Mary M. Rowland

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Emerita Scientist

Pacific Northwest Research Station

0000-0001-5766-8683

mary.rowland@usda.gov

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Casey L. Brown, Ryan M. Nielson, Darren Clark, Ryan Kennedy, Kenneth Loonam, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2025. Drought-linked resource limitations on the body condition of a large ungulate
Scott R. Mitchell, Sandra J. DeBano, Mary M. Rowland, Skyler Burrows, Ryan Nielson. 2025. Blooming plant and bee communities in an inland Pacific Northwestern forest vary by forest type, season, and environmental factors
Sandra J. DeBano, Mary M. Rowland, Samantha M. Roof, Skyler Burrows, Joshua P. Averett. 2025. Influence of native ungulate herbivory on riparian floral resources and native bee communities
Sylvia Kantor, Mary M. Rowland, Sandy DeBano. 2025. Beyond the bloom: Creating opportunities for healthy ecosystems and native bees
Mary M. Rowland, Ryan M. Nielson, David W. Bohnert, Bryan A. Endress, Michael Wisdom, Joshua P. Averett. 2025. Modeling riparian use by cattle – Influence of management, season, and weather
Anna Maher, Holly R. Prendeville, Jessica Halofsky, Mary M. Rowland, Kirk W. Davies, Chad S. Boyd. 2025. Climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for land managers on Northwest US rangelands
Abigail Kaminski, Lee K. Cerveny, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Dale Blahna, Matthew Helmer. 2024. Importance and satisfaction of motivation and setting factors among elk and deer hunters
Tavis Forrester, Derek B. Spitz, Jennifer L. Merems, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Bruce K. Johnson, Joshua B. Smith, Taal Levi, Ryan A. Long, Darren A. Clark. 2024. Mule deer selection of fuel reductions is restricted by site fidelity and structured by circadian and seasonal patterns
Sylvia Kantor, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Darren Clark. 2024. Decoding hunter and prey movements: Insights to improve wildlife management and hunting success
Michel T. Kohl, Shawn M. Cleveland, Calvin C. Ellis, Ashlyn N. Halseth, Jerod A. Merkle, Kelly M. Proffitt, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2023. Chapter 20 - Elk and Rangelands
Scott R. Mitchell, Sandra J. DeBano, Mary M. Rowland, Lesley R. Morris, Heidi Schmalz, Skyler Burrows, Scott B. Lukas. 2023. Phenologically targeted grazing: A potential sustainable strategy for native bees in semiarid rangelands
Joel Ruprecht, Michael Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Mary M. Rowland, Taal Levi. 2023. Density‐dependent changes in elk resource selection over successional time scales following forest disturbance
Katherine A. Arstingstall, Sandra J. DeBano, Xiaoping Li, David E. Wooster, Mary M. Rowland, Skyler Burrows, Kenneth Frost. 2023. Investigating the use of pollen DNA metabarcoding to quantify bee foraging and effects of threshold selection
Mary M. Rowland, Ryan M. Nielson, Michael Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Guy T. DiDonato, Jennifer Hafer, Bridgett Naylor, Bruce K. Johnson. 2023. Success is dependent on effort: Unraveling characteristics of successful deer and elk hunters
Tavis Forrester, Nathan J. Jackson, Darren A. Clark, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Joshua Smith, Kelley M. Stewart, Taal Levi, Joel Ruprecht. 2022. A seasonal pulse of ungulate neonates influences space use by carnivores in a multi‐predator, multi‐prey system
Anna B. Miller, Dale Blahna, Wayde C. Morse, Yu-Fai Leung, Mary M. Rowland. 2022. From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems
Joshua B. Smith, Derek B. Spitz, Casey L. Brown, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Tavis D. Forrester, Bruce K. Johnson, Darren A. Clark. 2022. Behavioral responses of male elk to hunting risk
Lindsay S. Millward, Todd M. Wilson, Matt J. Weldy, Mary M. Rowland, Adam Duarte, Damon B. Lesmeister, William J. Ripple. 2022. Small mammal relative abundance within riparian ecosystems of the Blue Mountains
Joel Ruprecht, Charlotte E. Eriksson, Tavis D. Forrester, Derek B. Spitz, Darren A. Clark, Michael Wisdom, Marcus Bianco, Mary M. Rowland, Joshua B. Smith, Bruce K. Johnson, Taal Levi. 2021. Variable strategies to solve risk–reward tradeoffs in carnivore communities
