Search Results - "Oyler, J"

Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species by Goldberg, Caren S., Turner, Cameron R., Deiner, Kristy, Klymus, Katy E., Thomsen, Philip Francis, Murphy, Melanie A., Spear, Stephen F., McKee, Anna, Oyler‐McCance, Sara J., Cornman, Robert Scott, Laramie, Matthew B., Mahon, Andrew R., Lance, Richard F., Pilliod, David S., Strickler, Katherine M., Waits, Lisette P., Fremier, Alexander K., Takahara, Teruhiko, Herder, Jelger E., Taberlet, Pierre, Gilbert, M.

“…Summary Species detection using environmental DNA (eDNA) has tremendous potential for contributing to the understanding of the ecology and conservation of…”
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An empirical comparison of population genetic analyses using microsatellite and SNP data for a species of conservation concern by Zimmerman, Shawna J, Aldridge, Cameron L, Oyler-McCance, Sara J

“…Use of genomic tools to characterize wildlife populations has increased in recent years. In the past, genetic characterization has been accomplished with more…”
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Exploring How Changing Monsoonal Dynamics and Human Pressures Challenge Multireservoir Management for Flood Protection, Hydropower Production, and Agricultural Water Supply by Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., Giuliani, M., Castelletti, A., Oyler, J. W., Nicholas, R. E.

“…Multireservoir systems require robust and adaptive control policies capable of managing hydroclimatic variability and human demands across a range of time…”
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Scale‐dependent influence of the sagebrush community on genetic connectivity of the sagebrush obligate Gunnison sage‐grouse by Zimmerman, Shawna J., Aldridge, Cameron L., Hooten, Mevin B., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J.

“…Habitat fragmentation and degradation impacts an organism's ability to navigate the landscape, ultimately resulting in decreased gene flow and increased…”
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The potential influence of genome‐wide adaptive divergence on conservation translocation outcome in an isolated greater sage‐grouse population by Zimmerman, Shawna J., Aldridge, Cameron L., Schroeder, Michael A., Fike, Jennifer A., Cornman, Robert Scott, Oyler‐McCance, Sara J.

“…Conservation translocations are an important conservation tool commonly employed to augment declining or reestablish extirpated populations. One goal of…”
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Rapid microsatellite identification from Illumina paired-end genomic sequencing in two birds and a snake by Castoe, Todd A, Poole, Alexander W, de Koning, A P Jason, Jones, Kenneth L, Tomback, Diana F, Oyler-McCance, Sara J, Fike, Jennifer A, Lance, Stacey L, Streicher, Jeffrey W, Smith, Eric N, Pollock, David D

“…Identification of microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), can be a time-consuming and costly investment requiring enrichment, cloning, and…”
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Using Fecal DNA and Closed-Capture Models to Estimate Feral Horse Population Size by SCHOENECKER, KATHRYN A., KING, SARAH R. B., EKERNAS, L. STEFAN, OYLER-McCANCE, SARA J.

“…Accurate population estimates provide the foundation for managing feral horses (Equus caballus ferus) across the western United States. Certain feral horse…”
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Feral Horse Space Use and Genetic Characteristics from Fecal DNA by KING, SARAH R. B., SCHOENECKER, KATHRYN A., FIKE, JENNIFER A., OYLER-McCANCE, SARA J.

“…Feral horses (Equus ferus caballus) in the western United States are managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and United States Forest Service in…”
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Developing approaches for linear mixed modeling in landscape genetics through landscape‐directed dispersal simulations by Row, Jeffrey R., Knick, Steven T., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J., Lougheed, Stephen C., Fedy, Bradley C.

