Research – Biodiversity

Species richness varies by orders of magnitude across the globe and so does the richness of endangered species. We are interested in both the macroecological processes causing richness patterns, and the socioeconomic processes determining where biodiversity is threatened.

Flying insect abundance in northern Wisconsin depends on lakes, vegetation, and time of the summer
March 11, 2021
Developing the Dynamic Habitat Indices from Landsat satellite data to assess bird richness and bird abundance in conterminous U.S.
February 8, 2021
Deriving the Winter Habitat Indices (WHIs) from satellite data for biodiversity and conservation applications around the world
January 28, 2021
On leaves, bugs and birds – how topography influences spring phenology, and habitat quality for birds in the Baraboo Hills
February 6, 2019
Large land cover and land use change mapping in the Caucasus Mountains since 1987
January 17, 2019
A Tale of Two Birds: Determining the success of Steller’s Jay management and its effect on the conservation of the endangered Marbled Murrelet in coastal old-growth redwood forests
December 17, 2018
Using texture analysis of Landsat satellite imagery to map habitat heterogeneity and avian biodiversity across the conterminous U.S.
December 13, 2018
A New Frontier for Dynamic Habitat Indices: Predicting Animal Abundance
December 13, 2018
Where and how well are mongooses doing in Puerto Rico?
January 20, 2016
Finding critical habitat for jaguars when potential distributions of species is not enough: Connectivity to the rescue
January 7, 2016
Evaluating the influence of conservation plans on land protection actions in Wisconsin
January 14, 2015
Forest birds in the sacred forests of Yunnan, China: what do they need for habitat?
January 14, 2015
Forest Changes in the Altay
January 14, 2015
Habitat connectivity for the Indochinese tiger in Thailand
January 14, 2015
Where should we burn? Prioritizing prescribed fire in Wisconsin
March 31, 2014
Change in alpine wetlands of Southwest China and its implications for wintering Black-necked Cranes
March 31, 2014
Using Land Use Change Projections to Estimate Threats to Freshwater Ecoystems
March 10, 2014
The importance of riparian forests to conservation and landscape connectivity in temperate Chile
January 16, 2014
Forest degradation in Mexico and spectral mixture analysis
January 16, 2014
Birds that Love Insects that Love Lakes: How Insect Populations and Lake Characteristics Impact Avian Aerial Insectivores in Northern Wisconsin
January 16, 2014
It is getting weirder – extreme events in satellite records
January 16, 2014
If you can’t stand when it gets dry, fly north: Dickcissels reliably track extreme weather events in the Midwestern United States
January 15, 2014
Do birds track climate or weather?
January 15, 2014
Where will novel ecosystems in the United States exist in the future?
February 26, 2013
Future land use changes and their potential impact on the Nation’s areas of biodiversity significance
February 26, 2013
Vegetation structure and bird populations across the U.S.
February 25, 2013
Conservation conflicts: Housing growth in conservation priority areas in Wisconsin
February 25, 2013
Importance is important: Using more reliable but less common methods for determining the importance of ecological variables
February 4, 2013
How are birds breeding in New England affected by the weather?
January 28, 2013
Housing development is eroding the value of protected lands
January 28, 2013
The extinction of the Caucasian bison to the creation of a new subspecies
January 24, 2013
Forest Songbirds and Extreme Weather: How do Drought, Heat Waves, and Cold Snaps Affect Birds?
January 17, 2013
Monitoring forest disturbance and re-growth from dense time series of satellite imagery stacks in the Carpathians
January 17, 2013
Necessity spawns plasticity: Siberian Cranes abandon specialist foraging behaviors after an extreme flood event
August 9, 2011
Magic inspires science: documenting forest pattern change in Mexico’s Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve and what it means for its biodiversity and its people
August 3, 2011
Do we help birds when we help butterflies? Effects of oak savanna restoration for Karner blue butterfly on savanna bird communities
August 3, 2011
Going, going, going – gone! The loss of alpine meadows in Yunnan
August 2, 2011
Predicting Broad-scale Patterns of Avian Biodiversity with Landsat Image Texture
July 28, 2011
Change in and near Kavkaskzy Nature Reserve in the Caucasus Mountains
July 28, 2011
Housing Growth, Conservation Corridors, and the United States National Wildlife Refuge System
July 28, 2011
How are fires in western Mexico affecting hummingbirds?
July 27, 2011
Conservation planning for two of Wisconsin’s most treasured landscapes: the Baraboo Hills and the Northwest pine barrens
November 15, 2010
Land-cover change, people and jaguars – remote sensing or close sensing?
September 15, 2010
Something hit me: Moose movement and vehicle collisions in northern Sweden
August 9, 2010
Modeling habitat use patterns of critically endangered Siberian Cranes and other wintering waterbirds in Poyang Lake, People’s Republic of China
August 9, 2010
It’s getting hot – heatwave and drought effects on birds
August 9, 2010
Things aren’t as they used to be: forest disturbance, birds, and the shifting baseline syndrome
July 15, 2010
Of lasers, forests, birds, and collaboration: using LiDAR to predict forest structure and songbird species richness
July 15, 2010
Can Wisconsin’s Wood Warblers Cope With the Loss of Oaks?
January 28, 2010