Scott R. Mitchell, Sandra J. DeBano, Mary M. Rowland, Skyler Burrows. 2021. Feed the bees and shade the streams: riparian shrubs planted for restoration provide forage for native bees
Katherine A. Arstingstall, Sandra J. DeBano, Xiaoping Li, David E. Wooster, Mary M. Rowland, Skyler Burrows, Kenneth Frost. 2021. Capabilities and limitations of using DNA metabarcoding to study plant–pollinator interactions
Mary M. Rowland, Ryan M. Nielson, Michael Wisdom, Bruce K. Johnson, Scott Findholt, Darren Clark, Guy T. Didonato, Jennifer Hafer, Bridgett Naylor. 2021. Influence of landscape characteristics on hunter space use and success
Douglas H. Johnson, Charles Anderson, Roger D. Applegate, Larissa Bailey, Evan Cooch, John Fieberg, Alan B. Franklin, R. J. Gutiérrez, Karl V Miller, James D. Nichols, Neal D. Niemuth, David Otis, Christine A. Ribic, Mary M. Rowland, Terry L. Shaffer. 2021. A Perspective on the Journal of Wildlife Management
Nathan J. Jackson, Kelley M. Stewart, Michael Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Mary M. Rowland. 2021. Demographic performance of a large herbivore: effects of winter nutrition and weather
Casey L. Brown, Joshua B. Smith, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Derek B. Spitz, Darren A. Clark. 2020. Evaluating indirect effects of hunting on mule deer spatial behavior
Anna B. Miller, David King, Mary M. Rowland, Joshua Chapman, Monica Tomosy, Christina Liang, Eric Abelson, Richard L. Truex. 2020. Sustaining wildlife with recreation on public lands: a synthesis of research findings, management practices, and research needs
Florencia Spirito, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Solana Tabeni. 2020. Tracking native small mammals to measure fine-scale space use in grazed and restored dry woodlands
Michael Wisdom, Ryan M. Nielson, Mary M. Rowland, Kelly M. Proffitt. 2020. Modeling landscape use for ungulates: Forgotten tenets of ecology, management, and inference
Brice Hanberry, Sandra J. DeBano, Thomas N. Kaye, Mary M. Rowland, Cynthia R. Hartway, Donna Shorrock. 2020. Pollinators of the Great Plains: Disturbances, stressors, management, and research needs
Andrea Watts, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2020. Predicting where elk will thrive: New models point the way
Derek B. Spitz, Mary M. Rowland, Darren A. Clark, Michael Wisdom, Joshua B. Smith, Casey L. Brown, Taal Levi. 2019. Behavioral changes and nutritional consequences to elk (Cervus canadensis) avoiding perceived risk from human hunters
Mary M. Rowland. 2019. The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Chapter B of The effects of management practices on grassland birds
Lief A. Wiechman, David A. Pyke, Michele R. Crist, Seth M. Munson, Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mary M. Rowland, Emily J. Kachergis, Zoe Davidson. 2019. Adaptive management and monitoring [Chapter 2]
Samantha M. Roof, Sandra DeBano, Mary M. Rowland, Skyler Burrows. 2018. Associations between blooming plants and their bee visitors in a riparian ecosystem in Eastern Oregon
Derek B. Spitz, Darren A. Clark, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Bruce K. Johnson, Ryan A. Long, Taal Levi. 2018. Fire history influences large-herbivore behavior at circadian, seasonal, and successional scales
Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Ryan M. Nielson, John G. Cook, Rachel C. Cook, Bruce K. Johnson, Priscilla K. Coe, Jennifer Hafer, Bridgett Naylor, David J. Vales, Robert G. Anthony, Eric K. Cole, Chris D. Danilson, Ronald W. Davis, Frank Geyer, Scott Harris, Larry L. Irwin, Robert McCoy, Michael D. Pope, Kim Sager-Fradkin, Martin Vavra. 2018. Modeling elk nutrition and habitat use in Western Oregon and Washington
Natalia M. Schroeder, Alejandro González, Michael Wisdom, Ryan Nielson, Mary M. Rowland, Andres J. Novaro. 2018. Roads have no effect on guanaco habitat selection at a Patagonian site with limited poaching
Michael Wisdom, Haiganoush K. Preisler, Leslie M. Naylor, Robert G. Anthony, Bruce K. Johnson, Mary M. Rowland. 2018. Elk responses to trail-based recreation on public forests
Susan Charnley, Hannah Gosnell, Kendra L Wendel, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2018. Cattle grazing and fish recovery on US federal lands: can social-ecological systems science help?
