Manuela M Huso
I am a Research Statistician Emerita with the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Corvallis, OR.
I have a courtesy faculty appointment in the Department of Statistics at Oregon State University (OSU). Before coming to the USGS, I spent more than 20 years as a consulting statistician at OSU.
Education and Certifications
M.S., Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (1988)
M.S., Theoretical Ecology, University of Oregon, Corvallis, OR (1984)
B.A., Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (1978)
Science and Products
Wind Energy and Wildlife Team (FRESC)
FRESC's Wind Energy and Wildlife Team is lead by Manuela Huso. She and her team are involved in design and analysis of post-construction fatality monitoring studies as well as deterrent and curtailment studies at several wind-power generation facilities.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
GenEst statistical models—A generalized estimator of mortality GenEst statistical models—A generalized estimator of mortality
Introduction GenEst (a generalized estimator of mortality) is a suite of statistical models and software tools for generalized mortality estimation. It was specifically designed for estimating the number of bird and bat fatalities at solar and wind power facilities, but both the software (Dalthorp and others, 2018) and the underlying statistical models are general enough to be useful in...
Authors
Daniel Dalthorp, Lisa Madsen, Manuela M. Huso, Paul A. Rabie, Robert Wolpert, Jared Studyvin, Juniper Simonis, Jeffrey Mintz
Filter Total Items: 42
Classifying behavior from short-interval biologging data: An example with GPS tracking of birds Classifying behavior from short-interval biologging data: An example with GPS tracking of birds
Recent advances in digital data collection have spurred accumulation of immense quantities of data that have potential to lead to remarkable ecological insight, but that also present analytic challenges. In the case of biologging data from birds, common analytical approaches to classifying movement behaviors are largely inappropriate for these massive data sets.We apply a framework for...
Authors
Silas Bergen, Manuela Huso, A. Duerr, Missy A Braham, Todd E. Katzner, Sara Schmuecker, Tricia A. Miller
Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities
Reduction in wildlife mortality is often cited as a potential advantage to repowering wind facilities, that is, replacing smaller, lower capacity, closely spaced turbines, with larger, higher capacity ones, more widely spaced. Wildlife mortality rates, however, are affected by more than just size and spacing of turbines, varying with turbine operation, seasonal and daily weather and...
Authors
Manuela Huso, Tara Conkling, Daniel Dalthorp, Melanie J Davis, Heath Smith, Amy Fesnock-Parker, Todd E. Katzner
Performance of the GenEst Mortality Estimator Compared to The Huso and Shoenfeld Estimators Performance of the GenEst Mortality Estimator Compared to The Huso and Shoenfeld Estimators
The impacts of wind power development on bat and bird populations are commonly assessed by estimating the number of fatalities at wind power facilities through post-construction monitoring (PCM) studies. Standard methodology involves periodic carcass searches on plots beneath turbines (Strickland et al. 2011, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2012). The resulting counts are adjusted to...
Authors
Paul Rabie, Daniel Riser-Espinoza, Jared Studyvin, Daniel Dalthorp, Manuela Huso
Comparing methods to estimate the proportion of turbine-induced bird and bat mortality in the search area under a road and pad search protocol Comparing methods to estimate the proportion of turbine-induced bird and bat mortality in the search area under a road and pad search protocol
Estimating bird and bat mortality at wind facilities typically involves searching for carcasses on the ground near turbines. Some fraction of carcasses inevitably lie outside the search plots, and accurate mortality estimation requires accounting for those carcasses using models to extrapolate from searched to unsearched areas. Such models should account for variation in carcass density...
Authors
Joseph Maurer, Manuela Huso, Daniel Dalthorp, Lisa Madsen, Claudio Fuentes
Some approaches to accounting for incidental carcass discoveries in non-monitored years using the Evidence of Absence model Some approaches to accounting for incidental carcass discoveries in non-monitored years using the Evidence of Absence model
Executive Summary We evaluate three approaches to accounting for incidental carcasses when estimating an upper bound on total mortality (𝑀) as 𝑀∗ using the Evidence of Absence model (EoA; Dalthorp and others, 2017) to assess compliance with an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) (Dalthorp & Huso, 2015) under a monitoring protocol that includes formal, dedicated carcass surveys that achieve an...
