lab publications
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2021
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, S. G. Sovern, and Z. Yang. 2021. Northern spotted owl nesting forests as fire refugia: A 30-year synthesis of large wildfires. Fire Ecology 17:32.
Mikkelsen, A. J., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. O’Reilly, and K. M. Dugger. 2021. Feather corticosterone reveals developmental challenges in a long-term study of juvenile northern spotted owls. Functional Ecology early online DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13944
Duchac, L. S., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. Dugger, and R. J. Davis. 2021. Differential landscape use by forest owls two years after a mixed-severity wildfire. Ecosphere 12(10): e03770.
Lesmeister, D. B., C. L. Appel, R. J. Davis, C. B. Yackulic, and Z. J. Ruff. 2021. Simulating the effort necessary to detect changes in northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) populations using passive acoustic monitoring. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-618. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 55 p.
LaRose S. H., D. B. Lesmeister, and M. E. Gompper. 2021. Addressing a knowledge gap in Spilogale disease ecology: Skunk cranial worm, Skrjabingylus chitwoodorum, in Spilogale putorius interrupta. Southeastern Naturalist 20 (sp11): 173-180.
Bianchi, R. C., J. M. A. Jenkins, D. B. Lesmeister, J. A. Gouvea, C. S. Cesário, L. Fornitano, M. Y. de Oliveira, K. D. R de Morais, R. L. A. Ribeiro, and M. E. Gompper. 2021. Tayra (Eira barbara) landscape use as a function of cover types, forest protection, and the presence of puma and free-ranging dogs. Biotropica 53: 1569-1581.
Tosa, M. I., E. H. Dziedzic, C. L. Appel, J. Urbina, A. Massey, J. Ruprecht, C. E. Eriksson, J. Dolliver, D. B. Lesmeister, M. G. Betts, C. A. Peres, T. Levi. 2021. The rapid rise of next-generation natural history. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 698131. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.698131
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, J. M. Higley, D. B. Lesmeister, A. B. Franklin, K. A. Hamm, G. C. White, K. E. Dilione, D. C. Simon, R. R. Bown, P. C. Carlson, C. B. Yackulic, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, R. J. Davis, D. W. Lamphear, C. McCafferty, and S. G. Sovern. 2021. Invader removal triggers competitive release in a threatened avian predator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(31): e2102859118.
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, E. D. Forsman, K. M. Dugger, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, S. A. Gremel, B. Hollen, C. E. McCafferty, M. S. Pruett, J. A. Reid, S. G. Sovern, and J. D. Wiens. 2021. Conspecific and congeneric interactions shape increasing rates of breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls. Ecological Applications 31(7): e02398.
Franklin, A. B., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, R. J. Davis, J. D. Wiens, G. C. White, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, C. B. Yackulic, C. J. Schwarz, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, L. L. Bailey, R. Bown, J. Burgher, K. P. Burnham, P. C. Carlson, T. Chestnut, M. M. Conner, K. E. Dilione, E. D. Forsman, E. M. Glenn, S. A. Gremel, K. A. Hamm, D. R. Herter, J. M. Higley, R. B. Horn, J. M. Jenkins, W. L. Kendall, D. W. Lamphear, C. McCafferty, T. L. McDonald, J. A. Reid, J. T. Rockweit, D. C. Simon, S. G. Sovern, J. K. Swingle, and H. Wise. 2021. Range-wide declines of northern spotted owl populations in the Pacific Northwest: A meta-analysis. Biological Conservation 259: 109168.
Rodriguez, J. T., D. B. Lesmeister, and T. Levi. 2021. Mesocarnivore landscape use along a gradient of urban, rural, and forest cover. PeerJ 9: e11083.
Ruff, Z. J., D. B. Lesmeister, C. L. Appel, and C. M. Sullivan. 2021. Workflow and convolutional neural network for automated identification of animal sounds. Ecological Indicators 124:107419.
2020
Marcot, B. G., D. B. Lesmeister, T. M. Wilson, E. Volkman, P. D. Anderson. 2020. Applying principles and methods of risk analysis: A case example of northern spotted owl research in a dynamic pandemic landscape.
Res. Pap. PNW-RP-617. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p.
Jones, G. M., R. J. Gutièrrez, W. M. Block, P. C. Carlson, E. J. Comfort, S. A. Cushman, R. J. Davis, S. A. Eyes, A. B. Franklin, J. L. Ganey, S. Hedwall, J. J. Keane, R. Kelsey, D. B. Lesmeister, M. P. North, S. L. Roberts, J. T. Rockweit, J. S. Sanderlin, S. C. Sawyer, B. Solvesky, D. J. Tempel, H. Y. Wan, A. L. Westerling, G. C. White, and M. Z. Peery. 2020. Spotted owls and forest fire: Comment. Ecosphere 11:e03312.
Linnell, M. A., and D. B. Lesmeister. 2020. Predator-prey interactions in the canopy. Ecology and Evolution 10:8610-8622
Howell, B. L., D. B. Lesmeister, and S. A. Gremel. 2020. A sound alternative: Using bioacoustics to study northern spotted owls. The Wildlife Professional 14:42-45.
