Search Results - "Baasch, David M."

Whooping crane use of riverine stopover sites by Baasch, David M, Farrell, Patrick D, Howlin, Shay, Pearse, Aaron T, Farnsworth, Jason M, Smith, Chadwin B

“…Migratory birds like endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) require suitable nocturnal roost sites during twice annual migrations. Whooping cranes…”
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Flexible migration and habitat use strategies of an endangered waterbird during hydrological drought by Pearse, Aaron T., Caven, Andrew J., Baasch, David M., Bidwell, Mark T., Conkin, John A., Brandt, David A.

“…Wildlife species confront threats from climate and land use change, exacerbating the influence of extreme climatic events on populations and biodiversity…”
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Mitigating avian collisions with power lines through illumination with ultraviolet light by Baasch, David M., Hegg, Amanda M., Dwyer, James F., Caven, Andrew J., Taddicken, William E., Worley, Catherine A., Medaries, Amanda H., Wagner, Cody G., Dunbar, Phoebe G., Mittman, Nicole D.

“…Collisions with anthropogenic structures by long-distance migrants and threatened and endangered species are a growing global conservation concern. Increasing…”
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Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains by Baasch, David M., Farrell, Patrick D., Pearse, Aaron T., Brandt, David A., Caven, Andrew J., Harner, Mary J., Wright, Greg D., Metzger, Kristine L.

“…Available stopover habitats with quality foraging opportunities are essential for migrating waterbirds, including Whooping Crane (Grus americana). Several…”
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Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover nest and brood survival at managed, off-channel sites along the central Platte River, Nebraska, USA 2001-2015 by Farrell, Patrick D., Baasch, David M., Farnsworth, Jason M., Smith, Chadwin B.

“…The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP) and its partners invested substantial resources in creating and managing off-channel nesting habitat…”
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Integrating species-centric and geomorphic-centric views of interior least tern and piping plover habitat selection by Farnsworth, Jason M., Baasch, David M., Farrell, Patrick D.

“…The Federally endangered interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) and threatened piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest on emergent sandbars in…”
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Investigating whooping crane habitat in relation to hydrology, channel morphology and a water-centric management strategy on the central Platte River, Nebraska by Farnsworth, Jason M., Baasch, David M., Farrell, Patrick D., Smith, Chadwin B., Werbylo, Kevin L.

“…The Flow-Sediment-Mechanical approach is one of two management strategies presented in the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program's (Program) Adaptive…”
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Resource Selection by Elk in an Agro-Forested Landscape of Northwestern Nebraska by Baasch, David M, Fischer, Justin W, Hygnstrom, Scott E, VerCauteren, Kurt C, Tyre, Andrew J, Millspaugh, Joshua J, Merchant, James W, Volesky, Jerry D

“…In recent years, elk have begun recolonizing areas east of the Rocky Mountains that are largely agro-forested ecosystems composed of privately owned land where…”
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Heterogeneity in migration strategies of Whooping Cranes by Pearse, Aaron T, Metzger, Kristine L, Brandt, David A, Bidwell, Mark T, Harner, Mary J, Baasch, David M, Harrell, Wade

“…Migratory birds use numerous strategies to successfully complete twice-annual movements between breeding and wintering sites. Context for conservation and…”
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Investigating the accuracy of photointerpreted unvegetated channel widths in a braided river system: a Platte River case study by Werbylo, Kevin L., Farnsworth, Jason M., Baasch, David M., Farrell, Patrick D.

“…The central Platte River in Nebraska, USA, has undergone substantial channel narrowing since basin settlement in the mid-nineteenth century. Many researchers…”
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Use of opportunistic sightings and expert knowledge to predict and compare Whooping Crane stopover habitat by Hefley, Trevor J., Baasch, David M., Tyre, Andrew J., Blankenship, Erin E.

“…Predicting a species' distribution can be helpful for evaluating management actions such as critical habitat designations under the U.S. Endangered Species Act…”
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Correction of location errors for presence‐only species distribution models by Hefley, Trevor J., Baasch, David M., Tyre, Andrew J., Blankenship, Erin E., Warton, David

“…Summary Species distribution models (SDMs) for presence‐only data depend on accurate and precise measurements of geographical and environmental covariates that…”
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Whooping Crane (Grus americana) use patterns in relation to an ecotope classification in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA by Baasch, David M., Caven, Andrew J., Jorgensen, Joel G., Grosse, Roger, Rabbe, Matt, Varner, Dana M., LaGrange, Ted

“…A portion of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) stopover within the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) annually. Past…”
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An evaluation of three statistical methods used to model resource selection by Baasch, David M., Tyre, Andrew J., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Hygnstrom, Scott E., Vercauteren, Kurt C.

“…The performance of statistical methods for modeling resource selection by animals is difficult to evaluate with field data because true selection patterns are…”
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Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte river hydrology and sandbar dynamics: Response to the letter to the editor by Farnsworth, Jason M., Baasch, David M., Smith, Chadwin, Werbylo, Kevin L.

“…This is a response to the Alexander, Jorgensen, and Bomberger‐Brown (Ecology and Evolution, XX, 2018, XX; hereafter, AJB) Letter to the Editor critiquing…”
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Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics by Farnsworth, Jason M., Baasch, David M., Smith, Chadwin B., Werbylo, Kevin L.

“…Investigations of breeding ecology of interior least tern (Sternula antillarum athalassos) and piping plover (Charadrius melodus) in the Platte River basin in…”
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Nondetection sampling bias in marked presence‐only data by Hefley, Trevor J., Tyre, Andrew J., Baasch, David M., Blankenship, Erin E.

“…Species distribution models (SDM) are tools used to determine environmental features that influence the geographic distribution of species' abundance and have…”
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Nest-site selection by Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers at managed, off-channel sites along the Central Platte River in Nebraska, USA by Baasch, David M., Farrell, Patrick D., Farnsworth, Jason M., Smith, Chadwin B.

“…Given the high productivity of Interior Least Terns (Sternula antillarum athalassos) and Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) on constructed off-channel nesting…”
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A comparison of breeding population estimators using nest and brood monitoring data by Baasch, David M., Hefley, Trevor J., Cahis, Staci D.

“…For many species, breeding population size is an important metric for assessing population status. A variety of simple methods are often used to estimate this…”
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Sandhill Crane Use of Riverine Roost Sites along the Central Platte River in Nebraska, USA by Baasch, David M, Farrell, Patrick D, Caven, Andrew J, King, Kelsey C, Farnsworth, Jason M, Smith, Chadwin B

“…Wide channels with short bank vegetation, access to nearby foraging habitat, shallow water areas (<30 cm deep), and absence of disturbance features are factors…”
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