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Linking knowledge to action: the role of boundary spanners in translating ecology by Safford, Hugh D, Sawyer, Sarah C, Kocher, Susan D, Hiers, J Kevin, Cross, Molly

“…One of the most effective ways to foster the co-production of ecological knowledge by producers and users, as well as encouraging dialogue between them, is to…”
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Mega‐disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California by Steel, Zachary L., Jones, Gavin M., Collins, Brandon M., Green, Rebecca, Koltunov, Alexander, Purcell, Kathryn L., Sawyer, Sarah C., Slaton, Michèle R., Stephens, Scott L., Stine, Peter, Thompson, Craig

“…Mature forests provide important wildlife habitat and support critical ecosystem functions globally. Within the dry conifer forests of the western United…”
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Does wildlife resource selection accurately inform corridor conservation? by Abrahms, Briana, Sawyer, Sarah C., Jordan, Neil R., McNutt, J. Weldon, Wilson, Alan M., Brashares, Justin S.

“…1. Evaluating landscape connectivity and identifying and protecting corridors for animal movement have become central challenges in applied ecology and…”
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Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for rapid post‐fire management: A woodpecker case study by Stillman, Andrew N., Wilkerson, Robert L., Kaschube, Danielle R., Siegel, Rodney B., Sawyer, Sarah C., Tingley, Morgan W.

“…Spatial and temporal variation in fire characteristics—termed pyrodiversity—are increasingly recognized as important factors that structure wildlife…”
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Multi-trophic occupancy modeling connects temporal dynamics of woodpeckers and beetle sign following fire by Tingley, Morgan W, Montgomery, Graham A, Wilkerson, Robert L, Cluck, Daniel R, Sawyer, Sarah C, Siegel, Rodney B

“…In conifer forests of western North America, wildlife populations can change rapidly in the decade following wildfire as trees die and animals respond to…”
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Forest heterogeneity outweighs movement costs by enhancing hunting success and reproductive output in California spotted owls by Zulla, Ceeanna J., Jones, Gavin M., Kramer, H. Anu, Keane, John J., Roberts, Kevin N., Dotters, Brian P., Sawyer, Sarah C., Whitmore, Sheila A., Berigan, William J., Kelly, Kevin G., Gutiérrez, R. J., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Context The concept of landscape heterogeneity is central to species conservation; yet understanding the processes by which heterogeneity affects species can…”
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Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation by Morelli, Toni Lyn, Daly, Christopher, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Dulen, Deanna M, Ebersole, Joseph L, Jackson, Stephen T, Lundquist, Jessica D, Millar, Constance I, Maher, Sean P, Monahan, William B, Nydick, Koren R, Redmond, Kelly T, Sawyer, Sarah C, Stock, Sarah, Beissinger, Steven R

“…Refugia have long been studied from paleontological and biogeographical perspectives to understand how populations persisted during past periods of unfavorable…”
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Applying resource selection functions at multiple scales to prioritize habitat use by the endangered Cross River gorilla by Sawyer, Sarah C., Brashares, Justin S.

“…Aim: The critically endangered Cross River gorilla is a patchily distributed taxon for which habitat selection has been modelled only at coarse spatial scales,…”
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Breeding status shapes territoriality and vocalization patterns in spotted owls by Reid, Dana S., Wood, Connor M., Whitmore, Sheila A., Berigan, William J., Kramer, H. Anu, Kryshak, Nicholas F., Keane, John J., Sawyer, Sarah C., Gutiérrez, R. J., Klinck, Holger, Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Vocal territory defense can vary within a species due to many factors such as sex and breeding status, influencing territory size and thus population density…”
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Elevational gradients strongly mediate habitat selection patterns in a nocturnal predator by Kramer, H. Anu, Jones, Gavin M., Kane, Van R., Bartl‐Geller, Bryce, Kane, Jonathan T., Whitmore, Sheila A., Berigan, William J., Dotters, Brian P., Roberts, Kevin N., Sawyer, Sarah C., Keane, John J., North, Malcolm P., GutiÉrrez, R. J., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Mountain ecosystems contain strong elevational gradients in climate and vegetation that shape species distributions and the structure of animal communities…”
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Correction: Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation by Morelli, Toni Lyn, Daly, Christopher, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Dulen, Deanna M, Ebersole, Joseph L, Jackson, Stephen T, Lundquist, Jessica D, Millar, Constance I, Maher, Sean P, Monahan, William B, Nydick, Koren R, Redmond, Kelly T, Sawyer, Sarah C, Stock, Sarah, Beissinger, Steven R

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159909.]…”
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Placing linkages among fragmented habitats: do least-cost models reflect how animals use landscapes? by Sawyer, Sarah C., Epps, Clinton W., Brashares, Justin S.