Authors
Daniel Dalthorp, Paul Rabie, Manuela Huso, Andrew Tredennick
Wind energy: An ecological challenge Wind energy: An ecological challenge
No abstract available.
Authors
Todd E. Katzner, David M. Nelson, Jay E. Diffendorfer, Adam E. Duerr, Caitlin J. Campbell, Douglas Leslie, Hanna B. Vander Zanden, Julie L. Yee, Maitreyi Sur, Manuela M. Huso, Melissa A. Braham, Michael L. Morrison, Scott R. Loss, Sharon A. Poessel, Tara Conkling, Tricia A. Miller
Non-USGS Publications**
Kibler, K.M., Skaugset, A.E., Ganio, L.M., Huso, M.M., 2013, Effect of contemporary forest harvesting practices on headwater stream temperatures- Initial response of the Hinkle Creek catchment, Pacific Northwest, USA: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 310, p. 680-691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.009
Arnett, E.B., Huso, M.M., Schirmacher, M.R., Hayes, J.P., 2011, Altering turbine speed reduces bat mortality at wind-energy facilities: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v. 9, no. 4, p. 209-214.
Huso, M.M., 2010, An estimator of wildlife fatality from observed carcasses: Environmetrics, p. 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1002/env.1052.
Betts, M.G., Ganio, L., Huso, M.M., Som, N., Huettmann, F., Bowman, J., Wintle, B.A., 2009, Comment on ‘‘Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data- a review’’: Ecography, v. 32, p. 374-378.
Boland, J.L., Hayes, J.P., Smith, W.P., Huso, M.M., 2009, Selection of day-roosts by Keen's myotis (Myotis keenii) at multiple spatial scales: Journal of Mammalogy, v. 90, no. 1, p. 222-234.
Shaw, D.C., Huso, M.M., Bruner, H., 2008, Basal area growth impacts of dwarf mistletoe on western hemlock in an old-growth forest: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 38, p. 576-583.
Waldien, D.L., Hayes, J.P., Huso, M.M., 2006, Use of downed wood by Townsend's Chipmunks (Tamias Townsendii) in western Oregon: Journal of Mammalogy, v. 87, no. 3, p. 454-460, https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-136R1.1
Kelsey, R.G., Hennon, P.E., Huso, M.M., Karchesy, J.J., 2005, Changes in heartwood chemistry of dead yellow-cedar trees that remain standing for 80 years or more in southeast Alaska: Journal of Chemical Ecology, v. 31, no. 11, p. 2653-2669.
Krankina, O.N., Houghton, R.A., Harmon, M.E., Hogg, E.H., Butman, D., Yatskov, M., Huso, M.M., Treyfeld, R.F., Razuvaev, V.N., Spycher, G., 2005, Effects of climate, disturbance and species on forest biomass across Russia: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 35, no. 9, p. 2821-2293, https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-151.
Grotta, A.T., Gartner, B.L., Radosevich, S.R., Huso, M.M., 2005, Influence of red alder competition on cambial phenology and latewood formation in Douglas-fir: International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal, v. 26, no. 3, p. 309-324.
HyperLinkHayes, J.P., Weikel, J., Huso, M.M., Erickson, J., 2003, Response of Birds to Thinning Young Douglas-fir Forests: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 033-03 p. 2, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs03303
Hayes, J.P., Weikel, J., Huso, M.M., 2003, Response of birds to thinning young Douglas-fir forests: Ecological Applications, v. 13, no. 5, p. 1222-1232, https://doi.org/10.1890/02-5068
Clausnitzer, D., Huso, M.M., Pyke, D.A., Belnap, J., Graham, T.B., Sanford, R.L., Phillips, S.L., 2003, Interactions of cattle grazing and climate change- hierarchical data analysis In Allsopp, N., Walker, N., eds., VIIth International Rangeland Conference Proceedings, 26 July-1 August 2003,: Durban, South Africa, The Congress, p. 1062-1064
McEvoy, P.B., Rudd, N.T., Cox, C.S., Huso, M.M., 2002, Disturbance, competition, and herbivory effects on ragwort Senecio jacobaea populations: Ecological Monographs, v. 63, no. 1, p. 55-75.
