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List of works by David S. Pilliod

A National-Scale Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in United States National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae As Biosentinels through a Citizen-Science Framework

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

A conservation paradox in the Great Basin—Altering sagebrush landscapes with fuel breaks to reduce habitat loss from wildfire

scholarly article by Douglas J. Shinneman et al published 2018 in Open-File Report

A round‐robin evaluation of the repeatability and reproducibility of environmental DNA assays for dreissenid mussels

A soil burn severity index for understanding soil-fire relations in tropical forests

scientific article published on December 2008

Adapting management to a changing world: Warm temperatures, dry soil, and interannual variability limit restoration success of a dominant woody shrub in temperate drylands

scholarly article

Adding invasive species biosurveillance to the U.S. Geological Survey streamgage network

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Amphibian Responses to Wildfire in the Western United States: Emerging Patterns from Short-Term Studies

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An Introduction and Practical Guide to Use of the Soil-Vegetation Inventory Method (SVIM) Data

scientific article published in 2018

An analytical framework for estimating aquatic species density from environmental DNA.

scientific article published on 25 February 2018

Assessing the Consequences of Nonnative Trout in Headwater Ecosystems in Western North America

Assessing the effectiveness of riparian restoration projects using Landsat and precipitation data from the cloud-computing application ClimateEngine.org

scientific article published in 2018

Bridging the research-management gap: landscape science in practice on public lands in the western United States

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Cannot see the random forest for the decision trees: selecting predictive models for restoration ecology

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) Predation on Tadpoles of the Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris)

article published in 2002

Compensatory effects of recruitment and survival when amphibian populations are perturbed by disease

scientific article published in 2011

Corrigendum to “Distribution and environmental limitations of an amphibian pathogen in the Rocky Mountains, USA” [Biological Conservation 141 (2008) 1484–1492]

scholarly article published in Biological Conservation

Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species

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Data entry module and manuals for the Land Treatment Digital Library

Distribution and environmental limitations of an amphibian pathogen in the Rocky Mountains, USA

Effects of amphibian chytrid fungus on individual survival probability in wild boreal toads

scientific article published in October 2010

Effects of changing climate on aquatic habitat and connectivity for remnant populations of a wide-ranging frog species in an arid landscape

scientific article

Effects of climate change on habitat and connectivity for populations of a vulnerable, endemic salamander in Iran

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Estimating vegetation biomass and cover across large plots in shrub and grass dominated drylands using terrestrial lidar and machine learning

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Extreme arsenic and antimony uptake and tolerance in toad tadpoles during development in highly contaminated wetlands

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Factors influencing detection of eDNA from a stream-dwelling amphibian.

scientific article

Fire and amphibians in North America

scientific article published in 2003

Fire, flow and dynamic equilibrium in stream macroinvertebrate communities

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From satellites to frogs: Quantifying ecohydrological change, drought mitigation, and population demography in desert meadows

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the Western USA.

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

Fuels guide and database for intact and invaded big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecological sites—User manual

Functional and geographic components of risk for climate sensitive vertebrates in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Genomics‐informed delineation of conservation units in a desert amphibian

scientific article published in 2022

Harvester ant seed removal in an invaded sagebrush ecosystem: Implications for restoration

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Heterogeneous responses of temperate-zone amphibian populations to climate change complicates conservation planning.

scientific article

Hydroclimatic Conditions, Wildfire, and Species Assemblages Influence Co-Occurrence of Bull Trout and Tailed Frogs in Northern Rocky Mountain Streams

scientific article published in 2022

Hyperspectral Analysis of Columbia Spotted Frog Habitat

scientific article published in 2010

Hyperspectral Analysis of Columbia Spotted Frog Habitat

Identification of bees in southwest Idaho—A guide for beginners

Illegal killing of nongame wildlife and recreational shooting in conservation areas

scholarly article

Index for Characterizing Post-Fire Soil Environments in Temperate Coniferous Forests

