New paper - Holocene-era landscape conditions affect genetic connectivity in a sagebrush obligate species, the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Our paper "Holocene-era landscape conditions affect genetic connectivity in a sagebrush obligate species, the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)", has been accepted for publication in Landscape Ecology.

Byer, N.W., Dilts, T.E., Larrucea, E.S., Crowell, M.D., Shoemaker, K.T., Weisberg, P.J., & Matocq, M.D. (2021) Holocene-era landscape conditions affect genetic connectivity in a sagebrush obligate species, the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01328-1
 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-021-01328-1

 

New poster "Unmanned aerial vehicles can revolutionize shrubland mapping"

I have a new poster on our lab's website titled "Unmanned aerial vehicles can revolutionize shrubland mapping". You can view it by clicking HERE.

New remote sensing paper on cheatgrass die-offs

At last! Our paper "Development of remote sensing indicators for mapping episodic die-off of an invasive annual grass (Bromus tectorum) from the Landsat archive" has been accepted in Ecological Indicators. The image below shows some of our mapped die-off polygons overlaid on a Landsat composite image (SWIR2, SWIR1, and NIR bands in the red, green, and blue channels).  Yellow areas have a high probability of being mapped as a cheatgrass die-off area.

Upcoming Great Basin LCC Webinar on Pygmy Rabbit

Marjorie Matocq is presenting next Monday for the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative webinar series.  Sign up at http://greatbasinlcc.org/webinar-series .  If you can't make it there will be a recorded seminar available on YouTube in a couple of weeks.