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, K. E. Dilione, and D. C. Simon. 2020. Effects of barred wwl (Strix varia) removal on population demography of northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon: 2019 Annual Report. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020—1089. 19p.
Duchac, L. S., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. Dugger, Z. J. Ruff, and R. J. Davis. 2020. Passive acoustic monitoring effectively detects Northern Spotted Owls and Barred Owls over a range of forest conditions. The Condor 122:1-22.
Weldy, M., C. W. Epps, D. B. Lesmeister, T. Manning, and E. D. Forsman. 2020. Spatiotemporal dynamics in vital rates of Humboldt’s flying squirrels and Townsend’s chipmunks in a late-successional forest. Journal of Mammalogy 101(1): 187-198.
Morin, D. J., C. B. Yackulic, J. E. Diffendorfer, D. B. Lesmeister, C. K. Nielsen, J. A. Reid, and E. M. Schauber. 2020. Is your ad hoc model selection strategy affecting your mulitmodel inference? Ecosphere 11:e02997.
Ruff, Z. J., D. B. Lesmeister, L. S. Duchac, B. K. Padmaraju, and C. M. Sullivan. 2020. Automatic identification of avian vocalizations with deep convolutional neural networks. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 6(1):79-92.
2019
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, E. D. Forsman, K. M. Dugger, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, C. E. McCafferty, M. S. Pruett, J. A. Reid, S. G. Sovern, R. B. Horn, S. A. Gremel, J. D. Wiens, and Z. Yang. 2019. Social status, forest disturbance, and Barred Owls shape long-term trends in breeding dispersal distance of Northern Spotted Owls. The Condor 121(4): duz055.
Weldy, M. J., T. M. Wilson, D. B. Lesmeister, and C. W. Epps. 2019. Effects of trapping effort and trap placement on estimating abundance of Humboldt's flying squirrels. PeerJ 7:e7783.
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, and R. J. Davis. 2019. Resource Selection Analysis. Pages 199-215 in L. Brennan, B. Marcot, and A. Tri, editors. Quantitative Analyses in Wildlife Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Wiens, J. D., K. E. Dilione, C. A. Eagles-Smith, G. Herring, D. B. Lesmeister, M. W. Gabriel, G. M. Wengert, and D. C. Simon. 2019. Anticoagulant rodenticides in Strix owls indicate widespread exposure in west coast forests. Biological Conservation 238: 108238.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, D. B. Lesmeister, C. A. Marks-Fife, and M. A. Linnell. 2019. A tale of two voles: A response to Rosenberg 2019. Forest Ecology and Management 451:117258.
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, L. S. Duchac, and Z. J. Ruff. 2019. Research update on using passive acoustics to monitor northern spotted owl populations in Washington and Oregon. 2018 annual research report. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Corvallis, OR. 21 p.
Spies, T. A., J. W. Long, S. Charnley, P. F. Hessburg, B. G. Marcot, G. H. Reeves, D. B. Lesmeister, M. J. Reilly, L. K. Cerveny, P. A. Stine, and M. G. Raphael. 2019. Twenty‐five years of the Northwest Forest Plan: what have we learned? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(9): 511-520.
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. D. Wiens, J. T. Kane, V. R. Kane, and J. Verschuyl. 2019. Three-dimensional partitioning of resources by congeneric forest predators with recent sympatry. Scientific Reports 9: 6036.
Lesmeister, D. B., S. G. Sovern, R. J. Davis, D. M. Bell, M. J. Gregory, and J. C. Vogeler. 2019. Mixed-severity wildfire and habitat of an old-forest obligate. Ecosphere 10(4): e02696.
Linnell, M. A. and D. B. Lesmeister. 2019. Landscape connectivity and conservation prioritization for an old forest species with limited vagility. Animal Conservation 22: 568-578.
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, K. E. Dilione, and D. C. Simon. 2019. Effects of Barred Owl (Strix varia) removal on population demography of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, 2015–18. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1074. 17 p.
Weldy, M. J., C. W. Epps, D. B. Lesmeister, T. Manning, M. A. Linnell, and E. D. Forsman. 2019. Abundance and ecological associations of small mammals. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(4): 902-915.
Sovern, S. G., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. Dugger, M. S. Pruett, R. J. Davis, and J. M. Jenkins. 2019. Activity center selection by northern spotted owls. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(3): 714-727.
2018
Ruff, Z., B. K. Padmaraju, C. M. Sullivan, and D. B. Lesmeister. 2018. Spotted Owls and OpenPower. in Linux on Power Developer Portal, IBM Developer. Published November 21, 2018. https://developer.ibm.com/linuxonpower/2018/11/21/spotted-owls-and-openpower/
Linnell, M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. D. Bailey, E. D. Forsman, and J. K. Swingle. 2018. Response of arboreal rodents to increased availability of nest substrates in young forests. Journal of Mammalogy 99(5): 1174-1182.
