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
Conceptual ecological models to support detection of ecological change on Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Response of western mountain ecosystems to climatic variability and change: A collaborative research approach
Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems
Design of ecoregional monitoring in conservation areas of high-latitude ecosystems under contemporary climate change
Framework for ecological monitoring on lands of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and their partners
Ecological responses to contemporary climate change within species, communities, and ecosystems
American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in northwestern Nevada: A newly discovered population at a low-elevation site
Monitoring biological diversity: strategies, tools, limitations, and challenges
Effects of feral horses in Great Basin landscapes on soils and ants: Direct and indirect mechanisms
Multi-scale responses of soil stability and invasive plants to removal of non-native grazers from an arid conservation reserve
Linking the concept of scale to studies of biological diversity: evolving approaches and tools.
Monitoring temporal change in riparian vegetation of Great Basin National Park
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
Conceptual ecological models to support detection of ecological change on Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Response of western mountain ecosystems to climatic variability and change: A collaborative research approach
Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems
Design of ecoregional monitoring in conservation areas of high-latitude ecosystems under contemporary climate change
Framework for ecological monitoring on lands of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and their partners
Ecological responses to contemporary climate change within species, communities, and ecosystems
American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in northwestern Nevada: A newly discovered population at a low-elevation site
Monitoring biological diversity: strategies, tools, limitations, and challenges
Effects of feral horses in Great Basin landscapes on soils and ants: Direct and indirect mechanisms
Multi-scale responses of soil stability and invasive plants to removal of non-native grazers from an arid conservation reserve
Linking the concept of scale to studies of biological diversity: evolving approaches and tools.
Monitoring temporal change in riparian vegetation of Great Basin National Park
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.