Insect communities in big sagebrush habitat are altered by wildfire and post-fire restoration seeding

scholarly article by Ashley T Rohde et al published 8 November 2018 in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Insect community responses to climate and weather across elevation gradients in the Sagebrush Steppe, eastern Oregon

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Integration of eDNA‐Based Biological Monitoring within the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Streamgage Network

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Lack of Significant Changes in the Herpetofauna of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, Since the 1920s

Land Treatment Digital Library

Land treatment exploration tool

Leveraging rangeland monitoring data for wildlife: From concept to practice

scientific article published in February 2022

Lidar Aboveground Vegetation Biomass Estimates in Shrublands: Prediction, Uncertainties and Application to Coarser Scales

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Local and Landscape Effects of Introduced Trout on Amphibians in Historically Fishless Watersheds

Long-term effects of seeding after wildfire on vegetation in Great Basin shrubland ecosystems

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Long-term trends in restoration and associated land treatments in the southwestern United States

scientific article published in 2017

Methodological considerations of terrestrial laser scanning for vegetation monitoring in the sagebrush steppe

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Molecular detection of vertebrates in stream water: a demonstration using Rocky Mountain tailed frogs and Idaho giant salamanders

scientific article

Non-native salmonids affect amphibian occupancy at multiple spatial scales

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Occupancy and abundance of predator and prey: implications of the fire-cheatgrass cycle in sagebrush ecosystems

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Pattern and process of prescribed fires influence effectiveness at reducing wildfire severity in dry coniferous forests

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Persistence and extirpation in invaded landscapes: patch characteristics and connectivity determine effects of non-native predatory fish on native salamanders

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Persistence and quality of vegetation cover in expired Conservation Reserve Program fields

scientific article published in 2023

Persistence at distributional edges: Columbia spotted frog habitat in the arid Great Basin, USA

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Population structure of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) is strongly affected by the landscape

scientific article published in 2005

Postfire growth of seeded and planted big sagebrush—strategic designs for restoring greater sage‐grouse nesting habitat

Scientific article published in September 2020

Prescribed fires as ecological surrogates for wildfires: A stream and riparian perspective

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Pre‐fire vegetation drives post‐fire outcomes in sagebrush ecosystems: evidence from field and remote sensing data

scientific article published in November 2019

Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe

scientific article published on 28 July 2021

Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Quantifying restoration effectiveness using multi-scale habitat models: implications for sage-grouse in the Great Basin

article by Robert S. Arkle et al published March 2014 in Ecosphere

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines.

scientific article

Reestablishing a foundational species: Limitations on post‐wildfire sagebrush seedling establishment

scientific article published in 2022

Refining the cheatgrass-fire cycle in the Great Basin: Precipitation timing and fine fuel composition predict wildfire trends

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Regional variation in drivers of connectivity for two frog species (Rana pretiosa and R. luteiventris ) from the U.S. Pacific Northwest

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Reptiles Under the Conservation Umbrella of the Greater Sage‐Grouse

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

Roles of patch characteristics, drought frequency, and restoration in long-term trends of a widespread amphibian

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Saprolegniaceae identified on amphibian eggs throughout the Pacific Northwest, USA, by internal transcribed spacer sequences and phylogenetic analysis

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Seasonal migration of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) among complementary resources in a high mountain basin

scientific article published in 2002

Stream Restoration Is Influenced by Details of Engineered Habitats at a Headwater Mine Site

scientific article published on 27 January 2021

Survey of Beaver-related Restoration Practices in Rangeland Streams of the Western USA.

scientific article

The ecological uncertainty of wildfire fuel breaks: examples from the sagebrush steppe

scholarly article by Douglas J Shinneman et al published 6 May 2019 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Thermal conditions predict intraspecific variation in senescence rate in frogs and toads

scientific article published in 2021

Transient population dynamics impede restoration and may promote ecosystem transformation after disturbance

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Transition of Vegetation States Positively Affects Harvester Ants in the Great Basin, United States

scientific article published in 2016