Kathryn L. Purcell, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Marie E. Martin, Rebecca Green, Eric L. McGregor, Sean M. Matthews, Kathryn L. Purcell, Craig M. Thompson. 2025. Drought-induced tree mortality affects the space-use and individual plasticity of an endangered forest carnivore
• Kristine L. Pilgrim, Rebecca E. Green, Kathryn L. Purcell, Taylor Wilcox, Eric L. McGregor, Larissa E. Gleason, Samuel K. Wasser, Michael K. Schwartz. 2023. Shifts in fisher (Pekania pennanti) diet in response to climate-induced tree mortality in California assessed with DNA metabarcoding
• 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
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Eric L. McGregor. 2021. White-headed woodpecker nesting habitat at multiple spatial scales: Are habitat preferences adaptive?
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Sylvia Mori. 2021. Avian population trends based on 27 yeasr of data from California oak woodlands
• 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
• Rebecca E. Green, Michael Joyce, Sean Matthews, Kathryn L. Purcell, J. Mark Higley, Andrzej Zalewski. 2017. Guidelines and techniques for studying the reproductive ecology of wild fishers (Pekania pennanti), American martens (Martes americana), and other members of the Martes Complex
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Eric L. McGregor, Kathryn Calderala. 2017. Effects of drought on western pond turtle survival and movement patterns
• 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
• Kathryn L. Purcell. 2015. Foraging behavior of European starlings: implications for mitigating their impact on native species
• 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
• Richard B. Standiford, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2015. Proceedings of the seventh California oak symposium: managing oak woodlands in a dynamic world
• Jerry Berdeen, Burnham Chamberlain, Teryl G. Grubb, Art Henderson, Brock Mayo, Manfred Mielke, Kathryn L. Purcell, Dennis Ringnes, Marc Roberts, Donna Stubbs, Micah Thorning. 2015. National Tree Climbing Guide [2015 Electronic Edition]
• 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
• Keith B. Aubry, Cathy Raley, Steven W. Buskirk, Bill Zielinski, Michael K. Schwartz, Richard T. Golightly, Kathryn L. Purcell, Richard D. Weir, J. Scott Yaeger. 2013. Meta-analyses of habitat selection by fishers at resting sites in the Pacific coastal region
• 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
• Alissa M. Fogg, T. Luke George, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2013. Intersexual variation in the foraging ecology of sexually monochromatic Western Wood-Pewees
• 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.
• 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
• Mark J. Jordan, Reginald H. Barrett, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2011. Camera trapping estimates of density and survival of fishers (Martes pennanti)
• Bagne Karen, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2011. Short-term responses of birds to prescribed fire in fire-suppressed forests of California
• Craig M. Thompson, Bill Zielinski, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2011. Evaluating management risks using landscape trajectory analysis: a case study of California fisher
• Kathryn L. Purcell. 2011. Long-term avian research at the San Joaquin Experimental Range: recommendations for monitoring and managing oak woodlands
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Amie K. Mazzoni, Sylvia Mori, Brian B. Boroski. 2009. Resting structures and resting habitat of fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada, California
• Karen Bagne, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2009. Lessons learned from prescribed fire in ponderosa pine forests of the southern Sierra Nevada
• Karen Bagne, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2009. Response of two terrestrial salamander species to spring burning in the Sierra Nevada, California
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Jared Verner. 2008. Nest-site habitat of cavity-nesting birds at the San Joaquin Experimental Range
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Douglas A. Drynan. 2008. Use of Hardwood Tree Species by Birds Nesting in Ponderosa Pine Forests
• Rodney G. Olsen, Kathryn L. Purcell, David Grubbs. 2008. Nest defense behaviors of native cavity-nesting birds to European Starlings
• Adina Merenlender, Douglas McCreary, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2008. Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today's challenges, tomorrow's opportunities
• Karen Bagne, Kathryn L. Purcell, John T. Rotenberry. 2008. Prescribed fire, snag population dynamics, and avian nest site selection
• Kathryn L. Purcell. 2007. Nesting habitat of Warbling Vireos across an elevational gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada
• Kathryn L. Purcell. 2006. Abundance and productivity of warbling vireos across an elevational gradient in the Sierra Nevada
• W. Tietje, Kathryn L. Purcell, S. Drill. 2005. Oak woodlands as wildlife habitat
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Scott L. Stephens. 2005. Natural and anthropogenic fire regimes, vegetation effects, and potential impacts on the avifauna of California oak woodlands
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Sylvia Mori, Mary K. Chase. 2005. Design considerations for examining trends in avian abundance using point counts: examples from oak woodlands
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Scott L. Stephens. 2005. Changing fire regimes and the avifauna of California oak woodlands
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Jared Verner, Sylvia Mori. 2002. Factors affecting the abundance and distribution of European starlings at the San Joaquin Experimental Range
• Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary, Kathryn L. Purcell. 2002. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on oak woodlands: oaks in California’s changing landscape. 2001 October 22-25; San Diego, CA.
• Malcolm P. North, Brian Oakley, Jiquan Chen, Heather Erickson, Andrew Gray, Antonio Izzo, Dale Johnson, Siyan Ma, Jim Marra, Marc Meyer, Kathryn L. Purcell, Tom Rambo, Dave Rizzo, Brent Roath, Tim Schowalter. 2002. Vegetation and Ecological Characteristics of Mixed-Conifer and Red Fir Forests at the Teakettle Experimental Forest
• Kathryn L. Purcell. 2002. Abundance and productivity of birds over an elevational gradient
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Jared Verner. 1999. Nest predators of open and cavity nesting birds in oak woodlands
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Jared Verner. 1999. Abundance and rates of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds over an elevational gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada
• Jared Verner, Kathryn L. Purcell. 1999. Fluctuating populations of house wrens and Bewick's wrens in foothills of the western Sierra Nevada of California
• Jared Verner, Dawn Breese, Kathryn L. Purcell. 1998. Return rates of banded granivores in relation to band color and number of bands worn
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Jared Verner. 1998. Density and Reproductive Success of California Towhees
• Kathryn L. Purcell. 1997. Use of a fiberscope for examining cavity nests
• Jared Verner, Kathryn L. Purcell, Jennifer G. Turner. 1997. Bird Communities in Grazed and Ungrazed Oak-Pine Woodlands at the San Joaquin Experimental Range
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Jared Verner, Lewis W. Oring. 1997. A comparison of the breeding ecology of birds nesting in boxes and tree cavities
• Jared Verner, Kathryn L. Purcell, Jennifer G. Turner. 1996. Monitoring trends in bird populations: addressing background levels of annual variability in counts
• Kathryn L. Purcell, Sallie J. Hejl, Terry A. Larson. 1992. Evaluating avian-habitat relationships models in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada

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• University of Nevada, Reno, Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, 1995
• Humboldt State, M.S., Wildlife, 1988
• University of California, Davis, B.S., Biological Sciences, 1980