Joshua P. Averett, Michael Wisdom, Bridgett Naylor, Mary M. Rowland, Bryan A. Endress. 2017. Data and analyses of woody restoration planting survival and growth as a function of wild ungulate herbivory
Florencia Spirito, Mary M. Rowland, Ryan Nielson, Michael Wisdom, Solana Tabeni. 2017. Influence of grazing management on resource selection by a small mammal in a temperate desert of South America
Joshua P. Averett, Bryan A. Endress, Mary M. Rowland, Bridgett Naylor, Michael Wisdom. 2017. Wild ungulate herbivory suppresses deciduous woody plant establishment following salmonid stream restoration
Sandra J. DeBano, Samantha M. Roof, Mary M. Rowland, Lauren A. Smith. 2016. Diet overlap of mammalian herbivores and native bees: implications for managing co-occurring grazers and pollinators
Rachel White, Susan Charnley, Gordon Grant, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2016. Restoring rivers, sustaining communities
Gregory D. Hayward, Curtis H. Flather, Mary M. Rowland, Regis Terney, Kim Mellen-McLean, Karl D. Malcolm, Clinton McCarthy, Douglas A. Boyce. 2016. Applying the 2012 Planning Rule to conserve species: A practitioner's reference
Deborah M. Finch, D. A. Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, C. J. Colt, Kas Dumroese, Stanley G. Kitchen, C. McCarthy, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2016. Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science
Natasha Vizcarra, Mary M. Rowland, Christina Vojta. 2016. Watching what wildlife want and need
C. L. Roever, T. DelCurto, Mary M. Rowland, Marty Vavra, Michael Wisdom. 2015. Cattle grazing in semiarid forestlands: Habitat selection during periods of drought
Deborah M. Finch, Douglas Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, Chris Colt, Clint McCarthy, Stanley G. Kitchen, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2015. USDA Forest Service Sage-Grouse Conservation Science Strategy
Mary M. Rowland, Lowell Suring, Christina D. Vojta. 2015. Sound solutions for habitat monitoring
Amy E. Daniels, Nancy L. Shaw, David L. Peterson, Keith Nislow, Monica Tomosy, Mary M. Rowland. 2014. Facing climate change in forests and fields: U.S. Forest Service taps into science-management partnerships
Vicki A. Saab, Quresh Latif, Mary M. Rowland, Tracey N. Johnson, Anna D. Chalfoun, Steven W. Buskirk, Joslin E. Heyward, Matt A. Dresser. 2014. Ecological consequences of mountain pine beetle outbreaks for wildlife in western North American forests
Mary M. Rowland, C.D. Vojta. 2013. Appendix C. List of Scientific and Common Names of Animals and Plants Mentioned in the Text
Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Christina D. Vojta, Michael Goldstein. 2013. Chapter 7. Monitoring human disturbances for management of wildlife species and their habitats
Michael Goldstein, Lowell Suring, Christina D. Vojta, Mary M. Rowland, Clinton McCarthy. 2013. Chapter 10. Developing a habitat monitoring program: three examples from national forest planning
Mary M. Rowland, C.D. Vojta. 2013. Appendix B. Glossary
Mary M. Rowland, C.D. Vojta. 2013. A technical guide for monitoring wildlife habitat
Mary M. Rowland, Greg Kujawa, Bryce Rickel, Christina D. Vojta. 2013. Chapter 1. Overview
Christina D. Vojta, Lyman L. McDonald, C. Kenneth Brewer, Kevin S. McKelvey, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Goldstein. 2013. Chapter 3. Planning and design for habitat monitoring
Thomas E. DeMeo, Mary M. Manning, Mary M. Rowland, Christina D. Vojta, Kevin S. McKelvey, C. Kenneth Brewer, Rebecca Kennedy, Paul A. Maus, Bethany K. Schulz, James A. Westfall, Timothy J. Mersmann. 2013. Chapter 4. Monitoring vegetation composition and structure as habitat attributes
Sybill K. Amelon, Robert Brooks, Jessie Glaeser, Megan M. Friggens, Daniel Lindner, Susan Loeb, Ann M. Lynch, Drew Minnis, Roger W. Perry, Mary M. Rowland, Monica Tomosy, Ted Weller. 2012. U.S. Forest Service Research and Development (USFS R/D) national science strategy on White Nose Syndrome (WNS)
Steven E. Hanser, Matthias Leu, Cameron L. Aldridge, Scott E. Neilsen, Mary M. Rowland, Steven T. Knick. 2011. Occurrence and abundance of ants, reptiles, and mammals
