Karen L. Pope

Karen L. Pope

Research Ecologist

Pacific Southwest Research Station

1700 Bayview Drive
Arcata, CA 95521-6013
United States

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707-825-2957

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Damion Ciotti, Jared Mckee, Karen Pope, G Mathias Kondolf, Michael M. Pollock. 2021. Design criteria for process-based restoration of fluvial systems
Kimberly Cook, Karen Pope, Adam Cummings, Jonah Piovia‐Scott. 2022. In situ treatment of juvenile frogs for disease can reverse population declines
Jonah Piovia-Scott, Karen L. Pope, Sharon P. Lawler, Esther M. Cole, Janet E. Foley. 2011. Factors related to the distribution and prevalence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dentrobatidis in Rana cascadae and other amphibians in the Klamath Mountains
K. L. Pope, D. S. Montoya, J. N. Brownlee, J. Dierks, T. E. Lisle. 2015. Habitat conditions of montane meadows associated with restored and unrestored stream channels of California
Karen L. Pope. 2008. Assessing Changes in Amphibian Population Dynamics Following Experimental Manipulations of Introduced Fish
Jonah Piovia-Scott, Steven Sadro, Roland A. Knapp, James Sickman, Karen L. Pope, Sudeep Chandra. 2016. Variation in reciprocal subsidies between lakes and land: perspectives from the mountains of California
Terra Fuller, Karen Pope, Donald Ashton, Hartwell Jr.Welsh. 2010. Linking the distribution of an invasive amphibian (Rana catesbeiana) to habitat conditions in a managed river system in northern California.
J. M. Garwood, K. L. Pope, R. M. Bourque, M. D. Larson. 2009. High-mountain lakes provide a seasonal niche for migrant American dippers
Karen L. Pope, Justin M. Garwood, Hartwell H. Welsh Jr., Sharon P. Lawler. 2008. Evidence of indirect impacts of introduced trout on native amphibians via facilitation of a shared predator

