Publications & Data

Boyd CS, Creutzburg MK, Kumar AV, Smith JT, Doherty KE, Mealor BA, Bradford JB, Cahill M, Copeland SM, Duquette CA, Garner L, Holdrege MC, Sparklin WD, Cross TB. 2024. A strategic and science-based framework for management of invasive annual grasses in the Sagebrush Biome. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 97 (2024), 6172. DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2024.08.019


Crist MR, Short KC, Cross TB, Doherty KE, Olszewski JH. 2024. Will it burn? Characterizing wildfire risk for the Sagebrush Conservation Design. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 97 (2024), 8493. DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2024.08.014


Sparklin WD, Doherty KE, Rodhouse TJ, Lonneker JJ, Spaak J, Cross TB, Warren JM. 2024. An assessment of conservation opportunities within sagebrush ecosystems of US National Parks and Wildlife Refuges. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 97 (2024), 94–106. DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2024.09.005


Theobald DM, Kumar AV, Doherty KE, Zeller KA, Cross TB. 2024. Well-connected core areas retain ecological integrity of sagebrush ecosystems amidst overall declines from 2001–2021. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 97 (2024), 41–50. DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2024.08.020


Cross TB, Tack JD, Naugle DE, Schwartz MK, Doherty KE, Oyler-McCance SJ, Pritchert RD, Fedy BC. 2023. The ties that bind the sagebrush biome: integrating genetic connectivity into range-wide conservation of greater sage-grouse. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2): 220437. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220437 

Data DOI: 10.5066/P9HI7OGR


Zimmerman SJ, Aldridge CL, O’Donnell MS, Edmunds DR, Coates PS, Prochazka BG, Fike JA, Cross TB, Fedy BC, Oyler‐McCance SJ. 2023. A genetic warning system for a hierarchically structured wildlife monitoring framework. Ecological Applications, March 2022, e2787, 1–18. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2787

Data DOI: 10.5066/P9FATNI9


Oyler-McCance SJ, Cross TB, Row JR, Schwartz MK, Naugle DE, Fike JA, Winiarski KJ, Fedy BC. 2022. New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously-distributed species: lessons learned from Greater Sage-grouse. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0274189. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274189

Data DOI: 10.5066/P954SEUC


Cross TB, Latif QS, Dudley JG, Saab VS. 2021. Lewis's woodpecker nesting habitat suitability: Predictive models for application within burned forests. Biological Conservation, 252C(2020): 108811. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108811


Cross TB, Naugle DE, Oyler-McCance SJ, Row JR, Fedy BC, Schwartz MK. 2018. The genetic network of greater sage-grouse: range-wide identification of keystone hubs of connectivity. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 5394–5412. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4056

Data DOI: 10.5066/F73N22PN

 

Row JR, Doherty KE, Cross TB, Schwartz MK, Oyler-McCance SJ, Naugle DE, Knick ST, Fedy BC. 2018. Quantifying functional connectivity: the role of breeding habitat, abundance, and landscape features on range-wide gene flow in sage-grouse. Evolutionary Applications, 11: 1305–.1321. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12627

Data DOI: 10.5066/F7RB73V0

 

Cross TB, Naugle DE, Carlson JC, Schwartz MK. 2017. Genetic recapture identifies long-distance breeding dispersal in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 119: 155–166. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-16-178.1

 

Cross TB, Naugle DE, Carlson JC, Schwartz MK. 2016. Hierarchical population structure in greater sage-grouse provides insight into management boundary delineation. Conservation Genetics, 17: 1417–1433. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-016-0872-z

 

Hanks EM, Hooten MB, Knick ST, Oyler-McCance SJ, Fike JA, Cross TB, Schwartz MK. 2016. Latent spatial models and sampling design for landscape genetics. Annals of Applied Statistics, 10: 1041–1062. DOI: 10.1214/16-AOAS929

 

Sackett LC, Cross TB, Jones RT, Johnson W, Ballare K, Ray C, Collinge SK, Martin AP. 2012. Connectivity of prairie dog colonies in an altered landscape: inferences from analysis of microsatellite DNA variation. Conservation Genetics, 13: 407–418. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0293-y