Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook

GM Jones, MW Tingley - Diversity and Distributions, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Pyrodiversity is the spatial or temporal variability in fire effects across a landscape.
Multiple ecological hypotheses, when applied to the context of post‐fire systems, suggest …

Pyrosilviculture needed for landscape resilience of dry western United States forests

MP North, RA York, BM Collins, MD Hurteau… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A significant increase in treatment pace and scale is needed to restore dry western US forest
resilience owing to increasingly frequent and severe wildfire and drought. We propose a …

Megafire causes persistent loss of an old‐forest species

GM Jones, HA Kramer, WJ Berigan… - Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and a long legacy of fire suppression are leading to an increased
prevalence of 'mega‐disturbances' such as drought and wildfire in terrestrial ecosystems …

California spotted owl habitat selection in a fire-managed landscape suggests conservation benefit of restoring historical fire regimes

A Kramer, GM Jones, SA Whitmore, JJ Keane… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildland fire is a disturbance that shapes frequent-fire forest ecosystems and the life-
histories of wildlife species that inhabit them. The California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis …

Using the ecological significance of animal vocalizations to improve inference in acoustic monitoring programs

CM Wood, H Klinck, M Gustafson, JJ Keane… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent bioacoustic advances have facilitated large‐scale population monitoring for
acoustically active species. Animal sounds, however, can of information that is underutilized …

Forest heterogeneity outweighs movement costs by enhancing hunting success and reproductive output in California spotted owls

CJ Zulla, GM Jones, HA Kramer, JJ Keane… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context The concept of landscape heterogeneity is central to species conservation; yet
understanding the processes by which heterogeneity affects species can be challenging in …

Development of a non-invasive method for species and sex identification of rare forest carnivores using footprint identification technology

JM Tucker, C King, R Lekivetz, R Murdoch… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many wildlife species have sex specific habitat requirements. Due to the unique
requirements for birthing and raising offspring, female reproductive habitat is often a limiting …

Noisy neighbors and reticent residents: Distinguishing resident from non-resident individuals to improve passive acoustic monitoring

DS Reid, CM Wood, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly common method for studying
populations of vocally active species. However, the detection of individuals not resident to a …

Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for rapid post‐fire management: A woodpecker case study

AN Stillman, RL Wilkerson, DR Kaschube… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial and temporal variation in fire characteristics—termed pyrodiversity—are increasingly
recognized as important factors that structure wildlife communities in fire‐prone ecosystems …

Elevational gradients strongly mediate habitat selection patterns in a nocturnal predator

HA Kramer, GM Jones, VR Kane, B Bartl‐Geller… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain ecosystems contain strong elevational gradients in climate and vegetation that
shape species distributions and the structure of animal communities. Nevertheless, studies …