Past Work — Oregon Wildlife Institute

Selected Publications & Reports

Species Assessment

Conservation Assessment of the Western Pond Turtle. Rosenberg, Daniel K., Jennifer A. Gervais, David G. Vesely, Susan Barnes, Lori Holts, Robert Horn, Roberta Swift, Laura Todd, and Christopher Yee. 2009. Conservation of the Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) in Oregon. Version 1.0. Oregon Wildlife Institute. Corvallis, OR.

Conservation Assessment for the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Oregon and Washington. Conservation Assessment for the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Oregon and Washington. Unpublished report to the Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program, USDA Forest Service Region 6, Oregon and Washington, and USDI Bureau of Land Management, Oregon and Washington. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, Oregon.

Conservation Assessment for the Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) in Oregon and Washington. Gervais, Jennifer. 2016. Conservation Assessment for the Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) in Oregon and Washington. Unpublished report for the Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species Program, USDA Forest Service Region 6, Oregon and Washington, and USDI Bureau of Land Management, Oregon and Washington. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, Oregon.

Conservation Assessment of the Kit Fox. Vesely, David. 2015. Conservation Assessment of the Kit Fox in Southeast Oregon. Submitted to BLM/USFS Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, Or.

Status of and Potential Recovery Options for Oregon Spotted Frogs in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Rosenberg, Daniel K. Status of and potential recovery options for Oregon spotted frogs in the Willamette Valley.

Conservation assessment for the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) in Oregon. Gervais, Jennifer A., Daniel K. Rosenberg, Susan Barnes, Claire Puchy, and Elaine Stewart. 2009. Version 1.1. Oregon Wildlife Institute. Corvallis, OR. Conservation Assessment of the Western Painted Turtle

Wildlife on Working Landscapes

Guide to Conserving Wildlife on Willamette Valley Farms. Vesely, David G. 2011. A guide to conserving wildlife on Willamette Valley farms. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, OR

Evaluating nest boxes in attracting barn owls and kestrels for controlling voles in grass seed production systems. Gervais, Jennifer A., and William C. Young III. 2010. Final Report for Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program.

The ecology of burrowing owls in the agroecosystem of the Imperial Valley, California. Rosenberg, Daniel K., and Katherin L. Haley. 2004. Studies in Avian Biology 27:120-135.

Testing sign indices to monitor voles in grassland and agriculture. Gervais, Jennifer A. 2010. Northwest Science 84:281-288.

Oregon Spotted Frog site management plan for Jack Creek, Fremont-Winema National Forest, final draft. Gervais, Jennifer A. 2011. Unpublished report to the Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species Program, Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service. Oregon Wildlife Institute.

Landowner's Guide to Restoring Oregon White Oak Habitats. Vesely, D.G. and G. Tucker. 2004. A landowner’s guide to restoring and managing Oregon white oak habitats. Report prepared for USDI Bureau of Land Management, Salem District. Pacific Wildlife Research, Corvallis, OR.

Conservation Planning

A tale of two voles: the challenge of the commonness-rariy continuum in conservation planning. Rosenberg, Daniel K. 2019. A tale of two voles: the challenge of the commonness-rarity continuum in conservation planning. Forest Ecology and Management 434:165-171.

Biological corridors: form, function, and efficacy. Rosenberg, Daniel K., Barry R. Noon, and E. Charles Meslow. 1997. BioScience 47(10):677-687.

What conservation biology and natural resource management have to offer population-level ecological risk assessment. Gervais, Jennifer A., and Helen M. Regan. 2007. Pages 129-50 in: L. W. Barnthouse, W. R. Munns, and M. T. Sorensen, Editors. Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL.

Conservation of Western Pond Turtles in West Eugene Wetlands. Vesely, David G. 2009. Planning conservation activities to benefit western pond turtles in West Eugene Wetlands, Lane County, Oregon. Report prepared for USSI Bureau of Land Management, Eugene & Salem Districts. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, OR.

Monitoring Species & Habitats

Testing sign indices to monitor voles in grassland and agriculture. Gervais, Jennifer A. 2010. Northwest Science 84:281-288.

Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program Monitoring Plan. 2015. Vesely, David. Final draft report submitted to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. ODFW Contract 63507454.

Vesely, David G. 2011. Monitoring songbird populations at the Pioneer Butte Meadow restoration project, Siuslaw National Forest: survey design and 2011 baseline results. Report prepared for the Siuslaw National Forest. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, OR.

Vesely, D.; McComb, B.C.; Vojta, C.D.; Suring, L.H.; Halaj, J.; Holthausen, R.S.; Zuckerberg, B.; Manley, P.M. 2006. Development of Protocols To Inventory or Monitor Wildlife, Fish, or Rare Plants. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-72. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 100 p.

Training Detector Dogs to Locate Kincaid's Lupine. Vesely, David G. 2008. Training of conservation detector dogs to locate Kincaid’s lupine (Lupinus sulphureus spp. kincaidii). Report submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon State Office. Oregon Wildlife Institute, Corvallis, OR.

Ecology and Biology

Estimation of habitat selection for central-place foraging animals. Daniel K. Rosenberg and Kevin S. McKelvey. 1999. Journal of Wildlife Management 63(3):1028-1038.

The ecology of the burrowing owl in California. Rosenberg, Daniel K., Lynn A. Trulio, Daniel H Catlin, Deborah Chromczack, Jennifer A. Gervais, Noelle Ronan, and Katherin A. Haley. 2007. Unpublished synthesis report to the BLM.

Patterns of abundance and habitat associations of earthworms in remnant forests of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Bailey, Dana E., Daniel K. Rosenberg, William Fender, Dorothy McKey-Fender, and Judy Jacobs. 2002. Northwest Science 76(1):26-34.

Post-emergence behavior of hatchling western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in western Oregon. Rosenberg, Daniel K., and Roberta Swift. 2013. American Midland Naturalist 169(1):111-121.

Landscape influence on the local distribution of western pond turtles. Horn, Robert B., and Jennifer A. Gervais. 2018. Landscape influence on the local distribution of western pond turtles. Ecosphere 9(7):e02346. 10.1002/ecs2.2346.