, K.M., Siderius, J.R., Chang, V.K., 2008, Mojave Desert Network Vital Signs Monitoring Plan, Natural Resource Report, NPS/MOJN/NRR—2008/057, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. Published Report-660400.
Rodhouse, T.J., Wilson, M.V., Irvine, K.M., Steinhorst, R.K., Dicus, G.H., Garrett L.K., Lyon, J.W., 2007, Camas Lily Monitoring Protocol Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures: Upper Columbia Basin Network: Version 1.0, October 2007, Natural Resource Report, NPS/UCBN/NRR—2007/011, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-651079.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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Power analysis and trend detection for water quality monitoring data. An application for the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network Power analysis and trend detection for water quality monitoring data. An application for the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network
An important consideration for long term monitoring programs is determining the required sampling effort to detect trends in specific ecological indicators of interest. To enhance the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network’s water resources protocol(s) (O’Ney 2006 and O’Ney et al. 2009 [under review]), we developed a set of tools to: (1) determine the statistical power for...
Authors
Kathryn M. Irvine, Kezia Manlove, Cynthia Hollimon
Monitoring direct and indirect climate effects on whitebark pine ecosystems at Crater Lake National park Monitoring direct and indirect climate effects on whitebark pine ecosystems at Crater Lake National park
Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is the distinctive, often stunted, and picturesque tree line species in the American West. As a result of climate change, mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae) have moved up in elevation, adding to nonnative blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) disease as a major cause of mortality in whitebark pine. At Crater Lake National Park, Oregon...
Authors
S.B. Smith, D.C. Odion, D.A. Sarr, K.M. Irvine
Estimating temporal trend in the presence of spatial complexity: A Bayesian hierarchical model for a wetland plant population undergoing restoration Estimating temporal trend in the presence of spatial complexity: A Bayesian hierarchical model for a wetland plant population undergoing restoration
Monitoring programs that evaluate restoration and inform adaptive management are important for addressing environmental degradation. These efforts may be well served by spatially explicit hierarchical approaches to modeling because of unavoidable spatial structure inherited from past land use patterns and other factors. We developed Bayesian hierarchical models to estimate trends from...
Authors
T.J. Rodhouse, K.M. Irvine, K.T. Vierling, L.A. Vierling
Spatial design and strength of spatial signal: Effects on covariance estimation Spatial design and strength of spatial signal: Effects on covariance estimation
In a spatial regression context, scientists are often interested in a physical interpretation of components of the parametric covariance function. For example, spatial covariance parameter estimates in ecological settings have been interpreted to describe spatial heterogeneity or “patchiness” in a landscape that cannot be explained by measured covariates. In this article, we investigate...
Authors
Kathryn M. Irvine, Alix I. Gitelman, Jennifer A. Hoeting
Evaluating shading bias in malaise and intercept traps Evaluating shading bias in malaise and intercept traps
Foresters are increasingly focusing on landscape level management regimes. At the landscape level, managed acreage may differ substantially in structure and micro-climatic conditions. Trapping is a commonly used method to evaluate changes in insect communities across landscapes. Among those trapping techniques, Malaise and window-pane traps are conveniently deployed to collect large...
Authors
Kathryn M. Irvine, Stephen A. Woods
Non-USGS Publications**
Dinger, E.C., Sarr, D.A., Mohren, S., R., Irvine, K.M., Stanley, C.E., 2013. Integrated aquatic community and water quality monitoring of wadeable streams in the Klamath Network: Narrative and standard operating procedures: Natural Resource Report. NPS/KLMN/NRR—2013/669, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2195825
Maxwell, B., Backus, V., Hohmann, M.G., Irvine, K.M., Lawrence, P., Lehnhoff, E., Rew, L., 2012, Comparison of transect-based standard and adaptive sampling methods for invasive plant species, Invasive plant science and management, v. 5, p. 178-193.
Rodhouse, Vierling, Irvine 2011. A practical sampling design for acoustic surveys of bats. Journal of Wildlife Management. Vol. 75, No. 5 (July 2011), pp. 1094-1102
Irvine, K. M., Gitelman, A.I., 2011, Graphical Spatial Models: A New View on Interpreting Spatial Pattern, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, v. 18 no. 3, p. 447-469. DOI: 10.1007/s10651-010-0146-8
Irvine, K. M., Dinger, E., Sarr, D., 2011, A power Analysis for multivariate tests of temporal trend in species composition, Ecology, v. 92, no. 10, p. 1879-188
Starkey, E.N., Rodhouse, T.J., Dicus, G.H., Garrett, L.K., Irvine, K.M., Archer, E.K., 2011, Upper Columbia Basin Network riparian condition monitoring protocol: Narrative version 1.0: Natural Resource Report. NPS/UCBN/NRR—2011/463. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-2180551.
Starkey, E.N., Rodhouse, T.J., Dicus, G.H., Garrett, L.K., Irvine, K.M., Archer, E.K., 2011, Upper Columbia Basin Network Stream Channel Characteristics Monitoring Protocol: Narrative Version 1.0: Natural Resource Report, NPS/UCBN/NRR—2011/340, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2170010
Irvine, K. M., and T. J. Rodhouse. 2010. Power Analysis for Trend in Ordinal Cover classes: Implications for Long-Term Vegetation Monitoring, Journal of Vegetation Science, v. 21, p. 1152-1161.
Rodhouse, T. J., Beever, E., Garrott, L. K. , Irvine, K.M., Munts, M., Ray, C., Shardlow, M. R, 2010, Distribution of the Lava Beds Pika (Ochotona Princeps Goldmani): Conservation Implications from the Range Periphery, Journal of Mammology, v. 91, p. 1287-1299.
Stephens J.L., Mohren, S.R., Alexander, J.D., Sarr, D.A., Irvine, K.M., 2010, Klamath Network Landbird Monitoring Protocol, Natural Resource Report, NPS/KLMN/NRR—2010/187, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-664359.
Tarasoff, C. S., Ball, D. A. , Mallory-Smith, C. A. , Pypker, T. G., Irvine, K.M., 2010, Site Characteristics Associated with Nuttall's and Weeping Alkaligrass in Northeastern Oregon, Northwest Science, v. 84, p. 351-360
Yeo J.J., Rodhouse, T.J., Dicus, G.H., Irvine, K.M., Garrett, L.K., 2009, Upper Columbia Basin Network Sagebrush Steppe Vegetation Monitoring Protocol: Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures (Appendix to Narrative) Version 1.0: Natural Resource Report. NPS/UCBN/NRR—2009/142, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-662446.
Wollenberg, E., Rischer, R., Dorr, M., Irvine, K.M., Pereira,C., Stevens, J.F., 2008, Chemodiversity of Exudate Flavonoids in Cassinia and Ozothamnus(Asteraceae Gnaphalieae), Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Natirforschung, Tubingen, v. 63c, p. 731-739.
Chung-MacCoubrey, A., Truitt, R.E., Caudill, C.C., Rodhouse, T.J., Irvine, K.M., Siderius, J.R., Chang, V.K., 2008, Mojave Desert Network Vital Signs Monitoring Plan, Natural Resource Report, NPS/MOJN/NRR—2008/057, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. Published Report-660400.
Rodhouse, T.J., Wilson, M.V., Irvine, K.M., Steinhorst, R.K., Dicus, G.H., Garrett L.K., Lyon, J.W., 2007, Camas Lily Monitoring Protocol Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures: Upper Columbia Basin Network: Version 1.0, October 2007, Natural Resource Report, NPS/UCBN/NRR—2007/011, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, Published Report-651079.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.