Smith, J.E., Molina, R., Huso, M.M., Luoma, D.L., McKay, D., Castellano, M.A., Lebel, T., Valachovic, Y., 2002, Species richness, abundance and composition of hypogeous and epigeous ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarps in young, rotation-age and old-growth stands of Douglas-fir (Psedotsuga menziesii) in the Cascade Range of Oregon: Canadian Journal of Botany, v. 80, p. 186-204, https://doi.org/10.1139/B02-003.
Smith, J.E., Molina, R., Huso, M.M., Larsen, M.J., 2000, Occurrence of Piloderma fallax in young, rotation-age, and old-growth stands of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in the Cascade Range of Oregon, U.S.A.: Canadian Journal of Botany, v. 78, p. 995-1001, https://doi.org/10.1139/b00-085.
Csuti, B., Polansky, S., Williams, P.H., Pressey, R.L., Camm, J.D., Kershaw, M., Kiester, A.R., Downs, B., Hamilton, R., Huso, M.M., Sahr, K., 1997, A comparison of reserve selection algorithms using data on terrestrial vertebrates in Oregon: Biological Conservation, v. 80, p. 83-97.
Csuti, B., Kimerling, A.J., O'Neil, T.A., Shaughnessy, M.M., Gaines, E.P., Huso, M.M., 1997, Atlas of Oregon Wildlife- distribution, habitat, and natural history: Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University Press, p. 498.
Arthur, J.L., Hachey, M., Sahr, K., Huso, M.M., Kiester, A.R., 1997, Finding all optimal solutions to the reserve site selection problem- formulation and computational analysis: Environmental and Ecological Statistics, v. 4, no. 2, p. 153-165, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018570311399.
Reams, G.A., Huso, M.M., Vong, R.J., McCollum, J.M., 1997, Kriging direct and indirect estimates of sulfate deposition- a comparison: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Research Paper SRS-7, p. 8, https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-RP-7
Reams, G.A., Huso, M.M., 1990, Stand history - an alternative explanation of red spruce radial growth reduction: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 20, p. 250-253.
McEvoy, P.B., Rudd, N.T., Cox, C.S., Huso, M.M., 1993, Disturbance, competition, and herbivory effects on ragwort Senecio jacobaea populations: Ecological Monographs, v. 63, no. 1, p. 55-75.
**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.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
To request an interview, contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov or call (541) 750-1030.
Science and Products
Wind Energy and Wildlife Team (FRESC)
FRESC's Wind Energy and Wildlife Team is lead by Manuela Huso. She and her team are involved in design and analysis of post-construction fatality monitoring studies as well as deterrent and curtailment studies at several wind-power generation facilities.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
GenEst statistical models—A generalized estimator of mortality GenEst statistical models—A generalized estimator of mortality
Introduction GenEst (a generalized estimator of mortality) is a suite of statistical models and software tools for generalized mortality estimation. It was specifically designed for estimating the number of bird and bat fatalities at solar and wind power facilities, but both the software (Dalthorp and others, 2018) and the underlying statistical models are general enough to be useful in...
Authors
Daniel Dalthorp, Lisa Madsen, Manuela M. Huso, Paul A. Rabie, Robert Wolpert, Jared Studyvin, Juniper Simonis, Jeffrey Mintz
Filter Total Items: 42
Classifying behavior from short-interval biologging data: An example with GPS tracking of birds Classifying behavior from short-interval biologging data: An example with GPS tracking of birds
Recent advances in digital data collection have spurred accumulation of immense quantities of data that have potential to lead to remarkable ecological insight, but that also present analytic challenges. In the case of biologging data from birds, common analytical approaches to classifying movement behaviors are largely inappropriate for these massive data sets.We apply a framework for...
Authors
Silas Bergen, Manuela Huso, A. Duerr, Missy A Braham, Todd E. Katzner, Sara Schmuecker, Tricia A. Miller
Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities
Reduction in wildlife mortality is often cited as a potential advantage to repowering wind facilities, that is, replacing smaller, lower capacity, closely spaced turbines, with larger, higher capacity ones, more widely spaced. Wildlife mortality rates, however, are affected by more than just size and spacing of turbines, varying with turbine operation, seasonal and daily weather and...