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, P. H. Singleton, J. D. Wiens. 2018. Northern spotted owl. Pages 47-61 in Spies, T. A., P. A. Stine, R. Gravenmier, J. W. Long, M. J. Reilly, and R. Mazza, Technical Coordinators. Synthesis of Science to Inform Land Management within the Northwest Forest Plan Area: Executive Summary. PNW-GTR-970. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, Oregon.
Morin, D. J., D. B. Lesmeister, C. K. Nielsen, and E. M. Schauber. 2018. The truth about cats and dogs: Landscape composition and human occupation mediate the distribution and potential impact of non-native carnivores. Global Ecology and Conservation 15: e00413
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, P. H. Singleton, J. D. Wiens. 2018. Chapter 4: Northern spotted owl populations: status and threats. Pages 245-298 in Spies, T., P. Stine, R. Gravenmier, J. Long, and M. Reilly, Technical Coordinators. Synthesis of Science to Inform Land Management within the Northwest Forest Plan Area. PNW-GTR-966. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, Oregon.
Miller, M. P., S. M. Haig, E. D. Forsman, R. G. Anthony, L. Diller, K. M. Dugger, A. B. Franklin, T. L. Fleming, S. Gremel, D. B. Lesmeister, M. Higley, D. R. Herter, and S. G. Sovern. 2018. Variation in inbreeding rates across the range of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina): insights from over 30 years of monitoring data. The Auk 135(4): 821–833.
Spies, T. A., J. W. Long, P. A. Stine, S. Charnley, L. K. Cerveny, B. G. Marcot, G. H. Reeves, P. F. Hessburg, D. B. Lesmeister, M. J. Reilly, M. G. Raphael, and R. J. Davis. 2018. Chapter 12: Integrating ecological and social science to inform land management in the area of the northwest forest plan. Pages 919–1000 in Spies, T. A., P. A. Stine, R. Gravenmier, J. W. Long, and M. J. Reilly, Technical Coordinators. Synthesis of Science to Inform Land Management within the Northwest Forest Plan Area. PNW-GTR-966. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, Oregon.
Wilk, R. J., D. B. Lesmeister, and E. D. Forsman. 2018. Nest trees of northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, USA. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197887
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, K. E. Dilione, and D. C. Simon. 2018. Effects of experimental removal of barred owls on population demography of northern spotted owls in Washington and Oregon – 2017 progress report. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018-1086.
2017
Linnell, M. A., R. J. Davis, D. B. Lesmeister, and J. K. Swingle. 2017. Conservation and relative habitat suitability for an arboreal mammal associated with old forest. Forest Ecology and Management 402: 1–11.
Glenn, E. M., D. B. Lesmeister, R. J. Davis, B. Hollen, and A. Poopatanapong. 2017. Estimating density of a territorial species in a dynamic landscape. Landscape Ecology 32(3): 563–579.
Lesmeister, D. B., and J. K. Swingle. 2017. Field Guide to Red Tree Vole Nests. Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region and USDI Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington. Portland, OR. 43 pp.
Jenkins, J. M. A., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2017. Species-specific variation in nesting and postfledging resource selection for two forest breeding migrant songbirds. PLoS ONE 12(6), e0179524
Jenkins, J. M. A., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2017. Behavioral development and habitat structure affect postfledging movements of songbirds. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(1):144–53.
Koen, E. L., M. I. Tosa, C. K. Nielsen, and E. M. Schauber. 2017. Does landscape connectivity shape local and global social network structure in white-tailed deer? PLoS One: 12(3): e0173570.
Linnell, M. A., C. W. Epps, E. D. Forsman, and W. J. Zielinski. 2017. Space use, movements, and rest site use by short-tailed weasels (Mustela ermine) in managed forests of western Oregon. Wildlife Biology wlb.00270.
Linnell, M. A., C. W. Epps, E. D. Forsman, and W. J. Zielinski. 2017. Survival and predation of weasels (Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata) in North America. Northwest Science 91: 15–26.
Tosa, M. I., E. M. Schauber, and C. K. Nielsen. 2017. Localized removal affects white-tailed deer space use and contacts. Journal of Wildlife Management. 81(1): 26–37.
2016
Gompper, M. E., D. B. Lesmeister, J. C. Ray, J. R. Malcolm, and R. W. Kays. 2016. Habitat preference or intraguild interactions: What structures a carnivore community? PLoS ONE 11:e0146055.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, R. J. Davis, B. L. Biswell, and L. S. Andrews. 2016. Tree voles: an evaluation of their distribution and habitat relationships based on recent and historical studies, habitat models, and vegetation change. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station general technical report PNW-GTR-938. Portland, Oregon.
Jenkins, J. M. A., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2016. Contrasting patterns of nest survival and postfledging survival in Ovenbirds and Acadian Flycatchers in Missouri forest fragments. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118(3): 583-596.
Jenkins, J. M. A., and J. Faaborg. 2016. Potential effects of Brown-headed Cowbirds on host post-fledging dispersal and survival.The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128(2): 404-411.