“…1. The need to conserve and create linkages among fragmented habitats has given rise to a range of techniques for maximizing connectivity. Methods to identify…”
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Using the ecological significance of animal vocalizations to improve inference in acoustic monitoring programs by Wood, Connor M., Klinck, Holger, Gustafson, Michaela, Keane, John J., Sawyer, Sarah C., Gutiérrez, R. J., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Recent bioacoustic advances have facilitated large‐scale population monitoring for acoustically active species. Animal sounds, however, can of information that…”
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A scalable and transferable approach to combining emerging conservation technologies to identify biodiversity change after large disturbances by Wood, Connor M., Socolar, Jacob, Kahl, Stefan, Peery, M. Zachariah, Chaon, Philip, Kelly, Kevin, Koch, Robert A., Sawyer, Sarah C., Klinck, Holger

“…Ecological disturbances are becoming more extensive and intensive globally, a trend exemplified by ‘megafires’ and industrial deforestation, which cause…”
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Forest restoration limits megafires and supports species conservation under climate change by Jones, Gavin M, Keyser, Alisa R, Westerling, A Leroy, Baldwin, W Jonathan, Keane, John J, Sawyer, Sarah C, Clare, John DJ, Gutiérrez, RJ, Peery, M Zachariah

“…Climate change and fire suppression have altered disturbance regimes in forest ecosystems globally. In the seasonally dry forests of western North America,…”
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Landscape heterogeneity provides co‐benefits to predator and prey by Kuntze, Corbin C., Pauli, Jonathan N., Zulla, Ceeanna J., Keane, John J., Roberts, Kevin N., Dotters, Brian P., Sawyer, Sarah C., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Predator populations are imperiled globally, due in part to changing habitat and trophic interactions. Theoretical and laboratory studies suggest that…”
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Cross-scale occupancy dynamics of a postfire specialist in response to variation across a fire regime by Tingley, Morgan W., Stillman, Andrew N., Wilkerson, Robert L., Howell, Christine A., Sawyer, Sarah C., Siegel, Rodney B.

“…1. Fire creates challenges and opportunities for wildlife through rapid destruction, modification and creation of habitat. Fire has spatially variable effects…”
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Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems by Hofstadter, Daniel F, Kryshak, Nicholas F, Wood, Connor M, Dotters, Brian P, Roberts, Kevin N, Kelly, Kevin G, Keane, John J, Sawyer, Sarah C, Shaklee, Paula A, Kramer, H Anu, Gutiérrez, RJ, Peery, M Zachariah

“…Invasive species are a primary threat to biodiversity and are challenging to manage once populations become established in previously unoccupied areas. But…”
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Using bioacoustics to enhance the efficiency of spotted owl surveys and facilitate forest restoration by Kramer, H. Anu, Kelly, Kevin G., Whitmore, Sheila A., Berigan, William J., Reid, Dana S., Wood, Connor M., Klinck, Holger, Kahl, Stefan, Manley, Patricia N., Sawyer, Sarah C., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…The California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) is an older‐forest associated species that resides at the center of forest management planning in…”
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Population decline in California spotted owls near their southern range boundary by Tempel, Douglas J., Kramer, H. Anu, Jones, Gavin M., Gutiérrez, R. J., Sawyer, Sarah C., Koltunov, Alexander, Slaton, Michèle, Tanner, Richard, Hobart, Brendan K., Peery, M. Zachariah

“…Species worldwide have begun to shift their range boundaries in response to climate change and other anthropogenic causes, with population declines at the…”
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