Authors
Manuela Huso, Tara Conkling, Daniel Dalthorp, Melanie J Davis, Heath Smith, Amy Fesnock-Parker, Todd E. Katzner
Performance of the GenEst Mortality Estimator Compared to The Huso and Shoenfeld Estimators Performance of the GenEst Mortality Estimator Compared to The Huso and Shoenfeld Estimators
The impacts of wind power development on bat and bird populations are commonly assessed by estimating the number of fatalities at wind power facilities through post-construction monitoring (PCM) studies. Standard methodology involves periodic carcass searches on plots beneath turbines (Strickland et al. 2011, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2012). The resulting counts are adjusted to...
Authors
Paul Rabie, Daniel Riser-Espinoza, Jared Studyvin, Daniel Dalthorp, Manuela Huso
Comparing methods to estimate the proportion of turbine-induced bird and bat mortality in the search area under a road and pad search protocol Comparing methods to estimate the proportion of turbine-induced bird and bat mortality in the search area under a road and pad search protocol
Estimating bird and bat mortality at wind facilities typically involves searching for carcasses on the ground near turbines. Some fraction of carcasses inevitably lie outside the search plots, and accurate mortality estimation requires accounting for those carcasses using models to extrapolate from searched to unsearched areas. Such models should account for variation in carcass density...
Authors
Joseph Maurer, Manuela Huso, Daniel Dalthorp, Lisa Madsen, Claudio Fuentes
Some approaches to accounting for incidental carcass discoveries in non-monitored years using the Evidence of Absence model Some approaches to accounting for incidental carcass discoveries in non-monitored years using the Evidence of Absence model
Executive Summary We evaluate three approaches to accounting for incidental carcasses when estimating an upper bound on total mortality (𝑀) as 𝑀∗ using the Evidence of Absence model (EoA; Dalthorp and others, 2017) to assess compliance with an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) (Dalthorp & Huso, 2015) under a monitoring protocol that includes formal, dedicated carcass surveys that achieve an...
Authors
Daniel Dalthorp, Paul Rabie, Manuela Huso, Andrew Tredennick
Wind energy: An ecological challenge Wind energy: An ecological challenge
No abstract available.
Authors
Todd E. Katzner, David M. Nelson, Jay E. Diffendorfer, Adam E. Duerr, Caitlin J. Campbell, Douglas Leslie, Hanna B. Vander Zanden, Julie L. Yee, Maitreyi Sur, Manuela M. Huso, Melissa A. Braham, Michael L. Morrison, Scott R. Loss, Sharon A. Poessel, Tara Conkling, Tricia A. Miller
Non-USGS Publications**
Kibler, K.M., Skaugset, A.E., Ganio, L.M., Huso, M.M., 2013, Effect of contemporary forest harvesting practices on headwater stream temperatures- Initial response of the Hinkle Creek catchment, Pacific Northwest, USA: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 310, p. 680-691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.009
Arnett, E.B., Huso, M.M., Schirmacher, M.R., Hayes, J.P., 2011, Altering turbine speed reduces bat mortality at wind-energy facilities: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v. 9, no. 4, p. 209-214.
Huso, M.M., 2010, An estimator of wildlife fatality from observed carcasses: Environmetrics, p. 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1002/env.1052.
Betts, M.G., Ganio, L., Huso, M.M., Som, N., Huettmann, F., Bowman, J., Wintle, B.A., 2009, Comment on ‘‘Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data- a review’’: Ecography, v. 32, p. 374-378.
Boland, J.L., Hayes, J.P., Smith, W.P., Huso, M.M., 2009, Selection of day-roosts by Keen's myotis (Myotis keenii) at multiple spatial scales: Journal of Mammalogy, v. 90, no. 1, p. 222-234.
Shaw, D.C., Huso, M.M., Bruner, H., 2008, Basal area growth impacts of dwarf mistletoe on western hemlock in an old-growth forest: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 38, p. 576-583.
Waldien, D.L., Hayes, J.P., Huso, M.M., 2006, Use of downed wood by Townsend's Chipmunks (Tamias Townsendii) in western Oregon: Journal of Mammalogy, v. 87, no. 3, p. 454-460, https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-136R1.1
Kelsey, R.G., Hennon, P.E., Huso, M.M., Karchesy, J.J., 2005, Changes in heartwood chemistry of dead yellow-cedar trees that remain standing for 80 years or more in southeast Alaska: Journal of Chemical Ecology, v. 31, no. 11, p. 2653-2669.