2015
Lesmeister, D. B., C. K. Nielsen, E. M. Schauber, and E. C. Hellgren. 2015. Spatial and temporal structure of a mesocarnivore guild in Midwestern North America. Wildlife Monographs 191(1): 1–61.
Pre-2015
Lesmeister, D. B., R. S. Crowhurst, M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2013. Landscape ecology of eastern spotted skunks in habitats restored for red-cockaded woodpeckers. Restoration Ecology 21(2): 267–275.
Feldhamer, G. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. C. Devine, and D. I. Stetson. 2012. Golden mice (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus): co-occurrence and the abundant-center hypothesis. Journal of Mammalogy 93(4): 1042–1050.
Lesmeister, D. B., and C. K. Nielsen. 2011. Protocol for large-scale monitoring of riparian mammals. Wildlife Biology in Practice 7(2): 55–70.
Lesmeister, D. B., J. J. Millspaugh, M. E. Gompper, and T.W. Mong. 2010. Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) survival and cause-specific mortality in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. The American Midland Naturalist 164(1): 52–60.
Lesmeister, D. B., M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2009. Habitat selection and home range dynamics of eastern spotted skunks in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. The Journal of Wildlife Management 73(1): 18–25.
Lesmeister, D. B., M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2008. Summer resting and den site selection by eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. Journal of Mammalogy 89(6): 1512–1520.
Lesmeister, D. B., J. J. Millspaugh, S. E. Wade, and M. E. Gompper. 2008. A survey of parasites identified in the feces of eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in western Arkansas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(4): 1041–1044.
Hackett, H. M., D. B. Lesmeister, J. Desanty-Combes, W. G. Montague, J. J. Millspaugh, and M. E. Gompper. 2007. Detection rates of eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in Missouri and Arkansas using live-capture and non-invasive techniques. The American Midland Naturalist 158(1): 123–131.
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, S. G. Sovern, and Z. Yang. 2021. Northern spotted owl nesting forests as fire refugia: A 30-year synthesis of large wildfires. Fire Ecology 17:32.
Mikkelsen, A. J., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. O’Reilly, and K. M. Dugger. 2021. Feather corticosterone reveals developmental challenges in a long-term study of juvenile northern spotted owls. Functional Ecology early online DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13944
Duchac, L. S., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. Dugger, and R. J. Davis. 2021. Differential landscape use by forest owls two years after a mixed-severity wildfire. Ecosphere 12(10): e03770.
Lesmeister, D. B., C. L. Appel, R. J. Davis, C. B. Yackulic, and Z. J. Ruff. 2021. Simulating the effort necessary to detect changes in northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) populations using passive acoustic monitoring. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-618. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 55 p.
LaRose S. H., D. B. Lesmeister, and M. E. Gompper. 2021. Addressing a knowledge gap in Spilogale disease ecology: Skunk cranial worm, Skrjabingylus chitwoodorum, in Spilogale putorius interrupta. Southeastern Naturalist 20 (sp11): 173-180.
Bianchi, R. C., J. M. A. Jenkins, D. B. Lesmeister, J. A. Gouvea, C. S. Cesário, L. Fornitano, M. Y. de Oliveira, K. D. R de Morais, R. L. A. Ribeiro, and M. E. Gompper. 2021. Tayra (Eira barbara) landscape use as a function of cover types, forest protection, and the presence of puma and free-ranging dogs. Biotropica 53: 1569-1581.
Tosa, M. I., E. H. Dziedzic, C. L. Appel, J. Urbina, A. Massey, J. Ruprecht, C. E. Eriksson, J. Dolliver, D. B. Lesmeister, M. G. Betts, C. A. Peres, T. Levi. 2021. The rapid rise of next-generation natural history. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 698131. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.698131
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, J. M. Higley, D. B. Lesmeister, A. B. Franklin, K. A. Hamm, G. C. White, K. E. Dilione, D. C. Simon, R. R. Bown, P. C. Carlson, C. B. Yackulic, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, R. J. Davis, D. W. Lamphear, C. McCafferty, and S. G. Sovern. 2021. Invader removal triggers competitive release in a threatened avian predator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(31): e2102859118.
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, E. D. Forsman, K. M. Dugger, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, S. A. Gremel, B. Hollen, C. E. McCafferty, M. S. Pruett, J. A. Reid, S. G. Sovern, and J. D. Wiens. 2021. Conspecific and congeneric interactions shape increasing rates of breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls. Ecological Applications 31(7): e02398.
Franklin, A. B., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, R. J. Davis, J. D. Wiens, G. C. White, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, C. B. Yackulic, C. J. Schwarz, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, L. L. Bailey, R. Bown, J. Burgher, K. P. Burnham, P. C. Carlson, T. Chestnut, M. M. Conner, K. E. Dilione, E. D. Forsman, E. M. Glenn, S. A. Gremel, K. A. Hamm, D. R. Herter, J. M. Higley, R. B. Horn, J. M. Jenkins, W. L. Kendall, D. W. Lamphear, C. McCafferty, T. L. McDonald, J. A. Reid, J. T. Rockweit, D. C. Simon, S. G. Sovern, J. K. Swingle, and H. Wise. 2021. Range-wide declines of northern spotted owl populations in the Pacific Northwest: A meta-analysis. Biological Conservation 259: 109168.
