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Overview

Jason B. Dunham is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several distinct subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Soil Science.

The main topics studied by Dunham include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Marine and fisheries research.

Frequent co-authors working collaboratively with Dunham are:

  • Joseph R. Benjamin
  • J. Ryan Bellmore
  • David A. Roon
  • Kristin L. Jaeger
  • Joseph L. Ebersole

Some of the most common venues where Dunham has published research include:

  • Ecosphere
  • PLoS ONE
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Selected recent publications by Jason B. Dunham feature the following papers:

  • "Unfamiliar Territory: Emerging Themes for Ecological Drought Research and Management" (2020), published in One Earth
  • "Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America" (2021), published in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Great Expectations: Deconstructing the Process Pathways Underlying Beaver-Related Restoration" (2020), published in BioScience
  • "Shade, light, and stream temperature responses to riparian thinning in second-growth redwood forests of northern California" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Managing nonperennial headwater streams in temperate forests of the United States" (2021), published in Forest Ecology and Management

Best Publications

  • Flow regime, temperature, and biotic interactions drive differential declines of trout species under climate change

    Seth J. Wenger;Daniel J. Isaak;Charles H. Luce;Helen M. Neville

  • Defining Ecological Drought for the Twenty-First Century

    Shelley D. Crausbay;Aaron R. Ramirez;Shawn L. Carter;Molly S. Cross

  • METAPOPULATION STRUCTURE OF BULL TROUT: INFLUENCES OF PHYSICAL, BIOTIC, AND GEOMETRICAL LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS

    J. B. Dunham;B. E. Rieman

  • Behavioral flexibility as a mechanism for coping with climate change

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

  • Metapopulations and salmonids: a synthesis of life history patterns and empirical observations

    B. E. Rieman;J. B. Dunham

  • Invasion versus isolation: trade-offs in managing native salmonids with barriers to upstream movement.

    Kurt D. Fausch;Bruce E. Rieman;Jason B. Dunham;Michael K. Young

  • The NorWeST Summer Stream Temperature Model and Scenarios for the Western U.S.: A Crowd-Sourced Database and New Geospatial Tools Foster a User Community and Predict Broad Climate Warming of Rivers and Streams

    Daniel J. Isaak;Seth J. Wenger;Erin E. Peterson;Jay M. Ver Hoef

  • Alien invasions in aquatic ecosystems: Toward an understanding of brook trout invasions and potential impacts on inland cutthroat trout in western North America

    Jason B. Dunham;Susan B. Adams;Robert E. Schroeter;Douglas C. Novinger

  • Effects of fire on fish populations: landscape perspectives on persistence of native fishes and nonnative fish invasions

    Jason B. Dunham;Michael K. Young;Robert E. Gresswell;Bruce E. Rieman

  • Landscape attributes and life history variability shape genetic structure of trout populations in a stream network

    Helen M. Neville;Jason B. Dunham;Mary M. Peacock

  • Influences of Wildfire and Channel Reorganization on Spatial and Temporal Variation in Stream Temperature and the Distribution of Fish and Amphibians

    Jason B. Dunham;Amanda E. Rosenberger;Charlie H. Luce;Bruce E. Rieman

  • Influences of Temperature and Environmental Variables on the Distribution of Bull Trout within Streams at the Southern Margin of Its Range

    Jason Dunham;Bruce Rieman;Gwynne Chandler

  • Sources and Magnitude of Sampling Error in Redd Counts for Bull Trout

    Jason Dunham;Bruce Rieman;Kevin Davis

  • Habitat Fragmentation and Extinction Risk of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

    Jason B. Dunham;Gary L. Vinyard;Bruce E. Rieman

  • Can air temperature be used to project influences of climate change on stream temperature

    Ivan Arismendi;Mohammad Safeeq;Jason B Dunham;Sherri L Johnson

  • Validation of Abundance Estimates from Mark–Recapture and Removal Techniques for Rainbow Trout Captured by Electrofishing in Small Streams

    Amanda E. Rosenberger;Amanda E. Rosenberger;Jason B. Dunham

  • Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

    Lisa G Crozier;Michelle M McClure;Tim J. Beechie;Steven J. Bograd

  • Analysis of trade-offs between threats of invasion by nonnative brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) and intentional isolation for native westslope cutthroat trout ( Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi )

    Douglas P. Peterson;Bruce E. Rieman;Jason B. Dunham;Kurt D. Fausch

  • CHINOOK SALMON USE OF SPAWNING PATCHES: RELATIVE ROLES OF HABITAT QUALITY, SIZE, AND CONNECTIVITY

    Daniel J. Isaak;Russell F. Thurow;Bruce E. Rieman;Jason B. Dunham

  • Culture of Florida red tilapia in marine cages: the effect of stocking density and dietary protein on growth.

    Wade O. Watanabe;John H. Clark;Jason B. Dunham;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Influences of spatial and temporal variation on fish-habitat relationships defined by regression quantiles

    Jason B. Dunham;Brian S. Cade;James W. Terrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Rieman
Bruce E. Rieman US Forest Service
Charles H. Luce
Charles H. Luce US Forest Service
Daniel J. Isaak
Daniel J. Isaak US Forest Service
Kurt D. Fausch
Kurt D. Fausch Colorado State University
Seth J. Wenger
Seth J. Wenger University of Georgia
Gordon H. Reeves
Gordon H. Reeves US Forest Service
Michael K. Young
Michael K. Young US Forest Service
Sherri L. Johnson
Sherri L. Johnson US Forest Service
David S. Pilliod
David S. Pilliod United States Geological Survey
Deanna H. Olson
Deanna H. Olson US Forest Service

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