Search Results - "Walls, Susan C."

Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions? by Cohen, Matthew J, Irena F. Creed, Laurie Alexander, Nandita B. Basu, Aram J. K. Calhoun, Christopher Craft, Ellen D’Amico, Edward DeKeyser, Laurie Fowler, Heather E. Golden, James W. Jawitz, Peter Kalla, L. Katherine Kirkman, Charles R. Lane, Megan Lang, Scott G. Leibowitz, David Bruce Lewis, John Marton, Daniel L. McLaughlin, David M. Mushet, Hadas Raanan-Kiperwas, Mark C. Rains, Lora Smith, Susan C. Walls

“…Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs), those surrounded by uplands, exchange materials, energy, and organisms with other elements in hydrological and habitat…”
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Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities by Miller, David A. W., Grant, Evan H. Campbell, Muths, Erin, Amburgey, Staci M., Adams, Michael J., Joseph, Maxwell B., Waddle, J. Hardin, Johnson, Pieter T. J., Ryan, Maureen E., Schmidt, Benedikt R., Calhoun, Daniel L., Davis, Courtney L., Fisher, Robert N., Green, David M., Hossack, Blake R., Rittenhouse, Tracy A. G., Walls, Susan C., Bailey, Larissa L., Cruickshank, Sam S., Fellers, Gary M., Gorman, Thomas A., Haas, Carola A., Hughson, Ward, Pilliod, David S., Price, Steven J., Ray, Andrew M., Sadinski, Walt, Saenz, Daniel, Barichivich, William J., Brand, Adrianne, Brehme, Cheryl S., Dagit, Rosi, Delaney, Katy S., Glorioso, Brad M., Kats, Lee B., Kleeman, Patrick M., Pearl, Christopher A., Rochester, Carlton J., Riley, Seth P. D., Roth, Mark, Sigafus, Brent H.

“…Changing climate will impact species’ ranges only when environmental variability directly impacts the demography of local populations. However, measurement of…”
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Trends in amphibian occupancy in the United States by Adams, Michael J, Miller, David A W, Muths, Erin, Corn, Paul Stephen, Grant, Evan H Campbell, Bailey, Larissa L, Fellers, Gary M, Fisher, Robert N, Sadinski, Walter J, Waddle, Hardin, Walls, Susan C

“…Though a third of amphibian species worldwide are thought to be imperiled, existing assessments simply categorize extinction risk, providing little information…”
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on Amphibian Populations by Blaustein, Andrew R., Walls, Susan C., Bancroft, Betsy A., Lawler, Joshua J., Searle, Catherine L., Gervasi, Stephanie S.

“…As part of an overall decline in biodiversity, populations of many organisms are declining and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world…”
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Drought, deluge and declines: the impact of precipitation extremes on amphibians in a changing climate by Walls, Susan C, Barichivich, William J, Brown, Mary E

“…The Class Amphibia is one of the most severely impacted taxa in an on-going global biodiversity crisis. Because amphibian reproduction is tightly associated…”
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Maximizing species distribution model performance when using historical occurrences and variables of varying persistency by Bracken, Jason T., Davis, Amelie Y., O'Donnell, Katherine M., Barichivich, William J., Walls, Susan C., Jezkova, Tereza

“…Occurrence data used to build species distribution models often include historical records from locations in which the species no longer exists. When these…”
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Future changes in habitat availability for two specialist snake species in the imperiled rocklands of South Florida, USA by Subedi, Suresh C., Walls, Susan C., Barichivich, William J., Boyles, Ryan, Ross, Michael S., Hogan, J. Aaron, Tupy, John A.

“…Rockland habitat in South Florida, USA, is a threatened ecosystem that has been lost, fragmented, or degraded because of urbanization or other anthropogenic…”
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Seeking shelter from the storm: Conservation and management of imperiled species in a changing climate by Walls, Susan C., Barichivich, William J., Chandler, Jonathan, Meade, Ashley M., Milinichik, Marysa, O'Donnell, Katherine M., Owens, Megan E., Peacock, Terry, Reinman, Joseph, Watling, Rebecca C., Wetsch, Olivia E.

“…Climate change is anticipated to exacerbate the extinction risk of species whose persistence is already compromised by habitat loss, invasive species, disease,…”
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Category count models for adaptive management of metapopulations: Case study of an imperiled salamander by O'Donnell, Katherine M., Fackler, Paul L., Johnson, Fred A., Bonneau, Mathieu N., Martin, Julien, Walls, Susan C.

