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Overview

Erik A. Beever is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to ecological modeling, ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Ecosystem Dynamics and Resilience
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Erik A. Beever has published notable recent papers, such as:

  • "Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Managing for RADical ecosystem change: applying the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Responding to Ecosystem Transformation: Resist, Accept, or Direct?," 2020, Fisheries
  • "Linking evolutionary potential to extinction risk: applications and future directions," 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "RAD Adaptive Management for Transforming Ecosystems," 2021, BioScience

Their publications appear frequently in several scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Conservation Biology
  • BioScience
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Laura M. Thompson (8 coauthored works)
  • Lindsey L. Thurman (7 coauthored works)
  • Gregor W. Schuurman (6 coauthored works)
  • Jennifer L. Wilkening (6 coauthored works)
  • John Gross (5 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Behavioral flexibility as a mechanism for coping with climate change

    Erik A Beever;Erik A Beever;L Embere Hall;Johanna Varner;Anne E Loosen

  • PATTERNS OF APPARENT EXTIRPATION AMONG ISOLATED POPULATIONS OF PIKAS (OCHOTONA PRINCEPS) IN THE GREAT BASIN

    Erik A. Beever;Peter F. Brussard;Joel Berger;Joel Berger

  • Taxonomic considerations in listing subspecies under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

    Susan M. Haig;Erik A. Beever;Steven M. Chambers;Hope M. Draheim;Hope M. Draheim

  • Testing alternative models of climate-mediated extirpations

    Erik A. Beever;Chris Ray;Philip W. Mote;Jennifer L. Wilkening

  • Contemporary climate change alters the pace and drivers of extinction

    Erik A. Beever;Chris Ray;Jenifer L. Wilkening;Jenifer L. Wilkening;Peter F. Brussard

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change

    Lindsey L Thurman;Bruce A Stein;Bruce A Stein;Erik A Beever;Erik A Beever;Wendy Foden;Wendy Foden

  • Improving conservation outcomes with a new paradigm for understanding species’ fundamental and realized adaptive capacity

    Erik A. Beever;Erik A. Beever;John O’Leary;Claudia Mengelt;Jordan M. West

  • Managing for RADical ecosystem change: applying the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework

    Abigail J Lynch;Laura M Thompson;Laura M Thompson;Erik A Beever;Erik A Beever;David N Cole

  • Assessing the components of adaptive capacity to improve conservation and management efforts under global change

    Adrienne B. Nicotra;Erik A. Beever;Amanda L. Robertson;Amanda L. Robertson;Gretchen E. Hofmann

  • Linking evolutionary potential to extinction risk: applications and future directions

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  • Modeling contemporary range retraction in Great Basin pikas (Ochotona princeps) using data on microclimate and microhabitat

    Jennifer L. Wilkening;Chris Ray;Erik A. Beever;Peter F. Brussard

  • Mechanistic variables can enhance predictive models of endotherm distributions: the American pika under current, past, and future climates.

    Paul D Mathewson;Lucas Moyer-Horner;Lucas Moyer-Horner;Erik A Beever;Erik A Beever;Natalie J Briscoe

  • Examining ecological consequences of feral horse grazing using exclosures.

    Erik A. Beever;Peter F. Brussard

  • Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems

    Jane M. Wolken;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;T. Scott Rupp;Stuart Iii Chapin

  • Responding to Ecosystem Transformation: Resist, Accept, or Direct?

    Laura M. Thompson;Abigail J. Lynch;Erik A. Beever;Erik A. Beever;Augustin C. Engman

  • Effects of feral horses in Great Basin landscapes on soils and ants: Direct and indirect mechanisms

    E.A. Beever;E.A. Beever;J.E. Herrick

  • Multi-scale responses of vegetation to removal of horse grazing from Great Basin (USA) mountain ranges

    Erik A. Beever;Erik A. Beever;Robin J. Tausch;Wayne E. Thogmartin

  • Distribution of American pikas in a low-elevation lava landscape: conservation implications from the range periphery

    Thomas J. Rodhouse;Erik A. Beever;Lisa K. Garrett;Kathryn M. Irvine

  • Community- and landscape-level responses of reptiles and small mammals to feral-horse grazing in the Great Basin

    Erik A. Beever;Erik A. Beever;Peter F. Brussard

  • Not‐so‐splendid isolation: modeling climate‐mediated range collapse of a montane mammal Ochotona princeps across numerous ecoregions

    Michael T. Calkins;Erik A. Beever;Kenneth G. Boykin;Jennifer K. Frey

  • Taxonomic Considerations in Listing SubspeciesUnder the U.S. Endangered Species Act

    Susan M. Haig;Erik A. Beever;Steven M. Chambers;Hope M. Draheim

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Pyke
David A. Pyke United States Geological Survey
Jerrold L. Belant
Jerrold L. Belant SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Stephen T. Jackson
Stephen T. Jackson United States Geological Survey
Frank J. Rahel
Frank J. Rahel University of Wyoming
Jason B. Dunham
Jason B. Dunham United States Geological Survey
Philip W. Mote
Philip W. Mote Oregon State University
Adrienne B. Nicotra
Adrienne B. Nicotra Australian National University
Kerry P. Reese
Kerry P. Reese University of Idaho
David E. Naugle
David E. Naugle University of Montana
Joseph B. Fontaine
Joseph B. Fontaine Murdoch University

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