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Displaying 31 - 40 of 64,630 Publications- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides this resource update yearly as an overview of forest resources in Arkansas. These estimates are derived from field data collected across a systematic network of fixed-radius forest monitoring plots located on both public and private land. New updates are provided annually as a subset of plots within the State are remeasured. Each year, field crews visit and measure a subset of all FIA plots across the entire State (the size of the subset varies by State and year). Combining all...AuthorsForest Service. U.S. Department of AgricultureKeywordsYear2026
- Collaborative governance plays a critical role in wildfire risk mitigation efforts. This study examines collaborative wildfire governance networks within the Colorado Front Range, a landscape that was designated under the USDA Forest Service's Wildfire Crisis Strategy (WCS). Collaborative governance networks in the Colorado Front Range leverage partnerships across multiple organizational actors including federal, state, and local agencies, non-profits, fire districts, and research institutions. Through survey data collected from 281 respondents revealing a collaborative network of 401...AuthorsKe Zhan, Courtney Higgins, Mi Li, Mathew F. Smidt, Thomas Elder, Wei Gao, Yucheng PengSourceWood Material Science & EngineeringYear2026
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides this resource update yearly as an overview of forest resources in Texas. These estimates are derived from field data collected across a systematic network of fixed-radius forest monitoring plots located on both public and private land. New updates are provided annually as a subset of plots within the State are remeasured. Each year, field crews visit and measure a subset of all FIA plots across the entire State (the size of the subset varies by State and year). Combining all the...AuthorsForest Service. U.S. Department of AgricultureKeywordsYear2026
- Urban forests support wildlife populations across North America and the world. Yet, challenges remain for research and practice to integrate wildlife habitat as a core component of the myriad objectives that urban foresters manage. Ecosystem services have been adopted as a dominant paradigm in urban forestry for both advocacy and management, yet accounting for contributions to wildlife habitat does not fit squarely within typical ecosystem service frameworks. The i-Tree program, a suite of urban forest ecosystem service models and tools developed by the US Forest Service, presented an...AuthorsSusannah B. Lerman, Corinne Bassett, Daniel E. Crane, David J. Nowak, Alexis Ellis, Jason HenningSourceForestsYear2026
- Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker) landscape use is widespread in the Pacific Northwest, especially in forested locations with structurally complex canopies, but declines at higher latitudes, higher elevations, and in areas of greater topographic complexity. High-use sites featured high conifer canopy cover and high Abies grandis (grand fir) basal area. These findings emerged from our analyses of ∼1.7 million hours of acoustic recordings collected from 3,948 sites distributed across 10 million hectares of forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Data were processed using a deep...AuthorsZachary J Ruff, Damon B. Lesmeister, Julianna M. Jenkins, Natalie RuggKeywordsSourceOrnithological ApplicationsYear2026
- Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) is a large freshwater turtle that occurs in a broad range of stream orders in the southeastern US. The species has experienced range contraction and population declines throughout its range. Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling is an effective method for indirect detection of the Alligator Snapping Turtle when trapping or radio tracking is not feasible. Environmental conditions and resource availability vary across stream orders, potentially influencing Alligator Snapping Turtle occupancy patterns and eDNA detection probabilities. In this...AuthorsKyra S. Woytek, Daniel Saenz, Daniel J. Herrera, William I. Lutterschmidt, Christopher SchalkKeywordsSourceSoutheastern NaturalistYear2026
