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
Adaptive population divergence and directional gene flow across steep elevational gradients in a climate‐sensitive mammal
Vegetation responses to sagebrush-reduction treatments measured by satellites
Behavioral flexibility as a mechanism for coping with climate change
Species account: Ochotona princeps (American pika)
Species account: Lepus townsendii (White-tailed jackrabbit)
Species account: Lepus californicus (Black-tailed jackrabbit)
Species account: Sylvilagus nuttallii (Mountain cottontail)
Predictors of current and longer-term patterns of abundance of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) across a leading-edge protected area
Microrefuges and the occurrence of thermal specialists: implications for wildlife persistence amidst changing temperatures
Pika (Ochotona princeps) losses from two isolated regions reflect temperature and water balance, but reflect habitat area in a mainland region
Mechanistic variables can enhance predictive models of endotherm distributions: The American pika under current, past, and future climates
Distribution of a climate-sensitive species at an interior range margin
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
Adaptive population divergence and directional gene flow across steep elevational gradients in a climate‐sensitive mammal
Vegetation responses to sagebrush-reduction treatments measured by satellites
Behavioral flexibility as a mechanism for coping with climate change
Species account: Ochotona princeps (American pika)
Species account: Lepus townsendii (White-tailed jackrabbit)
Species account: Lepus californicus (Black-tailed jackrabbit)
Species account: Sylvilagus nuttallii (Mountain cottontail)
Predictors of current and longer-term patterns of abundance of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) across a leading-edge protected area
Microrefuges and the occurrence of thermal specialists: implications for wildlife persistence amidst changing temperatures
Pika (Ochotona princeps) losses from two isolated regions reflect temperature and water balance, but reflect habitat area in a mainland region
Mechanistic variables can enhance predictive models of endotherm distributions: The American pika under current, past, and future climates
Distribution of a climate-sensitive species at an interior range margin
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.