Rodriguez, J. T., D. B. Lesmeister, and T. Levi. 2021. Mesocarnivore landscape use along a gradient of urban, rural, and forest cover. PeerJ 9: e11083.
Ruff, Z. J., D. B. Lesmeister, C. L. Appel, and C. M. Sullivan. 2021. Workflow and convolutional neural network for automated identification of animal sounds. Ecological Indicators 124:107419.
2020
Marcot, B. G., D. B. Lesmeister, T. M. Wilson, E. Volkman, P. D. Anderson. 2020. Applying principles and methods of risk analysis: A case example of northern spotted owl research in a dynamic pandemic landscape.
Res. Pap. PNW-RP-617. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p.
Jones, G. M., R. J. Gutièrrez, W. M. Block, P. C. Carlson, E. J. Comfort, S. A. Cushman, R. J. Davis, S. A. Eyes, A. B. Franklin, J. L. Ganey, S. Hedwall, J. J. Keane, R. Kelsey, D. B. Lesmeister, M. P. North, S. L. Roberts, J. T. Rockweit, J. S. Sanderlin, S. C. Sawyer, B. Solvesky, D. J. Tempel, H. Y. Wan, A. L. Westerling, G. C. White, and M. Z. Peery. 2020. Spotted owls and forest fire: Comment. Ecosphere 11:e03312.
Linnell, M. A., and D. B. Lesmeister. 2020. Predator-prey interactions in the canopy. Ecology and Evolution 10:8610-8622
Howell, B. L., D. B. Lesmeister, and S. A. Gremel. 2020. A sound alternative: Using bioacoustics to study northern spotted owls. The Wildlife Professional 14:42-45.
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, K. E. Dilione, and D. C. Simon. 2020. Effects of barred wwl (Strix varia) removal on population demography of northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon: 2019 Annual Report. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020—1089. 19p.
Duchac, L. S., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. Dugger, Z. J. Ruff, and R. J. Davis. 2020. Passive acoustic monitoring effectively detects Northern Spotted Owls and Barred Owls over a range of forest conditions. The Condor 122:1-22.
Weldy, M., C. W. Epps, D. B. Lesmeister, T. Manning, and E. D. Forsman. 2020. Spatiotemporal dynamics in vital rates of Humboldt’s flying squirrels and Townsend’s chipmunks in a late-successional forest. Journal of Mammalogy 101(1): 187-198.
Morin, D. J., C. B. Yackulic, J. E. Diffendorfer, D. B. Lesmeister, C. K. Nielsen, J. A. Reid, and E. M. Schauber. 2020. Is your ad hoc model selection strategy affecting your mulitmodel inference? Ecosphere 11:e02997.
Ruff, Z. J., D. B. Lesmeister, L. S. Duchac, B. K. Padmaraju, and C. M. Sullivan. 2020. Automatic identification of avian vocalizations with deep convolutional neural networks. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 6(1):79-92.
2019
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, E. D. Forsman, K. M. Dugger, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, C. E. McCafferty, M. S. Pruett, J. A. Reid, S. G. Sovern, R. B. Horn, S. A. Gremel, J. D. Wiens, and Z. Yang. 2019. Social status, forest disturbance, and Barred Owls shape long-term trends in breeding dispersal distance of Northern Spotted Owls. The Condor 121(4): duz055.
Weldy, M. J., T. M. Wilson, D. B. Lesmeister, and C. W. Epps. 2019. Effects of trapping effort and trap placement on estimating abundance of Humboldt's flying squirrels. PeerJ 7:e7783.
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, and R. J. Davis. 2019. Resource Selection Analysis. Pages 199-215 in L. Brennan, B. Marcot, and A. Tri, editors. Quantitative Analyses in Wildlife Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Wiens, J. D., K. E. Dilione, C. A. Eagles-Smith, G. Herring, D. B. Lesmeister, M. W. Gabriel, G. M. Wengert, and D. C. Simon. 2019. Anticoagulant rodenticides in Strix owls indicate widespread exposure in west coast forests. Biological Conservation 238: 108238.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, D. B. Lesmeister, C. A. Marks-Fife, and M. A. Linnell. 2019. A tale of two voles: A response to Rosenberg 2019. Forest Ecology and Management 451:117258.
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, L. S. Duchac, and Z. J. Ruff. 2019. Research update on using passive acoustics to monitor northern spotted owl populations in Washington and Oregon. 2018 annual research report. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Corvallis, OR. 21 p.
Spies, T. A., J. W. Long, S. Charnley, P. F. Hessburg, B. G. Marcot, G. H. Reeves, D. B. Lesmeister, M. J. Reilly, L. K. Cerveny, P. A. Stine, and M. G. Raphael. 2019. Twenty‐five years of the Northwest Forest Plan: what have we learned? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(9): 511-520.
