Research – Conservation – SILVIS LAB

Biodiversity is threatened, and conservation is urgent. The reality of limited resources for conservation requires prioritization among actions, species, and places, and the building of capacity in countries where threats are high.

Flying insect abundance in northern Wisconsin depends on lakes, vegetation, and time of the summer
Developing the Dynamic Habitat Indices from Landsat satellite data to assess bird richness and bird abundance in conterminous U.S.
Deriving the Winter Habitat Indices (WHIs) from satellite data for biodiversity and conservation applications around the world
Rethinking Peatland Fire: Detecting frequent fire in peatlands of the Great Lakes Region to support its ecological role in management and conservation
On leaves, bugs and birds – how topography influences spring phenology, and habitat quality for birds in the Baraboo Hills
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
Urbanization’s Effects on Avian Predator Occupancy and Citizen Science’s Contribution
Using texture analysis of Landsat satellite imagery to map habitat heterogeneity and avian biodiversity across the conterminous U.S.
Here to stay: Endangered Kirtland’s warblers call red pine dominated plantations in Wisconsin home
A New Frontier for Dynamic Habitat Indices: Predicting Animal Abundance
Reconstructing the Past to Protect the Future: Understanding the Historic Role of Fire in Shaping and Maintaining Forested Wetlands
Sacred Forests in northwest Yunnan, China – a conservation priority?
One foot in conservation, one in the Ivory tower: The challenges of doing research AND making a difference
Where and how well are mongooses doing in Puerto Rico?
The differential importance of aquatic insect productivity on terrestrial, insectivorous bird guilds
Measuring trail use with remote detectors
Finding critical habitat for jaguars when potential distributions of species is not enough: Connectivity to the rescue
Working with managers – sharing research results, and getting feedback on research on extreme climate events
Habitat connectivity for the Indochinese tiger in Thailand
Forest Changes in the Altay
Forest birds in the sacred forests of Yunnan, China: what do they need for habitat?
Evaluating the influence of conservation plans on land protection actions in Wisconsin
The dynamic habitat index and biodiversity in Thailand
Where should we burn? Prioritizing prescribed fire in Wisconsin
Recreational trails are affecting bird reproduction
Change in alpine wetlands of Southwest China and its implications for wintering Black-necked Cranes
Using Land Use Change Projections to Estimate Threats to Freshwater Ecoystems
The role of ecosystem services in park-people relationships: The case of Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve in southwest China
The potential effects of extreme weather events on bird reproductive output
The importance of riparian forests to conservation and landscape connectivity in temperate Chile
People’s attitudes toward protected areas matter – but at what scale?
It is getting weirder – extreme events in satellite records
Forest degradation in Mexico and spectral mixture analysis
Do birds track climate or weather?
Always on the bright side of life: removing clouds and their shadows in satellite imagery
Helping to train the next generation of conservation scientists: running the IGERT on biodiversity conservation in novel ecosystems
Where will novel ecosystems in the United States exist in the future?
Future land use changes and their potential impact on the Nation’s areas of biodiversity significance
Conservation conflicts: Housing growth in conservation priority areas in Wisconsin
Assessing landscape suitability for reintroduction of American marten (Martes americana) using an agent-based model
Housing development is eroding the value of protected lands
Hot moments for biodiversity conservation – Social and political transitions as opportunities for conservation
How are birds breeding in New England affected by the weather?
It’s all a game – Land Use and Conservation in everyone’s hands
Massaging the U.S. Census to look at the WUI and at housing growth trends
Oases along the flyway: Identifying stopover sites for migratory birds in the southeastern U.S.
Monitoring of deforestation and forest degradation in Mexico
Forest Songbirds and Extreme Weather: How do Drought, Heat Waves, and Cold Snaps Affect Birds?
Understanding where we’ve been: implications of land-use legacies in the Carpathians for future conservation and planning initiatives
Necessity spawns plasticity: Siberian Cranes abandon specialist foraging behaviors after an extreme flood event
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
Do we help birds when we help butterflies? Effects of oak savanna restoration for Karner blue butterfly on savanna bird communities
Habitat connectivity of European Bison in the Carpathians- bringing together subpopulations of an almost extinct species in the wild
Going, going, going – gone! The loss of alpine meadows in Yunnan
Housing Growth, Conservation Corridors, and the United States National Wildlife Refuge System
Change in and near Kavkaskzy Nature Reserve in the Caucasus Mountains
How are fires in western Mexico affecting hummingbirds?
Deforestation patterns in Mexico, and the effectiveness of payments for ecosystem services programs
Conservation planning for two of Wisconsin’s most treasured landscapes: the Baraboo Hills and the Northwest pine barrens
Weaving the conservation landscape: habitat connectivity and the future of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Land-cover change, people and jaguars – remote sensing or close sensing?
The potential of image texture for measuring vertical vegetation structure
If you build it, they will come – but can you still conserve biodiversity?
Institutional change and logging in post-Soviet Russia
Land use scenarios and effects on bird habitat in Northern Wisconsin
Modeling habitat use patterns of critically endangered Siberian Cranes and other wintering waterbirds in Poyang Lake, People’s Republic of China
Patterns and processes of agricultural abandonment in Eastern Europe
Simulating future land use across the United States
Things aren’t as they used to be: forest disturbance, birds, and the shifting baseline syndrome
Urban Sprawl Supports Rapid Invasions By Non-Native Plant Species
Can Wisconsin’s Wood Warblers Cope With the Loss of Oaks?