Bryan Stevens, PhD

Research Wildlife Biologist

Pacific Northwest Research Station

0000-0001-9463-5426

bryan.stevens@usda.gov

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Bryan Stevens, Courtney J. Conway, Shane B. Roberts, Devin K. Englestead. 2025. Fitness consequences of catastrophic wildfire are mitigated by behavioral responses of an iconic bird
Bryan Stevens, Courtney J. Conway, Kimberly A. Sawyer, Lauren Kershek, Giselle Block, Sandra Hamilton, Rebecca Kolstrom. 2024. Developing a range-wide sampling framework for endangered species: a case study with light-footed Ridgway’s rail

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Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J.; Tisdale, Cody A.; Denny, Kylie N.; Meyers, Andrew; Makela, Paul. 2023. Backpack satellite transmitters reduce survival but not nesting propensity or success of greater sage‐grouse. Ecology and Evolution. 13(12): e10820. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10820.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Roberts, Shane B.; Conway, Courtney J.; Englestead, Devin K. 2023. Effects of large‐scale disturbance on animal space use: Functional responses by greater sage‐grouse after megafire. Ecology and Evolution. 13(4): e9933. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9933.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J.; Knetter, Jeffrey M.; Roberts, Shane B.; Donnelly, Patrick. 2023. Multi‐scale effects of land cover, weather, and fire on Columbian sharp‐tailed grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 87(2): e22349. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22349.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J.; Luke, Kirsten; Weldon, Aimee; Hand, Christine E.; Schwarzer, Amy; Smith, Fletcher; Watson, Craig; Watts, Bryan D. 2022. Large-scale distribution models for optimal prediction of Eastern black rail habitat within tidal ecosystems. Global Ecology and Conservation. 38: e02222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02222.
Hardy, Ryan S.; Ross, Tyler J.; McDonnell, Kevin N.; Quist, Michael C.; Holderman, Charlie; Stevens, Bryan S. n.d. Nutrient Restoration of a Large, Impounded, Ultra-Oligotrophic Western River to Recover Declining Native Fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 42(4): 977-993. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10792.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J. 2021. Mapping Habitat Quality and Threats for Eastern Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis). Waterbirds. 44(2): 245-256. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.044.0211.
Riley, Ian P.; Conway, Courtney J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Roberts, Shane. 2021. Survival of Greater Sage‐Grouse broods: survey method affects disturbance and age‐specific detection probability. Journal of Field Ornithology. 92(1): 88-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12356.
Riley, Ian P.; Conway, Courtney J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Roberts, Shane B. 2021. Aural and Visual Detection of Greater Sage‐Grouse Leks: Implications for Population Trend Estimates. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 85(3): 508-519. https://doi.org/10.1002/JWMG.21991.
Helmstetter, Nolan A.; Conway, Courtney J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Goldberg, Amanda R.; Fourcade, Yoan. 2021. Balancing transferability and complexity of species distribution models for rare species conservation. Diversity and Distributions. 27(1): 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13174.
Harrity, Eamon J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J. 2020. Keeping up with the times: Mapping range-wide habitat suitability for endangered species in a changing environment. Biological Conservation. 250: e108734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108734.
Smith, Jennifer B.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Etter, Dwayne R.; Williams, David M.; Weckerly, Floyd W. 2020. Performance of spatial capture-recapture models with repurposed data: Assessing estimator robustness for retrospective applications. PLOS ONE. 15(8): e0236978. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236978.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Bence, James R.; Luukkonen, David R.; Porter, William F. 2020. A hierarchical framework for estimating abundance and population growth from imperfectly observed removals. Ecosphere. 11(5): e03131. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3131.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Luukkonen, David R.; Stewart, C. Alan; Porter, William F.; Bence, James R.; Jones, Michael L.; Xue, Bing. 2020. Spatial-temporal dynamics of hunter effort for wild turkeys in Michigan. PLOS ONE. 15(4): e0230747. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230747.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J. 2020. Mapping habitat suitability at range‐wide scales: Spatially‐explicit distribution models to inform conservation and research for marsh birds. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(4): e178. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.178.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J.; Serra‐Diaz, Josep. 2020. Predictive multi‐scale occupancy models at range‐wide extents: Effects of habitat and human disturbance on distributions of wetland birds. Diversity and Distributions. 26(1): 34-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12995.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J. 2019. Identifying important military installations for continental-scale conservation of marsh bird breeding habitat. Journal of Environmental Management. 252: e109664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109664.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Conway, Courtney J. 2019. Predicting species distributions: unifying model selection and scale optimization for multi‐scale occupancy models. Ecosphere. 10(5): e02748. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2748.
Manning, Sydney E.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Williams, David M. 2019. Simulated performance of multi‐year harvest regulation cycles for wild turkeys. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 83(5): 1032-1042. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21678.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Bence, James R.; Porter, William F.; Jones, Michael L. 2017. Identifying target reference points for harvesting assessment‐limited wildlife populations: a case study. Ecological Applications. 27(6): 1916-1931. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1577.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Bence, James R.; Porter, William F.; Parent, Chad J. 2017. Structural uncertainty limits generality of fall harvest strategies for wild turkeys. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 81(4): 617-628. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21228.
Herbst, Seth J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Hayes, Daniel B.; Hanchin, Patrick A. n.d. Influence of Movement Dynamics on Walleye Harvest Management in Intermixed Fisheries in a Chain of Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 37(3): 467-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2017.1280569.
Herbst, Seth J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Hayes, Daniel B.; Hanchin, Patrick A.; Post, John. 2016. Estimating walleye (Sander vitreus) movement and fishing mortality using state-space models: implications for management of spatially structured populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 73(3): 330-348. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0021.
Stevens, B. S.; Bence, J. R.; Porter, W. F.; Parent, C. J. 2016. Ecology matters: robustness and management tradeoffs for maximum harvests of wild turkeys. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium. 11: 189–210.
Parent, C. J.; Stevens, B. S.; Bowling, A. C.; Porter, W. F. 2016. Wild turkey harvest trends across the Midwest in the 21st century. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium. 11: 211–223.
Watkins, Carson J.; Stevens, Bryan S.; Quist, Michael C.; Shepard, Bradley B.; Ireland, Susan C. 2015. Patterns of Fish Assemblage Structure and Habitat Use among Main‐ and Side‐Channel Environments in the Lower Kootenai River, Idaho. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 144(6): 1340-1355. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2015.1069756.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Dennis, Brian. 2013. Wildlife mortality from infrastructure collisions: statistical modeling of count data from carcass surveys. Ecology. 94(9): 2087-2096. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1052.1.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Naugle, David E.; Dennis, Brian; Connelly, John W.; Griffiths, Tim; Reese, Kerry P. 2013. Mapping sage‐grouse fence‐collision risk: Spatially explicit models for targeting conservation implementation. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 37(2): 409-415. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.273.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Connelly, John W.; Reese, Kerry P. 2012. Multi‐scale assessment of greater sage‐grouse fence collision as a function of site and broad scale factors. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 76(7): 1370-1380. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.397.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Reese, Kerry P.; Connelly, John W.; Musil, David D. 2012. Greater sage‐grouse and fences: Does marking reduce collisions? Wildlife Society Bulletin. 36(2): 297-303. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.142.
Stevens, Bryan S.; Reese, Kerry P.; Connelly, John W. 2011. Survival and detectability bias of avian fence collision surveys in sagebrush steppe. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 75(2): 437-449. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.53.
Stevens, Bryan S.; DuPont, Joseph M. n.d. Summer Use of Side-Channel Thermal Refugia by Salmonids in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 31(4): 683-692. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2011.611037.