“…Dispersal can impact population dynamics and geographic variation, and thus, genetic approaches that can establish which landscape factors influence population…”
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Comparing modern identification methods for wild bees: Metabarcoding and image-based morphological taxonomic assignment by Smith, Cassandra D, Cornman, Robert S, Fike, Jennifer A, Kraus, Johanna M, Oyler-McCance, Sara J, Givens, Carrie E, Hladik, Michelle L, Vandever, Mark W, Kolpin, Dana W, Smalling, Kelly L

“…With the decline of bee populations worldwide, studies determining current wild bee distributions and diversity are increasingly important. Wild bee…”
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Decreasing net primary production due to drought and slight decreases in solar radiation in China from 2000 to 2012 by Wang, J., Dong, J., Yi, Y., Lu, G., Oyler, J., Smith, W. K., Zhao, M., Liu, J., Running, S.

“…Terrestrial ecosystems have continued to provide the critical service of slowing the atmospheric CO2 growth rate. Terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP) is…”
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Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5 global climate models and variable infiltration capacity hydrological modeling system by Pierce, D. W, Westerling, A. L, Oyler, J

“…Global climate models predict relative humidity (RH) in the western US will decrease at a rate of about 0.1–0.6 percentage points per decade, albeit with…”
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Genetic mark–recapture analysis reveals large annual variation in pre‐breeding sex ratio of greater sage‐grouse by Shyvers, Jessica E., Walker, Brett L., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J., Fike, Jennifer A., Noon, Barry R.

“…Sex ratio, and the extent to which it varies over time, is an important factor in the demography, management, and conservation of wildlife populations. Greater…”
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New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously distributed species: A Greater Sage-grouse case study by Oyler-McCance, Sara J, Cross, Todd B, Row, Jeffery R, Schwartz, Michael K, Naugle, Dave E, Fike, Jennifer A, Winiarski, Kristopher, Fedy, Brad C

“…Characterizing genetic structure across a species’ range is relevant for management and conservation as it can be used to define population boundaries and…”
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Genetic mark‐recapture analysis of winter faecal pellets allows estimation of population size in Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus by Shyvers, Jessica E., Walker, Brett L., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J., Fike, Jennifer A., Noon, Barry R.

“…The Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus is a species of conservation concern throughout its range in western North America. Since the 1950s, the high count…”
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Quantifying functional connectivity: The role of breeding habitat, abundance, and landscape features on range‐wide gene flow in sage‐grouse by Row, Jeffrey R., Doherty, Kevin E., Cross, Todd B., Schwartz, Michael K., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J., Naugle, Dave E., Knick, Steven T., Fedy, Bradley C.

“…Functional connectivity, quantified using landscape genetics, can inform conservation through the identification of factors linking genetic structure to…”
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Historical effective population size of North American hoary bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) and challenges to estimating trends in contemporary effective breeding population size from archived samples by Cornman, Robert S, Fike, Jennifer A, Oyler-McCance, Sara J, Cryan, Paul M

“…Hoary bats ( ) are among the bat species most commonly killed by wind turbine strikes in the midwestern United States. The impact of this mortality on species…”
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Long‐term persistence of horse fecal DNA in the environment makes equids particularly good candidates for noninvasive sampling by King, Sarah R. B., Schoenecker, Kathryn A., Fike, Jennifer A., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J.

“…Fecal DNA collected noninvasively can provide valuable information about genetic and ecological characteristics. This approach has rarely been used for equids,…”
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Signatures of adaptive divergence among populations of an avian species of conservation concern by Zimmerman, Shawna J., Aldridge, Cameron L., Oh, Kevin P., Cornman, Robert S., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J.

“…Understanding the genetic underpinning of adaptive divergence among populations is a key goal of evolutionary biology and conservation. Gunnison sage‐grouse…”
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Mismatches between breeding phenology and resource abundance of resident alpine ptarmigan negatively affect chick survival by Wann, Gregory T., Aldridge, Cameron L., Seglund, Amy E., Oyler‐McCance, Sara J., Kondratieff, Boris C., Braun, Clait E.

“…Phenological mismatches—defined here as the difference in reproductive timing of an individual relative to the availability of its food resources—occur in many…”
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