Other Publications

A. M. Belasen, R. A. Peek, A. J. Adams, I. D. Russell, M. E. De León, M. J. Adams, J. Bettaso, K. G. H. Breedveld, A. Catenazzi, C. P. Dillingham, D. A. Grear, B. J. Halstead, P. G. Johnson, P. M. Kleeman, M. S. Koo, C. W. Koppl, J. D. Lauder, G. Padgett-Flohr, J. Piovia-Scott, K. L. Pope, V. Vredenburg, M. Westphal, K. Wiseman, S. J. Kupferberg. 2024. Chytrid infections exhibit historical spread and contemporary seasonality in a declining stream-breeding frog
Emma C. Sevier, Karen L. Pope, David N. Dralle, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Adam K. Cummings, Paul Richardson, Margaret Lang. 2024. Rapid hydrological responses following process‐based restoration in a degraded Sierra Nevada meadow
Karen L. Pope, Adam K. Cummings. 2023. Recovering the lost potential of meadows to help mitigate challenges facing California’s forests and water supply
Adam K. Cummings, Karen L. Pope, Gilbert Mak. 2023. Resetting the baseline: using machine learning to find lost meadows
B. M. Hardy, K. L. Pope, E. K. Latch. 2021. Genomic signatures of demographic declines in an imperiled amphibian inform conservation action
Karen L. Pope, Caren S. Goldberg, Nicolette L. Nelson, Adam K. Cummings, Travis Seaborn, Jonah Piovia‐Scott. 2020. Designing environmental DNA surveys in complex aquatic systems: Backpack sampling for rare amphibians in Sierra Nevada meadows
Karen Pope, Sarah Yarnell, Jonah Piovia-Scott. 2019. How to make meadow restoration work for California’s mountain frogs?
Bruce G. Marcot, Karen L. Pope, Keith Slauson, Hartwell H. Welsh, Clara A. Wheeler, Matthew J. Reilly, William J. Zielinski. 2018. Chapter 6: Other species and biodiversity of older forests
KJ Cook, J Voyles, HV Kenny, KL Pope, J. Piovia-Scott. 2018. Non-lethal isolation of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) from amphibians
Karen L. Pope, Greta M. Wengert, Janet E. Foley, Donald T. Ashton, Richard G. Botzler. 2016. Citizen scientists monitor a deadly fungus threatening amphibian communities in northern coastal California, USA
Jonah Piovia-Scott, Karen Pope, S. Joy Worth, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Dean Simon, Gordon Warburton, Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Laura K. Reinert, Heather L. Wells, Dan Rejmanek, Sharon Lawler, Janet Foley. 2015. Correlates of virulence in a frog-killing fungal pathogen: evidence from a California amphibian decline
B.M. Hardy, K.L. Pope, J. Piovia-Scott, R.N. Brown, J.E. Foley. 2015. Itraconazole treatment reduces Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence and increases overwinter field survival in juvenile Cascades frogs
Karen Pope, Catherine Brown, Marc Hayes, Gregory Green, Diane tech. coords..Macfarlane. 2014. Cascades frog conservation assessment
Jonathan W. Long, Karen Pope. 2014. Wet meadows
Karen L. Pope, Jonathan W. Long. 2014. Lakes: recent research and restoration strategies
Justin M. Garwood, Roland A. Knapp, Karen L. Pope, Robert L. Grasso, Michael L. Magnuson, Jeff R. Maurer. 2013. Use of historically fishless high-mountain lakes and streams by neartic River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in California
Karen Pope, Erin C. Hannelly. 2013. Response of benthic macroinvertebrates to whole-lake, non-native fish removals in mid-elevation lakes of the Trinity Alps, California
Tara Roth, Janet Foley, Joy Worth, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Karen Pope, Sharon Lawler. 2013. Bacterial flora on Cascades frogs in the Klamath Mountains of California
Rosemary Hartman, Karen Pope, Sharon Lawler. 2013. Factors Mediating co-occurrence of an economically valuable introduced fish and its native frog prey
Stead Jonathan, Karen Pope. 2010. Predatory leeches (Hirudinida) may contribute to amphibian declines in the Lassen, California.
Maxwell B. Joseph, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Sharon P. Lawler, Karen L. Pope. 2010. Indirect effects of introduced trout on Cascades frogs (Rana cascadae) via shared aquatic prey
Karen L. Pope, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Sharon P. Lawler. 2009. Changes in aquatic insect emergence in response to whole-lake experimental manipulations of introduced trout
Hartwell H. Welsh, Karen L. Pope, Clara A. Wheeler. 2009. How reliable are amphibian population metrics? A response to Kroll et al.
Hart Welsh, Karen L. Pope, Clara A. Wheeler. 2008. Using multiple metrics to assess the effects of forest succession on population status: a comparative study of two terrestrial salamanders in the US Pacific Northwest
Gary M. Fellers, Karen L. Pope, Jonathan E. Stead, Michelle S. Koo, Hartwell H. Jr..Welsh. 2007. Turning population trend monitoring into active conservation: Can we save the Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) in the Lassen region of California?
Hartwell H. Welsh Jr, Karen L. Pope, Daniel Boiano. 2006. Sub-alpine amphibian distributions related to species palatability to non-native salmonids in the Klamath mountains of northern California
K.L. Pope, K.R. Matthews. 2002. Influence of anuran prey on the condition and distribution of Rana muscosa in the Sierra Nevada
K.R. Matthews, R.A. Knapp, K.L. Pope. 2002. Garter snakes distributions in high elevation aquatic ecosystems: Is there a link with declining amphibian populations and nonnative trout introductions?
K.L. Pope, K.R. Matthews. 2001. Movement ecology and seasonal distribution of mountain yellow-legged frogs, Rana muscosa, in a high-elevation Sierra Nevada basin.
K.R. Matthews, K.L. Pope, H. K. Preisler, R.A. Knapp. 2001. Effects of non-native trout on Pacific treefrogs (Hyla regilla) in the Sierra Nevada.
K.R. Matthews, K.L. Pope. 1999. A telemetric study of the movement patterns and habitat use of Rana muscosa, the mountain yellow-legged frog, in a high-elevation basin in Kings Canyon National Park, California

Last updated January 10, 2025