Krankina, O.N., Houghton, R.A., Harmon, M.E., Hogg, E.H., Butman, D., Yatskov, M., Huso, M.M., Treyfeld, R.F., Razuvaev, V.N., Spycher, G., 2005, Effects of climate, disturbance and species on forest biomass across Russia: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 35, no. 9, p. 2821-2293, https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-151.
Grotta, A.T., Gartner, B.L., Radosevich, S.R., Huso, M.M., 2005, Influence of red alder competition on cambial phenology and latewood formation in Douglas-fir: International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal, v. 26, no. 3, p. 309-324.
HyperLinkHayes, J.P., Weikel, J., Huso, M.M., Erickson, J., 2003, Response of Birds to Thinning Young Douglas-fir Forests: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 033-03 p. 2, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs03303
Hayes, J.P., Weikel, J., Huso, M.M., 2003, Response of birds to thinning young Douglas-fir forests: Ecological Applications, v. 13, no. 5, p. 1222-1232, https://doi.org/10.1890/02-5068
Clausnitzer, D., Huso, M.M., Pyke, D.A., Belnap, J., Graham, T.B., Sanford, R.L., Phillips, S.L., 2003, Interactions of cattle grazing and climate change- hierarchical data analysis In Allsopp, N., Walker, N., eds., VIIth International Rangeland Conference Proceedings, 26 July-1 August 2003,: Durban, South Africa, The Congress, p. 1062-1064
McEvoy, P.B., Rudd, N.T., Cox, C.S., Huso, M.M., 2002, Disturbance, competition, and herbivory effects on ragwort Senecio jacobaea populations: Ecological Monographs, v. 63, no. 1, p. 55-75.
Smith, J.E., Molina, R., Huso, M.M., Luoma, D.L., McKay, D., Castellano, M.A., Lebel, T., Valachovic, Y., 2002, Species richness, abundance and composition of hypogeous and epigeous ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarps in young, rotation-age and old-growth stands of Douglas-fir (Psedotsuga menziesii) in the Cascade Range of Oregon: Canadian Journal of Botany, v. 80, p. 186-204, https://doi.org/10.1139/B02-003.
Smith, J.E., Molina, R., Huso, M.M., Larsen, M.J., 2000, Occurrence of Piloderma fallax in young, rotation-age, and old-growth stands of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in the Cascade Range of Oregon, U.S.A.: Canadian Journal of Botany, v. 78, p. 995-1001, https://doi.org/10.1139/b00-085.
Csuti, B., Polansky, S., Williams, P.H., Pressey, R.L., Camm, J.D., Kershaw, M., Kiester, A.R., Downs, B., Hamilton, R., Huso, M.M., Sahr, K., 1997, A comparison of reserve selection algorithms using data on terrestrial vertebrates in Oregon: Biological Conservation, v. 80, p. 83-97.
Csuti, B., Kimerling, A.J., O'Neil, T.A., Shaughnessy, M.M., Gaines, E.P., Huso, M.M., 1997, Atlas of Oregon Wildlife- distribution, habitat, and natural history: Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University Press, p. 498.
Arthur, J.L., Hachey, M., Sahr, K., Huso, M.M., Kiester, A.R., 1997, Finding all optimal solutions to the reserve site selection problem- formulation and computational analysis: Environmental and Ecological Statistics, v. 4, no. 2, p. 153-165, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018570311399.
Reams, G.A., Huso, M.M., Vong, R.J., McCollum, J.M., 1997, Kriging direct and indirect estimates of sulfate deposition- a comparison: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Research Paper SRS-7, p. 8, https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-RP-7
Reams, G.A., Huso, M.M., 1990, Stand history - an alternative explanation of red spruce radial growth reduction: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 20, p. 250-253.
McEvoy, P.B., Rudd, N.T., Cox, C.S., Huso, M.M., 1993, Disturbance, competition, and herbivory effects on ragwort Senecio jacobaea populations: Ecological Monographs, v. 63, no. 1, p. 55-75.
**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.
If you are unable to access or download a product, email fresc_outreach@usgs.gov a request, including the full citation, or call (541) 750-1030.
To request an interview, contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov or call (541) 750-1030.