Jenkins, J. M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. D. Wiens, J. T. Kane, V. R. Kane, and J. Verschuyl. 2019. Three-dimensional partitioning of resources by congeneric forest predators with recent sympatry. Scientific Reports 9: 6036.
Lesmeister, D. B., S. G. Sovern, R. J. Davis, D. M. Bell, M. J. Gregory, and J. C. Vogeler. 2019. Mixed-severity wildfire and habitat of an old-forest obligate. Ecosphere 10(4): e02696.
Linnell, M. A. and D. B. Lesmeister. 2019. Landscape connectivity and conservation prioritization for an old forest species with limited vagility. Animal Conservation 22: 568-578.
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, K. E. Dilione, and D. C. Simon. 2019. Effects of Barred Owl (Strix varia) removal on population demography of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, 2015–18. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1074. 17 p.
Weldy, M. J., C. W. Epps, D. B. Lesmeister, T. Manning, M. A. Linnell, and E. D. Forsman. 2019. Abundance and ecological associations of small mammals. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(4): 902-915.
Sovern, S. G., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. Dugger, M. S. Pruett, R. J. Davis, and J. M. Jenkins. 2019. Activity center selection by northern spotted owls. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(3): 714-727.
2018
Ruff, Z., B. K. Padmaraju, C. M. Sullivan, and D. B. Lesmeister. 2018. Spotted Owls and OpenPower. in Linux on Power Developer Portal, IBM Developer. Published November 21, 2018. https://developer.ibm.com/linuxonpower/2018/11/21/spotted-owls-and-openpower/
Linnell, M. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. D. Bailey, E. D. Forsman, and J. K. Swingle. 2018. Response of arboreal rodents to increased availability of nest substrates in young forests. Journal of Mammalogy 99(5): 1174-1182.
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, P. H. Singleton, J. D. Wiens. 2018. Northern spotted owl. Pages 47-61 in Spies, T. A., P. A. Stine, R. Gravenmier, J. W. Long, M. J. Reilly, and R. Mazza, Technical Coordinators. Synthesis of Science to Inform Land Management within the Northwest Forest Plan Area: Executive Summary. PNW-GTR-970. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, Oregon.
Morin, D. J., D. B. Lesmeister, C. K. Nielsen, and E. M. Schauber. 2018. The truth about cats and dogs: Landscape composition and human occupation mediate the distribution and potential impact of non-native carnivores. Global Ecology and Conservation 15: e00413
Lesmeister, D. B., R. J. Davis, P. H. Singleton, J. D. Wiens. 2018. Chapter 4: Northern spotted owl populations: status and threats. Pages 245-298 in Spies, T., P. Stine, R. Gravenmier, J. Long, and M. Reilly, Technical Coordinators. Synthesis of Science to Inform Land Management within the Northwest Forest Plan Area. PNW-GTR-966. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, Oregon.
Miller, M. P., S. M. Haig, E. D. Forsman, R. G. Anthony, L. Diller, K. M. Dugger, A. B. Franklin, T. L. Fleming, S. Gremel, D. B. Lesmeister, M. Higley, D. R. Herter, and S. G. Sovern. 2018. Variation in inbreeding rates across the range of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina): insights from over 30 years of monitoring data. The Auk 135(4): 821–833.
Spies, T. A., J. W. Long, P. A. Stine, S. Charnley, L. K. Cerveny, B. G. Marcot, G. H. Reeves, P. F. Hessburg, D. B. Lesmeister, M. J. Reilly, M. G. Raphael, and R. J. Davis. 2018. Chapter 12: Integrating ecological and social science to inform land management in the area of the northwest forest plan. Pages 919–1000 in Spies, T. A., P. A. Stine, R. Gravenmier, J. W. Long, and M. J. Reilly, Technical Coordinators. Synthesis of Science to Inform Land Management within the Northwest Forest Plan Area. PNW-GTR-966. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, Oregon.
Wilk, R. J., D. B. Lesmeister, and E. D. Forsman. 2018. Nest trees of northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, USA. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197887
Wiens, J. D., K. M. Dugger, D. B. Lesmeister, K. E. Dilione, and D. C. Simon. 2018. Effects of experimental removal of barred owls on population demography of northern spotted owls in Washington and Oregon – 2017 progress report. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018-1086.
2017
Linnell, M. A., R. J. Davis, D. B. Lesmeister, and J. K. Swingle. 2017. Conservation and relative habitat suitability for an arboreal mammal associated with old forest. Forest Ecology and Management 402: 1–11.
Glenn, E. M., D. B. Lesmeister, R. J. Davis, B. Hollen, and A. Poopatanapong. 2017. Estimating density of a territorial species in a dynamic landscape. Landscape Ecology 32(3): 563–579.
Lesmeister, D. B., and J. K. Swingle. 2017. Field Guide to Red Tree Vole Nests. Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region and USDI Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington. Portland, OR. 43 pp.
Jenkins, J. M. A., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2017. Species-specific variation in nesting and postfledging resource selection for two forest breeding migrant songbirds. PLoS ONE 12(6), e0179524
Jenkins, J. M. A., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2017. Behavioral development and habitat structure affect postfledging movements of songbirds. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(1):144–53.