Steven T. Knick, Steven E. Hanser, Matthias Leu, Cameron L. Aldridge, Scott E. Neilsen, Mary M. Rowland, Sean P. Finn, Michael Wisdom. 2011. Management considerations
Mary M. Rowland, Lowell Suring, Matthias Leu, Steven T. Knick, Michael Wisdom. 2011. Sagebrush-associated species of conservation concern
Mary M. Rowland, Matthias Leu. 2011. Study area description
Steven E. Hanser, Cameron L. Aldridge, Matthias Leu, Mary M. Rowland, Scott E. Nielsen, Steven T. Knick. 2011. Greater sage-grouse: general use and roost site occurrence with pellet counts as a measure of relative abundance
Mary M. Rowland, Lowell H. Suring, Robin J. Tausch, Susan Greer, Michael Wisdom. 2011. Dynamics of western juniper woodland expansion into sagebrush communities in central Oregon
Mary M. Rowland, Lowell H. Suring, Michael Wisdom. 2010. Assessment of habitat threats to shrublands in the Great Basin: a case study
Lowell H. Suring, Robin J. Tausch, Susan Geer, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2008. Characteristics of western juniper encroachment into sagebrush communities in central Oregon
Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom. 2008. Habitat networks for terrestrial wildlife: concepts and case studies
Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Lowell Suring, Cara W. Meinke. 2006. Greater sage-grouse as an umbrella species for sagebrush-associated vertebrates.
Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Lowell H. Suring. 2005. Habitat threats in the sagebrush ecosystem: methods of regional assessment and applications in the Great Basin
Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Robin J. Tausch. 2005. Effective management strategies for sage-grouse and sagebrush: a question of triage?
Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Miles Hemstrom, Barbara Wales. 2005. Landscape restoration for greater sage-grouse: implications for multiscale planning and monitoring
Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Bruce K. Johnson, Brian Dick. 2004. Overview of the Starkey Project: mule deer and elk research for management benefits.
John Kie, Alan A. Ager, Norman J. Cimon, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland, Priscilla K. Coe, Scott L. Findholt, Bruce K. Johnson, Martin Vavra. 2004. The Starkey databases: spatial-environmental relations of North American elk, mule deer, and cattle at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range in northeastern Oregon.
Mary M. Rowland. 2004. On the road: workable solutions to the problems of roads and highways
Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Bruce K. Johnson, Mark A. Penninger. 2004. Effects of roads on elk: implications for management in forested ecosystems.
Wendel J. Hann, Michael Wisdom, Mary M. Rowland. 2003. Disturbance departure and fragmentation of natural systems in the interior Columbia basin.
Michael Wisdom, Richard S. Holthausen, Barbara Wales, Christina D. Hargis, Victoria A. Saab, Danny C. Lee, Wendel J. Hann, Terrell D. Rich, Mary M. Rowland, Wally J. Murphy, Michelle R. Eames. 2000. Source habitats for terrestrial vertebrates of focus in the interior Columbia basin: broadscale trends and management implications (Volumes 1-3)
Mary M. Rowland, Priscilla K. Coe, Rosemary J. Stussy, [and others]. 1998. The Starkey habitat database for ungulate research: construction, documentation, and use.
Mary M. Rowland, Larry D. Bryant, Bruce K. Johnson, James H. Noyes, Michael Wisdom, Jack Ward Thomas. 1997. The Starkey project: history, facilities, and data collection methods for ungulate research.
Richard S. Holthausen, Michael Wisdom, John Pierce, Daniel K. Edwards, Mary M. Rowland. 1994. Using expert opinion to evaluate a habitat effectiveness model for elk in western Oregon and Washington.
Michael Wisdom, John G. Cook, Mary M. Rowland, James H. Noyes. 1993. Protocols for care and handling of deer and elk at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range.
Larry D. Bryant, Jack W. Thomas, Mary M. Rowland. 1993. Techniques to construct New Zealand elk-proof fence.

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