Jay Diffendorfer
I'm an applied ecologist working at the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center.
Trained as an ecologist, I originally worked on spatial ecology and conservation biology, including a USGS-funded post doc at University of Miami modelling reptile and amphibian responses to possible restoration scenarios in the Everglades. I then worked as an assistant and full professor at San Diego State University, studying relationships between urbanization, fire, and invasive species on a native flora and fauna in southern California. This field-oriented research involved radiotelemetry, capture-recapture, and vegetation studies. I left San Diego State University and spent 4 years at the Illinois Natural History Survey where my research began to expand into disease ecology and agro-ecosystems. Since arriving at USGS in 2008, I have continued to expand my research focus and currently work on science related to the energy-environment nexus, ecosystem services, and applied ecology.
Professional Experience
2014- Research Scientist and Supervisor, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado
2008-2014 Research Scientist, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado
2004-2008 Associate Scientist, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois
1998-2004 Assistant/Associate Professor, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
1995-1998 Postdoctoral research with USGS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Education and Certifications
University of Kansas, Ph.D., (Ecology), 1995
Ohio University, BS, (Wildlife Biology), 1989
Science and Products
In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Predicted Wind Take Allocated To Hibernacula Each Year Under Current and Future Scenarios
Data release for Geographic context affects the landscape change and fragmentation caused by wind energy facilities
Data release for the Historical land use and land cover for assessing the northern Colorado Front Range urban landscape
Masticophis occupancy in southern California, 1995-2000
Data release for ecosystem service flows from a migratory species: spatial subsidies of the northern pintail
Urban landcover differentially drives day and nighttime air temperature across a semi-arid city
Multi-species, multi-country analysis reveals North Americans are willing to pay for transborder migratory species conservation
Demographic and potential biological removal models identify raptor species sensitive to current and future wind energy
TrendPowerTool: A lookup tool for estimating the statistical power of a monitoring program to detect population trends
Editorial: North American monarch butterfly ecology and conservation
Quantifying the contribution of habitats and pathways to a spatially structured population facing environmental change
Learning from real-world experience to understand renewable energy impacts to wildlife
Assessing population-level consequences of anthropogenic stressors for terrestrial wildlife
A continuously updated, geospatially rectified database of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States
Challenges for leveraging citizen science to support statistically robust monitoring programs
Limitations, lack of standardization, and recommended best practices in studies of renewable energy effects on birds and bats
Is the timing, pace and success of the monarch migration associated with sun angle?
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Predicted Wind Take Allocated To Hibernacula Each Year Under Current and Future Scenarios
Data release for Geographic context affects the landscape change and fragmentation caused by wind energy facilities
Data release for the Historical land use and land cover for assessing the northern Colorado Front Range urban landscape
Masticophis occupancy in southern California, 1995-2000
Data release for ecosystem service flows from a migratory species: spatial subsidies of the northern pintail
Urban landcover differentially drives day and nighttime air temperature across a semi-arid city
Multi-species, multi-country analysis reveals North Americans are willing to pay for transborder migratory species conservation
Demographic and potential biological removal models identify raptor species sensitive to current and future wind energy
TrendPowerTool: A lookup tool for estimating the statistical power of a monitoring program to detect population trends
Editorial: North American monarch butterfly ecology and conservation
Quantifying the contribution of habitats and pathways to a spatially structured population facing environmental change
Learning from real-world experience to understand renewable energy impacts to wildlife
Assessing population-level consequences of anthropogenic stressors for terrestrial wildlife
A continuously updated, geospatially rectified database of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States
Challenges for leveraging citizen science to support statistically robust monitoring programs
Limitations, lack of standardization, and recommended best practices in studies of renewable energy effects on birds and bats
Is the timing, pace and success of the monarch migration associated with sun angle?
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.