Koen, E. L., M. I. Tosa, C. K. Nielsen, and E. M. Schauber. 2017. Does landscape connectivity shape local and global social network structure in white-tailed deer? PLoS One: 12(3): e0173570.
Linnell, M. A., C. W. Epps, E. D. Forsman, and W. J. Zielinski. 2017. Space use, movements, and rest site use by short-tailed weasels (Mustela ermine) in managed forests of western Oregon. Wildlife Biology wlb.00270.
Linnell, M. A., C. W. Epps, E. D. Forsman, and W. J. Zielinski. 2017. Survival and predation of weasels (Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata) in North America. Northwest Science 91: 15–26.
Tosa, M. I., E. M. Schauber, and C. K. Nielsen. 2017. Localized removal affects white-tailed deer space use and contacts. Journal of Wildlife Management. 81(1): 26–37.
2016
Gompper, M. E., D. B. Lesmeister, J. C. Ray, J. R. Malcolm, and R. W. Kays. 2016. Habitat preference or intraguild interactions: What structures a carnivore community? PLoS ONE 11:e0146055.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, R. J. Davis, B. L. Biswell, and L. S. Andrews. 2016. Tree voles: an evaluation of their distribution and habitat relationships based on recent and historical studies, habitat models, and vegetation change. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station general technical report PNW-GTR-938. Portland, Oregon.
Jenkins, J. M. A., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2016. Contrasting patterns of nest survival and postfledging survival in Ovenbirds and Acadian Flycatchers in Missouri forest fragments. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118(3): 583-596.
Jenkins, J. M. A., and J. Faaborg. 2016. Potential effects of Brown-headed Cowbirds on host post-fledging dispersal and survival.The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128(2): 404-411.
2015
Lesmeister, D. B., C. K. Nielsen, E. M. Schauber, and E. C. Hellgren. 2015. Spatial and temporal structure of a mesocarnivore guild in Midwestern North America. Wildlife Monographs 191(1): 1–61.
Pre-2015
Lesmeister, D. B., R. S. Crowhurst, M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2013. Landscape ecology of eastern spotted skunks in habitats restored for red-cockaded woodpeckers. Restoration Ecology 21(2): 267–275.
Feldhamer, G. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. C. Devine, and D. I. Stetson. 2012. Golden mice (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus): co-occurrence and the abundant-center hypothesis. Journal of Mammalogy 93(4): 1042–1050.
Lesmeister, D. B., and C. K. Nielsen. 2011. Protocol for large-scale monitoring of riparian mammals. Wildlife Biology in Practice 7(2): 55–70.
Lesmeister, D. B., J. J. Millspaugh, M. E. Gompper, and T.W. Mong. 2010. Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) survival and cause-specific mortality in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. The American Midland Naturalist 164(1): 52–60.
Lesmeister, D. B., M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2009. Habitat selection and home range dynamics of eastern spotted skunks in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. The Journal of Wildlife Management 73(1): 18–25.
Lesmeister, D. B., M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2008. Summer resting and den site selection by eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. Journal of Mammalogy 89(6): 1512–1520.
Lesmeister, D. B., J. J. Millspaugh, S. E. Wade, and M. E. Gompper. 2008. A survey of parasites identified in the feces of eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in western Arkansas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(4): 1041–1044.
Hackett, H. M., D. B. Lesmeister, J. Desanty-Combes, W. G. Montague, J. J. Millspaugh, and M. E. Gompper. 2007. Detection rates of eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in Missouri and Arkansas using live-capture and non-invasive techniques. The American Midland Naturalist 158(1): 123–131.
lab member publications prior to joining lab
Forsman, E. D., S. G. Sovern, M. Taylor, and B. L. Biswell. 2015. Home range and habitat selection by spotted owls on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains, Washington. Journal of Raptor Research 49: 109–128.
Tosa, M. I., E. M. Schauber, and C. K. Nielsen. 2015. Familiarity breeds contempt: combining proximity loggers and GPS reveals that white-tailed deer avoid close contact with neighboring groups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 51(1): 79–88.
Sovern, S. G., E. D. Forsman, K. M. Dugger, and M. Taylor. 2015. Roosting habitat use and selection by northern spotted owls during natal dispersal. Journal of Wildlife Management 79: 254–262.
Sovern, S. G., E. D. Forsman, G. Olson, B. L. Biswell, M. Taylor, and R. G. Anthony. 2014. Barred owls and landscape attributes influence territory occupancy of northern spotted owls. The Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 1436–1443.
Yackulic, C. B., J. A. Reid, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, R. J. Davis, E. D. Forsman. 2014. The roles of competition and habitat in the dynamics of populations and species distributions ecology. Ecology 95(2): 265–279.
Sovern, S. G., M. Taylor, and E. D. Forsman. 2011. Nest reuse by northern spotted owls on the east slope of the Cascade Range, Washington. Northwest Naturalist 92: 101–106.
