Erik Beever, Ph.D.
Erik is interested in questions at the nexus of basic and applied science, especially those that also inform management and conservation efforts for species, communities, and ecosystems.
Research Interest
Dr. Erik Beever has published over 100 articles in diverse scientific journals and in numerous subdisciplines of biology. He has performed field research on plants, soils, amphibians, birds, reptiles, fishes, and insects, as well as small, medium, and large mammals. His work has spanned salt-scrub, sagebrush-steppe, alpine, subalpine, subarctic, riparian, primary and secondary temperate and tropical forest, and coastal ecosystems of the western hemisphere. In addition to seeking to understand mechanisms of biotic responses to long-term weather patterns and variability, he has also focused on disturbance ecology and monitoring in conservation reserves, all at community to landscape scales, as well as other topics of conservation ecology, wildlife biology, and landscape ecology. He is a member of the IUCN Protected Areas Specialist Group, the IUCN Lagomorph Specialist Group, as well as The Wildlife Society, Society for Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, and Sigma Xi.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 1999. University of Nevada, Reno. Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
B.S. 1993. University of California, Davis. Biological Sciences
Science and Products
Identification of Global Priorities for New Mountain Protected and Conserved Areas
Freezing in a warming climate: Marked declines of a subnivean hibernator after a snow drought
Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change
Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing in deserts of western North America
Introduction: Defining and interpreting ecological disturbances
Discovery of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: Examining competing hypotheses for range extension
Evaluating mechanisms of plant‐mediated effects on herbivore persistence and occupancy across an ecoregion
An integrated framework for ecological drought across riverscapes of North America
Social–ecological mismatches create conservation challenges in introduced species management
Ecological consequences of anomalies in atmospheric moisture and snowpack
Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity
Conservation challenges emerging from free-roaming horse management: a vexing social-ecological mismatch
Non-USGS Publications**
horse grazing and other management practices. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno.
**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
Identification of Global Priorities for New Mountain Protected and Conserved Areas
Freezing in a warming climate: Marked declines of a subnivean hibernator after a snow drought
Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change
Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing in deserts of western North America
Introduction: Defining and interpreting ecological disturbances
Discovery of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: Examining competing hypotheses for range extension
Evaluating mechanisms of plant‐mediated effects on herbivore persistence and occupancy across an ecoregion
An integrated framework for ecological drought across riverscapes of North America
Social–ecological mismatches create conservation challenges in introduced species management
Ecological consequences of anomalies in atmospheric moisture and snowpack
Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity
Conservation challenges emerging from free-roaming horse management: a vexing social-ecological mismatch
Non-USGS Publications**
horse grazing and other management practices. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno.
**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.