Christopher "Digger" Anthony (Former Employee)
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Relationship of greater sage-grouse to natural and assisted recovery of key vegetation types following wildfire: Insights from scat
Megafires are creating severe conservation problems worldwide for wildlife that have obligate dependencies on plant species that are foundational but fire-intolerant. Wildfire-induced loss of native perennials and increases in exotic annual grasses threaten greater sage-grouse (GRSG, Centrocercus urophasianus) in its sagebrush steppe habitat in western North America. Post-fire restoration using he
Authors
Matthew Germino, Christopher R. Anthony, Chad Raymond Kluender, Ethan A. Ellsworth, Ann M. Moser, Cara Applestein, Matthew Fisk
Acute and lagged fitness consequences for a sagebrush obligate in a post mega-wildfire landscape
Species responses to disturbance influence their extinction risks. Greater sage- grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are bioindicators of sagebrush ecosystem health and the loss of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) due to wildfire, can cause long-term declines in sage- grouse populations and other sagebrush obligate species. We examined the de-mographic response of a greater sage- grouse population follow
Authors
Christopher R. Anthony, Lee J. Foster, Christian A. Hagen, Katie Dugger
Nest microclimates of Greater Sage-Grouse in a post-megafire landscape: does selection equate to success?
Temperature at fine spatial scales is an important driver of nest site selection for many avian species during the breeding season and can influence nest success. Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities have areas with high levels of vegetation heterogeneity and high thermal variation; however, fire removes vegetation that provides protection from predators and extreme environmental conditions. To
Authors
Christopher R. Anthony, Christian A. Hagen, Katie Dugger, R. Dwayne Elmore
The effects of fire on the thermal environment of sagebrush communities
Thermal heterogeneity provides options for organisms during extreme temperatures that can contribute to their fitness. Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities exhibit vegetation heterogeneity that creates thermal variation at fine spatial scales. However, fire can change vegetation and thereby variation within the thermal environment of sagebrush communities. To describe spatial and temporal therma
Authors
Christopher R. Anthony, Christian A. Hagen, Katie Dugger, R. Dwayne Elmore
Non-USGS Publications**
Anthony, C.R., Hagen, C.A., Dugger, K.M., and Elmore, R.D., 2021, Greater sage-grouse nest bowls buffer microclimate in a post-megafire landscape although effects on nest survival are marginal: Ornithological Applications: The Condor v. 123, no. 1, p. 1–13, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaa068
Anthony, C.R., and Sanchez, D.M., 2019, Habitat selection and space use of Myotis evotis in a western juniper woodland of central Oregon: Journal of Mammalogy v. 100, no. 1, p. 239–248, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy150
Anthony, C.R., and Sanchez, D.M., 2018, Roost site selection of western long-eared myotis in a western juniper woodland: The Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 82, no. 3, p. 618–628, https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21416
**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
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Filter Total Items: 16
Relationship of greater sage-grouse to natural and assisted recovery of key vegetation types following wildfire: Insights from scat
Megafires are creating severe conservation problems worldwide for wildlife that have obligate dependencies on plant species that are foundational but fire-intolerant. Wildfire-induced loss of native perennials and increases in exotic annual grasses threaten greater sage-grouse (GRSG, Centrocercus urophasianus) in its sagebrush steppe habitat in western North America. Post-fire restoration using he
Authors
Matthew Germino, Christopher R. Anthony, Chad Raymond Kluender, Ethan A. Ellsworth, Ann M. Moser, Cara Applestein, Matthew Fisk
Acute and lagged fitness consequences for a sagebrush obligate in a post mega-wildfire landscape
Species responses to disturbance influence their extinction risks. Greater sage- grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are bioindicators of sagebrush ecosystem health and the loss of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) due to wildfire, can cause long-term declines in sage- grouse populations and other sagebrush obligate species. We examined the de-mographic response of a greater sage- grouse population follow
Authors
Christopher R. Anthony, Lee J. Foster, Christian A. Hagen, Katie Dugger
Nest microclimates of Greater Sage-Grouse in a post-megafire landscape: does selection equate to success?
Temperature at fine spatial scales is an important driver of nest site selection for many avian species during the breeding season and can influence nest success. Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities have areas with high levels of vegetation heterogeneity and high thermal variation; however, fire removes vegetation that provides protection from predators and extreme environmental conditions. To
Authors
Christopher R. Anthony, Christian A. Hagen, Katie Dugger, R. Dwayne Elmore
The effects of fire on the thermal environment of sagebrush communities
Thermal heterogeneity provides options for organisms during extreme temperatures that can contribute to their fitness. Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities exhibit vegetation heterogeneity that creates thermal variation at fine spatial scales. However, fire can change vegetation and thereby variation within the thermal environment of sagebrush communities. To describe spatial and temporal therma
Authors
Christopher R. Anthony, Christian A. Hagen, Katie Dugger, R. Dwayne Elmore
Non-USGS Publications**
Anthony, C.R., Hagen, C.A., Dugger, K.M., and Elmore, R.D., 2021, Greater sage-grouse nest bowls buffer microclimate in a post-megafire landscape although effects on nest survival are marginal: Ornithological Applications: The Condor v. 123, no. 1, p. 1–13, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaa068
Anthony, C.R., and Sanchez, D.M., 2019, Habitat selection and space use of Myotis evotis in a western juniper woodland of central Oregon: Journal of Mammalogy v. 100, no. 1, p. 239–248, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy150
Anthony, C.R., and Sanchez, D.M., 2018, Roost site selection of western long-eared myotis in a western juniper woodland: The Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 82, no. 3, p. 618–628, https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21416
**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.