Swingle, J. K., E. D. Forsman, and R. G. Anthony. 2010. Survival, mortality, and predators of red tree voles (Arborimus longicaudus). Northwest Science 84: 255–265.
Swingle, J. K., and E. D. Forsman. 2009. Home range areas and activity patterns of red tree voles (Arborimus longicaudus) in western Oregon. Northwest Science 83: 273–286.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, and N.R. Hatch. 2009. Behavior of red tree voles (Arborimus longicaudus) based on continuous video monitoring of nest. Northwest Science 83: 262–272.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, M.A. McDonald, S.G. Graham, and N.R. Hatch. 2009. Red tree voles in the Columbia River Gorge and Hood River Basin, Oregon. Northwestern Naturalist 90: 227–232.
Bailey, L. L., J. A. Reid, E. D. Forsman, J. D. Nichols. 2009. Modeling co-occurrence of northern spotted and barred owls: Accounting for detection probability differences. Biological Conservation 142(12): 2983–2989.
Forsman, E. D., R. G. Anthony, J. A. Reid, P. J. Loschl, S. G. Sovern, M. Taylor, B. L. Biswell, A. Ellingson, E. C. Meslow, G. S. Miller, K. A. Swindle, J. A. Thrailkill, F. F. Wagner, and D. E. Seaman. 2002. Natal and breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls. Wildlife Monographs 149: 1–35.
Reid, J. A., R. B. Horn, and E. D. Forsman. 1999. Detection rates of spotted owls based on acoustic-lure and live-lure surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27: 986–990.
Sovern, S. G., Forsman, E. D., Biswell, B. L., Rolph, D. N., and Taylor, M. 1994. Diurnal behavior of the spotted owl in Washington. Condor 96: 200–202.
Carey, A. B., J. A. Reid, and S. P. Horton. 1991. Spotted owl home range and habitat use in the southern Oregon Coast Range. The Journal of Wildlife Management 54(1): 11–17.
Tosa, M. I., E. M. Schauber, and C. K. Nielsen. 2015. Familiarity breeds contempt: combining proximity loggers and GPS reveals that white-tailed deer avoid close contact with neighboring groups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 51(1): 79–88.
Sovern, S. G., E. D. Forsman, K. M. Dugger, and M. Taylor. 2015. Roosting habitat use and selection by northern spotted owls during natal dispersal. Journal of Wildlife Management 79: 254–262.
Sovern, S. G., E. D. Forsman, G. Olson, B. L. Biswell, M. Taylor, and R. G. Anthony. 2014. Barred owls and landscape attributes influence territory occupancy of northern spotted owls. The Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 1436–1443.
Yackulic, C. B., J. A. Reid, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, R. J. Davis, E. D. Forsman. 2014. The roles of competition and habitat in the dynamics of populations and species distributions ecology. Ecology 95(2): 265–279.
Sovern, S. G., M. Taylor, and E. D. Forsman. 2011. Nest reuse by northern spotted owls on the east slope of the Cascade Range, Washington. Northwest Naturalist 92: 101–106.
Swingle, J. K., E. D. Forsman, and R. G. Anthony. 2010. Survival, mortality, and predators of red tree voles (Arborimus longicaudus). Northwest Science 84: 255–265.
Swingle, J. K., and E. D. Forsman. 2009. Home range areas and activity patterns of red tree voles (Arborimus longicaudus) in western Oregon. Northwest Science 83: 273–286.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, and N.R. Hatch. 2009. Behavior of red tree voles (Arborimus longicaudus) based on continuous video monitoring of nest. Northwest Science 83: 262–272.
Forsman, E. D., J. K. Swingle, M.A. McDonald, S.G. Graham, and N.R. Hatch. 2009. Red tree voles in the Columbia River Gorge and Hood River Basin, Oregon. Northwestern Naturalist 90: 227–232.
Bailey, L. L., J. A. Reid, E. D. Forsman, J. D. Nichols. 2009. Modeling co-occurrence of northern spotted and barred owls: Accounting for detection probability differences. Biological Conservation 142(12): 2983–2989.
Forsman, E. D., R. G. Anthony, J. A. Reid, P. J. Loschl, S. G. Sovern, M. Taylor, B. L. Biswell, A. Ellingson, E. C. Meslow, G. S. Miller, K. A. Swindle, J. A. Thrailkill, F. F. Wagner, and D. E. Seaman. 2002. Natal and breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls. Wildlife Monographs 149: 1–35.
Reid, J. A., R. B. Horn, and E. D. Forsman. 1999. Detection rates of spotted owls based on acoustic-lure and live-lure surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27: 986–990.
Sovern, S. G., Forsman, E. D., Biswell, B. L., Rolph, D. N., and Taylor, M. 1994. Diurnal behavior of the spotted owl in Washington. Condor 96: 200–202.
Carey, A. B., J. A. Reid, and S. P. Horton. 1991. Spotted owl home range and habitat use in the southern Oregon Coast Range. The Journal of Wildlife Management 54(1): 11–17.
Lesmeister Predator-Prey Lab
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Oregon State University
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-750-7250
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Oregon State University
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-750-7250