Landscape Biodiversity Lab
Dr. Andrew J. Hansen, Director

Ecology Department

Current Research

Title: Vulnerability of US National Parks to Current and Future Land Use and Climate Change

Authors: Andrew J. Hansen and Steve Running

Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)                                                                                    Contact: Cory Davis

Title: Ecological condition of US National Parks: Enhancing decision support through monitoring, analysis, and forecasting

Authors: Andrew J. Hansen, Scott Goetz, John Gross, David Theobald, Forest Melton and Rama Nemani

Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)                                                                                    Contact: Nathan Piekielek

Title: Testing Biophysical and Land Use Controls on Avian Biodiversity

Authors: Andrew J. Hansen and Ruth Defries

Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)                                                                                    Contact: Linda Phillips

Title: Avian response to structural changes in willow (Salix spp.) dominated habitats in Yellowstone’s Northern Range: top-down versus bottom-up controls of ecosystem function

Authors: Andrew J. Hansen

Funding: Yellowstone National Park                                                                                                                                     Contact: Lisa Baril

Title: Avian Communities Along the Middle and Lower Yellowstone River

Authors: Andrew J. Hansen

Funding: Nature Conservancy                                                                                                                                Contact: Danielle Jones

Recently completed research projects:

Biodiversity Potential in the Pacific and Inland Northwest: Phase II – Applications to Industry Planning Areas

Nest-site selection and nest survival of two cavity-nesting bird species

Monitoring Forest Response to Past and Future Global Change in Greater Yellowstone

Demographic Change in the New West: Exurban Development Around Nature Reserves

A Landscape Approach to Aspen Restoration: Understanding the Role of Biophysical Setting in Aspen Community Dynamics

Land Use Change around Protected Areas

Using Biophysical Factors to Predict Regional Biodiversity Potential in the Pacific and Inland Northwest

Riparian Habitat Dynamics and Wildlife along the Upper Yellowstone River

Mechanisms Linking Landscape Heterogeneity and Avian Populations.
Analysis of Past and Future Landscape Patterns in the Targhee National Forest.
Lessons for Landscape Management: The Effects of Natural Disturbance and Human Activities on Landscape Pattern in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Effects of Fire and Geomorphology on Plant and Bird Diversity in Dry Douglas-Fir Habitats in Southwestern Montana.
Effects of Windthrow on Stand Structure and Dynamics on Kuiu Island, Southeast Alaska.
Habitat Use of Birds in the Mixed-Grass Prairie of North Dakota.

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Last modified Feb 4, 2008