Natalie Rugg

Treesearch Publications

• Zachary J Ruff, Damon B. Lesmeister, Julianna M. Jenkins, Natalie Rugg. 2026. Passive acoustic monitoring captures large-scale Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker) occupancy patterns in the Pacific Northwest, USA
• Aleena R. Habib, Julianna M. Jenkins, Natalie Rugg, Guillermo Alvarez-Nuñez, Damon B. Lesmeister. 2026. Sensory interference shapes habitat suitability for an acoustically specialized predator
• Julianna M. Jenkins, Natalie Rugg, Raymond J. Davis, Scott A. Gremel, Aaron Henderson, Edward Henson, Mark Higley, Holly D. Horan, Christopher McCafferty, Thomas Munger, David Press, Suzanne Reffler, Zachary J. Ruff, James K. Swingle, Erica Tevini, Alaina Thomas, Kirsten Wert, Damon B. Lesmeister. 2025. Congener conflict: Invasive barred owl landscape use across the range of the northern spotted owl
• Natalie Rugg, Cara L. Appel, Julianna M. Jenkins, Chris McCafferty, Taal Levi, Damon B. Lesmeister. 2025. Decoding owl calls: Refining occupancy inference from passive acoustic monitoring
• Natalie Rugg, Julianna M. Jenkins, Damon B. Lesmeister. 2023. Western screech-owl occupancy in the face of an invasive predator

• Program
  

  Wildlife Ecology

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/programs/we
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station

• Oregon State University, M.S., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, 2026
• California State University–Chico, B.S., Biology, 2017