Olga Helmy

Science Delivery Specialist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0009-0001-7791-3612

olga.helmy@usda.gov

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Treesearch Publications

Olga Helmy, Lauren Redmore. 2026. Bucking the trend: Understanding women’s growing participation in hunting in the Mountain-Prairie region
Lauren Redmore, Jaclyn Rushing, Chris A. Armatas, Vita Wright, Olga Helmy. 2025. Examining and strengthening the role of science in wilderness decision-making
Olga Helmy, Lauren Redmore. 2024. Wilderness for a diverse America: Lands stewarded to respect and reflect diverse cultures, generations, abilities, and perspectives
Jason J. Taylor, Teresa Hollingsworth, Chris A. Armatas, Kellie Carim, Kira Hefty, Olga Helmy, Lisa M. Holsinger, Danette Paige, Sean A. Parks, Lauren Redmore, Jaclyn Rushing, Erana J. Taylor, Katherine Zeller. 2023. The future of wilderness research: A 10-Year wilderness science strategic plan for the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Lisa A. Eby, Olga Helmy, Lisa M. Holsinger, Michael K. Young. 2014. Evidence of climate-induced range contractions in bull trout Salvelinus confluentus in a Rocky Mountain watershed, U.S.A.

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Brodie; J.F.; Mohd-Azlan, J.; Chen, C.; Wearn, O.; Deith, M.; Ball, J.; Slade, E.; Burslem, D.; Teoh, S.W.; Williams, P.; Nguyen, A.; Moore, J.; Goetz, S.; Cushman, S.; Hakkenberg, C.; Kaszta, Z.; Burns, P.; Jantz, P.; Coomes, D.; Reynolds, G.; Helmy, O.; Rodríguez, J.P.; Jetz, W.; Luskin, M. 2023. Landscape-scale benefits of protected areas for tropical biodiversity. Nature 620, 807–812. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06410-z Brodie, J.F.; Henao-Diaz, L.F.; Pratama, B.; Copeland, C.; Wheeler, T.; Helmy, O.E.. 2023. Fruit size in Indo-Malayan island plants is more strongly influenced by filtering than by in situ evolution. The American Naturalist. Apr. 1;201(4):574-85. https://doi.org/10.1086/723212.Kurz, D.J., Connor, T., Brodie, J.F. et al. Author 15 of 25. 2023. Socio-ecological factors shape the distribution of a cultural keystone species in Malaysian Borneo. npj biodivers 2, 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-022-00008-wMohd-Azlan, J.; Kaicheen, S.S.; Hong, L.L.; Yi, M.C.; Maiwald, M.J.; Helmy, O.E.; Giordano, A.J.; Brodie, J.F. 2022. Ecology, occurrence and distribution of wild felids in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Oryx. Mar;57(2):252-61. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321001484.Helmy, O.E. 2022. Parkinsonia microphylla, yellow paloverde. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/parmic/all.html.Helmy, O.E. 2021. Carnegiea gigantea, saguaro. In: Fire Effects Information System, (Online). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/cactus/cargig/all.html
Khwaja, H.; Buchan, C.; Wearn, O.R. et al. Author 26 of 67. 2019. Pangolins in global camera trap data: Implications for ecological monitoring. Global Ecology and Conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00769. Gardner, P. W. Sastramidjaja, L.L., Wern, J.; Lim, H.; Goossens, B.; Sapari, I.; Meijaard, E.; Hearn, A.; Ross, J.; Macdonald, D.; Bohm, T.; Kretzschmar, P.; Wearn, O.; Granados, A.; Brodie, J.F.; Helmy, O.E. ; Giordano, A.; Cheyne, S. In Revision. A status update on the endangered banteng across the island of Borneo. Oryx.Brodie, J.F., Mohd-Azlan, J.; Granados, A.; Bernard, H.; Giordano, A.; Helmy, O.E. 2017. Lowland biotic attrition revisited: body size and variation among climate change ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2335. Brodie, J.F.; Helmy, O.E.; Mohd-Azlan, J.; Granados, A.; Bernard, H.; Giordano, A.; Zipkin, E. 2018. Models for assessing local-scale co-abundance of animal species while accounting for differential detectability and varied responses to the environment. Biotropica 50: 5-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12500. Brodie, J.F.; Helmy, O.E.; Pangau-Adams, M.; Ugiek, G.; Froese, G.; Granados, A.; Mohd-Azlan, J.; Bernard, H.; Giordano, A.; Agil, M.; Mustari, A. 2018. Crossing the (Wallace) Line: local abundance and distribution of mammals across biogeographic barriers. Biotropica 50: 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12485.
Eby L.A., Helmy, O.E.; Holsinger, L.M.; Young, M.K. 2014. Evidence of Climate- Induced Range Contractions in Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus in a Rocky Mountain Watershed, U.S.A. PLoS ONE 9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098812.Brodie, J.F., Helmy, O.E.; Brockelman, W.; Maron, J.; 2009. Bushmeat poaching reduces the seed dispersal and population growth rate of a mammal-dispersed tree. Ecological Applications 19: 854-863. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0955.1.Brodie, J.F., Helmy, O.E.; Brockelman, W.; Maron, J. 2009. Functional differences within a guild of tropical mammalian frugivores. Ecology 90: 688-698. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0111.1.Brodie, J.F., Sanjayan, M.; Corea, R.; Helmy, O.E.; Amarasiri, C. 2008. Effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on Sea Turtle Populations in Sri Lanka. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7: 249-251. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0695.1.Helmy, O.E.; Jander, R. 2003. Topochemical learning in black carpenter ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus). Insectes Sociaux 50: 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s000400300005.