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John R. Sauer is affiliated with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Economics and Econometrics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly within Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, and Avian Ecology and Behavior.

John R. Sauer has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • American Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey: Comparison of Four Models for Trend in Population Size, 2021, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
  • Model selection for the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Modeled distribution shifts of North American birds over four decades based on suitable climate alone do not predict observed shifts, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Estimating allowable take for an increasing bald eagle population in the United States, 2022, Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Assessing the efficacy of protected and multiple-use lands for bird conservation in the U.S., 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors in their research include William A. Link, Qiongyu Huang, Brooke L. Bateman, Nicole L. Michel, and Anna M. Pidgeon.

John R. Sauer has published in a variety of scientific journals, with contributions appearing in:

  • Ecological Applications
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

  • Decline of the North American avifauna

    Kenneth V. Rosenberg;Kenneth V. Rosenberg;Adriaan M. Dokter;Peter J. Blancher;John R. Sauer

  • Population declines in North American birds that migrate to the neotropics.

    Chandler S. Robbins;John R. Sauer;Russell S. Greenberg;Sam Droege

  • Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis

    Kenneth H. Pollock;James D. Nichols;Theodore R. Simons;George L. Farnsworth

  • A DOUBLE-OBSERVER APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING DETECTION PROBABILITY AND ABUNDANCE FROM POINT COUNTS

    James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;John R. Sauer;Frederick W. Fallon

  • ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF HETEROGENEITY IN SPECIES DETECTABILITY

    Thierry Boulinier;James D. Nichols;John R. Sauer;James E. Hines

  • Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts

    David G. Krementz;C. J. Ralph;J. R. Sauer;S. Droege

  • Observer differences in the North American Breeding Bird Survey

    John R. Sauer;Bruce G. Peterjohn;William A. Link

  • A REMOVAL MODEL FOR ESTIMATING DETECTION PROBABILITIES FROM POINT-COUNT SURVEYS

    George L. Farnsworth;Kenneth H. Pollock;James D. Nichols;Theodore R. Simons

  • Effects of Landscape Composition and Wetland Fragmentation on Frog and Toad Abundance and Species Richness in Iowa and Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    Melinda G. Knutson;John R. Sauer;Douglas A. Olsen;Michael J. Mossman

  • The North American Breeding Bird Survey, results and analysis 1966 - 2015

    John Sauer;Daniel Niven;James Hines;David Ziolkowski

  • Managing and Monitoring Birds Using Point Counts: Standards and Applications

    C. John Ralph;Sam Droege;John R. Sauer

  • Population status of North American grassland birds from the North American Breeding Bird Survey

    B. Peterjohn;J.R. Sauer

  • Generalized procedures for testing hypotheses about survival or recovery rates

    John R. Sauer;Byron K. Williams

  • Program CONTRAST: a general program for the analysis of several survival or recovery rate estimates

    James E. Hines;John R. Sauer

  • Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts

    C. John Ralph;John R. Sauer;Sam Droege

  • Using Landscape Ecology to Test Hypotheses About Large‐Scale Abundance Patterns in Migratory Birds

    Curtis H. Flather;John R. Sauer

  • The North American Breeding Bird Survey 1966–2011: Summary Analysis and Species Accounts

    John R. Sauer;William A. Link;Jane E. Fallon;Keith L. Pardieck

  • ESTIMATING POPULATION CHANGE FROM COUNT DATA: APPLICATION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING BIRD SURVEY

    William A. Link;John R. Sauer

  • Analysis of the North American Breeding Bird Survey Using Hierarchical Models

    John R. Sauer;John R. Sauer;William A. Link

  • Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: inference at regional scales

    Thierry Boulinier;Thierry Boulinier;Thierry Boulinier;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;John R. Sauer

  • Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

    Philip A. Stephens;Lucy R. Mason;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Richard D. Gregory

  • A HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS OF POPULATION CHANGE WITH APPLICATION TO CERULEAN WARBLERS

    William A. Link;John R. Sauer

  • Estimating Site Occupancy and Detection Probability Parameters for Meso‐ And Large Mammals in a Coastal Ecosystem

    Allan F. O'connell;Neil W. Talancy;Larissa L. Bailey;John R. Sauer

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Link
William A. Link United States Geological Survey
James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
James E. Hines
James E. Hines United States Geological Survey
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
Thierry Boulinier
Thierry Boulinier University of Montpellier
J. Andrew Royle
J. Andrew Royle United States Geological Survey
William L. Kendall
William L. Kendall United States Geological Survey
Emmanuelle Cam
Emmanuelle Cam University of Western Brittany
Curtis H. Flather
Curtis H. Flather US Forest Service
Grey W. Pendleton
Grey W. Pendleton Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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