Craig M. Thompson, PhD
Former Employee
Research Ecologist
Treesearch Publications
- Zachary Steel, Gavin M. Jones, Brandon M. Collins, Rebecca E. Green, Alexander Koltunov, Kathryn L. Purcell, Sarah Sawyer, Michele R. Slaton, Scott L. Stephens, Peter Stine, Craig M. Thompson. 2022. Mega-disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California
- Craig M. Thompson, Heath Smith, Rebecca E. Green, Sam Wasser, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2021. Fisher use of postfire landscapes: implications for habitat connectivity and restoration
- Jennifer R. Kordosky, Eric M. Gese, Craig M. Thompson, Patricia A. Terletzky, Kathryn L. Purcell, Jon D. Schneiderman. 2021. Landscape use by fishers (Pekania pennanti): core areas differ in habitat than the entire home range
- Rebecca E. Green, Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson, Douglas A. Kelt, Heiko U. Wittmer. 2019. Microsites and structures used by fishers (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada: A comparison of forest elements used for daily resting relative to reproduction
- Rebecca E. Green, Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson, Douglas Kelt, Heiko U. Wittmer. 2018. Reproductive parameters of the fisher (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada, California
- Craig M. Thompson, Mourad W Gabriel, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2017. An ever-changing ecological battlefield: marijuana cultivation and toxicant use in western forests
- Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2016. Conditions inside fisher dens during prescribed fires; what is the risk posed by spring underburns?
- R.A. Sweitzer, B.J. Furnas, R.H. Barrett, Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson. 2016. Landscape fuel reduction, forest fire, and biophysical linkages to local habitat use and local persistence of fishers (Pekania pennanti) in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests
- Rick A. Sweitzer, Viorel D. Popescu, Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell, Reginald H. Barrett, Greta M. Wengert, Mourad W. Gabriel, Leslie W. Woods. 2015. Mortality risks and limits to population growth of fishers
- Rick A. Sweitzer, Viorel D. Popescu, Reginald H. Barrett, Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson. 2015. Reproduction, abundance, and population growth for a fisher (Pekania pennanti) population in the Sierra National Forest, California
- Mourad W. Gabriel, Leslie W. Woods, Greta M. Wengert, Nicole Stephenson, J. Mark Higley, Craig M. Thompson, Sean M. Matthews, Rick A. Sweitzer, Kathryn L. Purcell, Reginald H. Barrett, Stefan M. Keller, Patricia Gaffney, Megan Jones, Robert Poppenga, Janet E. Foley, Richard N. Brown, Deana L. Clifford, Benjamin N. Sacks. 2015. Patterns of natural and human-caused mortality factors of a rare forest carnivore, the fisher (Pekania pennanti) in California
- Richard A. Sweitzer, Craig M. Thompson, Rebecca E. Green, Reginald H. Barrett, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2015. Survival of fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada region of California
- Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell, Rebecca E. Green, Richard Sweitzer. 2015. Role of oaks in fisher habitat quality in the Sierra Nevada mountains at multiple spatial scales
- Greta M. Wengert, Mourad Gabriel, Sean M. Matthews, J. Mark Higley, Rick A. Sweitzer, Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell, Reginald H. Barrett, Leslie W. Woods, Rebecca E. Green, Stefan M. Keller, Patricia M. Gaffney, Megan Jones, Benjamin N. Sacks. 2014. Using DNA to describe and quantify interspecific killing of fishers in California
- Bill Zielinski, Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell, James D. Garner. 2013. An assessment of fisher (Pekania pennanti) tolerance to forest management intensity on the landscape
- Sean M. Matthews, J. Mark Higley, John T. Finn, Kerry M. Rennie, Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell, Rick A. Sweitzer, Sandra L. Haire, Paul R. Sievert, Todd K. Fuller. 2013. An evaluation of a weaning index for wild fishers (Pekania [Martes] pennanti) in California
- Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2013. Impacts of rodenticide and insecticide toxicants from marijuana cultivation on fisher survival rates in the Sierra National Forest, California.
- Craig M. Thompson, J. Andrew Royle, James Garner. 2012. A framework for inference about carnivore density from unstructured spatial sampling of scat using detector dogs
- Stefan m. Keller, Mourad Gabriel, Karen A. Terio, Edward J. Dubovi, Elizabeth Van Wormer, Rick Sweitzer, Reginald Barret, Craig M. Thompson, Kathryn L. Purcell, Linda Munson. 2012. Canine Distemper in an isolated population of fishers (Martes pennanti) from California
- Craig M. Thompson, Rebecca E. Green, Joel Sauder, Kathryn L. Purcell, Richard Sweitzer, Jon Armeno. 2012. The use of radio telemetry in Martes research: techniques and technologies
- Mourad W Gabriel, Leslie W. Woods, Robert Poppenga, Rick A. Sweitzer, Craig M. Thompson, Sean M. Matthews, J. Mark Higley, Stefan M. Keller, Kathryn L. Purcell, Reginald H. Barrett, Greta M. Wengert, Benjamin N. Sacks, Deanna L. Clifford. 2012. Anticoagulant rodenticides on our public and community lands: spatial distribution of exposure and poisoning of a rare forest carnivore
- Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson, Doug Drynan. 2012. Response of Brown Creepers to elevation and forest edges in the southern Sierra Nevada, California
- Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson, Bill Zielinski. 2012. Chapter 4: Fishers and American martens
- Craig M. Thompson, Bill Zielinski, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2011. Evaluating management risks using landscape trajectory analysis: a case study of California fisher
- Utah State University, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, 2006
- University of Massachusetts, M.S., Landscape Ecology, 2001
- University of California, B.S., Behavior and Evolution, 1993
Last updated March 10, 2026