“…Managing spatially structured populations of imperiled species presents many challenges. Spatial structure can make it difficult to predict population…”
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Anuran site occupancy and species richness as tools for evaluating restoration of a hydrologically-modified landscape by Walls, Susan C, Hardin Waddle, J, Barichivich, William J, Bartoszek, Ian A, Brown, Mary E, Hefner, Jeromi M, Schuman, Melinda J

“…A fundamental goal of wetland restoration is to reinstate pre-disturbance hydrological conditions to degraded landscapes, facilitating recolonization by native…”
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Coping With Constraints: Achieving Effective Conservation With Limited Resources by Walls, Susan C.

“…Conservation resources have become increasingly limited and, along with social, cultural and political complexities, this shortfall frequently challenges…”
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Identifying monitoring gaps for amphibian populations in a North American biodiversity hotspot, the southeastern USA by Walls, Susan C

“…I review the primary literature to ascertain the status of amphibian monitoring efforts in the southeastern USA, a “hotspot” for biodiversity in North America…”
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role of climate in the dynamics of a hybrid zone in Appalachian salamanders by WALLS, SUSAN C

“…I examined the potential influence of climate change on the dynamics of a previously studied hybrid zone between a pair of terrestrial salamanders at the…”
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Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines by Grant, Evan H. Campbell, Miller, David A. W., Schmidt, Benedikt R., Adams, Michael J., Amburgey, Staci M., Chambert, Thierry, Cruickshank, Sam S., Fisher, Robert N., Green, David M., Hossack, Blake R., Johnson, Pieter T. J., Joseph, Maxwell B., Rittenhouse, Tracy A. G., Ryan, Maureen E., Waddle, J. Hardin, Walls, Susan C., Bailey, Larissa L., Fellers, Gary M., Gorman, Thomas A., Ray, Andrew M., Pilliod, David S., Price, Steven J., Saenz, Daniel, Sadinski, Walt, Muths, Erin

“…Since amphibian declines were first proposed as a global phenomenon over a quarter century ago, the conservation community has made little progress in halting…”
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Disentangling direct and indirect effects of extreme events on coastal wetland communities by Davis, Courtney L., Walls, Susan C., Barichivich, William J., Brown, Mary E., Miller, David A. W.

“…One of the primary ways in which climate change will impact coastal freshwater wetlands is through changes in the frequency, intensity, timing and distribution…”
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A new framework for analysing automated acoustic species detection data: Occupancy estimation and optimization of recordings post‐processing by Chambert, Thierry, Waddle, J. Hardin, Miller, David A. W., Walls, Susan C., Nichols, James D., Yoccoz, Nigel

“…The development and use of automated species detection technologies, such as acoustic recorders, for monitoring wildlife are rapidly expanding. Automated…”
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The sands of time: Predicting sea level rise impacts to barrier island habitats by Koen, Erin L., Barichivich, William J., Walls, Susan C.

“…Coastal beach ecosystems support critical habitat for numerous species and are vulnerable to sea level rise. Sand beaches are spatially and temporally dynamic,…”
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Species interactions and the effects of climate variability on a wetland amphibian metacommunity by Davis, Courtney L., Miller, David A. W., Walls, Susan C., Barichivich, William J., Riley, Jeffrey W., Brown, Mary E.

“…Disentangling the role that multiple interacting factors have on species responses to shifting climate poses a significant challenge. However, our ability to…”
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Vulnerability of endemic insular mole skinks to sea‐level rise by Koen, Erin L., Barichivich, William J., Walls, Susan C.

“…Although coastal islands are home to many endemic species, they are also at risk of inundation from storm surge and sea level rise. Three subspecies of mole…”
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Geographically Isolated Wetlands: Rethinking a Misnomer by Mushet, David M., Calhoun, Aram J. K., Alexander, Laurie C., Cohen, Matthew J., DeKeyser, Edward S., Fowler, Laurie, Lane, Charles R., Lang, Megan W., Rains, Mark C., Walls, Susan C.

“…We explore the category “geographically isolated wetlands” (GIWs; i.e., wetlands completely surrounded by uplands at the local scale) as used in the wetland…”
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