Species at Risk

What makes a species vulnerable, and what factors could be changed to reverse a species’ or population’s decline? Through our Species at Risk Program, we ask and address these questions to help land managers and conservation professionals identify and respond to conditions that may be threatening the stability of wildlife populations.

Selected Publications

Maximizing Endangered Species Research. Rosenberg, Daniel K., David G. Vesely, and Jennifer A. Gervais. 2012. Science 337 (6096): 799

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 Unpublished report to the Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program, USDA Forest Service Region 6, Oregon and Washington, and USDI Bureau of Land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.

Patterns of Red Tree Vole Distribution and Habitat Suitability: Implications for Surveys and Conservation Planning. Rosenberg, D. K., R. J. Davis, K. J. Van Norman, J. R. Dunk, E. D. Forsman, and R. D. Huff. 2016. Patterns of Red Tree Vole Distribution and Habitat Suitability: Implications for Surveys and Conservation Planning. Ecosphere 7(12):e01630. 10.1002/ecs2.1630.

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 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.

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.