- Motivation: SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi-contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of species interactions on daily activity patterns.Main Types of Variables Contained: SNAPSHOT USA 2024 contains 377,427 records of camera trap image sequence data and 3127...AuthorsBrigit Rooney, Roland Kays, Michael V. Cove, Jensen Alex, Daniel J. Herrera, Camilla Price, Phuong-Thao Nguyen‐Nu, Katrina Adamczyk, Peter D. Alexander, David Allen, Jesse M. Alston, Diego F. Alvarado‐Serrano, Thomas L. Anderson, Cara L. Appel, Scott M. Appleby, Anne C. Axel, Christopher R. Ayers, Nicholas W. Bakner, Dylan L. Bakner, Griffin Bandler, Luke Banta, Erin E. Barding, Carolina Baruzzi, William T. Bean, Silas C. Beers, Jerrold L. Belant, John F. Benson, Anna Berg, Dylan L. Bergman, Meagan A. Bethel, Tori Bird, Michael T. Booth, Aaron J. Bossert, LaRoy S. E. Brandt, Levin C. Brandt, Zeuk Brown, Erin K. Buchholtz, Richard Buchholz, Frances E. Buderman, Kathleen A. Carey, Michael B. Carpenter, Kellie Carter, Ivan Castro‐Arellano, Michael Chamberlain, Amanda E. Cheeseman, Michael D. Cheng, Cary D. Chevalier, M. Colter Chitwood, Petros Chrysafis, Bradley S. Cohen, Isabella R. Collamati, D. Parks Collins, Justin A. Compton, L. Mike Conner, Brianna Cook, Olivia Cosby, Anthony P. Crupi, Andrea K. Darracq, Jon M. Davenport, Drew R. Davis, Miranda L. Davis, Noé U. de la Sancha, Brett A. DeGregorio, Anant Deshwal, Art Drauglis, Jonathan E. Dudko, Jennifer M. Duggan, Andrew J. Edelman, Valerie Elder, Kendall Eldredge, E. Hance Ellington, Susan N. Ellis‐Felege, Caroline N. Ellison, John Erb, Alexa Fairchild, Keilani Fang, Jean Fantle‐Lepczyk, Michael Fargione, Zach J. Farris, Zoë Fassett‐Manuszewski, Alexander M. Ferentinos, Adam W. Ferguson, M. Caitlin Fisher‐Reid, Elizabeth A. Flaherty, Jared Franklin, Sarah R. Fritts, Brel Froebe, Jeremy Fuller, Laken S. Ganoe, Carissa Ganong, Ricky Garibay, Lisa J. Gatens, Francis D. Gerraty, Sean T. Giery, Jessica L. Glasscock, Erim Gómez, Louis E. Good, Gabriel P. Gott, Natasha J. Gownaris, Steven M. Gray, Austin M. Green, Kevin E. Green, Jasmine K. Grewal, Joseph M. Guthrie, Blake A. Halbert, Matthew T. Hallett, Ethan J. Halstead, Christopher P. Hansen, Lonnie P. Hansen, Eamon J. Harrity, Steven C. Hasstedt, Taylor A. Hickman, Angela Holland, Carolin A. Humpal, Brigit R. Humphreys, Aaron Hunt, Heide D. Island, Reagan Jarrett, Alex M. Johnson, Tamara L. Johnstone‐Yellin, Michael J. Joyce, Stanley Jozokos, Gaby C. Karakcheyeva, Keith Keel, Kevin Kinser‐McBee, Matt Kleitch, Travis Knowles, Molly M. Koeck, Brooks A. Kohli, Macy A. Krishnamoorthy, Kellie M. Kuhn, Diana J. R. Lafferty, Scott LaPoint, Brody Allan Larkin, Marcus Lashley, Richard G. Lathrop, Thomas E. Lee, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Damon B. Lesmeister, Christopher SchalkKeywordsSourceGlobal Ecology and BiogeographyYear2026
- Invasive wood-boring insects pose a major threat to forestry, recreation, and timber industries in the United States, and species such as the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) are already radically altering North American landscapes. The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) (Anoplophora glabripennis) arrived in the United States via solid wood packing materials and continues to pose a massive threat to North American forests.Native to China and the Korean peninsula, ALB attacks more than 22 genera of trees, including maples, elms, poplars,...AuthorsR. Talbot Trotter, III, Jennifer L. Chandler, Matthew RichardsonKeywordsSourceRooted in Research Issue 58. July 2026. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2 p.Year2026
- Fire is an ecological disturbance that can accelerate nutrient cycling and alter herbivore distribution in grasslands and shrublands. Historically and today, humans have used prescribed fire to enhance forage quality for wild and domestic herbivores, and to achieve other management objectives. Contextual factors such as ecosystem type, seasonality, and fuel characteristics can determine how prescribed fire affects forage quality. For example, forage quality enhancements are relatively short lived in shortgrass steppe and subhumid grasslands but may persist for multiple years in northern...AuthorsLauren M. Porensky, J. Derek Scasta, Troy W. Ocheltree, Amy J. Symstad, Catherine E. Estep, Jacqueline P. OttSourceRangeland Ecology & ManagementYear2026
- Plants are an integral part of the Earth’s Critical Zone, linking the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere (Field et al. 2015). To improve our insights into ecological theory and ecosystem processes, we need a more holistic view of plants that incorporates the “unseen elephant” of belowground plant organs and their traits (Fig. 1). Roots and belowground stems (e.g., rhizomes and tubers) acquire and store nutrients and support belowground buds that enable plants to regenerate following dormant seasons or disturbance (Klimešová and Klimeš 2007). Although belowground plant...AuthorsJacqueline P. Ott, Jitka Klimešová, Luke McCormack, S. Joseph Tumber‐DávilaKeywordsSourceThe Bulletin of the Ecological Society of AmericaYear2026